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North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Which Passes Over Japan
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Which Passes Over Japan Update 1: According to Fox News, the U.S. has now confirmed the latest North Korean missile launch. U.S. OFFICIAL CONFIRMS #NORTHKOREA FIRED BALLISTIC MISSILE: FOX NEWS * * * All the diplomatic posturing, the jawboning, the UN sanctions, and threats over the past three weeks has […]
North Korea Preparing For ICBM Launch: Japan Press
North Korea Preparing For ICBM Launch: Japan Press Gold spiked and USDJPY tumbled as headlines from Japan’s Nikkei newspaper confirmed US military officials’ observations last night that North Korea is said to show signs of missile launch preparation. As the Nikkei adds, citing an unidentified Japanese government official, the missile is being prepared for launch […]
North Korea Threatens To “Sink” Japan With Nuclear Weapons, “Reduce The US To Ashes”
North Korea Threatens To “Sink” Japan With Nuclear Weapons, “Reduce The US To Ashes” Less than a day after US officials observed North Korea moving mobile missile launchers and engaging in preparations for what appears to be another missile test, a North Korean state committee has stepped up its belligerent rhetoric, threatening to use nuclear […]
An Economic Lesson for China and Russia
An Economic Lesson for China and Russia Is there anyone in Trump’s government who is not an imbecile? After years of endless military threats against Russia—remember CIA deputy director Mike Morell saying on TV (Charlie Rose show) that the US should start killing Russians to give them a message, and Army Chief of Staff Mark […]
OPEC’s No. 2 Faces Civil War Threat
OPEC’s No. 2 Faces Civil War Threat Tribal violence in the southern regions of Iraq is erupting on sectarian lines, threatening safety and security at oil facilities, officials told Kurdistan24. A majority of Iraq’s law enforcement network has congregated in the northern and western portions of the country to contain the efforts of the Islamic […]
Reagan Documents Shed Light on U.S. ‘Meddling’
Reagan Documents Shed Light on U.S. ‘Meddling’ Special Report: “Secret” documents from the Reagan administration show how the U.S. embedded “political action,” i.e., the manipulation of foreign governments, in ostensibly well-meaning organizations, reports Robert Parry. “Secret” documents, recently declassified by the Reagan presidential library, reveal senior White House officials reengaging a former CIA “proprietary,” The […]
The Only Real Europe is Greece
The Only Real Europe is Greece Eugene Delacroix Greece expiring on the Ruins of Missolonghi 1826European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, famous for his imbibition capacity and uttering -not necessarily in that order- the legendary words “when it becomes serious, you have to lie”, presented his State of the Union today. Which is of pretty much […]
De-Dollarization Spikes – Venezuela Stops Accepting Dollars For Oil Payments
De-Dollarization Spikes – Venezuela Stops Accepting Dollars For Oil Payments Did the doomsday clock on the petrodollar (and implicitly US hegemony) just tick one more minute closer to midnight? Source: The Burning Platform Apparently confirming what President Maduro had warned following the recent US sanctions, The Wall Street Journal reports that Venezuela has officially stopped […]
“What Did They Expect?” Turkey Pivots From NATO, Signs Russia Missile Deal
“What Did They Expect?” Turkey Pivots From NATO, Signs Russia Missile Deal Confirming, and sending the clearest sign of his previously discussed pivot toward Russia and away from NATO and the West, on Tuesday President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey had signed a deal to purchase a Russian surface-to-air missile system, and paid the […]
Bombshell Report Catches Pentagon Falsifying Paperwork For Weapons Transfers To Syrian Rebels
Bombshell Report Catches Pentagon Falsifying Paperwork For Weapons Transfers To Syrian Rebels A new bombshell joint report issued by two international weapons monitoring groups Tuesday confirms that the Pentagon continues to ship record breaking amounts of weaponry into Syria and that the Department of Defense is scrubbing its own paper trail. On Tuesday the Organized […]
US Threatens To Cut Off China From SWIFT If It Violates North Korea Sanctions
US Threatens To Cut Off China From SWIFT If It Violates North Korea Sanctions In an unexpectedly strong diplomatic escalation, one day after China agreed to vote alongside the US (and Russia) during Monday’s United National Security Council vote in passing the watered down North Korea sanctions, the US warned that if China were to […]
Why one US Marine renounced war after 9/11 [OPINION]
Why one US Marine renounced war after 9/11 The fires which began with the 9/11 attacks were never extinguished. They continue to burn fiercely from Afghanistan to Iraq to Syria to Yemen to North Africa, as the region and its regimes came unglued in the wake of George W. Bush’s ‘war on terror’. The 15th […]
Behold a Pale Horse, and its Rider is Death
Behold a Pale Horse, and its Rider is Death Two of America’s most populous states, Texas and Florida, are in hurricane ruins, and Washington is fomenting more wars. The US national debt is now over $20 trillion, and Washington is fomenting more wars. The entire world is helping Washington foment wars—including two targeted countries themselves—Russia […]
Tribalism Marches On!
Tribalism Marches On! Recently, a columnist-friend, Matt Kenney, sent me a 25-year-old newspaper with his chiding that my column had been given better play. Both had run in The Orange County Register on June 30, 1991. “Is there no room for new nations in the New World Order?” was my title, and the column […]
Rand Paul Takes a Stand Against Unconstitutional War
Rand Paul Takes a Stand Against Unconstitutional War Rand Paul’s 2016 presidential run was extremely disappointing. Rather than take it hard to the establishment, he seemed more interested in playing footsie with neocons and establishment Republicans. That strategy didn’t work and it never will. Rand Paul is best when he’s acting like a statesman and […]
