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3 Ways Facebook Is Increasingly Becoming An Arm Of The US Government
3 Ways Facebook Is Increasingly Becoming An Arm Of The US Government Facebook has lately announced a series of major steps it would take to combat fake news and the global spread of misinformation that it says could influence elections, but the more we learn about just who it is Facebook is partnering with in […]
China Vows Not To Negotiate Under Threat, As Trump Teases “Major Broadside” Against Beijing
China Vows Not To Negotiate Under Threat, As Trump Teases “Major Broadside” Against Beijing Investors had managed to cling on to optimism that the ‘trade skirmish’ between the US and China would reach a swift conclusion – and that the US would ultimately be better off, as China would be forced to curtail practices like […]
China Threatens US With “Consequences” If It Does Not “Immediately” Revoke Sanctions Over Russian Weapons Deal
China Threatens US With “Consequences” If It Does Not “Immediately” Revoke Sanctions Over Russian Weapons Deal Just hours after Beijing called off trade talks with the US in the biggest escalation of the trade feud between the two nations, the war of words between China and the US ratcheted up on Saturday, when Beijing lashed […]
A Path To War? China Cancels US Trade Talks As ‘Skirmish’ Escalates
A Path To War? China Cancels US Trade Talks As ‘Skirmish’ Escalates Following a surge in Chinese, European, and much of the US equity markets this week amid hopes that the so-called ‘trade skirmish’ was less ‘war-like’ than expected, China just dropped an early Saturday morning (local time) tape bomb that is sure to resurrect […]
US Energy Secretary Visits Moscow: Threats and Accusations Used as Foreign-Policy Tools
US Energy Secretary Visits Moscow: Threats and Accusations Used as Foreign-Policy Tools US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry visited Moscow Sept. 11-13 to hold talks with Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov and Energy Minister Alexander Novak. After discussing a wide range of problems, the parties agreed to restart the dormant US-Russia Energy Working […]
Why the U.S. Seeks to Hem in Russia, China and Iran
Why the U.S. Seeks to Hem in Russia, China and Iran America’s three principal adversaries signify the shape of the world to come: a post-Western world of coexistence. But neolibera and neocon ideology is unable to to accept global pluralism and multipolarity, argues Patrick Lawrence. The Trump administration has brought U.S. foreign policy to the […]
Why Are We Siding With al-Qaeda?
Why Are We Siding With al-Qaeda? Last week, I urged the Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to stop protecting al-Qaeda in Syria by demanding that the Syrian government leave Idlib under al-Qaeda control. While it may seem hard to believe that the US government is helping al-Qaeda in Syria, it’s not as strange […]
China Halts Licenses For US Companies Amid Tariff Battle
China Halts Licenses For US Companies Amid Tariff Battle As the tariff battle between Washington and Beijing worsens, China has halted license applications from American companies in financial services and other industries until progress is made towards settling the trade dispute, reports AP, citing an official belonging to a business group. The disclosure marks the first public […]
Covert US Plot For Venezuela Coup Detailed In Explosive NYT Report
Covert US Plot For Venezuela Coup Detailed In Explosive NYT Report “This is going to land like a bomb” in the region, a former Latin America diplomatic official told the New York Times in this morning’s explosive lengthy report detailing how the Trump administration held covert meetings with Venezuelan military coup plotters targeting President Nicolás Maduro. The “clandestine channel” […]
Washington’s Belligerence Can Produce A World Holocaust
Washington’s Belligerence Can Produce A World Holocaust Recently I have been receiving a number of requests for my opinion of the Jewish holocaust. These requests are a puzzle to me as it is a topic unrelated to my commentaries on economics, law, current foreign affairs, and a looming showdown between Washington and Russia in Syria. […]
Despite Trump Warning, Russia Resumes Major Airstrikes On Idlib
Despite Trump Warning, Russia Resumes Major Airstrikes On Idlib lt doesn’t appear that Syrian and Russian forces are overly concerned with the Monday evening threats from both President Trump and Nikki Haley warning Assad and Russia against attacking Idlib Province, as Middle East sources now report that Russia has resumed an intense air campaign over […]
Israel Warns It Could Attack Iranian Military Assets In Iraq
Israel Warns It Could Attack Iranian Military Assets In Iraq In response to what could soon be a big headache for Israeli PM Netanyahu and US “military advisors” to Baghdad, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman indicated on Monday that it could launch air strikes on suspected Iranian military assets in Iraq, as it has widely […]
Provocations Have A History Of Escalating Into War
Provocations Have A History Of Escalating Into War The Russian Government and President Putin are coming under pressure not from US sanctions, which are very good for Russia as they force Russia into independence, but from Russian patriots who are tiring of Putin’s non-confrontational responses to Washington’s never-ending insults and military provocations. Russian patriots don’t […]
Watching America’s Collapse
Watching America’s Collapse Existence is running out for America In the 1950s and 1960s the United States was a vibrant society. Upward mobility was strong, and the middle class expanded. During the 1970s the internal contradiction in Keynesian demand management resulted in stagflation. Reagan’s supply-side economic policy cured that. With a sound economy under him, […]
