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How California stayed with gold when the rest of the U.S. adopted fiat money
How California stayed with gold when the rest of the U.S. adopted fiat money We are ten years into the age of bitcoin. But people are still using national currencies like yen, dollars, and pounds to buy things. What does history have to say about switches from one type of monetary system to another? In […]
Trump’s Biggest Lie?
ERIC ZUESSE | 16.01.2019 | SECURITY / WAR AND CONFLICT| WORLD / MIDDLE EAST Trump’s Biggest Lie? INTRODUCTION (NOTE: Remarks from US President Donald Trump that will be considered as representing possibly his biggest lie will here be boldfaced, so that they will stand out from the context in which he stated them.) Trump escalated Bush’s […]
Tomgram: Susan Southard, Against Forgetting
Tomgram: Susan Southard, Against Forgetting Let me tell you a little story about Hiroshima and me: As a young man, I was anything but atypical in having the Bomb (we capitalized it then) on my brain, and not just while I was ducking under my school desk as sirens howled their nuclear attack warnings outside. […]
Is the US Planning to Wage War on Russia and China?
Is the US Planning to Wage War on Russia and China? Interview with Prof. Michel Chossudovsky Listen to the interview with Prof. Michel Chossudovsky below. This is Guns and Butter. “The Rand Corporation, on contract with the US Army, which commissioned a report examining a war with China. Now, this is called “War With China: […]
JFK, Trump, Russia, and the Deep State
JFK, TRUMP, RUSSIA, AND THE DEEP STATE Ever since I began writing on the JFK assassination, there have been those who have said to me, “What difference does it make whether this was a regime-change operation? Most everyone who engaged in it is dead by now anyway. What relevance does the assassination have for us […]
Uniting for a Green New Deal
Uniting for a Green New Deal Support is growing in the United States for a Green New Deal. Though there are competing visions for what that looks like, essentially, a Green New Deal includes a rapid transition to a clean energy economy, a jobs program and a stronger social safety net. We need a Green […]
The US Has Military Forces in Over 160 Countries, but the Pentagon Is Hiding the Exact Numbers
The US Has Military Forces in Over 160 Countries, but the Pentagon Is Hiding the Exact Numbers The US has 95% of the world’s foreign military bases, with personnel in more than 160 countries. But the Pentagon is leaving hundreds of outposts out of its official reports. Editor’s Note: Nick Turse reports in TomDispatch that […]
FREXIT? The “Gilets Jaunes” will Not Let Go
FREXIT? The “Gilets Jaunes” will Not Let Go Will France, under Macron – Implosion 2 – become a candidate for exiting the EU thanks to the Yellow Vests? The “Gilets Jaunes” will not let go. Not even – or especially not – after Macron‘s half-hearted, rather cynical and grandstanding concessions – of “too little and […]
Enemy Of The People
Enemy Of The People There has never been a time when normal people did not know the media was biased and biased in a predictable direction. For every non-liberal in the media, there were at least ten liberals. The ratio was probably higher, but then, as now, some lefties liked to pretend they were independents […]
Response to US global bullying: Iran, India ditch dollar to continue trading oil despite sanctions
Response to US global bullying: Iran, India ditch dollar to continue trading oil despite sanctions © Getty Images In an effort to circumvent US-imposed sanctions, India and Iran have reportedly ditched the US dollar and are trading oil in rupees. The reason becomes clear after considering the dynamics at play in the region. In mid-February […]
Is Bolton Steering Trump into War with Iran?
Is Bolton Steering Trump into War with Iran? “Stop the ENDLESS WARS!” implored President Donald Trump in a Sunday night tweet. Well, if he is serious, Trump had best keep an eye on his national security adviser, for a U.S. war on Iran would be a dream come true for John Bolton. Last September, when […]
The FBI’s Investigation of Trump as a “National Security Threat” is Itself a Serious Danger. But J. Edgar Hoover Pioneered the Tactic
The FBI’s Investigation of Trump as a “National Security Threat” is Itself a Serious Danger. But J. Edgar Hoover Pioneered the Tactic LAST WEEK, the New York Times reported that the FBI, in 2017, launched an investigation of President Trump “to consider whether the president’s own actions constituted a possible threat to national security” and […]
Here’s What an American Economic Collapse Could Actually Look Like (And How It May Be a Lot Different Than Folks Expect)
Here’s What an American Economic Collapse Could Actually Look Like (And How It May Be a Lot Different Than Folks Expect) When we think of “economic collapse” our imaginations usually lead us immediately to the desperation we’ve witnessed in places like Venezuela or Greece. We think of starvation, a complete lack of medical care, and […]
‘State-of-the-Art Weaponry’ Turns Out to Be Crickets
‘State-of-the-Art Weaponry’ Turns Out to Be Crickets What was purported by the Trump administration to have been widespread illnesses of US diplomats in Cuba resulting from the use – by some nefarious state actor – of advanced acoustic warfare weaponry, turned out to be caused by the mating calls of crickets. In response to accusations […]
Real Crickets, Fake News
Real Crickets, Fake News You’re an American diplomat. Posted to Cuba. You compose yourself for peaceful slumber, as an innocent American dip should… What’s that noise? Whine, buzz. Get up. Lights on. Look. Nothing. Head on pillow. Whine, buzz. We’ve all been kept up nights by some unidentifiable sound. You promise yourself you won’t listen […]
