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Creating Russia/China Bogeymen
Creating Russia/China Bogeymen Relying on the most unreliable propaganda, Washington’s foreign policy establishment is seeking massive new military spending to counter Russian and Chinese “aggression” — when a more sober analysis would show these “threats” to be wildly exaggerated, as Gilbert Doctorow explains. Where Russia is concerned – and now also China – one can […]
War Is A Total Lie!
War Is A Total Lie!
Will Russia End Up Controlling 73% of Global Oil Supply?
Will Russia End Up Controlling 73% of Global Oil Supply? Russia has played a master stroke in the current oil crisis by taking the lead in forming a new cartel, but it’s a move that could spell geopolitical disaster. The meeting between Russia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela on 16 February 2016 was the first […]
Kick Turkey Out of NATO
Kick Turkey Out of NATO There’s a Petition at Change.org to suspend Turkey’s membership in NATO. Why kick Turkey out of NATO? Because: Turkey just shut down the largest Turkish newspaper using tear gas, water canons and brutality: Turkey has destroyed free speech and freedom of the press Turkey imprisons more journalists than any other country in the world Journalists […]
Europe Without the Union
Europe Without the Union The European project was always bound to fail. Europe is a continent riven by geographic barriers. It has spent two millennia not only indulging in massive and constant internal wars, but also keeping written records of them, informing each generation of all the times their forebears were wronged. Over the centuries, great […]
Justin Trudeau’s Shame: Extending Carte Blanche to Israel
Justin Trudeau’s Shame: Extending Carte Blanche to Israel Here’s a Middle East multiple choice question for you (warning: one of these will get you condemned by the government of Justin Trudeau). Would you rather that the Palestinian people 1) once again take up armed struggle in order to end Israeli occupation of their land or […]
Anonymous claim Twitter is shutting down their accounts for harassing ISIS
Anonymous claim Twitter is shutting down their accounts for harassing ISIS © Stefan Wermuth / Reuters Online activists involved in the #OpISIS campaign to rid social media of an Islamic extremist presence say Twitter has been suspending their accounts for online harassment against the terrorist group. An Anonymous hacker made the claims after Twitter said it suspended […]
Ukraine Collapse Is Now Imminent
Ukraine Collapse Is Now Imminent Via GEFIRA, Two years have passed since Yanukovich was deposed and, as it turns out, another ruthless clan of oligarchs has taken power. No wonder then that Ukraine is heading for a new wave of violence and chaos. Oligarchs are fighting each other, the IMF is pulling out of the country, […]
Middle Eastern Wars Have ALWAYS Been About Oil
Middle Eastern Wars Have ALWAYS Been About Oil Robert Kennedy Jr. notes: For Americans to really understand what’s going on, it’s important to review some details about this sordid but little-remembered history. During the 1950s, President Eisenhower and the Dulles brothers — CIA Director Allen Dulles and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles — rebuffed Soviet […]
European Ban on Saudi Arms Sales Bolsters Foes of Canadian Deal
European Ban on Saudi Arms Sales Bolsters Foes of Canadian Deal Move puts pressure on government to justify $15-billion contract, says Amnesty. The Saudi National Guard tweeted this photo of armoured vehicles moving to the Yemeni border in November 2015. An anonymous source told the Globe and Mail they were made in Canada. A move […]
How US Helps Al Qaeda in Yemen
How US Helps Al Qaeda in Yemen Exclusive: The Obama administration, eager to assuage Saudi Arabia’s anger over the Iran nuclear deal and the failure to achieve “regime change” in Syria, has turned a blind eye to Riyadh’s savaging of Yemen, even though that is helping Al Qaeda militants expand their territory, writes Jonathan Marshall. For […]
Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Disappointments of War in a World of Unintended Consequences
Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Disappointments of War in a World of Unintended Consequences War, What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing. And No Kidding, That’s the Literal Truth When It Comes to War, American-Style It may be hard to believe now, but in 1970 the protest song “War,” sung by Edwin Starr, hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. […]
Caught On Tape: U.S. Test Fires Nuclear ICBM, Warns “We Are Prepared To Use Nuclear Weapons”
Caught On Tape: U.S. Test Fires Nuclear ICBM, Warns “We Are Prepared To Use Nuclear Weapons” Less than two years ago, news of Russia test-firing an ICBM just as the east Ukraine civil war was heating up, was sufficient to send the stock market into a brief tailspin. Since then, the launches of nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic […]
G-20 Needs To “Man Up” Or Risk Sparking Market Chaos, Citi Warns
G-20 Needs To “Man Up” Or Risk Sparking Market Chaos, Citi Warns Two days ago, the man who now signs your Federal Reserve notes threw cold water on hopes for a so-called “Shanghai Accord.” Over the past month or so, anticipation has built among market participants for some manner of coordinated policy response at this weekend’s G20 summit […]
European Disunion
European Disunion Greece vs. Austria: Non-Friendly Acts Two days ago we came across a headline at Reuters, informing us that “Greece rages at neighbors as fears migrants could be halted”. Say what? What the hell is this supposed to mean? Is this even English? Possibly Reuters employs the same headline editor as Bloomberg….he or she is definitely […]
