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Russia Warns Staged “Chemical Provocation” Coming In Syria After Bolton Cites New Intel
Russia Warns Staged “Chemical Provocation” Coming In Syria After Bolton Cites New Intel Russia is again warning of a new potential chemical provocation in Syria at the end of a week in which US National Security Advisor John Bolton threatened Damascus with a “very strong” military response should allegations emerge amidst the Syrian Army campaign […]
“Thank God This Is Happening” Russia Says Time Has Come To Ditch The Dollar
“Thank God This Is Happening” Russia Says Time Has Come To Ditch The Dollar With the US unveiling a new set of sanctions against Russia on Friday, Moscow said it would definitely respond to Washington’s latest sanctions and, in particular, it is accelerating efforts to abandon the American currency in trade transactions, said Russia’s Deputy […]
One Minute to Midnight: Latest US Sanctions Propel Nations Towards Risk of War
One Minute to Midnight: Latest US Sanctions Propel Nations Towards Risk of War The State Department’s announcement on August 8 that the US government was going to impose sweeping new economic sanctions on Russia over the still mysterious and unresolved Skripal Affair was a truly fateful one. The famous Doomsday Clock of The Bulletin of the […]
US Imposes New Russia Sanctions; Will Stay In Place “Until Change In Russian Behavior”
US Imposes New Russia Sanctions; Will Stay In Place “Until Change In Russian Behavior” Having warned several weeks ago it would impose sanctions on Russia for its alleged use of the Novichok chemical agent in the UK, on Friday morning the US followed through with the threat when the U.S. released a notice of sanctions, […]
Defections from Pax Americana Coming Louder and Faster
Defections from Pax Americana Coming Louder and Faster It seems everyday I wake up and see another instance of defections coming from US allies over the behavior of some corner of the Trump Administration. Over the weekend Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte hit back strongly at US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs […]
Making plans for a new world order
Making plans for a new world order Europe’s relationship with the US was changing even before Donald Trump and his provocative Tweets came along. Germany now sees the current trans-Atlantic antipathy as a historic opportunity to redefine the EU’s role, writes Germany’s foreign minister. Who’s rescuing who now? A flag used by US troops in […]
This small branch of Trans Mountain could derail Canada’s pipeline purchase
Trans Mountain and Puget Sound pipelines. Graphic: Carol Linnitt / The Narwhal This small branch of Trans Mountain could derail Canada’s pipeline purchase The vast majority of oilsands crude moving to the West Coast passes through the little regarded Puget Sound Pipeline, which is now heavily entangled in troubled Canada-U.S. relations Politicians and industry have […]
How America’s Wars Have Created Piles of Debt (And Little Strategic Benefit)
How America’s Wars Have Created Piles of Debt (And Little Strategic Benefit) America risks the return of the very fiscal and foreign policy perils that Walter Lippmann warned about almost a century ago. When Defense Secretary James N. Mattis spoke at the 2018 Center for the National Interest Distinguished Service Award dinner in late July, […]
Italy Threatens To Stop EU Funding Unless Other States Accept Refugees
Italy Threatens To Stop EU Funding Unless Other States Accept Refugees Europe’s refugee mess is back with a bang. On Thursday, out of the blue, Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio threatened to stop financial contributions to the European Union next year unless other states agreed to take in migrants being held on a […]
Iran Again Threatens Strike On US, Israel After Bolton Warns “Maximum Pressure” Coming
Iran Again Threatens Strike On US, Israel After Bolton Warns “Maximum Pressure” Coming In what now seems like a weekly occurrence, Iran on Wednesday warned its military wouldn’t hesitate to strike American and Israeli targets should it be attacked by the United States after previous words from the US national security advisor warning that “maximum pressure” […]
Fixers
Fixers Gustave Caillebotte Young man by his window 1875 If there’s one thing that is exposed in the sorry not-so-fairy tale of former Trump aides Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen, it’s that Washington is a city run by fixers. Who often make substantial amounts of money. Many though by no means all, start out as […]
Russia Plans To Beat US Sanctions By Stockpiling Gold
Russia Plans To Beat US Sanctions By Stockpiling Gold The Russian government is not taking the United States’ sanctions lightly. Instead, they plan to beat all sanctions imposed by Washington, including any future sanctions, by stockpiling gold. The Russian central bank’s First Deputy Governor Dmitry Tulin said that Moscow sees the acquisition of gold as a “100-percent […]
Trade War Escalates As US, China Slap Each Other With Fresh $16 BN In Tariffs
Trade War Escalates As US, China Slap Each Other With Fresh $16 BN In Tariffs Just after midnight on Thursday EDT, the United States and China escalated their acrimonious trade war implementing punitive 25% tariffs on $16 billion worth of each other’s goods, even as mid-level officials from both sides resumed talks in Washington. China’s […]
Russia and Iran Hate Us for Our Freedoms
Russia and Iran Hate Us for Our Freedoms It’s easy to detect fake news. I don’t need a fact checker or a laboratory at a globalist think tank to clue me in. Here’s the latest fake news. Both Russia and Iran want to influence the midterm elections. It’s lunacy to believe this would make a difference, […]
Is Germany Moving SWIFT-ly To CIPS?
Is Germany Moving SWIFT-ly To CIPS? We have detailed how Russia and China have developed independent global payment systems that run parallel to the dollar based SWIFT system. We recently discussed how sanctions against Russia were actually “crushing the American empire“. The dollar based system is now obsolete and the entire world is questioning why […]
