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Greenwald vs. Cirincione: Should Trump Have Canceled Summit After U.S. Indictment of Russian Agents?
Greenwald vs. Cirincione: Should Trump Have Canceled Summit After U.S. Indictment of Russian Agents? This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, as we continue our debate between Joe Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund, […]
Mass Hysteria
Mass Hysteria byMike Mish Shedlock 5 hrs–edited The mass hysteria following Trump’s meeting with Putin is likely to last for days. Most are outraged. Few see the light. My article Congratulations to President Trump for an Excellent Summit with Putin spawned numerous some I could not tell if they were sarcastic or not. For example, […]
Peace Talk Between Nuclear Superpowers Offends America’s Assholes And Morons
Peace Talk Between Nuclear Superpowers Offends America’s Assholes And Morons When I was a little girl I used to end all my nightly prayers with the words, “And please no nuclear war, and peace on earth. Amen.” This was in the early eighties. The knowledge that weapons existed armed and ready which could annihilate all life […]
Trump On Path for War With Iran in the “National Interest”
Trump On Path for War With Iran in the “National Interest” Trump’s Iran policy not only has US allies hopping mad, it also has us on a path towards another major Mideast war. “We will seek to provide unprecedented financial pressure on the Iranian regime,” the U.S. said, rebuffing Britain, France, and Germany which requested […]
World Trade War Has Begun
World Trade War Has Begun “By imposing tariffs of 25% on hundreds of products imported from China worth US$34 billion a year on Friday, July 6, the United States has violated the rules of the World Trade Organization and launched the largest trade war in the world’s economic history,” a statement by China’s Commerce Ministry declarae. […]
It’s Coming… Resource Nationalism
It’s Coming… Resource Nationalism Early 2012 Argentina’s oil industry was controlled by Repsol, the Spanish energy giant, through YPF, its local subsidiary. By the end of the year, this was no longer the case. By then President Cristina Fernandez Kirchner’s leftist government had nationalised the oil sector, stealing YPF with the stroke of a pen. […]
15 Flashpoints Which Could Produce A “Perfect Storm” During The 2nd Half Of 2018
15 Flashpoints Which Could Produce A “Perfect Storm” During The 2nd Half Of 2018 Events are beginning to greatly accelerate, and many believe that the ingredients for a “perfect storm” are starting to come together as we enter the second half of 2018. Other than the continual drama surrounding the Trump presidency, things have been […]
The Myth of US ‘Inaction’ in Syria
The Myth of US ‘Inaction’ in Syria Introduction When the Russian military intervened in the Syrian war in October 2015, many in the Western press complained bitterly, demanding that US planners intervene directly in Syria on behalf of the anti-government rebels in response. Reuters alleged that “The Middle East is angry and bewildered by US […]
Record Deficits, Stronger Dollar Equals Record China Trade Deficit
Record Deficits, Stronger Dollar Equals Record China Trade Deficit Sometimes math is a real bitch. Donald Trump is a smart guy. I know he knows math. Too bad he’s ignoring it. Here’s the gig. The title says it all. Government spending is rising rapidly. More actual money is flowing into the US economy. Where is that […]
Five Things That Would Make The CIA/CNN Russia Narrative More Believable
Five Things That Would Make The CIA/CNN Russia Narrative More Believable As we just discussed, some major news stories have recently dropped about what a horrible horrifying menace the Russian Federation is to the world, and as always I have nothing to offer the breathless pundits on CNN and MSNBC but my completely unsatisfied skepticism. […]
World’s Largest Shipping Company Collapses As Trade War Reality Strikes
World’s Largest Shipping Company Collapses As Trade War Reality Strikes While US equity markets (well a few mega-cap tech stocks anyway) have remained resilient in the context of rising protectionist fears, theworld’s largest shipping company is seeing its stock eviscerated as investor anxiety over trade wars finds an outlet that makes rational sense. A.P. Moeller-Maersk […]
Russia Plans $50 Billion Investment In Iran’s Oil, Gas Industry
Russia Plans $50 Billion Investment In Iran’s Oil, Gas Industry Russia is getting ready to invest US$50 billion in Iran’s oil and gas industry as the two countries continue to seek closer ties, just as the United States is looking to cut as much Iranian crude oil exports from the market as possible. “Russia is […]
Israeli Cyber-Election Meddling Is Its Newest Industry
Israeli Cyber-Election Meddling Is Its Newest Industry Those US and British politicians who are bashing Russia for foreign “election meddling” could use a more honest set of talking points. It is Israel, not Russia, China, or North Korea, that hosts a blossoming industry of cyber-election meddlers who operate from corporate offices in Tel Aviv, Cyprus, […]
Lessons That Should Have Been Learned From NATO’s Destruction of Libya
Lessons That Should Have Been Learned From NATO’s Destruction of Libya Photo by Bernd.Brincken | CC BY 2.0 The summit meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the military alliance that is expanding its deployments of troops, combat and surveillance aircraft and missile ships around Russia’s borders, took place on July 11-12 and was a […]
The Globalist Elite Fears Peace, Wants War
The Globalist Elite Fears Peace, Wants War The announced meeting between Trump and Putin has already produced a good result by revealing the hypocrisy of the media and politicians. The meeting has been branded as the greatest danger to humanity, according to the Western globalist elite, because of the danger that “peace could break out between […]
