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Declassified Cables Reveal US Plan To Nuke Vietnam
Declassified Cables Reveal US Plan To Nuke Vietnam Recently declassified documents from the Vietnam era reveal that the United States’ top military commander in Saigon activated a plan in 1968 to place nuclear weapons in South Vietnam, but was overruled by President Lyndon B. Johnson, reports the New York Times. The commander, Gen. William C. Westmoreland, […]
The US Spent A Record $523 Billion On Debt Interest In Fiscal 2018
The US Spent A Record $523 Billion On Debt Interest In Fiscal 2018 Earlier this week, when the US closed fiscal 2018 on September 30, we reported that US gross national debt jumped by $84 billion on September 28, the last business day of fiscal year 2018; with this last push higher, total gross national […]
The Federal Reserve’s Rising Interest Rates Are A Ticking Time-bomb For U.S. Economy
The Federal Reserve’s Rising Interest Rates Are A Ticking Time-bomb For U.S. Economy One of the worst things for an over-heated and extremely leveraged economy is rising interest rates. So, with the recent 2-2.25% interest rate, big trouble is on the horizon, Also, with higher interest rates, the U.S. Treasury will have to fork out […]
The “VaR Shock” Is Back: Global Bonds Lose $880 Billion In One Week
The “VaR Shock” Is Back: Global Bonds Lose $880 Billion In One Week Markets were in turmoil, S&P futures were locked limit down as traders panicked, the establishment political system was in chaos and global bond portfolios were about to suffer a near record $1.2 trillion in losses in just a few days. All this […]
USMCA: New Economic Alliance Formed to Isolate China
USMCA: New Economic Alliance Formed to Isolate China The almost 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been relegated to the dustbin of history. The United States, Canada, and Mexico have agreed on a trilateral trade deal — the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) — to replace it. As expected, the agreement finalized on Sept. 30 is intended to stimulate production […]
Deadly Chinese Drones Now Lurk Above Mideast Battlefields
Deadly Chinese Drones Now Lurk Above Mideast Battlefields Across the Middle East, countries banned from purchasing armed drones from the US due to a weapons embargo are increasingly gravitating towards Chinese defense manufacturers, according to a new report from the Associated Press, sales that “are helping expand Chinese influence across a region vital to American […]
India Defies US, Signs $5.4BN Arms Deal With Russia Amid Promises Of Closer Ties
India Defies US, Signs $5.4BN Arms Deal With Russia Amid Promises Of Closer Ties In what amounts to Russia’s latest act of defiance against the US and its Western allies, and a sign that India is slowly moving away from the US sphere of influence, New Delhi has signed a $5.4 billion deal for the […]
Russian Military: US Killed Dozens By Bioweapon Disguised As Drug Research
Russian Military: US Killed Dozens By Bioweapon Disguised As Drug Research The Russian Defense Ministry is accusing the United States of killing dozens of Georgians with a biological weapon after disguising it as drug research. Documents recorded the deaths of 73 people over a short period of time, indicating a test of “a highly toxic chemical […]
NATO’s Manipulation Of The Macedonian Vote Exposes Its Modus Operandi
NATO’s Manipulation Of The Macedonian Vote Exposes Its Modus Operandi Nearly two-thirds of Macedonian voters boycotted the faux referendum for changing their country’s constitutional name and facilitating its entry into NATO, yet the vehemence with which the bloc is still trying to get them to join exposes its Hybrid War and anti-democratic modus operandi. NATO […]
Fishtailing into the Future
Fishtailing into the Future The opening chapters of Michael Lewis’s new book, The Fifth Risk, detail the carelessness of the Trump transition team in the months leading up to his swearing-in as president. Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie led the team, with its binders full of possible agency chiefs, before he was summarily canned […]
Best Government Money Can Buy
Best Government Money Can Buy Very few Americans know who Sheldon Adelson is and fewer still appreciate that, as America’s leading political donor, when he speaks the Republican Party listens. By virtue of his largesse, he has been able to direct GOP policy in the Middle East in favor of Israel, which might well be regarded […]
IEA Asks Majors Oil Producers To Boost Production
IEA Asks Majors Oil Producers To Boost Production Rising oil prices are hurting consumers, Fatih Birol, the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), says, calling on major all producers to do the best they can to further boost production and ease persistent supply concerns that pushed Brent Crude to above $86 a barrel […]
Russian Oligarchs are a Problem, But Let’s Not Forget American Ones
Russian Oligarchs are a Problem, But Let’s Not Forget American Ones Photo Source Matt Brown | CC BY 2.0 Oligarchs the world over have long been destabilizing economies and shaping governing bodies for their own benefit. For instance, if we turn to the supposed ‘birth of democracy’ in Ancient Athens, elites (called ‘citizens’) of the […]
Sanctions Busting, European Style
Sanctions Busting, European Style U.S. officials were infuriated last week when Germany, the UK, and France unveiled plans to create a European payments channel to help Iran to avoid U.S. sanctions. Even more surprising was their chosen allies: in announcing their sanctions busting plan, the Europeans were joined by Russia and China. There has been […]
UN Court Orders United States to Lift Iran Sanctions Linked to Humanitarian Goods, Civil Aviation
UN Court Orders United States to Lift Iran Sanctions Linked to Humanitarian Goods, Civil Aviation October 03, 2018 “Information Clearing House“ – THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The United Nations’ highest court on Wednesday ordered the United States to lift sanctions on Iran that affect imports of humanitarian goods and products and services linked to […]
