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How the last superpower was unchained
How the last superpower was unchained Think of it as the all-American version of the human comedy: a great power that eternally knows what the world needs and offers copious advice with a tone deafness that would be humorous, if it weren’t so grim. If you look, you can find examples of this just about […]
Russia Sells Off Record Amount of US Treasury Bonds
Russia Sells Off Record Amount of US Treasury Bonds The US Treasury Department report for April published on June 15 revealed that Russia sold $47.4 billion out of the $96.1 it had held in Treasury bonds (T-bonds). In March, Moscow cut its Treasury holdings by $1.6 billion. In February, Russia reduced its bond portfolio by $9.3 billion. Other holders […]
America’s Greatest Crisis Upon Us…Debt to GDP Makes It Clear
America’s Greatest Crisis Upon Us…Debt to GDP Makes It Clear America in the midst of its greatest crisis in its 242 years of existence. I say this based upon the US federal debt to GDP (gross domestic product) ratio. In the history of the US, at the onset of every war or crisis, a period of federal […]
The Federal Reserve: Public Enemy Number One
The Federal Reserve: Public Enemy Number One When currency was backed by gold, a central bank’s main function was to maintain the value of the issued currency in terms of gold. For example, if a central bank created too much money against the gold reserves in the banking system, an increasing number of people would […]
China Responds To US Sabre-Rattling With Anti-Aircraft “Drill” Over South China Sea
China Responds To US Sabre-Rattling With Anti-Aircraft “Drill” Over South China Sea The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has carried out an alarming anti-aircraft drill with missiles fired at dummy drones over the South China Sea to simulate an aerial attack, after Washington challenged Beijing by flying Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers near its highly disputed militarized […]
Areas Of The World More Vulnerable To Collapse
Areas Of The World More Vulnerable To Collapse Certain areas of the world are more vulnerable to economic and societal collapse. While most analysts gauge the strength or weakness of an economy based on its outstanding debt or debt to GDP ratio, there is another factor that is a much better indicator. To understand which areas […]
US To Double Number Of Marines In Norway To Counter Russia, Before Massive Military Exercise
US To Double Number Of Marines In Norway To Counter Russia, Before Massive Military Exercise The Norwegian government intends to add another 400 U.S. Marines to Norway before the most significant military exercise since the Cold War this fall, according to the country’s Ministry of Defense. Currently, about 330 Marines from the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines (1/6), an […]
US Acts As World’s Cop Making Others Comply with Its National Laws
US Acts As World’s Cop Making Others Comply with Its National Laws An anti-doping bill was introduced to Congress on June 12 to make the use or distributing drugs during international sports events a punishable crime. The act offers fines of up to $250,000 for individuals and prison sentences of up to 10 years for those who make, distribute or […]
U.S. Disaster Zones: Are You Living In A Place Where Disasters Are Common?
U.S. Disaster Zones: Are You Living In A Place Where Disasters Are Common? With constant media bombardment of fears of a nuclear war, many have begun to prepare for a disaster. But government uncertainty isn’t the only thing on the minds of the masses. Volcanic activity appears to be increasing and earthquakes seem to be […]
Rig Count Falters Amid Oil Price Correction
Rig Count Falters Amid Oil Price Correction Baker Hughes reported a dip in the number of active oil and gas rigs in the United States today. Oil and gas rigs decreased by 3 rigs, according to the report, with the number of oil rigs increasing by 1, and the number of gas rigs decreasing by […]
What Else Canadians Should Be Sorry For — Besides Burning the White House
What Else Canadians Should Be Sorry For — Besides Burning the White House Six-years after the British landing at Jamestown, with the settlers struggling to survive and hardly managing to get their own local genocide underway, these new Virginians hired mercenaries to attack Acadia and (fail to) drive the French out of what they considered […]
Pundits Worry Threat of Nuclear War Is Being Reduced
Pundits Worry Threat of Nuclear War Is Being Reduced Media outlets don’t want America to negotiate with North Korea; they want the US to hold North Korea for ransom. MSNBC‘s Rachel Maddow (6/12/18) appears dismayed by the manifestation of a US president meeting with an Official Enemy. On MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show, the host was […]
The Russians are Coming!
The Russians are Coming! Photo by Tom Hilton | CC BY 2.0 These days we see a seemingly odd project taking place in the realms of American liberalism: ferocious insistence that the truly outrageous Donald J. Trump is at his worst when….making peace with our enemies! Has he been brainwashed by Russian and/or North Korean […]
America Loses When The Trade War Becomes A Currency War
America Loses When The Trade War Becomes A Currency War There has been a longstanding narrative in economic circles that no matter what crisis occurs the U.S. dollar is essentially invincible. I have never been one to buy into this assumption. Reason 1: Because I remember distinctly just before the derivatives and credit crisis in […]
Declining and Falling
Declining and Falling Are we destined for the same fate as that other empire? At the end of World War II, the US enjoyed geopolitical supremacy unmatched since the Roman empire. Friends and foes had been devastated by the war: millions dead, thousands of towns and cities destroyed, commercial and industrial infrastructure decimated. The only […]
