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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 […]
The World Is Quietly Decoupling From the U.S. – And No One Is Paying Attention
The World Is Quietly Decoupling From the U.S. – And No One Is Paying Attention Blind faith in the U.S. dollar is perhaps one of the most crippling disabilities economists have in gauging our economic future. Historically speaking, fiat currencies are essentially animals with very short lives, and world reserve currencies are even more […]
Americans are Stuck in Abusive Relationships with Power
Americans are Stuck in Abusive Relationships with Power And we recently discovered, if it was not known before, that no amount of power can withstand the hatred of the many. – Marcus Tullius Cicero Americans are brought up to believe all sorts of myths about the country we call home. We’re told our economy is a […]
There is No Legitimate Reason to Impose Sanctions on Iran
There is No Legitimate Reason to Impose Sanctions on Iran Photo Source Blondinrikard Fröberg | CC BY 2.0 A friend in Tehran tells me that he marvels at the attitude of the United States ruling establishment towards Iran. ‘Why do they hate us so much’, he asks? It is a fair question. His country, he […]
The Emergency Brake
The Emergency Brake Photo Source spinster cardigan | CC BY 2.0 Although the Trump Administration, it was recently revealed, concluded that it’s too late to do anything to avert catastrophic climate change (and, so, why even bother), the UN just announced that there’s still time to avoid mass death and suffering – if there is “massive, […]
US-Saudi Relations Enter Unchartered Waters
US-Saudi Relations Enter Unchartered Waters The disappearance of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi in mysterious circumstances while on a visit to his country’s consulate in Istanbul last Tuesday still remains unexplained. The plot is thickening by the day. The latest reports suggest that he may not even be alive. The Istanbul Prosecutor has ordered an […]
Beijing Eases Policy, Yuan Slides Towards 10-Year Low
Beijing Eases Policy, Yuan Slides Towards 10-Year Low On Sunday, the Bank of China cut the level of cash that banks must hold as reserves. The Yuan continued its slide. Reuters reports China Set to Reopen After Beijing Eases Policy. Shares in Asia stumbled in early trade on Monday as investors waited with bated breath […]
How Trump Win changed US Politics forever
How Trump Win changed US Politics forever Global Intel Hub (Zero Hedge Exclusive) 10/7/2018 — Now that MidTerms are coming up, the heat is being turned up on Trump in the deep state’s ‘death by a thousand cuts’ approach to assassinate his character and any of his allies as well. But in this flagrant and […]
