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Turkey’s Erdogan Goes Full-Dictator: Arrests Dutch Journalist For Critical Tweet
Turkey’s Erdogan Goes Full-Dictator: Arrests Dutch Journalist For Critical Tweet One month ago, we cited Turkey’s president Tayyip Recep Erdogan who said that “it is not only the person who pulls the trigger, but those who made that possible who should be defined as terrorists, regardless of their title,” when was urging parliament to include journalists, politicians, academics, and […]
Putin Denounces “Panama Papers” As U.S. Plot To Destabilize Russia
Putin Denounces “Panama Papers” As U.S. Plot To Destabilize Russia The last few days days have been rife with speculation about the motivation, if any, behind the release of the Panama Papers, with the most prominent example coming from Wikileaks two days ago on Twitter which accused the journalist consortium behind the leak, the ICIJ, of being […]
Dutch Referendum May Have Unleashed European “Continental Crisis”
Dutch Referendum May Have Unleashed European “Continental Crisis” In early January, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker warned that a Dutch advisory referendum, which took place today, on the bloc’s association agreement with Ukraine could lead to a “continental crisis” if voters reject the treaty. In an interview in January for Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad, Juncker said […]
“Unprecedented Leak” Exposes The Criminal Financial Dealings Of Some Of The World’s Wealthiest People
“Unprecedented Leak” Exposes The Criminal Financial Dealings Of Some Of The World’s Wealthiest People An unprecedented leak of more than 11 million documents, called the “Panama Papers“, has revealed the hidden financial dealings of some of the world’s wealthiest people, as well as 12 current and former world leaders and 128 more politicians and public […]
“We Are Prepared To Fight” – In Dramatic Shift NATO Changes East European Doctrine From “Assurance” To “Deterrence”
“We Are Prepared To Fight” – In Dramatic Shift NATO Changes East European Doctrine From “Assurance” To “Deterrence” We are one step closer to another full-blown return of the cold war. Yesterday, during a briefing in Latvia’s capital Riga, NATO Gen. Philip Breedlove said that NATO and the United States are switching their defense doctrine […]
Bombshell: King Of Jordan Blames Turkey For Terror In Europe, Says Israel “Looks Other Way” On Al-Qaeda
Bombshell: King Of Jordan Blames Turkey For Terror In Europe, Says Israel “Looks Other Way” On Al-Qaeda When Vladimir Putin told the world that ISIS gets a significant portion of its funding by selling oil to Turkey, he had just finished meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah. The King is no stranger to confronting the jihadists. […]
Hungarian Central Bank Hoards 200,000 Bullets, Hundreds Of Guns Due To “Security Risks”
Hungarian Central Bank Hoards 200,000 Bullets, Hundreds Of Guns Due To “Security Risks” If we learned anything last September it’s that Janet Yellen’s reaction function now includes domestic and global financial markets. Well that, and we learned that Hungarian PM Viktor Orban isn’t playing around when it comes to Europe’s worsening refugee crisis. While everyone else […]
Why Tomorrow’s “Secret” Meeting Between Russian, Saudi Oil Ministers Will Not Lead To A Cut In Production
Why Tomorrow’s “Secret” Meeting Between Russian, Saudi Oil Ministers Will Not Lead To A Cut In Production For the past two weeks recurring flashing red headlines of an agreement, or at least a meeting, between Russia and Saudi Arabia – the world’s two largest oil producers – have led to aggressive short-covering rallies in oil […]
NATO’s Provocative Anti-Russian Moves
NATO’s Provocative Anti-Russian Moves Official Washington’s demonization of Vladimir Putin and the neocon “group think” about “Russian aggression” have fueled a reckless drive to move NATO forces up to Russia’s border, thus heightening risks of nuclear war and not serving real U.S. national interests, writes Jonathan Marshall. Twenty-seven years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, NATO is […]
Turkey, Saudi Arabia Mull Syria Ground Invasion As Russia, Hezbollah Decimate Rebels
Turkey, Saudi Arabia Mull Syria Ground Invasion As Russia, Hezbollah Decimate Rebels “What’s going on in Syria can only go on for so long. At some point it has to change,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters on a plane back to Turkey from Latin America over the weekend. As we’ve documented extensively over […]
“Sweden Could Be At War Within A Few Years”, Top General Warns
“Sweden Could Be At War Within A Few Years”, Top General Warns On Monday we brought you the latest from the main train station in Stockholm, where “gangs” of Moroccan migrant children have “taken over” the terminal. If you believe The Daily Mail, dozens of children, ages nine to 18, are dug in at the station where […]
Maduro “Wake Up” Call For OPEC As Venezuela Crude Crashes To 13 Year Lows
Maduro “Wake Up” Call For OPEC As Venezuela Crude Crashes To 13 Year Lows Venezuela’s crude oil basket price collapsed to as low as $20.20 yesterday, according to the socialist utopia’s President Maduro. Having already “passed the point of no return,” Maduro rages that OPEC producers appear to be “finally waking up” to what they have unleashed […]
The Birth Of The PetroYuan (In 2 Pictures)
The Birth Of The PetroYuan (In 2 Pictures) Give me that!! It belongs to the Chinese now! h/t @FedPorn As we previously detailed, two topics we’ve deemed critically important to a thorough understanding of both global finance and the shifting geopolitical landscape are the death of the petrodollar and the idea of yuan hegemony. In November […]
Hearing the Russian Perspective
Hearing the Russian Perspective The neocons and liberal hawks who dominate the U.S. foreign policy and media establishment are pushing the world toward a nuclear showdown with Russia as few people hear a comprehensive response from the other side, an imbalance that a new Russian documentary addresses, writes Gilbert Doctorow. By Gilbert Doctorow Without mincing […]
