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Canada’s PM To Putin: “I Guess I’ll Shake Your Hand…” Putin’s Response “It Was Not Positive” | Zero Hedge
Canada’s PM To Putin: “I Guess I’ll Shake Your Hand…” Putin’s Response “It Was Not Positive” | Zero Hedge. Following last week’s (humiliating for the US) APEC meeting in Beijing, in which the BRIC nations clearly distanced themselves from the “developed world” and the topic of the “Russian invasion of Ukraine” was largely missing as it […]
Tomgram: David Vine, A Permanent Infrastructure for Permanent War | TomDispatch
Tomgram: David Vine, A Permanent Infrastructure for Permanent War | TomDispatch. In a September address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Barack Obamaspoke forcefully about the “cycle of conflict” in the Middle East, about “violence within Muslim communities that has become the source of so much human misery.” The president was adamant: “It is time […]
Western leaders confront Putin at G20 with threat of more sanctions | Reuters
Western leaders confront Putin at G20 with threat of more sanctions | Reuters. (Reuters) – Western leaders warned Vladimir Putin at a G20summit on Saturday that he risked more economic sanctions if he failed to end Russian backing for separatist rebels in Ukraine. Russia denied any involvement in an escalation of the separatist war in eastern Ukraine, where more […]
Time to Hide Under the Covers | Armstrong Economics
Time to Hide Under the Covers | Armstrong Economics. The USA may not be as all-powerful as its tells its people or our politicians believe. For all the spying going on against American citizens to hunt them down for taxes intercepting all cell phone calls, the USA is vulnerable on many fronts. The Chinese have been able […]
US Navy deploys laser weapon to Persian Gulf for first-ever combat mission — RT News
US Navy deploys laser weapon to Persian Gulf for first-ever combat mission — RT News. The US Navy has deployed its first ever combat laser. The futuristic weapon has boosted the arsenal of the Fifth Fleet’s command vessel in the Persian Gulf. The laser is said to be effective against numerous small targets, such as […]
BBC News – G20 summit: Russia sanctions ‘undermine trade’ – Putin
BBC News – G20 summit: Russia sanctions ‘undermine trade’ – Putin. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that US and EU sanctions will harm not just Russia but the global economy. He said the sanctions were a mistake, going against trade accords and only the UN had the right to impose them. The sanctions were introduced […]
US-China Relations Fraught With Difficulties, Experts Say – The Epoch Times
US-China Relations Fraught With Difficulties, Experts Say – The Epoch Times. MORE IN CHINA-US NEWS Obama’s Comments on Open Internet Meet Heavy Censorship in China Obama to Visit China, Burma, Australia Next Week China’s State-Funded Company Looks to Profit Off US Patents The talks between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese Communist Party head Xi […]
Northern Europe beefs up air patrols to oppose ‘Russian invasion’ — RT News
Northern Europe beefs up air patrols to oppose ‘Russian invasion’ — RT News. Eight northern European nations have agreed to step up military training and data sharing to oppose an alleged “invasion” of airspace by Russia. Moscow increased its air patrols after NATO beefed up its European presence in the wake of the Ukraine crisis. […]
Beware the Cycle of War Turns Back Up Next Week | Armstrong Economics
Beware the Cycle of War Turns Back Up Next Week | Armstrong Economics. We have to be concerned that the Cycle of War turns back up next week. NATO has reported that Russian troops have now invaded Eastern Ukraine. In the Cycles of War Report we wrote that target will be November 19/20, 2014 (2014.8871) where we should […]
Russia To Dispatch Long-Range Bomber Patrols Over Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean | Zero Hedge
Russia To Dispatch Long-Range Bomber Patrols Over Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean | Zero Hedge. While the west is seemingly eager to once again restart the military escalation, if only in rhetoric for now, surrounding the east-Ukraine conflict, leading to a report that the “European Union and the U.S. will weigh further sanctions against Russia’s economy and Ukrainian […]
War Making and Class Conflict – Joseph T. Salerno – Mises Daily
War Making and Class Conflict – Joseph T. Salerno – Mises Daily. All governments past and present, regardless of their formal organization, involve the rule of the many by the few. In other words, all governments are fundamentally oligarchic. The reasons are twofold. First, governments are nonproductive organizations and can only subsist by extracting goods […]
Armenia warns Azeris over helicopter shooting – Europe – Al Jazeera English
Armenia warns Azeris over helicopter shooting – Europe – Al Jazeera English. Armenia’s Foreign Ministry has threatend “grave consequences” after Azerbaijani forces shot down one of its military helicopters. Wednesday’s development will fuel fears of a major escalation of the long-standing conflict over Nagorny Karabakh, a region of Azerbaijan controlled by ethnic Armenians. The downing […]
Moscow slams NATO’s accusations of invasion in Ukraine as groundless — RT News
Moscow slams NATO’s accusations of invasion in Ukraine as groundless — RT News. Russia has denied NATO claims that its army has crossed into eastern Ukraine in the past few days, calling them groundless, the Defense Ministry said. “We have stopped paying attention to the groundless accusations made by NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, […]
China’s Military Budget Could Soon Be As Big as America’s Washington’s Blog
China’s Military Budget Could Soon Be As Big as America’s Washington’s Blog. China May Be Closing the Gap on U.S. Military Superiority Frank Kendall – the Pentagon’s undersecretary of defense for acquisitions, technology, and logistics –has repeatedly warned that America’s military advantage over China is evaporating. The Weekly Standard reports: While the U.S. military’s budget is being cut, China’s […]
