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Turkey’s Big Bet Has Put Libya in Center of a Global Power Struggle
Turkey’s Big Bet Has Put Libya in Center of a Global Power Struggle Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair The series of debilitating military setbacks that Libya’s renegade general Khalifa Haftar suffered in recent months have spurred diplomatic activities over the conflict in the country. But the war is far from over. Haftar’s dream of capturing Tripoli from […]
United States: An Obituary
United States: An Obituary The United States of America was problematic from the start. It was founded on genocide and slavery, and, while frequently congratulating itself on the rights and freedoms it granted its citizens, never managed to confront the demons in its past. The question would arise repeatedly, generation after generation: rights and freedoms […]
NYT Finally Gets Around to Reporting OAS Fraud Election Claims in Bolivia Were Bogus
NYT Finally Gets Around to Reporting OAS Fraud Election Claims in Bolivia Were Bogus The Times only covered the problems with the OAS analysis after a study from three independent researchers found flawed data and analysis. Bolivia’s Evo Morales in 2008. (Joel Alvarez, Wikimedia Commons) More than seven months after claims of fraudulent elections sparked an undemocratic coup that led […]
21 Years Ago: The end of the Bombing of Serbia. And the Start of the Decline of the Western Empire
21 Years Ago: The end of the Bombing of Serbia. And the Start of the Decline of the Western Empire Nato Bombing of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia, 1999 (image from Wikipedia) 21 years ago, on June 10, 1999, the NATO campaign against Serbia ended after 78 days of bombing. We still don’t know […]
Facebook Singles Out State Media of US Adversaries for a Warning
Facebook Singles Out State Media of US Adversaries for a Warning Ignoring state-owned media in nations allied with the U.S., Facebook is attaching a warning label to state media from countries the U.S. doesn’t like. Facebook has begun adding labels to news articles it publishes from “state media” to warn readers about where their news […]
China v USA
China v USA QUESTION: Obviously, China is not Hitler or Napoleon with dreams of conquering the world. The days of empire building are gone. China has always been the one who is invaded from the Mongols and Japanese to the Europeans. Do you see China becoming more dominant in empire building retaking Taiwan? JN ANSWER: I am […]
VIPS MEMO: To the President—Avoid Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela
VIPS MEMO: To the President—Avoid Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela The Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) urges Donald Trump to avoid the slippery slope toward armed conflict as an Iranian oil tanker nears Venezuela on Sunday. MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Avoiding Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to […]
Iran & Venezuela Hail Victorious ‘Defiance’ Over US As 1st Tanker Is Escorted By Maduro Forces
Iran & Venezuela Hail Victorious ‘Defiance’ Over US As 1st Tanker Is Escorted By Maduro Forces The first among five Iranian fuel-laden tankers has arrived in gasoline-starved Venezuela amid US threats to intervene against the ‘sanctions-busting’ activity by two official Washington enemies. Reuters reports: “The tanker, named Fortune, reached the country’s waters at around 7:40 p.m. […]
Do You Consent To The New Cold War?
Do You Consent To The New Cold War? The world’s worst Putin puppet is escalating tensions with Russia even further, with the Trump administration looking at withdrawal from more nuclear treaties in the near future. In addition to planning on withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty and knocking back Moscow’s attempts to renew the soon-to-expire New START Treaty, Trump […]
It Doesn’t Matter What You Think, Reality Is What It Is
It Doesn’t Matter What You Think, Reality Is What It Is It doesn’t matter what you think, the reality we face is what we are seeing here on the ground. Reality is what it is and our government will as usual muddle through with poorly thought out politically correct solutions geared to kick the can […]
A Machiavellian US in the Middle East
A Machiavellian US in the Middle East The war in Syria has dropped out of the news, like almost everything else, in a time when the Coronavirus seems to dominate all discourse and reporting. But the regime of Bashar al-Assad continues to strangle its own country. The Russians continue to bomb on his behalf, terrifying […]
How To Understand All This China Stuff
How To Understand All This China Stuff China is in the news every day now. Today here in Australia we’re pretending to be offended because a Chinese tabloid published the accusation that our nation is a “giant kangaroo that serves as a dog of the US”, even though we all know that’s completely true and we should be flattered that at […]
Not A Deterrent, But Massive Provocation: Russia Blasts US Ambassador’s ‘Move Nukes To Poland’ Remarks
Not A Deterrent, But Massive Provocation: Russia Blasts US Ambassador’s ‘Move Nukes To Poland’ Remarks The deeply contentious issue of US and NATO nuclear weapons right on Russia’s European doorstep of Poland is front and center once again, as the redeployment of US nuclear weapons from Germany to Poland is said to actually be on the table following an […]
The Coming Nuclear Menace: Hypersonic Missiles
The Coming Nuclear Menace: Hypersonic Missiles Photograph Source: David James Paquin (attributed) – Public Domain The United States is seeking to acquire “volumes of hundreds or even thousands” of nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles that are “stealthy” and can fly undetected at 3,600 miles per hour, five times faster than the speed of sound. Why so many? […]
How Can Socrates Forecast Thing Well in Advance?
How Can Socrates Forecast Thing Well in Advance? QUESTION: Martin –In the video link you see the blank answer by former Fed Chairman Bernanke when asked, in a 60 Minutes interview, as to where he saw unemployment going/peaking in the last crisis of 2008 (at minute 3:27). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKx1BZd9bjQHow do you best explain Socrates being able to […]
