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The US Empire Is Acting Like A Desperate, Cornered Animal, Because That’s What It Is
The US Empire Is Acting Like A Desperate, Cornered Animal, Because That’s What It Is I love Americans. I get friendly flak from some of my more jaded lefty readers whenever I say that, because having to deal with the flaws of one’s own countrymen is a very different experience than appreciating them from afar, but […]
How the US Establishment Lies Through Its Teeth, for War Against Russia
How the US Establishment Lies Through Its Teeth, for War Against Russia The same people, Republicans and Democrats, who lied through their teeth for an invasion of Iraq in 2003, are doing it again for an invasion of Russia, sometime soon, so as to ‘defend’ ‘democracy’. The US has by now swallowed up virtually all lands surrounding Russia, at […]
‘Descent Into Hell’: China Warns of Potential War With US Over Taiwan
‘Descent Into Hell’: China Warns of Potential War With US Over Taiwan (ANTIMEDIA) — It’s no secret that for Beijing, the most sensitive issue within Sino-American relations is that of Taiwan, the semi-autonomous island territory that China considers to be a breakaway province. Now, a political move made by the U.S. on Taiwan has Beijing warning of the possibility of military […]
7 Dead After “Monster Nor’easter” Pummels East Coast, Leaving Floods, Outages
7 Dead After “Monster Nor’easter” Pummels East Coast, Leaving Floods, Outages At least seven people were dead after a “monster nor’easter” – officially called Winter Storm Riley – slammed the northeastern United States on Saturday, leaving a trail of flooded streets, power outages and brutal winds. NASA ✔@NASA Spotted by @NOAASatellites‘ #GOES16 satellite: today’s #noreaster […]
Momentous Shift in US Natural Gas, with Global Consequences
Momentous Shift in US Natural Gas, with Global Consequences And this is just the beginning. The year 2017 was when the US became a net exporter of natural gas for the first year in history. The production of natural gas has been surging since 2007, when fracking turned into a boom, whittling away at the […]
10 Stories of Transition in the US: The Spread of Repair Cafes
10 Stories of Transition in the US: The Spread of Repair Cafes In the midst of America’s Great Depression, merchants and manufacturers were looking for ways to quickly reboot the national economy. To get more people working and factories operating again, so the story goes, two main things needed to happen: First, people had to […]
Russian Hackers Target U.S. Energy Infrastructure
Russian Hackers Target U.S. Energy Infrastructure Russia has been trying to interfere with U.S. energy markets and influence U.S. energy policy by using Russian operatives to troll social media platforms with divisive and inflammatory posts, a report by House Republicans has revealed. The report—issued by the United States House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology—includes […]
Is Washington Sufficiently Intelligent to Be Trusted with an Independent Foreign Policy?
Is Washington Sufficiently Intelligent to Be Trusted with an Independent Foreign Policy? As I figured would be the case, Putin’s message to the West that Russia cannot be intimidated and that the nations must work together to deal with world problems was far over the heads of the dumbshit “exceptional” Americans. CNN rushed out an […]
What’s Going Down in China is Very Dangerous – Part 2
What’s Going Down in China is Very Dangerous – Part 2 One of the more concerning ramifications of China’s recent turn toward a more totalitarian stance at home is what it means for the geopolitical environment in the years ahead. Several people asked in the comment section of Part 1 why I care about what’s […]
Hunt for Taxes & the CRS
Hunt for Taxes & the CRS QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I followed your advice and opened an account in the United States. I live in Britain and my daughter lives there in the States so I used her local address. To my shock, it was very easy. You said the USA has become the new tax […]
Canada Will be the Most Impact by a Steel Tariff
Canada Will be the Most Impact by a Steel Tariff Canada is the largest exporter of steel to the United States. The decline in the Canadian dollar has helped this trend in particular. Trump is clueless when it comes to the impact of currency on foreign trade. If he wants to do tariffs, they MUST […]
Racing Towards a Low-Yield Armageddon
Racing Towards a Low-Yield Armageddon Photo by James Stencilowsky | CC BY 2.0 On February 3 the Washington Post observed that “the United States can deliver a [nuclear] strike anywhere in the world in 30 minutes with astounding accuracy” and questioned the need for “a new generation of low-yield nuclear weapons,” quoting the commander of the strategic force, General […]
Inflation is in the Rear-View Mirror
Inflation is in the Rear-View Mirror 43 percent of credit card holders carry a balance. Delinquencies are rising. It’s a deflationary debt trap. Revolving Credit Hits New Record High In December, revolving debt has topped the previous high-water mark of $1.021 trillion set in April of 2008. Debt as of December 2017 (the latest available) […]
Let The Trade Wars Begin: Trump Says He Will Impose Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Next Week
Let The Trade Wars Begin: Trump Says He Will Impose Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Next Week Update III: After the White House said earlier that today’s meeting would be a “listening” meeting, President Trump has taken investors by surprise by announcing that he will impose the long-rumored aluminum and steel sanctions next week. As expected, Trump […]
