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Diplomacy a Waste of Time with Washington
Diplomacy a Waste of Time with Washington The US is a serial lawbreaker, operating by its own rules, no others. Time and again, it flagrantly breaches international treaties, Security Council resolutions, and other rule of law principles, including its own Constitution. Diplomacy with Republicans and undemocratic Dems is an exercise in futility. Trump’s JCPOA pullout […]
Seven Days of Failures for the American Empire
Seven Days of Failures for the American Empire On November 25, two artillery boats of the Gyurza-M class, the Berdiansk and Nikopol, one tugboat, the Yany Kapu, as well as 24 crew members of the Ukrainian Navy, including two SBU counterintelligence officers, were detained by Russian border forces. In the incident, the Russian Federation employed Sobol-class patrol boats Izumrud and Don, as well as two […]
OPEC Cuts Deep to Save Cartel
OPEC Cuts Deep to Save Cartel With oil prices in free fall and the dawning realization that Great Reflation trade of 2017 is over, OPEC needed to do something drastic to remind everyone how important they are. Moreover, with Qatar quitting the cartel last week it was then doubly necessary for OPEC to make the […]
Beijing Threatens “Severe” Retaliation Against Canada If Huawei CFO Is Not Released
Beijing Threatens “Severe” Retaliation Against Canada If Huawei CFO Is Not Released Canada’s extraordinary arrest one week ago of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of Huawei founder and billionaire executive Ren Zhengfei, and its decision to charge her with “multiple” counts of fraud – a preamble to her likely extradition to the US to […]
War With Russia?
War With Russia? The New Cold War is more dangerous than the one the world survived. The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of dusk. — Hegel War With Russia?, like the biography of a living person, is a book without an end. The title is a warning—akin to what the late […]
Are We in a Recession Already?
Are We in a Recession Already? The value of declaring the entire nation in or out of recession is limited. Recessions are typically only visible to statisticians long after the fact, but they are often visible in real time on the ground: business volume drops, people stop buying houses and vehicles, restaurants that were jammed […]
U.S. Claims ‘False Flag’ Chemical Attack In Syria
U.S. Claims ‘False Flag’ Chemical Attack In Syria So apparently the U.S. government believes that chemical false flag attacks in Syria are possible. On Friday the State Dept. issued an official statement claiming “credible information” that refutes prior Syrian government and Russian claims of an opposition chemical weapons attack in Aleppo on Nov. 24. Aftermath […]
Russia-Ukraine Row: NATO’s Eastward Trajectory Is the Real Problem
Russia-Ukraine Row: NATO’s Eastward Trajectory Is the Real Problem On November 25, two small Ukrainian artillery ships and a tugboat were prevented by Russian vessels from crossing the narrow Kerch Strait and reaching the Ukrainian port of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov, which both countries share. Ukraine accuses Russia of open aggression and released what it calls intercepted […]
Oil Price Slide Puts The Brakes On U.S. Shale Growth
Oil Price Slide Puts The Brakes On U.S. Shale Growth While U.S. President Donald Trump continues to call on OPEC to keep oil prices low, because “The World does not want to see, or need, higher oil prices!”, one corner of the world may need WTI prices higher than the current low $50s to keep […]
U.S. Flies Recon Plane Over Ukraine In Provocative “Warning” To Russia
U.S. Flies Recon Plane Over Ukraine In Provocative “Warning” To Russia The Pentagon confirmed Thursday it conducted a provocative military reconnaissance flyover of Ukraine following heightened tensions in the wake of the Nov. 25 Kerch Strait incident. Air Force OC A Pentagon official stated the rare flight was carried out under the international Open Skies Treaty […]
The Russia Investigation is about Criminalizing Peace
The Russia Investigation is about Criminalizing Peace “For those who long wondered why throughout the presidential campaign Trump could not bring himself to say a critical word about Russian President Vladimir Putin, we now know the answer: Trump was hoping to do business in Russia, and doing so would require the approval of Putin.” – […]
Trump: “I Won’t Be Here” When The Coming Debt Crisis Goes Nuclear
Trump: “I Won’t Be Here” When The Coming Debt Crisis Goes Nuclear President Trump reportedly shrugged off concerns over the ballooning national debt, telling senior advisers in an early 2017 meeting “Yeah, but I won’t be here” when presented with “charts and graphics layout out the numbers and showing a “hockey stick” spike in the […]
China Outraged At Arrest Of Huawei CFO, Warns It Will “Take All Measures”
China Outraged At Arrest Of Huawei CFO, Warns It Will “Take All Measures” So much for a trade war truce between China and the US, or a stock market Christmas rally for that matter. Shortly after the news hit that Huawei CFO Wanzhou Meng — also deputy chairwoman and the daughter of Huawei’s founder — […]
Russia Claims It Chased U.S. Destroyer Out Of Its Territorial Waters
Russia Claims It Chased U.S. Destroyer Out Of Its Territorial Waters Moscow is seeking to downplay yesterday’s incident in the Sea of Japan, which saw an American destroyer sail through waters claimed by Russia for the first time since the Soviet era in 1987, and has released new details of the incident. Russia has further […]
