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Value in Reading Others’ Propaganda
Value in Reading Others’ Propaganda U.S. policymakers view their country as the “exceptional” and “indispensable” global policeman but shut their eyes to how other nations see the world, thus blinding America to emerging problems and possible solutions, as ex-CIA official Graham E. Fuller explains. All countries do it — promoting their own societies in ideal terms in […]
Hope, Power, and Delusion
Hope, Power, and Delusion Jeremy Corbyn has won the race for leadership of the Labour party. But Greek and Spanish activists advise against placing too much faith in political parties. Jeremy Corbyn has won the race for leadership of the Labour party, and the anti-austerity movement of the UK rejoices: “Finally we will see change”. […]
WikiLeaks cables implicate UK & Saudi Arabia in secret deal to secure UNHRC seats
WikiLeaks cables implicate UK & Saudi Arabia in secret deal to secure UNHRC seats Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal (R) and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond © Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters Two years after the controversial appointment of Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s leading human rights offenders, to the UN human rights […]
The Peak in Government? A Low in Interest Rates?
The Peak in Government? A Low in Interest Rates? We have warned that capital is in a flight to quality, therefore creating the bubble in government paper. We also warned that the bond market on the long-term peaked in April/May and that we should expect a further rally in the short-end. This significant move has unfolded right […]
The UN: Pretending to Oppose War for 70 Years
The UN: Pretending to Oppose War for 70 Years The United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals don’t just ignore the fact that development isn’t sustainable; they revel in it. One of the goals is spreading energy use. Another is economic growth. Another is preparation for climate chaos (not preventing it, but dealing with it). And […]
The collapse of Saudi Arabia is inevitable
The collapse of Saudi Arabia is inevitable Deep-rooted structural realities means that Saudi Arabia is indeed on the brink of protracted state-failure, a process likely to take-off in the next few years On Tuesday 22 September, Middle East Eye broke the story of a senior member of the Saudi royal family calling for a “change” in leadership […]
Obama Deifies American Hegemony
Obama Deifies American Hegemony Today is the 70th anniversary of the UN. It is not clear how much good the UN has done. Some UN Blue Hemet peacekeeping operations had limited success. But mainly Washington has used the UN for war, such as the Korean War and Washington’s Cold War against the Soviet Union. In […]
Why Saudi Ties to 9/11 Mean U.S. Ties to 9/11
Why Saudi Ties to 9/11 Mean U.S. Ties to 9/11 Media interest in Saudi Arabian connections to the crimes of 9/11 has centered on calls for the release of the 28 missing pages from the Joint Congressional Inquiry’s report. However, those calls focus on the question of hijacker financing and omit the most interesting links between the […]
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 […]
The Final Collapse of Bush’s Nation-Building: Kunduz falls to Taliban
September 30, 2015
The Final Collapse of Bush’s Nation-Building: Kunduz falls to Taliban On Monday, the Taliban swept into the provincial capital of Kunduz, taking it in half a day from a large and well-equipped Afghan National Army force. Tuesday’s riposte had only mixed success, with the ANA saying it had taken back the (no-empty) prison. An attempt to […]
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