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U.N. Enablers of ‘Aggressive War’
U.N. Enablers of ‘Aggressive War’ Special Report: U.N. investigative reports, like a new one condemning Syria for alleged sarin use, are received as impartial and credible, but are often just more war propaganda from compromised bureaucrats, reports Robert Parry. Many people still want to believe that the United Nations engages in impartial investigations and thus […]
Venezuela Is About to Ditch the Dollar in Major Blow to US: Here’s Why It Matters
Venezuela Is About to Ditch the Dollar in Major Blow to US: Here’s Why It Matters (ANTIMEDIA) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday that Venezuela will be looking to “free” itself from the U.S. dollar next week, Reuters reports. According to the outlet, Maduro will look to use the weakest of two official foreign exchange regimes (essentially the way […]
Israel Launches Air Strikes On Syria And Assad’s “Waiting Game”
Israel Launches Air Strikes On Syria And Assad’s “Waiting Game” Immediately after Israel’s latest unprovoked strike on Syria we posed the question, did Benjamin Netanyahu just panic? The answer is yes, Israel is now acting from a position of desperation as it has failed in its goal of regime change in Syria. Overnight (Wed. evening/Thursday early morning), […]
US Army Prepares Troops Deployed In South Korea For WMD Attack
US Army Prepares Troops Deployed In South Korea For WMD Attack On Thursday, amid de-escalation chatter, President Trump once again insisted that US military action in North Korea remains a possibility should the North continue its threatening behavior against the US and its allies. If the US were to strike, it would be a “sad […]
Showdown in Spain: I Wholeheartedly Endorse the Catalonia Independence Vote
Showdown in Spain: I Wholeheartedly Endorse the Catalonia Independence Vote In a move many people thought would never happen, the Catalan parliament approved a referendum that would allow a vote on the region’s independence from Spain. The central government seeks intervention from the Constitutional Court. But short of invasion who is going to stop the vote? The Spanish government […]
South Korea Protestors Clash With Police Over Deployment of New U.S. Missile Batteries
SOUTH KOREA PROTESTORS CLASH WITH POLICE OVER DEPLOYMENT OF NEW U.S. MISSILE BATTERIES South Koreans are now clashing with police ahead of the deployment of four more Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) systems in southern South Korea. Per Yonhapnews, The clash occurred as police were trying to disperse about 400 residents from their community […]
End Games: the Apocalyptic Trope That Swallowed the World
End Games: the Apocalyptic Trope That Swallowed the World Photo by Mikey | CC BY 2.0 Everywhere you look these days, you see the trope: the “end of the world” is nigh from a nuclear war. You see it in somber headlines, in weighty punditry, even in throwaway jokes in the middle of, say, a […]
On the Brink of Nuclear War
On the Brink of Nuclear War Special Report: As nuclear war looms in Korea, the life-or-death question is whether President Trump and his team can somehow marshal the skill and strength of President Kennedy in the Cuban Missile Crisis, writes historian William R. Polk. In the first part of this essay, I gave my interpretation […]
The Insanity in Korea – But Is it Logical?
The Insanity in Korea – But Is it Logical? The South China Post reported that Chinese scientists fear that a mountain in North Korea under which the last five bombs detonated as tests, may collapse crumbling into a crater. They fear that the radiation underground would then leak across region. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned […]
Furious North Korea Slams US As “Heinous Aggressor Who Is Begging For War”, Vows To “Respond In Our Own Way”
Furious North Korea Slams US As “Heinous Aggressor Who Is Begging For War”, Vows To “Respond In Our Own Way” North Korea said Tuesday it will “respond in our own ways” to any new sanctions that may be put in place following Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test. According to Yonhap, In a Q&A session with the […]
Using Gold To Hedge Korea Nuclear War Risk? This Is How To Do It, According To Goldman
Using Gold To Hedge Korea Nuclear War Risk? This Is How To Do It, According To Goldman In a note on the role of gold as a “geopolitical hedge of last resort“, Goldman chief commodities strategist, Jeff Currie, writes that while it is tempting to blame the rally in gold prices on recent events in […]
Green Beret Warns: “Skepticism Will Vanish When The Power Suddenly Fails Across the United States”
Green Beret Warns: “Skepticism Will Vanish When The Power Suddenly Fails Across the United States” It should be obvious, now, even to the most vocal and acetic naysayers that no matter how much they try to declare that nothing will happen regarding North Korea, they’re wrong. It is happening, as we speak, and the buildup […]
Before Our Eyes
Before Our Eyes A submerged highway in Houston in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. (J. Daniel Escareño / CC BY-ND 2.0) Climate breakdown, as George Monbiot calls it, is happening before our eyes at the same time the science on climate change grows stronger and has wider acceptance. Hurricane Harvey, which struck at the center of the petroleum […]
A War With North Korea Could Send Oil Prices Skyrocketing
A War With North Korea Could Send Oil Prices Skyrocketing An open military conflict in Northern Asia would disrupt more than a third of global seaborne crude oil trade, Wood Mackenzie warned last week amid yet another escalation between North Korea, its neighbors, and the U.S. Such a conflict would cripple North Asia’s production and […]
