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The Donald Undone: Tilting At The Swamp, Succumbing To The Empire
The Donald Undone: Tilting At The Swamp, Succumbing To The Empire You can’t build the Empire and drain the Swamp at the same time. That’s because the Swamp is largely the fruit of Empire. And it’s also the reason that the Donald is being rapidly undone. Indeed, it is the Empire’s $800 billion national security budget […]
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 […]
Warnings of Doom, Amid a Smokescreen of Denial and Distraction
Warnings of Doom, Amid a Smokescreen of Denial and Distraction Photo Source reurinkjan | CC BY 2.0 The Trump administration predictably tried to bury the dire warnings contained in the fourth National Climate Assessment by releasing it the day after Thanksgiving, when many people would be distracted by the mass consumption frenzy known as Black Friday. […]
Encouraged by US, Ukraine Prepares to Stage Military Provocation
Encouraged by US, Ukraine Prepares to Stage Military Provocation There is a cause for concern and it’s real and very grave. Ukraine is being pushed to war. Kiev is not bluffing. Encouraged by its American tutors, it’s involved in dangerous games pursuing political purposes. It’s not about sanctions, warnings, statements and declarations – they want […]
Blain: “Are We Backing The Wrong Country In The Saudi-Iran Race”
Blain: “Are We Backing The Wrong Country In The Saudi-Iran Race” As excerpted from Blain’s Morning Porridge, submitted by Bill Blain Where do we go from here? I’ve said it a few times already – 2019 is likely to see the start of the New Market Reality. Although some pundits claim yesterday’s sell-off was due […]
Never, Ever Forget The Guardian/Politico Psyop Against WikiLeaks
Never, Ever Forget The Guardian/Politico Psyop Against WikiLeaks For the first few hours after any new “bombshell” Russiagate story comes out, my social media notifications always light up with poorly written posts by liberal establishment loyalists saying things like “HAHAHA @caitoz this proves you wrong now will you FINALLY stop denying Russian collusion???” Then, when […]
Oil Prices Set To Book Worst Month In A Decade
Oil Prices Set To Book Worst Month In A Decade Oil prices dropped early on Friday, on course to finish their worst month since 2008, as fears of oversupply and slowing demand growth dragged oil down into a bear market in November with prices off by some 30 percent from four-year highs in early October. […]
The End of Illusion
The End of Illusion Photo Source Christopher Michel | CC BY 2.0 The following is the Epilogue from Jeffrey St. Clair’s and Joshua Frank’s new book The Big Heat: Earth on the Brink, available now from CounterPunch Books. In the spring of 2017, the carbon dioxide readings at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawai’i cracked […]
G20 Summit, Top Agenda Item: Bye-Bye American Empire
G20 Summit, Top Agenda Item: Bye-Bye American Empire The G20 summits are nominally about how the world’s biggest national economies can cooperate to boost global growth. This year’s gathering – more than ever – shows, however, that rivalry between the US and China is center stage. Zeroing in further still, the rivalry is an expression […]
Don’t Get Distracted By The Trump/Fed Soap Opera – The Crash Will Continue
Don’t Get Distracted By The Trump/Fed Soap Opera – The Crash Will Continue At the beginning of 2018 I wrote extensively on what was likely to happen under the administration of Jerome Powell, the new Federal Reserve Chairman. In my article ‘New Fed Chairman Will Trigger A Historic Stock Market Crash In 2018‘, published in […]
Inside America’s Scheme To Wrestle Julian Assange From Ecuador
Inside America’s Scheme To Wrestle Julian Assange From Ecuador Following the 2016 US election, the US intelligence apparatus made it clear that the prosecution of Julian Assange was a top priority. While it’s clear that President Trump and members of his campaign were fans of WikiLeaks during the 2016 US election – things changed following the publication […]
