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China Dollar Dump Means Hyperinflation – Chris Martenson
China Dollar Dump Means Hyperinflation – Chris Martenson Resource analyst and futurist Chris Martenson says everyone should be taking notice of our “dangerous markets.” At the center of the danger zone is the declining U.S. dollar. Martenson explains, “We are talking about a steady erosion of the dollar as a reserve currency. I think that […]
Catalonia’s Defiance of Spanish Authority Turns into Rebellion
Catalonia’s Defiance of Spanish Authority Turns into Rebellion “Do not underestimate the power of Spanish democracy.” With these words, eerily reminiscent of a line once spoken by Star Wars villain Darth Vader, Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy brought to a close a week of frenzied drama. It began with a foiled attempt by the Spanish […]
“They’ve Lost The Plot” – 700 Catalan Mayors Defy Spanish Government Amid Police Raids
“They’ve Lost The Plot” – 700 Catalan Mayors Defy Spanish Government Amid Police Raids “The only thing I ask of (Catalan) mayors is that they comply with the law, and as such don’t participate in an illegal referendum,” Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy urged this week, calling for a return to “rationality and legality” and promised […]
Suddenly, “De-Dollarization” Is A Thing
Suddenly, “De-Dollarization” Is A Thing For what seems like decades, other countries have been tiptoeing away from their dependence on the US dollar. China, Russia, and India have cut deals in which they agree to accept each others’ currencies for bi-lateral trade while Europe, obviously, designed the euro to be a reserve asset and international […]
Liberals Don’t Respect a Nation’s Sovereignty
Liberals Don’t Respect a Nation’s Sovereignty When the United States and some of its allies in 2003 invaded and destroyed Iraq on false pretenses — and without Iraq having ever invaded (much less destroyed) any of the invading countries — this was actually within the scope of the invaders being liberal countries, because a nation’s sovereignty isn’t at all […]
Spanish Government Threatens to Seize Catalan Finances to Stop Referendum: Juncker in Hot Water
Spanish Government Threatens to Seize Catalan Finances to Stop Referendum: Juncker in Hot Water In its latest move to stop an October 1 independence referendum, the Spanish Government is Poised to Seize Catalan Finances. Finance Minister Cristóbal Montoro said a mechanism had been approved for the state to take control of the autonomous region’s finances. Madrid […]
The NYT’s Yellow Journalism on Russia
The NYT’s Yellow Journalism on Russia Exclusive: The New York Times’ descent into yellow journalism over Russia recalls the sensationalism of Hearst and Pulitzer leading to the Spanish-American War, but the risks to humanity are much greater now, writes Robert Parry. Reading The New York Times these days is like getting a daily dose of […]
Fearful Californians Prepare For A Nuclear Attack: “A Lot Of People Will Be Killed”
Fearful Californians Prepare For A Nuclear Attack: “A Lot Of People Will Be Killed” With each passing day and each new ICBM launch from a seemingly unhinged North Korean dictator, the fears of an attack on the U.S. mainland, though faint, increasingly weigh on the hearts and minds of Americans, particularly those in California. As […]
The Neoconservatives Have Declared War on the Realists
The Neoconservatives Have Declared War on the Realists In recent years, I’ve increasingly suspected that when it comes to foreign policy, the realists offer some of the most sane observations. These suspicions were confirmed earlier this year when after the election of Donald Trump, John Mearsheimer, one of modern realism’s current standard bearers, wrote in […]
Venezuela Begins Publishing Oil Basket Price In Yuan
Venezuela Begins Publishing Oil Basket Price In Yuan Two days after the WSJ confirmed Maduro’s earlier threat that he would stop accepting US Dollars as payment for crude oil imports, Venezuela has done just that. As a reminder, and as we reported previously, in an effort to circumvent U.S. sanctions, Venezuela told oil traders that […]
South Korea President Threatens To Destroy North “Beyond Recovery”, Warns Of Accidental War
South Korea President Threatens To Destroy North “Beyond Recovery”, Warns Of Accidental War Following the latest ballistic missile launch from North Korea, South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in warned that further provocations could result in the complete destruction “beyond recovery” of the northern neighbor. He also repeated tjat the possibility of opening a dialogue with the […]
America’s Weapons: “The Dollar and the Drone”
America’s Weapons: “The Dollar and the Drone” It was said that “the guinea and the gallows” were the true instruments of British imperial power. The guinea represented the coined wealth of Great Britain. The gallows represented its… constabulary zeal in policing restless natives. This is the 21st century of course… a time of enlightenment. Today’s […]
State-Sponsored Intimidation, Or When FARA Goes Too Far
State-Sponsored Intimidation, Or When FARA Goes Too Far The US government is blatantly violating the most basic tenets of its purportedly “sacred” ideology of “human rights” and “free speech” by egregiously overstepping the bounds of FARA to engage in the same type of state-sponsored intimidation that it regularly accuses its geopolitical opponents of for far […]
Venezuela Has Officially Abandoned The Petrodollar – Does This Make War With Venezuela More Likely?
Venezuela Has Officially Abandoned The Petrodollar – Does This Make War With Venezuela More Likely? Venezuela is the 11th largest oil producing country in the entire world, and it has just announced that it is going to stop using the petrodollar. Most Americans don’t even know what the petrodollar is, but for those of you […]
America’s Fragile Future
America’s Fragile Future The U.S. mainstream’s flailing about over alleged Russian “meddling” in American politics reflects a nation that is rapidly losing its global dominance and fearful of even the slightest challenge, as Gilbert Doctorow explains. Does the United States have a future as a great power? President Donald J. Trump and President Emmanuel Macron […]
