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Lies of the Beholder: Biden Congratulates Ukraine for “Success” as Prime Minister Resigns Over “Artificially Created” Crisis
Lies of the Beholder: Biden Congratulates Ukraine for “Success” as Prime Minister Resigns Over “Artificially Created” Crisis When the going gets tough for politicians, the politicians do what they do best: Declare success smack in the face of a resounding defeat. Today, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk resigned, accusing the president’s party of plunging the war-scarred […]
NATO as a War-Racket
NATO as a War-Racket NATO Causes Refugees, Then Uses Them As Excuse for More Invasions NATO is the anti-Russia military club of nations, even after the communist Soviet Union and its military club against the U.S., the Warsaw Pact, ended in 1991 — NATO didn’t reciprocate that by ending itself, as it should have done […]
Trans-Atlantic & Trans-Pacific “Partnerships” Complete Corporate World Takeover
Trans-Atlantic & Trans-Pacific “Partnerships” Complete Corporate World Takeover As I have emphasized since these “partnerships” were first announced, their purpose is to give corporations immunity from the laws in the countries in which they do business. The principle mechanism of this immunity is the granting of the right to corporations to sue governments and agencies […]
Panama Papers – Who Instigated the Leak? USA or Russia?
Panama Papers – Who Instigated the Leak? USA or Russia? The US think tank Brookings Institution is claiming that Russia had released the Panama Papers in order to destabilize the West. Wikileaks claimed the exact opposite that the publications have been launched by the United States. Our sources put the blame on neither. Indeed, it is […]
Dutch Voters Reject Ukraine Deal
Dutch Voters Reject Ukraine Deal Dutch voters struck a blow against the E.U.’s Ukrainian association agreement – and the incessant Russia-bashing that has surrounded it – creating hope for less belligerence in Europe, writes Gilbert Doctorow. On this overcast Thursday morning in Brussels, the political capital of Europe, rays of bright sunshine are breaking through […]
US scares Europe with ‘mythical’ Russian threat to justify military costs – Russian envoy to NATO
US scares Europe with ‘mythical’ Russian threat to justify military costs – Russian envoy to NATO © Michael Dalder / Reuters The US is using “mythical” Russian aggression as a European boogeyman to justify increasing defense spending while also hoping to revive NATO’s failing mission amid growing global security threat, Russia’s envoy to the alliance […]
Putin Denounces “Panama Papers” As U.S. Plot To Destabilize Russia
Putin Denounces “Panama Papers” As U.S. Plot To Destabilize Russia The last few days days have been rife with speculation about the motivation, if any, behind the release of the Panama Papers, with the most prominent example coming from Wikileaks two days ago on Twitter which accused the journalist consortium behind the leak, the ICIJ, of being […]
George Soros Targeting Putin through the Panama Papers?
George Soros Targeting Putin through the Panama Papers? The Panama Papers represent the biggest document leak of the modern era, and George Soros apparently has a role. The scandal that has erupted after the publication of the Mossack Fonseca law firm’s so-called “Panama Papers” was organized by the US Centers for investigations on corruption and […]
Dutch Referendum May Have Unleashed European “Continental Crisis”
Dutch Referendum May Have Unleashed European “Continental Crisis” In early January, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker warned that a Dutch advisory referendum, which took place today, on the bloc’s association agreement with Ukraine could lead to a “continental crisis” if voters reject the treaty. In an interview in January for Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad, Juncker said […]
The Dutch referendum shows how the internet is taking back power from our Europhile elites
The Dutch referendum shows how the internet is taking back power from our Europhile elites Dutch member of the Socialist Party (SP) Harry van Bommel hands out flyers against a referendum on the association treaty with Ukraine CREDIT: BART MAAT Today’s Dutch referendum on the EU’s expansionist agreement with Ukraine really is the people’s referendum. It wasn’t triggered by […]
‘Corruption’ as a Propaganda Weapon
‘Corruption’ as a Propaganda Weapon Exclusive: Mainstream U.S. journalism and propaganda are getting hard to tell apart, as with the flurry of “corruption” stories aimed at Russia’s Putin and other demonized foreign leaders, writes Robert Parry. Sadly, some important duties of journalism, such as applying evenhanded standards on human rights abuses and financial corruption, have been so corrupted […]
Behind Brazil’s ‘Regime Change’
Behind Brazil’s ‘Regime Change’ Government “corruption” – trumpeted by international media and exploited by U.S.-funded NGOs – is a favorite weapon for discrediting and removing populist leaders, as is now occurring in Brazil, explains Dan Steinbock. While international media focuses on Brazil’s mass demonstrations against corruption, efforts behind the façade precipitate regime change, restoration of a pre-Lula order, and […]
Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, Flashpoint for the Planet
Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, Flashpoint for the Planet Once upon a time, if a war was going to destroy your world, it had to take place in your world. The soldiers had to land, the planes had to fly overhead, the ships had to be off the coast. No longer. Nuclear war changed that equation forever and not […]
Advantage U.S. In The Global Petroleum Showdown?
Advantage U.S. In The Global Petroleum Showdown? Is the crude stock data in the EIA’s Weekly Petroleum Status Report (Table 1 in the report) a useful tool for judging the prospects for the U.S. petroleum industry— and therefore for the global petroleum industry—or is it misleading? With few interruptions, U.S. crude stocks increased steadily during 2015 and […]
The EU Has Bigger Trouble than Brexit alone
The EU Has Bigger Trouble than Brexit alone Trouble brewing in the Netherlands The referendum in the Netherlands on April 6th is going to cause a lot of trouble, possibly axing the strong Dutch commitment to the European project. The plebiscite is about the Association Treaty between EU and Ukraine, into which the EU inserted some curious […]
