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Putin Hopes “There Will Be No Need To Nuke” The Islamic State
Putin Hopes “There Will Be No Need To Nuke” The Islamic State Earlier today, in a clear advance notice to the French and US navies which are both set to arrive just off the coast of Syria in the coming weeks, Russia for the first time targeted Islamic State targets in Syria with Kalibr land-attack […]
The Imperial Collapse Playbook
The Imperial Collapse Playbook [This is a rerun, which seems timely given the recent American efforts to poison relations between Turkey and Russia. The shoot-down of the Russian jet was clearly a well-poisoning exercise either directly ordered or, at the very least, approved by the Pentagon. In a future blog post, I will explain why […]
War Is On The Horizon: Is It Too Late To Stop It?
War Is On The Horizon: Is It Too Late To Stop It? One lesson from military history is that once mobilization for war begins, it takes on a momentum of its own and is uncontrollable. This might be what is occuring unrecognized before our eyes. In his September 28 speech at the 70th Anniversity of […]
Guess What Happened The Last Time The Price Of Oil Plunged Below 38 Dollars A Barrel?
Guess What Happened The Last Time The Price Of Oil Plunged Below 38 Dollars A Barrel? On Monday, the price of U.S. oil dropped below 38 dollars a barrel for the first time in six years. The last time the price of oil was this low, the global financial system was melting down and the […]
PBS Joins the MSM’s Syria-Russia Bias
PBS Joins the MSM’s Syria-Russia Bias Mainstream U.S. media systematically excludes points of view on world affairs that deviate from Official Washington’s “group think.” With no lessons learned from the Iraq-WMD debacle, the MSM only lets on establishment or right-wing pundits with conformist points of view on crises with Syria and Russia, notes Rick Sterling. PBS Newshour is considered high-quality journalism by many […]
Turkey Denies Russian Ships Access via Bosporus
Turkey Denies Russian Ships Access via Bosporus What is becoming clear is that Turkey has most likely NOT acted alone against Russia. They have more likely than not fired the first shot in what may become World War III. Turkey has been buying the oil from ISIS and thus funding them. Yet at the same […]
Alarm Bells Go Off As 11 Critical Indicators Scream The Global Economic Crisis Is Getting Deeper
Alarm Bells Go Off As 11 Critical Indicators Scream The Global Economic Crisis Is Getting Deeper Economic activity is slowing down all over the planet, and a whole host of signs are indicating that we are essentially exactly where we were just prior to the great stock market crash of 2008. Yesterday, I explained that the […]
Russia Threatens “Retaliatory Action” After NATO Expands Alliance For First Time In Six Years
Russia Threatens “Retaliatory Action” After NATO Expands Alliance For First Time In Six Years As the war in Syria enters its fifth year with no end in site, it’s easy to forget about the world’s “other” proxy conflict, that which is still unfolding in Ukraine. You might remember Ukraine as yet another example of US […]
House Democrat Warns Obama’s Actions Could Lead To “Devastating Nuclear War”
House Democrat Warns Obama’s Actions Could Lead To “Devastating Nuclear War” It was so much easier when Obama was running a military “sneakers on the ground” campaign in Iraq and Syria where there was no official confirmation of the thousands of “military advisors” engaging directly with various known and unknown adversaries. However, a recent surge of […]
The Story Line Dissolves
The Story Line Dissolves Sometimes societies just go crazy. Japan, 1931, Germany, 1933. China, 1966. Spain 1483, France, 1793, Russia, 1917, Cambodia, 1975, Iran, 1979, Rwanda, 1994, Congo, 1996, to name some. By “crazy” I mean a time when anything goes, especially mass killing. The wheels came off the USA in 1861, and though the […]
Murder And Mayhem In The Middle East
TonelloPhotography/Shutterstock Murder And Mayhem In The Middle East Why it matters to those living in the West To understand what’s happening in Syria right now, you have to understand the tactics and motivations of the US and NATO — parties sharing interwoven aims and goals in the Middle East/North African (MENA) region. While the populations […]
Yes, Turkey IS Buying Oil from ISIS
Yes, Turkey IS Buying Oil from ISIS In response to Russia’s accusation that Turkey is buying oil from ISIS, the Turkish president said that – if that is proven to be true – he’ll resign. It turns out that Turkey is buying oil from ISIS. The Guardian reported this summer: US special forces raided the compound of an Islamic State leader in […]
World War III Draws Closer As Russia Accuses Turkey Of Being ‘Secret Allies’ With ISIS
World War III Draws Closer As Russia Accuses Turkey Of Being ‘Secret Allies’ With ISIS Are Russia and Turkey on the verge of going to war? In remarks that were almost entirely ignored by the western media, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the Turkish government of being “secret allies” with ISIS on Friday. And […]
Fourth Turning–Our Rendezvous With Destiny
FOURTH TURNING – OUR RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY We are now in the seventh year of this Fourth Turning. A famous quote from the seventh year of the last Fourth Turning portended the desperate, bloody and ultimately heroic trials and tribulations which awaited generations of our ancestors. What will be our rendezvous with destiny? “There is a […]
ISIS Oil Trade Full Frontal: “Raqqa’s Rockefellers”, Bilal Erdogan, KRG Crude, And The Israel Connection
ISIS Oil Trade Full Frontal: “Raqqa’s Rockefellers”, Bilal Erdogan, KRG Crude, And The Israel Connection “Effectively, we have been financially discriminated against for a long time. By early 2014, when we did not receive the budget, we decided we need to start thinking about independent oil sales” — Ashti Hawrami, Kurdistan’s minister for natural resources […]
