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USA Declares it is not Subject to International Law
USA Declares it is not Subject to International Law The United States is on a major confrontational course with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The White House National Security Adviser, John Bolton, threatened entry bans and other sanctions against court judges and prosecutors if they dare to try to prosecute any US citizens […]
Trump Unwisely Escalates Trade War: Expect a “Rare Earth” Response From China
Trump Unwisely Escalates Trade War: Expect a “Rare Earth” Response From China Trump’s imposed more tariffs on China. If China retaliates, Trump will respond with tariffs on all imports from China A threatened, Trump Hits China with Tariffs on $200 Billion in Goods, Escalating Trade War. President Trump, emboldened by America’s economic strength and China’s […]
Trump Slaps Tariffs On $200BN In China Imports; Will Add Another $267BN If China Retaliates
Trump Slaps Tariffs On $200BN In China Imports; Will Add Another $267BN If China Retaliates With traders waiting with bated breath for hours, moments ago the White House announced that it has imposed tariffs on approximately $200 billion worth of imports from China, effective September 24. The tariffs will start at 10% until the end […]
What Can Cause the Next Mortgage Crisis in the US?
What Can Cause the Next Mortgage Crisis in the US? The soothingly low mortgage delinquency rate is a deceptive indicator: the New York Fed weighs in. Mortgage delinquencies at all commercial banks in the US inched down to 3.14% in the second quarter, the lowest since Q2 2007, according to the Federal Reserve. But after […]
American Fascism
American Fascism Photo Source Alan Turkus | CC BY 2.0 From Whence ‘We’ Came Fascism is a loaded topic for Americans. The term is usually put forward as oppositional, as the flip side of representative democracy, e.g. authoritarian. Left unaddressed is whose interests’ American representative democracy represents. Twenty years of research by political scientist Thomas […]
China May Skip Trade Talks, Cripple US Supply Chains After New Trump Tariffs
China May Skip Trade Talks, Cripple US Supply Chains After New Trump Tariffs When discussing yesterday’s WSJ report that the Trump admin may slap the new, $200BN round of tariffs on Chinese imports as soon as tomorrow, we said that such an escalation would likely derail talks with top Chinese officials, currently scheduled in Washington […]
Trump To Announce $200 Billion In New China Tariffs As Soon As Monday
Trump To Announce $200 Billion In New China Tariffs As Soon As Monday In the latest installment of the story that just won’t go away, the WSJ reported on Saturday that – as Bloomberg reported first yesterday – the Trump administration plans to announce new tariffs on up to $200 billion in Chinese goods as […]
America is today’s Nazi Germany.
America is today’s Nazi Germany. It’s not against Jews this time; it’s against, especially, Houthis. The U.S. and its allies — in this case mainly the Saud family who own Saudi Arabia — are systematically blocking food from reaching tens of millions of people, Houthis, who live in Yemen and are surrounded by the U.S. […]
The U.S. Calls On Russia To Cap Soaring Oil Prices
The U.S. Calls On Russia To Cap Soaring Oil Prices As crucial mid-term congressional elections in November draw near, the Trump administration is feeling the heat over higher oil prices. London-traded global oil benchmark Brent breached the $80 per barrel price point on Wednesday, its highest level since May 2. NYMEX-traded U.S. oil benchmark West […]
Massive Deficit Spending Greenlights Waste, Fraud, Profiteering and Dysfunction
Massive Deficit Spending Greenlights Waste, Fraud, Profiteering and Dysfunction America’s problem isn’t a lack of deficit spending/consumption. America’s problems are profoundly structural. The nice thing about free to me money from any source is the recipients don’t have to change anything. Free money is the ultimate free-pass from consequence and adaptation: instead of having to […]
Four Reasons Why Interventionism In Syria Is Crazy And Stupid
Four Reasons Why Interventionism In Syria Is Crazy And Stupid As tensions continue to mount around the Al-Qaeda-held province of Idlib in Syria, the New York Times has published an op-ed by virulent neoconservative war whore Bret Stephens explaining that the US should intervene militarily in order to thwart the geopolitical agendas of Iran. He […]
The Bailouts for the Rich Are Why America Is So Screwed Right Now
The Bailouts for the Rich Are Why America Is So Screwed Right Now Did they prevent a full-scale collapse? Yes. Was it necessary to do it the way we did? Not at all. These guys got off pretty easy. (Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images) In 1948, the architect of the post-war American suburb, […]
Perry Tells Russia To Stop Using Energy As Economic Weapon
Perry Tells Russia To Stop Using Energy As Economic Weapon The United States welcomes competition from Russia on the global energy markets, but Russia can no longer use energy as an economic weapon, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry saidon Thursday during his meeting with Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak in Moscow. At the meeting, […]
U.S. Protects Al Qaeda in Syria, Proven
U.S. Protects Al Qaeda in Syria, Proven There’s plenty of proof that the U.S. Government protects Al Qaeda in Syria. Right now, America is protecting Al Qaeda’s main center throughout the world, which is the province of Idlib in Syria. This protection is part of a bigger picture, no merely isolated phenomenon. For example: the […]
