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US Officials Say Russia To “Seize” Syria’s Oilfields As Moscow Presses Europe On Reconstruction
US Officials Say Russia To “Seize” Syria’s Oilfields As Moscow Presses Europe On Reconstruction Russia is attempting to woo European countries like Germany into a program of reconstruction cooperation in Syria, where broad swathes of the country have been destroyed through seven years of grinding proxy war; however, Pentagon officials have charged Russia with wanting […]
US Treasury Issues More Bonds, But No One Wants Them
US Treasury Issues More Bonds, But No One Wants Them In an attempt to feed the soaring debt and spending habits of the United States government, the US Treasury is issuing more bonds. But they’ve run into a big problem: no one wants to buy those worthless bonds anymore. Debt is going to be a big problem […]
The Killing of Saudi Journalist Khashoggi Could Spell the End for Mohammad bin Salman
The Killing of Saudi Journalist Khashoggi Could Spell the End for Mohammad bin Salman The death of famous journalist Saudita Jamal Khashoggi is likely to have important repercussions, revealing the hypocrisy of the mainstream media, tensions inside the Saudi regime, and the double standards of Western countries. On October 2nd, 2018, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi […]
Is This the Beginning of the End of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance?
Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE U.S.-SAUDI ALLIANCE? THE DISAPPEARANCE OF Jamal Khashoggi last Tuesday is threatening to upend the terms of the decades-long alliance between the United States and Saudi Arabia. In the nine days since Khashoggi, a Saudi Arabian resident of Virginia and a Washington Post columnist, […]
Does the United States strive for a new Cold War?
Does the United States strive for a new Cold War? Donald Trump’s administration regularly increases military presence in Central Europe. The currently discussed idea is to create an American permanent military base in Poland, that is to say, a further shift of the US military presence towards the Russian border. The question arises whether, through […]
Dirty Deeds Done: The People of the Slough
Dirty Deeds Done: The People of the Slough slough (slo͞o, slou) also slew (slo͞o) n. A depression or hollow, usually filled with deep mud or mire. also slue A swamp, marsh, bog, or pond, especially as part of a bayou, inlet, or backwater. A state of deep despair or moral degradation. 2-1. The dead outer skin […]
Trump Says Blocking Saudi Arms Sales Would Be “Hurting Us” When Asked About Khashoggi
Trump Says Blocking Saudi Arms Sales Would Be “Hurting Us” When Asked About Khashoggi It’s not exactly a shocker, but does still serve to confirm just what interests actually drive American foreign policy – and no it has nothing to do with “sticking up for human rights” or “punishing rogue regimes”. In fact a regime can […]
Trident Juncture 2018 Is About to Kick Off: NATO’s Big War Games Near Russia’s Borders Never End
Trident Juncture 2018 Is About to Kick Off: NATO’s Big War Games Near Russia’s Borders Never End The NATO-led Trident Juncture 2018 (TRJE18) exercise that is to be held in October and November is the largest massive and coordinated show of force since the Cold War. It will primarily be hosted by Norway. The training event will largely take […]
The Shaky Case That Russia Manipulated Social Media to Tip the 2016 Election
The Shaky Case That Russia Manipulated Social Media to Tip the 2016 Election The idea promoted by NYT’s Shane & Mazzetti that the Russian government seriously threatened to determine the 2016 election does not hold up when the larger social media context is examined more closely, reports Gareth Porter. In their long recapitulation of the […]
Prices Soar As Natural Gas Inventories Hit Decade Low
Prices Soar As Natural Gas Inventories Hit Decade Low Natural gas prices have spiked over the last few weeks as U.S. inventories run low ahead of the peak winter heating season. Nymex natural gas prices have jumped nearly 15 percent over the past month, rising to roughly $3.30 per million Btu (MMBtu). The market has […]
Not All Quiet on South China Sea
Not All Quiet on South China Sea Photo Source Official U.S. Navy Page | CC BY 2.0 The near collision last week between a US warship and a Chinese destroyer in the Spratlys was more than two naval powers playing cat and mouse on the high sea. The incident came hot on the heels of […]
The U.S. Is “Morphing” Into The U.S.S.A. – The United States of Soviet America
The U.S. Is “Morphing” Into The U.S.S.A. – The United States of Soviet America We are experiencing an ever-increasing level of surveillance over the citizenry, government censorship and closed-door policies, control and manipulation of the media, and a “hardline” shift of all institutions to the left. The institutions I’m referring to specifically are the educational […]
Cold War-Era ‘Arms Race’ With US Is Back On, Russian Official Warns
Cold War-Era ‘Arms Race’ With US Is Back On, Russian Official Warns The Trump administration has successfully managed to replace Russia with China in the ongoing narrative of election hacking and economic and geopolitical aggression, a shift that was underlined by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Tuesday morning when she declared that China was engaged […]
Severe US Recession Would Slash Public Wealth By $5 Trillion: IMF
Severe US Recession Would Slash Public Wealth By $5 Trillion: IMF As part of the IMF’s latest global economic forecast, which for the first time since 2016 saw the D.C.-based organization cut its global growth forecasts, the IMF warned that a severe recession would slash US public wealth by about $5 trillion, causing vastly more […]
Ukraine Begins Large Air Force Exercises With NATO To “Protect The Airspace” From Russia
Ukraine Begins Large Air Force Exercises With NATO To “Protect The Airspace” From Russia Just days ago we noted that the the United States is now treating Ukraine as if it were a NATO member as on September 27th Washington donated to Ukraine two warships for use against Russia. And now in a move that’s sure to […]
