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Tomgram: Nomi Prins, How to Set the Economy on Fire
Tomgram: Nomi Prins, How to Set the Economy on Fire There’s no way to measure just how cheery this period really is — not if you’re the CEO of a major company. Just as the World Economic Summit was opening in Davos, Switzerland, and President Donald Trump was flying in to put his mark on […]
It Sure Sounds Like the US Is Actually Going to Bomb North Korea
It Sure Sounds Like the US Is Actually Going to Bomb North Korea (ANTIMEDIA) — During his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, Donald Trump pledged the United States would continue its “campaign of maximum pressure” against North Korea. Meanwhile, the Washington Post ran an opinion piece written by the man who was, until recently, set to become the U.S. ambassador to South Korea. Victor Cha, […]
Henry Kissinger says a “pre-emptive attack” against North Korea is a “strong” possibility
Henry Kissinger says a “pre-emptive attack” against North Korea is a “strong” possibility Kissinger, “Temptation to deal” with North Korea “with a pre-emptive attack is strong” Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has said that he agrees with the aggressive statements President Trump has made towards North Korea. Kissinger also warned Congress last week against […]
A Scandal of The West’s News-Suppression, to ‘Justify’ U.S.-v.-Russia War
A Scandal of The West’s News-Suppression, to ‘Justify’ U.S.-v.-Russia War An accountant, Sergei Magnitsky, was employed by a wealthy American investor, William Browder, and died in a Russian prison on 16 November 2006. How did it happen; who was to blame for it? The Russian Government was blamed for it, and this blame produced in […]
Could the Renminbi Challenge the Dollar?
Wodicka/ullstein bild via Getty Images Could the Renminbi Challenge the Dollar? China’s rapid economic growth, coupled with savvy monetary management by its leaders, has internationalized the renminbi to a degree that scarcely could have been imagined just a few decades ago. But if China’s leaders ever want to challenge the US for global currency dominance, […]
Countdown to Doomsday: Daniel Ellsberg and the Nuclear Papers
Countdown to Doomsday: Daniel Ellsberg and the Nuclear Papers Photo by August Muench | CC BY 2.0 Just as the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved the Doomsday Clock closer than it has ever been to our species extinction point reports show that the U.S. warfare state is moving its latest high-tech rendition of tactical […]
“One Typhoon Away From Full Breach” – US Nuke-Test Dome Leaking Fatal Radiation Into Pacific Ocean
“One Typhoon Away From Full Breach” – US Nuke-Test Dome Leaking Fatal Radiation Into Pacific Ocean Before the 1970s, the United States and other nuclear-armed countries conducted more than 500 atomic weapons tests in the atmosphere. During these tests, radioactive debris and gases were flung up into the atmosphere and traveled around the world. The Centers […]
Will Washington’s Chess Game in Syria Lead to War With NATO Ally Turkey?
Will Washington’s Chess Game in Syria Lead to War With NATO Ally Turkey? (MPN) — It’s not clear if the United States knows what it is doing in Syria anymore. Having successfully toppled the Libyan government in 2011, former President Barack Obama subsequently spent a good three years attempting to bring about the fall of the Syrian government, under […]
Gasoline–Such a Big Bang for the Buck
Gasoline–Such a Big Bang for the Buck Are you a fan of beheadings? Are you fond of autocratic regimes? Do you want to help those kooky, lovable Koch brothers purchase another member of Congress? Do you yearn to support Saudi Arabia, Iran, Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin, but it seems so difficult to give them […]
Stepping Back from the Brink
Stepping Back from the Brink An astonishing new field of enquiry explores the deep changes that could avert a planetary disaster We know where we’re going. For many years, scientists have warned that we are crashing through the Earth’s ecological limits. We know we are in the midst of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Yet […]
The Rowboat (Wages) and the Yacht (Assets)
The Rowboat (Wages) and the Yacht (Assets) As I keep saying: the status quo has divested the working and middle classes. The reason why the status quo has failed and is fragmenting is displayed in these three charts of wages, employment and assets: wage earners (labor) are in a rowboat trying to catch the yacht […]
How a U.S. Company is Suing Canada for Rejecting Quarry in Endangered Whale Nursery
How a U.S. Company is Suing Canada for Rejecting Quarry in Endangered Whale Nursery When a Canadian federal-provincial environmental review panel ruled in 2007 that a proposed quarry would go against community core values and would threaten right whales and other marine life in the Bay of Fundy, groups that had fought against the project […]
UK’s Secret Cold War Plan For Middle East Oil Fields
UK’s Secret Cold War Plan For Middle East Oil Fields The 1950s were a turbulent time on both sides of the Iron Curtain. With the Second World War over and the star role played by crude oil in its outcome, British and U.S. intelligence agencies wasted no time working out scenarios should the Soviets invade […]
US National Debt Will Jump by $617 Billion in 5 Months
US National Debt Will Jump by $617 Billion in 5 Months Just as the Fed accelerates its QE Unwind. Treasuries reacted. While everyone is trying to figure out how to twist the new tax cut to their advantage and save some money, the US Treasury Department just announced how much net new debt it will […]
Too Many Wars. Too Many Enemies
Too Many Wars. Too Many Enemies If Turkey is not bluffing, U.S. troops in Manbij, Syria, could be under fire by week’s end, and NATO engulfed in the worst crisis in its history. Turkish President Erdogan said Friday his troops will cleanse Manbij of Kurdish fighters, alongside whom U.S. troops are embedded. Erdogan’s foreign minister […]
