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The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Permanently Locking In The Obama Agenda For 40 Percent Of The Global Economy
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Permanently Locking In The Obama Agenda For 40 Percent Of The Global Economy We have just witnessed one of the most significant steps toward a one world economic system that we have ever seen. Negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership have been completed, and if approved it will create the largest trading bloc […]
How the Chinese Will Establish a New Financial Order
How the Chinese Will Establish a New Financial Order For many years now, it’s been clear that China would soon be pulling the strings in the U.S. financial system. In 2015, the American people owe the Chinese government nearly $1.5 trillion. I know big numbers don’t mean much to most people, but keep in mind… […]
Yes, There is an Imperialist Ruling Class
Yes, There is an Imperialist Ruling Class Contemporary history is neither a series of random occurrences nor the predetermined plaything of a small cabal of super-empowered conspirators. The truth is somewhere in-between. A sizeable cadre of class- and system-conscious deep-state and imperial planners from the heights of concentrated private and governmental power join together to […]
The World’s Silliest Empire
The World’s Silliest Empire I couldn’t help but notice that over the past few weeks the Empire has become extremely silly—so silly that I believe it deserves the title of the World’s Silliest Empire. One could claim that it has been silly before, but recent developments seem to signal a quantum leap in its silliness […]
Syriasly
Syriasly Senior administration officials say the new offensive holds promise and may change the dynamics on the ground. — The New York Times Whew…. That’s reassuring. Finally, a Middle East policy you can believe in. It’s apparently based on a joint Kurdish-Arab army that our side (the USA) is pretending to assemble around the ISIS stronghold […]
The Radically Changing Story of the U.S. Airstrike on Afghan Hospital: From Mistake to Justification
The Radically Changing Story of the U.S. Airstrike on Afghan Hospital: From Mistake to Justification When news first broke of the U.S. airstrike on the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, the response from the U.S. military was predictable and familiar. It was all just a big, terrible mistake, its official statement suggested: an airstrike it carried […]
Syria Ground War Imminent? U.S. Accuses Russia Of Launching Syrian Land Campaign
Syria Ground War Imminent? U.S. Accuses Russia Of Launching Syrian Land Campaign While the US was been surprised and angered by the stunningly fast turn of events in Syria where in the span of less than a month Russia unleashed a massive, Syria-based airborne campaign against what it says are ISIS terrorists, even as the […]
It’s Official – UK Admits “Human Rights” No Longer a Priority of British Foreign Policy
It’s Official – UK Admits “Human Rights” No Longer a Priority of British Foreign Policy Not that they ever were, but they’ve finally decided to be explicit about it. Which to be honest, is pretty scary. From the Independent: Human rights are no longer a “top priority” for the Government, Britain’s most senior Foreign Office official has […]
Lawrence Wilkerson: “The American ‘Empire’ Is In Deep, Deep Trouble”
Lawrence Wilkerson: “The American ‘Empire’ Is In Deep, Deep Trouble” Former US army colonel and Chief of Staff for Colin Powell, Lawrence Wilkerson unleashed a most prescient speech on the demise of the United States Empire. As Naked Capitalism’s Yves Smith notes, Wilkerson describes the path of empires in decline and shows how the US is following […]
Saudis Mull Launch Of Regional War As Russia Pounds Targets In Syria For Fourth Day
Saudis Mull Launch Of Regional War As Russia Pounds Targets In Syria For Fourth Day While the US has certainly made some epic strategic blunders in Syria that raise serious questions about just how “intelligent” US intelligence actually is, there’s little doubt that if one were to look behind all of the media parroting, the […]
Doctors Accuse White House Of Lying To Justify “Collateral Damage” In Kabul Hospital Bombing
Doctors Accuse White House Of Lying To Justify “Collateral Damage” In Kabul Hospital Bombing By way of excuse for what President Obama called “a tragic incident,” (and The UN called a ‘war crime’) US officials have claimed that the Taliban were fighting from within the Kabul hospital (which was destroyed by a US air strike yesterday killing at […]
Did World War III Start on the Precise Day of the ECM?
Did World War III Start on the Precise Day of the ECM? Russia began bombing CIA trained rebels in Syria precisely on the day of the turn in the Economic Confidence Model. This bombing has continued as CNN pointed out. Now, hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria to also join a major ground offensive in support of […]
The Middle East Meltdown and Global Risk
The Middle East Meltdown and Global Risk Among today’s geopolitical risks, none is greater than the long arc of instability stretching from the Maghreb to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. With the Arab Spring an increasingly distant memory, the instability along this arc is deepening. Indeed, of the three initial Arab Spring countries, Libya has become a […]
