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The “Magnitsky Trio” Pushes For War With Russia with New Sanctions
The “Magnitsky Trio” Pushes For War With Russia with New Sanctions If half of what I have come to understand about the Curious Case of Bill Browder is true, then the “Magnitsky Trio” of Senators John McCain, Lindsay Graham and Ben Cardin are guilty of espionage, at a minimum. Why? Because they know that Browder’s story […]
Canadians Begin Boycotting US Goods
Canadians Begin Boycotting US Goods With Trump’s trade war against China progressing and escalating seemingly every day, culminating for now with China’s Friday announcement of another $60 billion in tariffs on US imports in response to Trump’s threat to tax $200 billion of Chinese imports at a 25% rate, some China watchers expected that one […]
Light It Up?
Light It Up? The Guardians of the Galaxy at National Public Radio were beside themselves Wednesday night reporting that “the lights are blinking red for a 2018 election attack by Russia.” Well, isn’t that an interesting set-up? In effect, NPR is preparing its listeners in advance to reject and dispute the coming midterm election if […]
The Only Existential Threat To Russia Is Neoliberal Economics
The Only Existential Threat To Russia Is Neoliberal Economics This week I was interviewed on Russian TV about the possible new anti-Russian sanctions that Washington is considering that would prohibit anyone in the entirety of the world from holding Russian government bonds. Think about this for a moment. Washington thinks that Washington has the right […]
Sales of Physical Gold Explode as the Currency Wars Continue to Unfold
Sales of Physical Gold Explode as the Currency Wars Continue to Unfold Trade wars are erupting, scandals are unfolding and now the United States is entering into the much prophesied currency wars that many experts have predicted was coming for years. The United States and China, who continue to hold out against American tariffs, are […]
US Paranoia Ramps Up Infowar on Russia
US Paranoia Ramps Up Infowar on Russia This week saw renewed effort by US politicians and media to ramp up the information war against Russia. The impetus came from the US-based social media network, Facebook, declaring that it had identified “coordinated political influence campaigns”. Never mind that the internet giant admitted that it did not […]
Two Knockout Blows to US Imperialism: De-Dollarization and Hypersonic Weapons
Two Knockout Blows to US Imperialism: De-Dollarization and Hypersonic Weapons In the current multipolar world in which we live, economic and military factors are decisive in guaranteeing countries their sovereignty. Russia and China seem to be taking this very seriously, committed to the de-dollarization of their economies and the accelerated development of hypersonic weapons. The transition […]
NATO is a Goldmine for the US/Military Industrial Complex
NATO is a Goldmine for the US/Military Industrial Complex Photo source Parker Gyokeres | CC BY 2.0 Countries of the NATO military alliance have been ordered by President Trump to increase their spending on weapons, and the reasons for his insistence they do so are becoming clearer. It’s got nothing to do with any defense […]
VIPS to Trump: Intel on Iran Could be CATASTROPHIC
VIPS to Trump: Intel on Iran Could be CATASTROPHIC As drums beat again for war — this time on Iran—-the VIPS’ warning is again being disregarded as it was before the Iraq debacle and this time VIPS fear the consequences will be all-caps CATASTROPHIC. MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Intelligence on Iran Fails […]
Will Tribalism Trump Democracy?
Will Tribalism Trump Democracy? On July 19, the Knesset voted to change the nation’s Basic Law. Israel was declared to be, now and forever, the nation-state and national home of the Jewish people. Hebrew is to be the state language. Angry reactions, not only among Israeli Arabs and Jews, came swift. Allan Brownfeld of the […]
A Deeper Exploration of the Supremacist Origin of Our Common Culture
A Deeper Exploration of the Supremacist Origin of Our Common Culture The AP headlined on July 27th “#MeToo reaches Vatican as nuns denounce abuse from priests” and reported that the Vatican has continued to tolerate rape by its priests, and: Revelations that a prominent US cardinal sexually abused and harassed his adult seminarians have exposed an egregious abuse […]
Italy – the Coming Revolution & Euro Crisis for 2021?
Italy – the Coming Revolution & Euro Crisis for 2021? QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, you obviously have a database on Italy that is without comparison. Nobody else even had a chart on the Italian lira you recently published on the blog. I know you are well aware of the revolutions in Italy and the history. I […]
Whose Trade War Is It Anyway?
Whose Trade War Is It Anyway? Everybody complains about Trump, but he wasn’t the one who started it German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to President Donald Trump in front of other world leaders in Charlevoix, Canada, at the G-7 summit on June 9, 2018. The mainstream media and world leaders are blaming Trump for starting […]
Western Collapse… Scapegoating Trump & Putin
Western Collapse… Scapegoating Trump & Putin Former US President Barack Obama was in South Africa last week for the centennial anniversary marking the birth of the late Nelson Mandela. Obama delivered a speech warning about encroaching authoritarianism among nations and the “rise of strongman politics”. Coming on the heels of the summit in Helsinki between […]
Robert Fisk: “I Traced Al-Qaeda Missile Casings In Syria Back To Their Original Sellers”
Robert Fisk: “I Traced Al-Qaeda Missile Casings In Syria Back To Their Original Sellers” Finally, a journalist for a mainstream UK media outlet is methodically tracking weapons shipment serial numbers and English-language paperwork recovered from al-Qaeda groups in Syria, and he’s literally showing up at arms factories and questioning arms dealers, including officials at the Saudi […]
