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On the 19th day of Christmas…
On the 19th day of Christmas… With all the action in Syria, the Ukraine is no longer a subject for discussion in the West. In Russia, where the Ukraine is still a major problem looming on the horizon, and where some 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees are settling in, with no intentions of going back to […]
“I Know Of No One Who Predicted This”: Russian Oil Production Hits Record As Saudi Gambit Fails
“I Know Of No One Who Predicted This”: Russian Oil Production Hits Record As Saudi Gambit Fails In late October, we noted that for the second time this year, Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as the biggest exporter of crude to China. Russia also took the top spot in May, marking the first time in history that Moscow beat out […]
Ukraine “Crooks” Default On $3 Billion Bond To Putin
Ukraine “Crooks” Default On $3 Billion Bond To Putin Back in August, Ukraine struck a restructuring agreement on some $18 billion in Eurobonds with a group of creditors headed by Franklin Templeton. Under the terms of the deal, Kiev should save around $4 billion once everything is said and done. That was the good news. […]
The IMF Changes its Rules to Isolate China and Russia
The IMF Changes its Rules to Isolate China and Russia The nightmare scenario of U.S. geopolitical strategists seems to be coming true: foreign economic independence from U.S. control. Instead of privatizing and neoliberalizing the world under U.S.-centered financial planning and ownership, the Russian and Chinese governments are investing in neighboring economies on terms that cement […]
Historic New Harpers Article Exposes Who Controls America
Historic New Harpers Article Exposes Who Controls America There can be little doubt now: America’s decades-long catastrophic failures to make significant progress in eliminating even a single one of the numerous jihadist groups around the world is due to the American government’s secret under-the-table crucial ongoing assistance to those groups, and this American-government support has […]
NATO Expansion: Lessons Not Learned
NATO Expansion: Lessons Not Learned Failure to Communicate Recently, NATO extended an offer of membership to Montenegro. The announcement was couched in the usual tagline of offering “assurance” to Western Balkan states concerned with possible security issues (Russian assertiveness) and “reassurance” to current NATO members in the neighborhood. With the utmost respect to Montenegrins […]
Saudi Royal Family Announces Its New Global Sunni Military Empire
Saudi Royal Family Announces Its New Global Sunni Military Empire (NOTE: Some news-media have made clear to me flat-out that they won’t publish anything that criticizes the Saudi royal family, especially not as being what they really are, but I have included those media on my distribution-list anyway, as I always do. I send everything […]
The Neoconservatives’ Hegemonic Goal Of Making Sovereign Countries Extinct Is Bringing Instead The Extinction Of Planet Earth
The Neoconservatives’ Hegemonic Goal Of Making Sovereign Countries Extinct Is Bringing Instead The Extinction Of Planet Earth My warning that the neoconservatives have resurrected the threat of nuclear Armageddon, which was removed by Reagan and Gorbachev, is also being given by Noam Chomsky, former US Secretary of Defense William Perry, and other sentient observers of […]
Russian Missile Destroyer “Fires Warning Shots” To Avoid Collision With Turkish Vessel
Russian Missile Destroyer “Fires Warning Shots” To Avoid Collision With Turkish Vessel Another day, another military escalation between Russia and Turkey, this time not in the air, but on the water in the northern part of the Aegean sea, where the crew of the Russian “Smetlivy” destroyer was forced to use firearms on Sunday to prevent a collision […]
Cornering Russia, Risking World War III
Cornering Russia, Risking World War III Official Washington is awash with tough talk about Russia and the need to punish President Putin for his role in Ukraine and Syria. But this bravado ignores Russia’s genuine national interests, its “red lines,” and the risk that “tough-guy-ism” can lead to nuclear war, as Alastair Crooke explains. We […]
‘Murderers’: Thousands gather in Montenegro capital to protest NATO membership (VIDEO)
‘Murderers’: Thousands gather in Montenegro capital to protest NATO membership (VIDEO) © Ruptly Shortly after Montenegro’s bid to join the North Atlantic Alliance was given the green light, thousands flooded the streets of the capital to protest the upcoming membership and remind people of lives taken during the NATO invasion of 1999. Former Montenegrin President […]
What Stinks in Saudi Ain’t the Camel Dung
What Stinks in Saudi Ain’t the Camel Dung In recent weeks one nation after another is falling over themselves, literally, to join the turkey shoot known, erroneously, as the war in Syria, ostensibly against the Islamic State or Daesh. The most wanted but most feared question is where will this war frenzy lead, and how […]
Iraq Seeks To Cancel Security Agreement With US, Will Invite Russia To Fight ISIS
Iraq Seeks To Cancel Security Agreement With US, Will Invite Russia To Fight ISIS Most Iraqis, be they civilians, military personnel, or government officials, do not trust Americans. At a base level, that makes all kinds of sense. After all, the US did launch what amounted to a unilateral invasion of the country just a […]
Why ISIS Exists: The Double Game
Why ISIS Exists: The Double Game Pete Souza The western press laments the near impossibility of defeating an organization that didn’t even exist a couple of short years ago. Brand ISIS, the unconquerable, may actually become a truism if the people of the western nations continue to listen to the lies and propaganda of their […]
