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Catalan Chaos Continues As Secessionists Prepare Independence Motion
Catalan Chaos Continues As Secessionists Prepare Independence Motion After yesterday’s chaotic Spanish event rollercoaster, when the Catalan leader Carles Puidgement was going to press ahead with independence only to change his mind, and propose elections, before reversing again and punting the independence decision to parliament, we hoped to get some further clarity on how he’s […]
Self-Assured Destruction (SAD): 21 Incidents Show How Donald Trump’s 24-Hour Nuclear Alert Could Literally Backfire4
Self-Assured Destruction (SAD): 21 Incidents Show How Donald Trump’s 24-Hour Nuclear Alert Could Literally Backfire Photo by Guido van Nispen | CC BY 2.0 On Sunday, an exclusive from Defense One suggested that Donald Trump’s administration “is preparing to put nuclear armed bombers back on 24-hour ready alert” for the first time in more than a quarter […]
Spain Showdown: Catalan Parliament To Decide On Independence Tomorrow, Chaos To Follow
Spain Showdown: Catalan Parliament To Decide On Independence Tomorrow, Chaos To Follow A dramatic rollercoaster of a day for Catalonia and Spain is ending ominously, with the Catalan president Puigdemont announcing that he would let the region’s parliament decide the fate of the Catalan declaration of independence from Spain, capping off a day of furious […]
Trump’s Hate-Iran Campaign
Trump’s Hate-Iran Campaign On October 19th, the far-right Foundation for Defense of Democracy (FDD) held a “National Security Summit” which featured as speakers both Donald Trump’s CIA chief Mike Pompeo and Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, both of them (as will be shown here by extensive excerpts from their speeches) whipping […]
The Ploy to Shift 9/11 Blame to Iran
The Ploy to Shift 9/11 Blame to Iran The U.S. government often plays the game of blaming “enemies” and excusing “friends,” a particularly ugly reality in the push to blame Iran and absolve Saudi Arabia for the 9/11 attacks, says 9/11 widow Kristen Breitweiser. Largely unreported and widely unknown is the recent push to re-establish […]
China’s rise, America’s fall
China’s rise, America’s fall Will the rise of China mean the fall of America? In a word, yes. Although decline might be more accurate. Why do I think this? Because China is about to launch the PetroYuan and when it does the demand for dollars and for dollar denominated debt will shrink. When it does, […]
Associated Press Associates Itself With War
Associated Press Associates Itself With War Robert Burns and Matthew Pennington of the Associated Press tell us: “U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is visiting the Korean Peninsula at a momentous juncture in the faltering effort to persuade Pyongyang to halt and dismantle its nuclear weapons program. Ominous questions hang in the air.” Why momentous? North […]
Catalan Government Said To Back Off Independence Push, Will Seek Elections; Spanish Stocks Soar, Yields Tumble
Catalan Government Said To Back Off Independence Push, Will Seek Elections; Spanish Stocks Soar, Yields Tumble Yesterday Catalonia’s government was preparing to declare independence, as we discussed. Just hours after Puigdemont snubbed Madrid, canceling his visit to The Senate to discuss their imposition of Article 155, Catalan Deputy First Minister Oriol Junqueras told AP that […]
Perpetual War: Treadmill of America’s Mind
Perpetual War: Treadmill of America’s Mind Like a caged hamster on a running wheel, the American people are trapped in perpetual wars that the foreign policy elites offer no way to end, only excuses to continue, observes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. The newest issue of Foreign Affairs features the theme of “America’s Forgotten Wars,” […]
US Deploys Third Aircraft Carrier To Western Pacific Ahead Of Trump’s Visit
US Deploys Third Aircraft Carrier To Western Pacific Ahead Of Trump’s Visit Ahead of Trump’s Asian tour, which in addition to a trip to Beijing also includes a visit to the Korean Peninsula and perhaps a surprise visit to the DMZ, the US navy is bringing out the big guns, and has deployed a third […]
Catalan Separatists Warn “The Moment Has Come” As Puigdemont Suddenly Cancels Parliament Appearance
Catalan Separatists Warn “The Moment Has Come” As Puigdemont Suddenly Cancels Parliament Appearance In a sudden, and perhaps ominous, last minute change, the First Minister of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, will now not travel to Madridon Thursday evening to appear before the Senate, and has brought forward the Catalan Parliament plenary session to vote on a […]
Gold-Backed Petro-Yuan Silliness: Reserve Currency Curse?
Gold-Backed Petro-Yuan Silliness: Reserve Currency Curse? A massive amount of hype is spreading regarding China’s alleged ambitions to dethrone the dollar. The story this time involves China’s plan is to price oil in yuan using a gold-backed futures contract. Even if that were true, the impact would be zero. Nonetheless, CNBC is now in on […]
NSA Document Says Saudi Prince Directly Ordered Coordinated Attack by Syrian Rebels on Damascus
NSA DOCUMENT SAYS SAUDI PRINCE DIRECTLY ORDERED COORDINATED ATTACK BY SYRIAN REBELS ON DAMASCUS A LOOSELY KNIT collection of Syrian rebel fighters set up positions on March 18, 2013, and fired several barrages of rockets at targets in the heart of Damascus, Bashar al-Assad’s capital. The attack was a brazen show of force by rebels […]
Pay Any Price, by Robert Gore
Pay Any Price, by Robert Gore Empires get stupider and more corrupt as they age. Why are US Green Berets, four of whom were recently killed, in Niger? Why does the US have at least 36 bases, outposts, and staging areas in Africa, located in 24 countries? Why does a website, TomDispatch, have to file a […]
Is Europe Repeating the 1930s?
Is Europe Repeating the 1930s? Europe is now replicating the 1930s and the mistakes it made with austerity back then as well outside of Germany. Of course, Merkel has imposed the German view of austerity based on their experience but has ignored the opposite experience of the rest of Europe that led to the 1931 […]
