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Saudi Arabia, Russia in No Mood to Cave to US Fracking Boom
Saudi Arabia, Russia in No Mood to Cave to US Fracking Boom The recently vaunted decline in US crude oil production, supported by granular estimates, has been used in rationalizing the newly sizzling rally in oil prices. Analysts are digging through local details to come up with clues where this might be going. Money is re-pouring […]
Saudi Arabia Continues To Turn Screws On U.S. Shale
Saudi Arabia Continues To Turn Screws On U.S. Shale Saudi Arabia continues to ratchet up production, taking market share away from U.S. shale producers. According to OPEC’s latest monthly oil report, Saudi Arabia boosted its oil output to 10.31 million barrels per day in April, a slight increase over the previous month’s total of 10.29 million […]
As the Senate Prepares to Vote on “Fast Track,” Here’s a Quick Primer on the Dangers of the TPP
As the Senate Prepares to Vote on “Fast Track,” Here’s a Quick Primer on the Dangers of the TPP The United States is in the final stages of negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive free-trade agreement with Mexico, Canada, Japan, Singapore and seven other countries. Who will benefit from the TPP? American workers? Consumers? […]
Greece Is Now Just A Political Issue
Greece Is Now Just A Political Issue Greece paid off the IMF yesterday with its IMF reserves. Is that a big deal? Whatever you may want to read into this, it’s been obvious for years that Greece needs major debt restructuring if it wants to move forward and have a future as a country -let […]
Do You Want Total War?
Do You Want Total War? 70 Years Since the End of WW2 Last week Russia celebrated the 70th anniversary of “V Day” over Nazi Germany with a traditional huge military parade in Moscow. Military parade in Moscow on May 9, celebrating the victory over Nazi Germany Photo credit: RT However, this year the celebrations […]
War Threat Rises As Economy Declines
War Threat Rises As Economy Declines Paul Craig Roberts, Keynote Address to the Annual Conference of the Financial West Group, New Orleans, May 7, 2015 The defining events of our time are the collapse of the Soviet Union, 9/11, jobs offshoring, and financial deregulation. In these events we find the basis of our foreign policy […]
Bob Graham and the Missing 9/11 Report Pages
Bob Graham and the Missing 9/11 Report Pages The media has taken an increasing interest in the 28 pages that were redacted from the 9/11 Joint Congressional Inquiry Report. The stories usually feature one of the Inquiry’s leaders, former Senator Bob Graham, who has claimed that the missing pages point to involvement of the government of Saudi Arabia. Although […]
Trinity: 70 Years Later
Trinity: 70 Years Later The Atomic Blast That Shattered Our World It was 70 years ago, on July 16, 1945, that the first atomic bomb, named Trinity, was exploded at the White Sands Proving Ground, the nuclear test site near Alamagordo, NM. It was an event that changed world history forever, and created new health […]
Will Austerity Be the Straw that Breaks the EU AND the UK?
Will Austerity Be the Straw that Breaks the EU AND the UK? From where we’re sitting, the biggest victory in the May 7 British election will turn out to be not that of the Conservatives, but of the SNP, the Scottish nationalists. The party took 56 out of 59 Scottish seats in the United Kingdom’s […]
Isolated – China and Russia Demonstrate Closer Relationship with Joint Military Exercises
Isolated – China and Russia Demonstrate Closer Relationship with Joint Military Exercises BEIJING — When a Chinese honor guard joins a military parade in Russia’s capital this weekend, watched by China’s President Xi Jinping, it will mark more than just a symbolic recognition of the two countries’ contributions to the Allied victory in 1945. China’s participation also […]
Seizing an alternative: Obviously unlawful US/UK wars of the present (2 of 7)
Seizing an alternative: Obviously unlawful US/UK wars of the present (2 of 7) The following is my paper for the Claremont Colleges’ conference, Seizing an Alternative Toward an Ecological Civilization, with open registration to the public on June 4-7, 2015.Paper title: ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’ political collapse: Seizing an alternative to OBVIOUS unlawful wars, bankster looting, lying corporate media […]
The big business of selling Canadian technology to Turkey
The big business of selling Canadian technology to Turkey Turkey’s booming defence sector is making it a ‘priority market’ for many Canadian companies The Canadian flag is flying in Istanbul this weekend, where Canadian technology and innovation are very much in evidence and it’s all for sale. The Canadian presence at the annual defence industry fair (IDEF) […]
Military Contractors Behind New Pressure Group Targeting Presidential Candidates
MILITARY CONTRACTORS BEHIND NEW PRESSURE GROUP TARGETING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES Former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers has formed anew pressure group, now active in Iowa and New Hampshire, to serve as the “premiere national security and foreign policy organization during the 2016 debate” and to “help elect a president who supports American engagement and a strong foreign […]
