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Tick Tick Tick
Tick Tick Tick Did Charlie Rose look like a fucking idiot last night on 60-Minutes, or what, asking Vladimir Putin how he could know for sure that the US was behind the 2014 Ukraine coup against President Viktor Yanukovych? Maybe the idiots are the 60-Minutes producers and fluffers who are supposed to prep Charlie’s questions. Putin seemed startled and amused by […]
Dying Petrodollar Ripples Through Markets As Asset Managers Bemoan Loss Of Saudi Bid
Dying Petrodollar Ripples Through Markets As Asset Managers Bemoan Loss Of Saudi Bid One of the key things to understand about China’s liquidation of hundreds of billions in US paper is that far from being a country-specific phenomenon, it actually marks the continuation of something that’s been taking place in other emerging markets for some […]
Putin: All countries should respect Ukraine’s sovereignty
Putin: All countries should respect Ukraine’s sovereignty The sovereignty of all states, including Ukraine, should be respected, Russian President Vladimir Putin told CBS’s ‘60 Minutes,’ stressing that he knows “for sure” that the US was involved in the ouster of President Yanukovich in 2014. TrendsUNGA70, Ukraine turmoil Speaking to veteran journalist Charlie Rose, Putin said that […]
Greater Fools and Bigger Liars
Greater Fools and Bigger Liars Societies in decline have no use for visionaries – Anaïs Nin The moment we heard that John Boehner would resign, the first thing that came to mind was: the next one will be a Greater Fool and a Bigger Liar. For all of his obvious faultlines, Boehner is human. As was evident […]
Catalan Secessionists Set To Win Election Amid Record Turnout
Catalan Secessionists Set To Win Election Amid Record Turnout On Friday we previewed what we said could be the next European black swan. In short, elections in Catalonia on Sunday were a proxy for an independence referendum. The outcome is critical for several reasons, not the least of which are i) Spain’s debt-to-GDP ratio could […]
US On The Ropes: China To Join Russian Military In Syria While Iraq Strikes Intel Deal With Moscow, Tehran
US On The Ropes: China To Join Russian Military In Syria While Iraq Strikes Intel Deal With Moscow, Tehran Last Thursday, we asked if China was set to join Russia and Iran in support of the Assad regime in Syria. Our interest was piqued when the pro-Assad Al-Masdar (citing an unnamed SAA “senior officer”), said Chinese “personnel […]
Op Nimr: Anonymous targets Saudi websites as teen awaits crucifixion for ‘anti-govt activities’
Op Nimr: Anonymous targets Saudi websites as teen awaits crucifixion for ‘anti-govt activities’ © Stephane Mahe / Reuters Hacktivist group Anonymous has called out Saudi Arabia for its horrific human rights record by attacking the Gulf kingdom’s government websites. The attack is in response to the upholding of a death sentence handed down to 17-year-old […]
No Brains In Washington
No Brains In Washington Washington’s IQ follows the Fed’s interest rate — it is negative. Washington is a black hole into which all sanity is sucked out of government deliberations. Washington’s failures are everywhere visible. We can see the failures in Washington’s wars and in Washington’s approach to China and Russia. The visit of Chinese […]
Goldman Strikes Again: Did A Probe Into “Global Warming” Fraud Cost A Prime Minister’s Job
Goldman Strikes Again: Did A Probe Into “Global Warming” Fraud Cost A Prime Minister’s Job When Tony Abbott became Australia’s prime minister in September 2013, the chain of events that would prematurely end his tenure may already have been in motion: just a few months later China would order its out of control shadow banking […]
‘Media Is Our Last Line of Defence’: Mohamed Fahmy
‘Media Is Our Last Line of Defence’: Mohamed Fahmy Newly pardoned journalist Mohamed Fahmy has ”many thank yous” for fellow Canadians who stood by him through his 411-day imprisonment and two-year legal battle in Egypt. But though he’s grateful for the efforts of Canada’s ambassador and foreign minister on his behalf, the former Al Jazeera bureau chief […]
Can Obama Lecture Xi on Human Rights?
Can Obama Lecture Xi on Human Rights? Exclusive: The Obama administration often scolds China over its human rights record – and President Obama is sure to hammer away at those themes in his summit with Chinese President Xi – but it’s hard for the United States not to look hypocritical given its own checkered history, writes Jonathan […]
How Saudi Arabia, and a $15B armoured vehicle deal, became an election issue
How Saudi Arabia, and a $15B armoured vehicle deal, became an election issue Government says contract will create and sustain 3,000 jobs Niqabs, the economy, national unity — all issues that predictably came up in Thursday night’s French-language debate. But few had forecast that Canada’s relations with Saudi Arabia, and specifically, a multibillion-dollar contract to sell armoured vehicles […]
