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Home Affordability: Canada vs. US
Home Affordability: Canada vs. US Homes are unaffordable in the US, but the situation is far worse in Canada. Point2homes has an interesting set of charts on Home Affordability In Canada vs the US. Key Findings The average Canadian has to dish out a whopping 56% more to buy a home, or 25% more to […]
Unwrapping Armageddon: The Erosion of Nuclear Arms Control
Unwrapping Armageddon: The Erosion of Nuclear Arms Control The decision by the Trump administration to withdraw from the Intermediate Nuclear Force Agreement (INF) appears to be part of a broader strategy aimed at unwinding over 50 years of agreements to control and limit nuclear weapons, returning to an era characterized by the unbridled development weapons of […]
Nord Stream 2 Could Still Be Derailed By U.S. Sanctions
Nord Stream 2 Could Still Be Derailed By U.S. Sanctions The potential for more tensions in relations between the U.S. and Russia continue to mount. Late last week, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said that Washington could still impose sanctions related to the building of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which would bring Russian […]
Pompeo’s Albright Moment Arrives
Pompeo’s Albright Moment Arrives Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is not a very bright guy. He is, like his boss, a thin-skinned bully with a narrow view of the world focused on US righteousness. With the sanctions going into place on Iran this week he gave an interview with the BBC which laid bare what happens when […]
Climate and the Infernal Blue Wave: Straight Talk About Saving Humanity
Climate and the Infernal Blue Wave: Straight Talk About Saving Humanity Photo Source Ninara | CC BY 2.0 Let me tell you about why I woke up crying today. It has to do with just how close we are to full-blown climate disaster. I was thinking about children who are already experiencing the horrible consequences […]
Napoleon Reborn: We Need A “European Empire” To Challenge US And China, French Minister Says
Napoleon Reborn: We Need A “European Empire” To Challenge US And China, French Minister Says As increasingly unpopular French President Emmanuel Macron’s calls for creating a “Real European Army” have been met with ridicule from President Trump, who has insisted that Macron should first try meeting France’s NATO commitments… President Macron of France has just […]
President Trump’s Iran Policy – Is It ‘Normal’?
President Trump’s Iran Policy – Is It ‘Normal’? It’s not often that US Government officials are honest when they talk about our foreign policy. The unprovoked 2003 attack on Iraq was called a “liberation.” The 2011 US-led destruction of Libya was a “humanitarian intervention.” And so on. So, in a way, Secretary of State Mike […]
SWIFT Cuts Off Iran Central Bank As Tehran Sells 700,000 Barrels To Direct Buyers
SWIFT Cuts Off Iran Central Bank As Tehran Sells 700,000 Barrels To Direct Buyers As reported last week, shortly after SWIFT caved to US pressure and defied the EU announcing it would cut off a selection of Iranian banks, on Monday, the US Treasury said the Iranian Central Bank has been officially cut off the […]
OPEC+ Floats 1 Million Barrel Production Cut After Oil Price Tumbles Into Bear Market
OPEC+ Floats 1 Million Barrel Production Cut After Oil Price Tumbles Into Bear Market With oil prices entering a bear market last week, tumbling 21% from recent highs as it became clear that Trump will significantly water down Iran oil export sanctions by granting waivers to its 8 largest clients even as US inventory stockpiles […]
Europe In Panic Mode Over Economy As USA Soars
Europe In Panic Mode Over Economy As USA Soars The eurozone’s economic growth rate has slumped to a four-year low. The eurozone could not borrow from the momentum of the U.S. economy in the third quarter as economic growth slumped to a tepid 0.2%, the slowest rate in more than four years. With the 19-nation […]
UK Blatantly Violates Norms of Decent Behavior
UK Blatantly Violates Norms of Decent Behavior Russia and Venezuela are among the countries the EU, including Great Britain, has imposed sanctions on. Both nations have been targets of London’s vigorous attacks, being blamed for numerous nefarious things they have allegedly done. The UK insists that everyone play by the rules. Meanwhile, London is making […]
The Nation’s Fiscal Doomsday Machine is Now Unstoppable
The Nation’s Fiscal Doomsday Machine is Now Unstoppable Earlier this year the Donald provoked a bleep-hole moment per the Fox “family channel” or what was otherwise known as the shit-hole moment across the rest of the MSM. But whatever you called the contretemps spurred by the president’s crude utterance with regard to certain countries domiciled […]
Politics: The Cancer that must be Eradicated once and for all
Politics: The Cancer that must be Eradicated once and for all In the United States two political parties have now divided the nation with the kind of violent partisan rhetoric that erupted just before the Civil War. The 2016 election of Donald Trump as president set off a tidal wave of anger and resentment that […]
