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US Traffic Volume Declines For The First Time In 4 Years
US Traffic Volume Declines For The First Time In 4 Years Trump’s fears that rising gasoline prices will impact consumer behavior have come true. The volume of traffic on U.S. highways has stopped growing, alongside gasoline consumption, as rising prices are starting to curb driving behavior, a new analysis by Reuters’ energy analyst John Kemp […]
Europe Unveils “Special Purpose Vehicle” To Bypass SWIFT, Jeopardizing Dollar’s Reserve Status
Europe Unveils “Special Purpose Vehicle” To Bypass SWIFT, Jeopardizing Dollar’s Reserve Status In a stunning vote of “no confidence” in the US monopoly over global payment infrastructure, one month ago Germany’s foreign minister Heiko Maas called for the creation of a new payments system independent of the US that would allow Brussels to be independent […]
Naked Emperors Don’t Get Much Respect
Naked Emperors Don’t Get Much Respect What happens when most of your military infrastructure is suddenly obsolete? The emperor was the last to realize he was naked. This is not unusual, emperors are the last to find out anything. Who has the fortitude to tell them the truth, especially an upsetting truth? And so it […]
Three Phases of Surveillance to Totalitarianism: It is Happening Now
Three Phases of Surveillance to Totalitarianism: It is Happening Now Over the past year and a half, I’ve written many pieces on the surveillance state and how we are one step away from the inculcation of technological “omniscience” pertaining to control. The objective is not simply “control,” as they have already obtained that for the […]
Bannon Declares ‘War Rooms’ to Win European Elections – and That’s Not Meddling?
Bannon Declares ‘War Rooms’ to Win European Elections – and That’s Not Meddling? One trait of imperial decadence is untrammeled hubris. Given the increasingly arrant arrogance on display by United States’ officials, public figures and news media we can safely conclude that this empire is accelerating into decadence. A recent spectacular example comes with separate […]
Battling it out at the UN: Potholes overshadow US-Iran confrontation
Battling it out at the UN: Potholes overshadow US-Iran confrontation A podcast version of this article is available at https://soundcloud.com/user-153425019/battling-it-out-at-the-un-potholes-overshadow-us-iran-confrontation It’s easy to dismiss Iranian denunciations of the United States and its Middle Eastern allies as part of the Islamic republic’s long-standing rhetoric. The rhetoric makes it equally easy to understand American distrust. But as […]
Tensions Grow as China, Russia and Iran Lead the Way Towards a New Multipolar World Order
Tensions Grow as China, Russia and Iran Lead the Way Towards a New Multipolar World Order Military and economic tensions are increasing due to the ramped up warlike stance of the US establishment. The impossibility of halting the shifting world order in favour of prolonging the unipolar moment has left the US deep state reaching for […]
Trump Folds on Nordstream 2 Because … Logic
Trump Folds on Nordstream 2 Because … Logic Since its first announcement I have been convinced the Nordstream 2 pipeline would be built. I have followed every twist of this story from my days writing for Newsmax. And the reason for my confidence can be summed up in one word. Money. Nordstream 2 simply makes […]
Why the American empire has lost control—and its failure is imminent
Why the American empire has lost control—and its failure is imminent Pretending the world isn’t bleak feeds the mania for unreal hope that exists within American culture, argues Chris Hedges The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Adrian Lee) Chris Hedges—Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, ordained Presbyterian minister, ferocious anti-corporate activist and prolific author—has long occupied […]
Nearly One-Third Of US Households Struggle To Pay Energy Bills
Nearly One-Third Of US Households Struggle To Pay Energy Bills 31 percent of US households have struggled to afford their energy bills, according to a Wednesday report by the Energy Information Administration, which notes that Hispanics and racial minorities were hit the hardest. According to the most recent results from EIA’s Residential Energy Consumption Survey […]
The Four Disastrous Presidential Policies That Are Destroying the Nation
The Four Disastrous Presidential Policies That Are Destroying the Nation The nation is failing as a direct consequence of these four catastrophic policies. It’s admittedly a tough task to select the four most disastrous presidential policies of the past 60 years, given the great multitude to choose from. Here are my top choices and the […]
Blue Angels: the Naked Face of Empire
Blue Angels: the Naked Face of Empire The United States is a military empire that was built and is maintained by organized violence. The origins of this country lie with the military conquest and either destruction or forced resettlement of indigenous people. Today, the modern American lifestyle is maintained, as Thomas Freidman (someone with whom […]
China Vows Not To Negotiate Under Threat, As Trump Teases “Major Broadside” Against Beijing
China Vows Not To Negotiate Under Threat, As Trump Teases “Major Broadside” Against Beijing Investors had managed to cling on to optimism that the ‘trade skirmish’ between the US and China would reach a swift conclusion – and that the US would ultimately be better off, as China would be forced to curtail practices like […]
Global Stocks Slide As Trade War Enters New Phase; Oil Surges
Global Stocks Slide As Trade War Enters New Phase; Oil Surges U.S. stock futures followed European and Asian shares lower in thin volume after China called off planned trade talks with the U.S. and the Trump administration imposed another $200 billion in “Phase II” China tariffs just after midnight; oil jumped 2.4% as OPEC+ members […]
Beware the Common Thread that runs through War
Beware the Common Thread that runs through War QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; You seem to argue that the sanctions against Russia are unjustified with respect to their invasion of Ukraine. I understand that Kiev was the original capital of the Rus. You do not agree with the sanctions I assume because you argue they are pointless […]
