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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 […]
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 […]
