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NATO: Seeking Russia’s Destruction Since 1949
NATO: Seeking Russia’s Destruction Since 1949 In 1990, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, U.S. president George H. W. Bush through his secretary of state James Baker promised Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev that in exchange for Soviet cooperation on German reunification, the Cold War era NATO alliance would not expand “one inch” eastwards towards […]
What Stinks in Saudi Ain’t the Camel Dung
What Stinks in Saudi Ain’t the Camel Dung In recent weeks one nation after another is falling over themselves, literally, to join the turkey shoot known, erroneously, as the war in Syria, ostensibly against the Islamic State or Daesh. The most wanted but most feared question is where will this war frenzy lead, and how […]
Weimar Greece – The Effects of a Currency Collapse
Weimar Greece – The Effects of a Currency Collapse Cash is a scarce commodity in Greece. In June, Greek banks declared a surprise limitation on how much could be withdrawn from an account. At present, the government still limits the cash withdrawals of Greeks. And, of course, this is just the most recent in a […]
It Begins: Desperate Finland Set To Unleash Helicopter Money Drop To All Citizens
It Begins: Desperate Finland Set To Unleash Helicopter Money Drop To All Citizens With Citi’s chief economist proclaiming “only helicopter money can save the world now,”and the Bank of England pre-empting paradropping money concerns, it appears that Australia’s largest investment bank’s forecast that money-drops were 12-18 months away was too conservative. Over the last few months, in a prime […]
House Democrat Warns Obama’s Actions Could Lead To “Devastating Nuclear War”
House Democrat Warns Obama’s Actions Could Lead To “Devastating Nuclear War” It was so much easier when Obama was running a military “sneakers on the ground” campaign in Iraq and Syria where there was no official confirmation of the thousands of “military advisors” engaging directly with various known and unknown adversaries. However, a recent surge of […]
The Syrian Proxy War: A World War III-esque Summary
The Syrian Proxy War: A World War III-esque Summary Even before any major world powers were willing to go public (so to speak) with their involvement in Syria’s five-year, bloody civil war, it was difficult to keep track of the myriad rebel factions, militant groups, and jihadists battling the Assad regime for control of the […]
NATO Is Harboring ISIS, And Here’s The Evidence
NATO Is Harboring ISIS, And Here’s The Evidence For the better part of a year, Turkey remained on the sidelines in the “fight” against ISIS. Then, on July 20, a powerful explosion ripped through the town of Suruc. 33 people were killed including a number of Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) and Socialist Youth Associations Federation […]
Europe – Here we GO Again
Europe – Here we GO Again The European economic crisis just keeps getting worse. The European Commission is now planning to pool all money for bank bailouts among nations. That means the funds set aside in Germany to weather German bank failures can be used in France. Meanwhile, the EU is preparing for relaxing the stability policy (austerity) because […]
The European Union Is Disintegrating: Austria Builds New Fence; Germany, Sweden Resume Border Checks
The European Union Is Disintegrating: Austria Builds New Fence; Germany, Sweden Resume Border Checks It was just two days ago when we reported that Slovenia had begun to construct its own version of Viktor Orban’s now infamous razor wire, anti-migrant fences. As The New York times noted, more than 170,000 refugees from the war-torn Mid-East have crossed […]
Merkel Must Call Highest Level UN Emergency Summit Over Refugees
Merkel Must Call Highest Level UN Emergency Summit Over Refugees German Chancellor Angela Merkel needs to do something, urgently, that should have been done months- if not more- ago. There has to be a UN emergency summit on the European refugee crisis, it has to involve leaders at the very highest levels, and it has […]
Vladimir Putin Speaks Honestly
Vladimir Putin Speaks Honestly Russia’s president is a refreshing contrast to the liars who inhabit Western governments and Western media. The agenda of the Russian government is peace and international cooperation under the rule of law. Washington’s agenda is hegemony. President Putin endeavors to lead the world to peace, while the neoconservatives who control Washington’s […]
Withdrawals Of Gold From NY Fed Jump To 20 Tons In September, Total 276 Tons Since 2014
Withdrawals Of Gold From NY Fed Jump To 20 Tons In September, Total 276 Tons Since 2014 First it was Germany who redeemed 120 tons of physical gold in 2014; then it was the Netherlands who “secretly” redomiciled 122 tons of gold; then this past May, we learned that Austria would be the third “core” European nation to repatriate most of […]
NATO Looks To Station Thousands Of Troops On Border With Russia
NATO Looks To Station Thousands Of Troops On Border With Russia Russia’s dramatic intervention in Syria has served to push the conflict in Ukraine (a country that is now partially governedby Star Wars characters) to the back of the world’s collective mind. After all, separatists exchanging fire with government forces and/or far-right “volunteer” battalions every couple […]
Germany to investigate Google, Facebook data transfers to US
Germany to investigate Google, Facebook data transfers to US © Sigtryggur Ari / Reuters Data protection authorities in Germany have announced that they will review the legality of internet giants’ data transfers from the EU to the US, after the European Court of Justice ruled that Europeans’ data isn’t safe from intelligence services on US-based […]
German police deploy water cannon as far-right, antifascists rally in Cologne
German police deploy water cannon as far-right, antifascists rally in Cologne © Ruptly Thousands rallied in Cologne on Sunday as supporters of the ‘Hooligans against Salafists’ far-right group and their left-wing opponents took to the streets. Police had to deploy a water cannon in an attempt to control the counter-protest. Law enforcers had earlier sought […]
