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We’re Being Trained To Worry About ‘Russian Propaganda’ While Drowning In US Propaganda
We’re Being Trained To Worry About ‘Russian Propaganda’ While Drowning In US Propaganda Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ One of the weirdest, most insane things happening today is the way the entire western world is being trained to freak out about “Russian propaganda” — which barely exists in the west — while ignoring […]
Washington steals over 80 percent of Syria’s oil output per day
Washington steals over 80 percent of Syria’s oil output per day The losses incurred by the trafficking campaign surpass $100bln, according to Syria’s oil ministry (Photo credit: USA Today) The Syrian Oil Ministry released a statement on 9 August accusing US forces occupying Syria of being responsible for the theft of most of the country’s […]
Why expensive gasoline is here to stay
Why expensive gasoline is here to stay “Future presidents and administrations are going to be absolutely bedeviled by high gasoline prices.” In the short term, expectations for a drop in gasoline demand have yet to emerge. | Jeff Chiu/AP Photo The political pain that high gasoline prices have inflicted on President Joe Biden offers a […]
Running on Empty, Part V
Running on Empty, Part V When the Dollar is Broken, What Does One Do to Not Go Broke? (Guest Post) Gary Brode of Deep Knowledge Investing was kind enough to share my series Running on Empty with his readers. This afternoon I’ve invited him to offer his thoughts for my readers, focusing on the implications that […]
In Ukraine, a proxy war on the planet
In Ukraine, a proxy war on the planet As the Ukraine crisis causes global havoc, US officials won’t negotiate with Russia to end the fighting — and are even willing to “countenance” mounting hunger as a result. (Marine Corps Cpl. Jailine Alicea-Santiago / media.defense.gov) In 2015, one year after a US-backed coup ushered in a US-friendly, […]
US Consumer Prices Soared In June, Americans’ Real Wages Fall For 15th Straight Month
US Consumer Prices Soared In June, Americans’ Real Wages Fall For 15th Straight Month With The White House having desperately tried to front-run this morning’s inflation print, analysts were expecting a jump higher led by food and energy costs. They were right in direction but it was way worse as the headline CPI soared 9.1% […]
Running on Empty, Part II
Running on Empty, Part II How the Petrodollar Poisoned Foreign Policy with Financial Profiteering Welcome to Part II of Running on Empty, my three-part analysis of the Petrodollar system. Part I of this series explained what the petrodollar system is, how it came to be, and what its financial effects have been on the United States. In Part […]
Chris Hedges: Waltzing to Armageddon
Chris Hedges: Waltzing to Armageddon The Dr. Strangeloves, like zombies rising from the mass graves they created around the globe, are once again stoking new campaigns of industrial mass slaughter. Bus burning on a road from Kharkiv to Kiev as Russia invades Ukraine on Feb. 24. (Yan Boechat/VOA) The Cold War, from 1945 to 1989, was […]
“Russian Propaganda” Means Disputing US Propaganda
“Russian Propaganda” Means Disputing US Propaganda Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The Associated Press has published yet another article based on unevidenced assertions by anonymous government officials about the scary horrifying frightening Russian menace, this time to accuse another media outlet of promoting propaganda. Without a trace of irony. “U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday […]
What Has Been Asserted Without Evidence May Be Dismissed Without Evidence
What Has Been Asserted Without Evidence May Be Dismissed Without Evidence Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ We’re being bashed in the face with western propaganda about the Ukraine situation with increasing forcefulness. Every day now we’re seeing things like “analysts” claiming Putin definitely wants a large-scale war, very familiar-looking puff pieces about Ukrainian guerrilla […]
False Flags Suddenly No Longer A Crazy Conspiracy Theory
False Flags Suddenly No Longer A Crazy Conspiracy Theory Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ In a drastic pivot from typical denunciations of false flag operations as conspiratorial nonsense that don’t exist outside the demented imagination of Alex Jones, the US political/media class is proclaiming with one voice that Russia is currently orchestrating […]
China Set To Release Crude From Strategic Reserve In Early February
China Set To Release Crude From Strategic Reserve In Early February China has agreed with the United States to release crude from its SPR around the Lunar New Year holiday on February 1 The volume of the release may depend on actual crude prices China has agreed with the United States to release crude from […]
America’s Attila the Hun moment
America’s Attila the Hun moment In the year 435 AD, after several years of endless menacing from the nomadic Hun tribe, the Roman Empire was ready to make a deal. The Huns were fairly new on the continent; they had originally come from central Eurasia as recently as 370 AD. Yet in the span of […]
US Consumer Prices Soar At Fastest In 39 Years, Real Wages Tumble For 9th Straight Month
US Consumer Prices Soar At Fastest In 39 Years, Real Wages Tumble For 9th Straight Month Consensus was convinced – with barely any outliers – that this morning’s consumer price index would print with an astonishing 7.0% YoY (and notably 7 of the last 9 releases have come in above consensus) and they nailed it […]
US to Help Ukraine Strengthen Border With Russia, Belarus
US to Help Ukraine Strengthen Border With Russia, Belarus The US will pay about $20 million for video recording systems, drones, and equipment for border guards Ukraine’s border service said on Tuesday that the US will finance projects to strengthen the country’s borders with Russia and Belarus. The border service said the US will spend about […]
