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Did Anyone See 2014’s Many Crises Coming?
Did Anyone See 2014’s Many Crises Coming?. This year has been marred by crises across the globe, as protests and conflicts have dominated headlines. Groups that were unknown to many, such as the Islamic State and Boko Haram, have become well-known. Tragedies like the downing of flight MH17 instantly entered public consciousness. Other crises, such […]
Obama To Sign Off On Lethal US Aid To Ukraine By End Of Week, Russian Response To Follow | Zero Hedge
Obama To Sign Off On Lethal US Aid To Ukraine By End Of Week, Russian Response To Follow | Zero Hedge. As we reported over the weekend, in the tumult surrounding Citigroup’s annexation of Congress with the passage of the theatrically dramatic $303 trillion derivative quid-pro-$1.1 trillion spending quo,what most missed is that Congress also unanimously passed […]
The Global Energy Security War
The Global Energy Security War. Concerns about energy security have shot to the top of the political agenda in Europe. But the US has no intention of letting the EU down. “The United States will be working with the EU to develop a plan for the mid- to long-term evolution of a more energy-secure future”, […]
‘America needs a Perestroika’ – Gorbachev to RT — RT News
‘America needs a Perestroika’ – Gorbachev to RT — RT News. The US needs reforms similar to those during Perestroika in the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev told RT’s Sophie Shevardnadze. The former Soviet leader also spoke about Washington’s policy of pressure and intervention into conflicts. Gorbachev stressed the need for political and economic reforms in […]
Russia Warns May Send Troops To Ukraine After Congress Unanimously Votes To Give Lethal Aid To Kiev | Zero Hedge
Russia Warns May Send Troops To Ukraine After Congress Unanimously Votes To Give Lethal Aid To Kiev | Zero Hedge. While the market, and America’s media, was focusing over the passage of the Cromnibus, and whether Wall Street would dump a few hundred trillion in derivatives on the laps of US taxpayers once again (it […]
Russia Warns May Send Troops To Ukraine After Congress Unanimously Votes To Give Lethal Aid To Kiev | Zero Hedge
Russia Warns May Send Troops To Ukraine After Congress Unanimously Votes To Give Lethal Aid To Kiev | Zero Hedge. While the market, and America’s media, was focusing over the passage of the Cromnibus, and whether Wall Street would dump a few hundred trillion in derivatives on the laps of US taxpayers once again (it […]
Paying down the debt is now almost mathematically impossible
Paying down the debt is now almost mathematically impossible. Exactly 199 years ago, in 1815, a “temporary” committee was established in the US Senate called the Committee on Finance and Uniform National Currency. It was set up to address economic issues and the debt accrued by the US government after the War of 1812. Of […]
Jordanian King Warns Of Impending World War III
Jordanian King Warns Of Impending World War III. When OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, imposed an oil embargo on the West for its support of Israel in the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war, the French came out with a series of public service announcements on how to save oil. The 30-second ads gave consumers […]
Massive Explosions Reported Following Israeli Aistrikes Near Syrian Capital | Zero Hedge
Massive Explosions Reported Following Israeli Aistrikes Near Syrian Capital | Zero Hedge. The last time Israel ignored Syrian sovereignty and attacked Bashar al Assad’s nation without fear of reprisals was in the spring of 2013, when the US was eager to launch an all out war, and tear apart the last country that stood in […]
Tomgram: Engelhardt, War to the Horizon | TomDispatch
Tomgram: Engelhardt, War to the Horizon | TomDispatch. It was the end of the road for Chuck Hagel last week and the Washington press corps couldn’t have been more enthusiastic about writing his obituary. In terms of pure coverage, it may not have been Ferguson or the seven-foot deluge of snow that hit Buffalo, New […]
Made in the USA – How the Ukrainian Government is Giving Away Citizenships so Foreigners Can Run the Country | Liberty Blitzkrieg
Made in the USA – How the Ukrainian Government is Giving Away Citizenships so Foreigners Can Run the Country | Liberty Blitzkrieg. I hadn’t written a single piece on the U.S.-Ukraine-Russia quagmire for the entirety of 2014, until Monday when I published: Tensions Between the U.S. and Russia Are Worse Than You Realize – Remarks by […]
Falling Oil Prices Could Cripple ‘Vulnerable’ Russia, Trigger World War III
Falling Oil Prices Could Cripple ‘Vulnerable’ Russia, Trigger World War III. The Cold War 2.0 is going hot, and while it may someday be fought with planes, tanks, guns and bombs, the first front is being fought with oil and shale gas. The U.S. and European sanctions against Russia will become more severe and crippling […]
Nobel Prize Winning Economists, Federal Reserve Chair and Other Top Experts: War Is BAD for the Economy Washington’s Blog
Nobel Prize Winning Economists, Federal Reserve Chair and Other Top Experts: War Is BAD for the Economy Washington’s Blog. Debunking the Stubborn Myth that War Is Good for the Economy About.com notes: One of the more enduring myths in Western society is that wars are somehow good for the economy. It is vital for policy-makers, economists […]
Tensions Between the U.S. and Russia Are Worse Than You Realize – Remarks by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov | Liberty Blitzkrieg
Tensions Between the U.S. and Russia Are Worse Than You Realize – Remarks by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov | Liberty Blitzkrieg. Despite an interest in geopolitics, I haven’t really written anything on the concerning and worsening tension between the government of the United States and the government of Russia. I intentionally wrote government twice in order […]
Russia’s Weapon of Choice: Information Warfare – The Epoch Times
Russia’s Weapon of Choice: Information Warfare – The Epoch Times. WASHINGTON—With its annexation of Crimea, aggression in the eastern Ukraine, and military and economic threats to NATO nations, the Kremlin has resumed a new kind of Cold War. Regardless of what Vladimir Putin may say, his motives are not benign. The West has reacted with […]
