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Russia Warns Of “Brave New World” Of Higher Gas Prices After Germany Halts Nord Stream 2
Russia Warns Of “Brave New World” Of Higher Gas Prices After Germany Halts Nord Stream 2 Update (0900ET): Europe’s energy crisis deepened Tuesday as Germany halted the process of certifying the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. Putin’s right hand man, Dmitry Medvedev responded to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s comments about the certification of the controversial […]
Putin Orders Peacekeeping Operation In Ukraine’s Breakaway Regions
Putin Orders Peacekeeping Operation In Ukraine’s Breakaway Regions Update (422pmET): It appears that boots are about to hit the ground. According to Reuters and RIA, Putin has ordered a peacekeeping operation in Eastern Ukraine’s breakaway regions of Donetsk and Lugansk. PUTIN ORDERS RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES TO START ‘PEACEKEEPING MISSION’ IN E. UKRAINE BREAKAWAY REGIONS — […]
The Washington Post: The Voice of the CIA
The Washington Post: The Voice of the CIA The Washington Post has always been a CIA asset. The CIA used the Washington Post to orchestrate the Watergate narrative used to drive President Nixon out of office. The CIA wanted Nixon gone, because Nixon was threatening the military/security complex’s budget and power by making arms control agreements […]
Is the Confrontation Over Ukraine Joe Biden’s “Wag the Dog” Moment?
Is the Confrontation Over Ukraine Joe Biden’s “Wag the Dog” Moment? The people now gunning for a showdown with Putin were gunning for a showdown with Saddam Hussein two decades ago—with the same promises of a happy outcome. Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Moscow. (Alexei Druzhinin / AP […]
Powerful Gas Pipeline Explosion Rocks Eastern Ukraine
Powerful Gas Pipeline Explosion Rocks Eastern Ukraine (Update 4:48pm ET): In the overnight hours local time a massive gas pipeline explosion is being reported, with a fire raging at the site. Early unconfirmed reports suggest the powerful explosion rocked a part of the pipeline in the pro-Russian separatist region, in or near the city of Luhansk. Interfax is also confirming […]
Stockman: “We’re Not Useful Idiots!”
Stockman: “We’re Not Useful Idiots!” Honest injun. We’re not useful idiots here at Contra Corner! We do think, however, that the entire Ukrainian crisis is a Washington-confected con job. And we came to that conclusion without relying on a single scrap of information peddled by Russki propagandists appearing on Strategic Culture Foundation or Zero Hedge. Actually, […]
Biden Says Ukraine Invasion Risk “Very High”; Russia Expels US Deputy Amb., Demands US Leave Eastern Europe
Biden Says Ukraine Invasion Risk “Very High”; Russia Expels US Deputy Amb., Demands US Leave Eastern Europe Summary: Reports overnight from both sides (Ukraine, Rebels) that shelling has begun, claiming ceasefire broken US envoy says evidence on the ground is that Russia is moving toward an “imminent invasion,” says “this is a crucial moment.” Russia […]
Inflation – Cassandra Speaks
Inflation – Cassandra Speaks Inflation should be front and centre for markets – give or take Ukraine, Oil, etc. How real is it, and just how bad could the consequences be? Not talking about it is one way to ensure it hurts. “The way to crush the bourgeoise is to grind them between the millstones […]
Another All-Time Media Faceplant
Another All-Time Media Faceplant After the Biden administration and the press wrongly predicted a Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 16th, they kept compounding the error in spectacular fashion “It was a joke, you idiots.” If cluelessness can be art, American journalists unveiled their Sistine Chapel this week, in a remarkable collection of misreports and […]
“Russian Propaganda” Means Disputing US Propaganda
“Russian Propaganda” Means Disputing US Propaganda Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The Associated Press has published yet another article based on unevidenced assertions by anonymous government officials about the scary horrifying frightening Russian menace, this time to accuse another media outlet of promoting propaganda. Without a trace of irony. “U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday […]
Nord Stream: The Geo-politics of Keeping Germany ‘Down’, Russia ‘Out’, and Instability in Ukraine
Nord Stream: The Geo-politics of Keeping Germany ‘Down’, Russia ‘Out’, and Instability in Ukraine It seems reasonable to expect we will have this crisis with us – in its various forms – for at least the next two years, Alastair Crooke writes. Macron in a remarkably frank interview with a French Journal put his finger on the […]
The West is Crumbling & Putin Knows It
The West is Crumbling & Putin Knows It QUESTION: It appears that Russia has shifted its focus claiming it may need to protect Russian citizens in Eastern Ukraine. You seem to have more insight than what I read elsewhere. Biden is now scrambling with Borris here in London on a way to appease Russia. Do […]
European Energy Prices Soar As Western Media Hypes Imminent Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
European Energy Prices Soar As Western Media Hypes Imminent Russian Invasion Of Ukraine European natural gas and electricity prices jumped as Western corporate media continued to drum up headlines of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine that could spark World War 3. Benchmark European gas prices rose more than 10% to 84 euros a megawatt-hour, the highest […]
Both US & Russia Evacuate Embassies In Ukraine As Crisis Enters Uncharted Territory
Both US & Russia Evacuate Embassies In Ukraine As Crisis Enters Uncharted Territory update(2/12 8:23amET): In the overnight and early Saturday morning hours, both the US and Russians appear to be drawing down and evacuating their embassies in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev in what’s the most ominous sign yet that military confrontation could be on […]
Biden warns of “world war” whilst Truss says Rostov and Voronezh are not Russian
Biden warns of “world war” whilst Truss says Rostov and Voronezh are not Russian President Joe Biden called for American citizens in Ukraine to leave the country as soon as possible after revealing the potential for a “world war” and warning that “things could go crazy quickly” between the US and Russia. Biden’s bombastic rhetoric […]
