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US Said To Consider New Military Action Against Syria
US Said To Consider New Military Action Against Syria The last two weeks have seen the mainstream media soaked with headlines containing the word “Syria” and “Attack” as Washington desperately spins narratives left and right to cling to their reason for existence in Syria (legal or illegal, we will let you decide). All of which […]
We Should Listen to the Iraqi Parliament
We Should Listen to the Iraqi Parliament This month marks the 15th anniversary of the US war on Iraq. The “shock and awe” attack was launched based on “stove-piped” intelligence fed from the CIA and Pentagon through an uncritical and compliant US mainstream media. The US media was a willing accomplice to this crime of […]
Light It Up
Light It Up It must be hard on The New York Times editors to set their hair on fire day after day in their effort to start World War Three. Today’s lead story, Russian Threat on Two Fronts Meets Strategic Void in the U.S., aims to keep ramping up twin hysterias over a new missile […]
Stop Blaming Russian Bots For Everything
Stop Blaming Russian Bots For Everything “I’m not convinced on this bot thing,” said one of the men behind the Russian bot thing. BuzzFeed News; Getty Images By now you know the drill: massive news event happens, journalists scramble to figure out what’s going on, and within a couple hours the culprit is found — […]
US Meddling in Foreign Elections: A CIA Tradition Since 1948
US Meddling in Foreign Elections: A CIA Tradition Since 1948 In a shocking display of relative independence from the post-Operation Mockingbird control of the media by the Central Intelligence Agency, a recent article in The New York Times broke with current conventional pack journalism and covered the long history of CIA meddling in foreign elections. A February 17, […]
Stock Market Drop Is Greatest Threat To Global Stability, According To The Economist
Stock Market Drop Is Greatest Threat To Global Stability, According To The Economist Forget war with Russia, China, or nuclear threats from North Korea; ignore Middle East chaos; and don’t worry about global cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure. The Economist Intelligence Unit ‘scores’ the greatest global risk right now is a “prolonged fall in major stock […]
The US Empire Is Acting Like A Desperate, Cornered Animal, Because That’s What It Is
The US Empire Is Acting Like A Desperate, Cornered Animal, Because That’s What It Is I love Americans. I get friendly flak from some of my more jaded lefty readers whenever I say that, because having to deal with the flaws of one’s own countrymen is a very different experience than appreciating them from afar, but […]
How the US Establishment Lies Through Its Teeth, for War Against Russia
How the US Establishment Lies Through Its Teeth, for War Against Russia The same people, Republicans and Democrats, who lied through their teeth for an invasion of Iraq in 2003, are doing it again for an invasion of Russia, sometime soon, so as to ‘defend’ ‘democracy’. The US has by now swallowed up virtually all lands surrounding Russia, at […]
Ukraine Freezes After Russia Halts Gas Deliveries
Ukraine Freezes After Russia Halts Gas Deliveries Last week, Russia’s state-run gas giant and quasi-monopolist when it comes to European natgas supplies, Gazprom, announced it would not restart shipments of natural gas to Ukraine’s Naftogaz starting March 1 after the two sides failed to reach an agreement, Gazprom deputy chairman, Alexander Medvedev, told journalists. Russian […]
‘Descent Into Hell’: China Warns of Potential War With US Over Taiwan
‘Descent Into Hell’: China Warns of Potential War With US Over Taiwan (ANTIMEDIA) — It’s no secret that for Beijing, the most sensitive issue within Sino-American relations is that of Taiwan, the semi-autonomous island territory that China considers to be a breakaway province. Now, a political move made by the U.S. on Taiwan has Beijing warning of the possibility of military […]
Putin’s stunning revelations about new Russian weapons systems
Putin’s stunning revelations about new Russian weapons systems If you have no read it yet, please check out Putin’s full address to the Federal Assembly. What stunned me, and many other, are the new weapon systems Putin has announced. First, he confirmed that the Sarmat ICBM would replace the old but already formiable SS-18 “Satan”. […]
NPT Violated: Russia Raises Issue of Utmost Importance
NPT Violated: Russia Raises Issue of Utmost Importance Speaking at the UN Geneva Disarmament Conference, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia is threatened by American tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) stationed in Europe and the destabilizing effect of joint nuclear missions (JNM) that NATO forces are being trained for. The statement is more than […]
How ‘Operation Merlin’ Poisoned U.S. Intelligence on Iran
How ‘Operation Merlin’ Poisoned U.S. Intelligence on Iran The CIA’s “Operation Merlin,” which involved providing Iran with a flawed design for a nuclear weapon and resulted in an alleged whistleblower going to prison, was the perfect example of creating intelligence in order to justify operations, reports Gareth Porter. Jeffrey Sterling, the case officer for the CIA’s […]
Russian Hackers Target U.S. Energy Infrastructure
Russian Hackers Target U.S. Energy Infrastructure Russia has been trying to interfere with U.S. energy markets and influence U.S. energy policy by using Russian operatives to troll social media platforms with divisive and inflammatory posts, a report by House Republicans has revealed. The report—issued by the United States House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology—includes […]
Putin’s Ultimatum is the Next Stage of the War
Putin’s Ultimatum is the Next Stage of the War Russian President Vladimir Putin’s State of the Union address may be the most important speech since his address to the U.N. in September 2015 on the eve of Russia’s intervening in the War on Syria. Putin’s sober analysis and admission of demographic constraints on the Russian economy’s […]
