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Impunity, Functional Equivalent of Genocide: Collapse of Social Institutions
Impunity, Functional Equivalent of Genocide: Collapse of Social Institutions The horrific refugee problem we see today, so reminiscent of population movements during World War II, next to the Holocaust itself in the historical annals of Crimes Against Humanity, and to which it was then related, remains in our times below the moral radar screen as […]
Eventual Consequences
Eventual Consequences Mark Bryan The US empire has murdered some 40 million people since World War II (according to John Stockwell), has suppressed popular social change in dozens of countries, has overthrown and assassinated their leaders and has organized and trained right-wing death squads that murdered and tortured their citizens. Both Al Qaeda and ISIS […]
There Goes Europe
There Goes Europe The desperate wish in what is loosely called the West to at least appear morally correct is unfortunately over-matched by the desperation of people fleeing unstable, overpopulated places outside the West, and it is a fiasco beyond even the events of the moment. The refugee / immigrant crisis around the Mediterranean is a preview of […]
U.S. Drops Bombs; EU Gets Refugees & Blame. This Is Insane
U.S. Drops Bombs; EU Gets Refugees & Blame. This Is Insane Starting in 2011 in Libya, the United States dropped bombs on Libya in order to replace its pro-Russian dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. The EU is now tearing itself apart with guilt-feelings at European nations’ responses to the refugee-crisis that was caused by this […]
Russian Military Presence In Syria Risks “Confrontation” With US-Backed Forces, Kerry Warns Lavrov
Russian Military Presence In Syria Risks “Confrontation” With US-Backed Forces, Kerry Warns Lavrov On Friday, Vladimir Putin conceded that the scope of Russian military involvement in Syria is “quite serious.” In a replay of the Kremlin’s official line regarding Russian involvement in Ukraine, Putin did not admit that his soldiers were on the ground to play a […]
US reputation suffers when it stands against human rights & rule of law – Snowden
US reputation suffers when it stands against human rights & rule of law – Snowden Accepting Norway’s freedom of speech prize via a video link from Moscow, due to Washington’s pressure for his extradition, whistleblower Edward Snowden noted that the US’ reputation is crumbling every year it stands against human rights, the rule of law […]
U.S. Drops Fleas With Bubonic Plague on North Korea
U.S. Drops Fleas With Bubonic Plague on North Korea This happened some 63 years ago, but as the U.S. government has never stopped lying about it, and it’s generally known only outside the United States, I’m going to treat it as news. Here in our little U.S. bubble we’ve heard of a couple versions of […]
Putin Confirms Scope Of Russian Military Role In Syria
Putin Confirms Scope Of Russian Military Role In Syria Over the past 48 hours or so, we’ve seen what certainly appears to be visual confirmation of a non-negligible Russian military presence in Syria. For anyone coming to the story late, overt Russian involvement would seem to suggest that the geopolitical “main event” (so to speak), […]
Future of War and Peace at Stake in Streets of Japan
Future of War and Peace at Stake in Streets of Japan The United States and its European allies have launched wars on the Middle East that have created an enormous refugee crisis. The same nations are threatening Russia. The question of maintaining peace with Iran is on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Even in Asia […]
Fallout From Petrodollar Demise Continues As Qatar Borrows $4 Billion Amid Crude Slump
Fallout From Petrodollar Demise Continues As Qatar Borrows $4 Billion Amid Crude Slump Early last month in “Cash-Strapped Saudi Arabia Hopes To Continue War Against Shale With Fed’s Blessing,” we noted the irony inherent in the fact that Saudi Arabia, whose effort to bankrupt the US shale space has blown a giant hole in the […]
Counterterrorism “Success Story” Fails Completely As Yemen Set To Split Into Two Countries
Counterterrorism “Success Story” Fails Completely As Yemen Set To Split Into Two Countries Late last month, as the fighting in Yemen continued unabated, Jeff Prescott, the National Security Council’s Senior Director for the Middle East said “there is no military solution to the crisis.” Saudi Arabia seemingly disagrees and that will reportedly be one topic […]
NYT Claims U.S. Abides by Cluster Bomb Treaty: The Exact Opposite of Reality
NYT Claims U.S. Abides by Cluster Bomb Treaty: The Exact Opposite of Reality The New York Times today has a truly bizarre article regarding the U.S. and cluster bombs. The advocacy group Cluster Munition Coalition just issued its annual report finding that cluster bombs had been used in five countries this year: Syria, Libya, Yemen, Ukraine and Sudan. This is what The […]
Eurodystopia: A Future Divided
Eurodystopia: A Future Divided Image: dreamslayerartworks.comThis is a rerun of an article I wrote on August 10, 2012. It seems to have regained quite a bit of relevance in recent days. I was thinking earlier today, how can I write about finance when Europe continues to offend people’s, and humanity’s, most basic dignity the way […]
Exorbitant Privilege: “The Dollar is Our Currency but Your Problem”
Exorbitant Privilege: “The Dollar is Our Currency but Your Problem” The Global Monetary Architecture: Change is on the Horizon There is no better way to descibe the international monetary system today than through the statement made in 1971 by U.S. Treasury Secretary, John Connally. He said to his counterparts during a Rome G-10 meeting in […]
US/NATO Embrace Psy-ops and Info-War
US/NATO Embrace Psy-ops and Info-War Exclusive: The U.S. government and NATO have entered the Brave New World of “strategic communications,” merging psy-ops, propaganda and P.R. in order to manage the perceptions of Americans and the world’s public, reports veteran war correspondent Don North. As reflected in a recent NATO conference in Latvia and in the Pentagon’s […]
