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White House: US, Ecuador Coordinating About Future Of Assange Asylum
White House: US, Ecuador Coordinating About Future Of Assange Asylum The agenda of the United States government to extradite WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange is kind of like Israel’s nuclear arsenal: everyone knows it exists, but government officials refuse to openly confirm it. US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has admitted that Assange’s arrest is a priority, President Trump […]
The Trump Administration is Reshaping the Country Under the Guise of National Security. The Energy Sector is Next.
Photo: Justin Merriman/Bloomberg/Getty Images THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS RESHAPING THE COUNTRY UNDER THE GUISE OF NATIONAL SECURITY. THE ENERGY SECTOR IS NEXT. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION is unilaterally reshaping the United States under the cover of national security. The White House’s justification for its “zero tolerance” policy of separating families at the border was based on the president’s […]
Failed Economic Policies Have Contributed to Asylum Seekers
Failed Economic Policies Have Contributed to Asylum Seekers Many of the families detained at the U.S.-Mexico border have lost their livelihoods as the result of reforms that benefit elites in the United States and Latin American countries. As a Mexican American and a father of two young children I am horrified to see the cruelty […]
Could Germany Fracture?
Could Germany Fracture? All sorts of centralized organizations that appear rock-solid may well melt into air as the disintegrative dynamics gather momentum. Rising political and social discord that is generally being attributed to “populism” may actually be the re-emergence of ancient geographic and cultural fault lines. An often-overlooked manifestation of this might be the nation-state […]
Trump Firmly In the Twilight Zone: Threatens Nord Stream 2 With Sanctions
Trump Firmly In the Twilight Zone: Threatens Nord Stream 2 With Sanctions Trump’s vise on the EU started with steel, progressed to cars, then to Iran, and now to a gas pipeline vital to the EU. The story of the day, not discussed in mainstream media, involves Nord Stream 2, a gas pipeline between Russia […]
Trump’s Trade Tantrum: On Tipping Points and Authoritarian Peril
Trump’s Trade Tantrum: On Tipping Points and Authoritarian Peril Photo by Graham C99 | CC BY 2.0 The Tangerine Tosser’s triple trade tiff – with China, the European Union, and the United States’ NAFTA partners (Canada and Mexico) – has the potential to spark an American and global economic meltdown. Classic signs of a coming […]
More Countries Start Exploring Alternatives to the US World Order
More Countries Start Exploring Alternatives to the US World Order There are two countries that more than others show how the Western world order is undergoing a profound change. Japan and Turkey occupy two distinct and diverse geographical areas, yet they share many of the same strategic choices about their future. Their geopolitical trajectory is […]
Trump-Putin Summit To Take Place On July 16 In Helsinki
Trump-Putin Summit To Take Place On July 16 In Helsinki Update: And now we know the date: TRUMP-PUTIN SUMMIT TO BE ON JULY 16 IN HELSINKI, U.S. SAYS Here is the official statement: * * * Fox News Chief White House Correspondent John Roberts reported early Thursday morning that the White House and the Kremlin […]
Trade War Provides Perfect Cover For The Elitist Engineered Global Reset
Trade War Provides Perfect Cover For The Elitist Engineered Global Reset Over the past several months, I have been examining the underlying or hidden motivations behind the currently expanding global trade war, including the impressive level of cognitive dissonance surrounding the issue. The political left doesn’t seem to have an intelligent grasp of economic issues […]
Donald of Arabia, Oil Sanction Idiocy: Another Oil Shock Coming
Donald of Arabia, Oil Sanction Idiocy: Another Oil Shock Coming I did not believe Trump would be so foolish as to force the entire world to accept Iranian sanctions. I was wrong. Here’s my general policy: When you are wrong, it’s best to admit it or someone will admit it for you, in a worse […]
China Has Quietly Implemented A 6% Across The Board ‘Tariff’ On All US Imports
China Has Quietly Implemented A 6% Across The Board ‘Tariff’ On All US Imports Trump and Xi have spent much of the last few weeks tossing tariff grenades across the Pacific Ocean as retaliatory retaliations grow ever stronger in rhetoric and potential escalations. Then this week, Trump seemed to back away from his most serious […]
Leaked Note By Chinese Think Tank Warns Of Potential “Financial Panic”
Leaked Note By Chinese Think Tank Warns Of Potential “Financial Panic” It’s not just Trump who is concerned about the level of the S&P as a result of escalating trade war with China: it appears that China is growing worried as well, and for good reason – as we noted earlier, the Shanghai Composite already […]
Why You Should Be Intensely Skeptical Of Everything You Hear About Iran Protests
Why You Should Be Intensely Skeptical Of Everything You Hear About Iran Protests Every few weeks I switch from being accused by pro-establishment Democrats of writing propaganda for Putin and Assad to being accused by pro-Trump Republicans of writing propaganda for the Iranian government, all because I am opposed to US-led regime change intervention in both […]
Boomeranging
Boomeranging Juan de la Corte (1597–1660) Lot And His Daughters Escaping From The Destruction Of Sodom And Gomorrah There is no migration crisis, said an article in Toronto’s Globe and Mail a few days ago. French President Emmanuel Macron followed up over the weekend with “there is no migrant crisis”. Really? If this is not […]
The European Intervention Initiative: a New Military Force Established in Europe
The European Intervention Initiative: a New Military Force Established in Europe The predictions have come true about the emergence of a new defense group that will change the European security environment. On June 25, the defense chiefs from nine EU countries signed off on the creation of a new force called the European Intervention Initiative (EII), which […]
