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Will a Turkey Related Event Spark a Much Wider Regional War?
Will a Turkey Related Event Spark a Much Wider Regional War? I haven’t commented on the Middle East in a while, but a lot has been going on. In particular, Turkey continues to concern me the most, as president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appears increasingly unstable, paranoid and tyrannical. The latest example came last month, when […]
Privatization Is the Atlanticist Strategy to Attack Russia
NOTE: Readers are asking to know who, in addition to the Western-financed NGOs, are the Fifth Columnists inside Russia. Michael Hudson and I left the description general as Atlanticist Integrationists and neoliberal economists. The Saker provides some specific names. Among the Fifth Columnists are the Russian Prime Minister, head of the Central Bank, and the two […]
‘Occupied’ Norway a window into our fossil fuel addiction
‘Occupied’ Norway a window into our fossil fuel addiction Okay, I admit that the premise of Norwegian television’s new political thriller series “Occupied” is far-fetched. But that premise is a window on just how addicted to fossil fuels we are. In “Occupied” Norway’s Green Party wins parliamentary elections and makes good on its (not-altogether-fictional) promise to shut […]
Corrupt US Government Accuses Putin Of Corruption
Corrupt US Government Accuses Putin Of Corruption The most corrupt government on earth, a government so utterly corrupt that it allows former executives of a handful of corrupt mega-banks to run the economic policy of the US solely in the interest of their banks, denying tens of millions of American retirees any interest income on […]
Presidential Crimes Then And Now — Paul Craig Roberts
Presidential Crimes Then And Now — Paul Craig Roberts Reprinted from Paul Craig Roberts, The Neoconservative Threat to World Order (Clarity Press, 2015) Are Nixon’s and the Reagan administration’s crimes noticable on the scale of Clinton’s, George W. Bush’s, and Obama’s? Not much remains of the once vibrant American left-wing. Among the brainwashed remnants there is such […]
For US and Russia, All Roads Lead to China
For US and Russia, All Roads Lead to China Recently I attended an event where the speaker referred to the interplay between economics and security in Asia as being that of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll represents the positive economic growth and interaction within the region, while Mr. Hyde represents the increasing security […]
Turkey-Russia Tensions Spike as Russia Moves Into Northern Syria
Turkey-Russia Tensions Spike as Russia Moves Into Northern Syria Russian air strikes in Syria are coming closer and closer to the Turkish border in Latakia in the northwest, and there are rumors that Russia is looking at establishing an airbase at Qamishli in the largely Kurdish northeast of Syria. Turkey risks having Russia as a […]
They Tell Us Nothing But Lies — Paul Craig Roberts
They Tell Us Nothing But Lies — Paul Craig Roberts A British governmental inquiry has concluded that Russian President Putin “probably approved” the killing of Alexander Litvinenko by polonium poisoning. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44002.htm As no evidence is provided for the surmise, we can conclude that this report on an unresolved event that happened a decade ago is part […]
Bank Of Russia Calls “Emergency” Meeting To Address Ruble Rout
Bank Of Russia Calls “Emergency” Meeting To Address Ruble Rout Earlier today, we highlighted a dramatic plunge in the Russian ruble which has crashed to record lows against the dollar after staging its steepest two-day decline in nine months. The sharp (and seemingly inexorable) decline in crude prices combined with Western economic sanctions and geopolitical turmoil have […]
Yanis Varoufakis Reveals – Berlin Blocked Greece From Chinese Funding During Crisis
Yanis Varoufakis Reveals – Berlin Blocked Greece From Chinese Funding During Crisis Hundreds of millions of people throughout the Western world are being forced to admit an obvious, yet uncomfortable reality. Democracy is dead. Your vote and your voice doesn’t matter. Not at all. No group of people understand this as intimately as the Greeks. They voted […]
Ruble Plunges 26% in 90 days, 6% in Two Days, Hits New Low, Government Says to Heck with it
Ruble Plunges 26% in 90 days, 6% in Two Days, Hits New Low, Government Says to Heck with it Where’s the shock and awe? The ruble plunged 3.8% on Wednesday and another 2.8 on Thursday to a new all-time low of 83.85 to the dollar, at 5:30 PM Moscow time, blowing through the previous catastrophic […]
The 21st Century: An Era Of Fraud — Paul Craig Roberts
The 21st Century: An Era Of Fraud — Paul Craig Roberts In the last years of the 20th century fraud entered US foreign policy in a new way. On false pretenses Washington dismantled Yugoslavia and Serbia in order to advance an undeclared agenda. In the 21st century this fraud multiplied many times. Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, […]
Why We May Never See $100-a-Barrel Oil Again
Why We May Never See $100-a-Barrel Oil Again ‘Race for What’s Left’ author surveys geopolitical fortunes in aftermath of a pricequake. Pricequake: Recent turmoil could spell doom — not just for ‘tough oil’ projects now underway — but for some over-extended companies (and governments) that own them. Oil barrel photo via Shutterstock. As 2015 drew […]
‘West using Madaya, humanitarian crisis in Syria to undermine peace talks’ – Russian dep envoy to UN
‘West using Madaya, humanitarian crisis in Syria to undermine peace talks’ – Russian dep envoy to UN A Syrian national flag flutters near residents who said they have received permission from the Syrian government to leave the besieged town as they wait with their belongings after an aid convoy entered Madaya, Syria, January 14, 2016 […]
Russia Is Preparing a Military Response to the Expansion of NATO
Russia Is Preparing a Military Response to the Expansion of NATO In response to the creation of the mobile forces of NATO, Russia can dispatch heavy military equipment in a Western direction. The beginning of 2016 marked a new escalation in military tensions near the borders of Russia. Yesterday in Lithuania, as part of operation “Atlantic Resolve”, […]
