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Going Beyond Propaganda. Nuclear Conflict: Deception or Real Threat?
Going Beyond Propaganda. Nuclear Conflict: Deception or Real Threat? The events in the Middle East, Syria and Aleppo are the focus of global attention. Rarely has a battle been so decisive to the outcome of a war and the fate of hundreds of millions of people around the world Hillary Clinton in the last presidential […]
Ken Rogoff’s Government Debt Default Plan
Ken Rogoff’s Government Debt Default Plan Ken Rogoff is by all accounts a brilliant man. The Harvard professor and former IMF chief economist is a chess grandmaster. His thesis committee included current Fed vice-chair Stanley Fischer. But like many survivors of Ivy League hoop jumping, the poor fellow appears to have emerged punch drunk. […]
It Won’t Be Long Now—-The End Game Of Central Banking Is Nigh
It Won’t Be Long Now—-The End Game Of Central Banking Is Nigh My new book will be published next Tuesday. Preorders for the e-Book version will be available in this space beginning later this week. As I previously indicated, the book is an exploration of how 30 years of Bubble Finance policies at the Fed, feckless interventions abroad and […]
“The Resentment Will Explode” – In Dramatic Twist, McKinsey Slams Globalization
“The Resentment Will Explode” – In Dramatic Twist, McKinsey Slams Globalization The IMF is getting nervous, and what it appears to be most concerned about, is a collapse of the status quo. Moments ago, in a speech in Washington, IMF head Christine Lagarde said that “The greatest challenge we face today is the risk of […]
In Praise Of Ignorant Politicians…..Unschooled In Beltway Delusions
In Praise Of Ignorant Politicians…..Unschooled In Beltway Delusions The Imperial City deserves to be sacked by insurgent politicians of the very ignorant kind. That is, outsiders unschooled in its specious groupthink and destructive delusions of grandeur. That’s why Donald Trump’s challenge to the beltway’s permanent bipartisan ruling class is so welcome. He is largely ignorant of the neocon and war hawk catechisms […]
If You Value Life, Wake Up!
Great Danger: US-NATO Missiles Threatening Russia. Putin: “We Know and they Know that we Know…People do not Understand how Dangerous the Situation Really Is” http://www.globalresearch.ca/great-danger-us-nato-missiles-threatening-russia-putin-we-know-and-they-know-that-we-know/5531955 If You Value Life, Wake Up! Do you remember how close we came to Armageddon in the early 1960s when Washington put nuclear missiles in Turkey on the Soviet Union’s […]
Rationalizing ‘Rational’
RATIONALIZING ‘RATIONAL’ Walter W. Heller was said to have been an “educator of Presidents.” As an economist and Presidential advisor in the inner circles of DC, Heller worked with more candidates and officeholders than perhaps any other man. As he himself described, his influence went all the way back to Adlai Stevenson and kept on […]
A Palace For Fannie (Mae)—–Why The Imperial City Must Be Sacked
A Palace For Fannie (Mae)—–Why The Imperial City Must Be Sacked To hear the establishment media tell it, you would think that Attila the Hun was fixing to sack the Imperial City. Would that Donald Trump were that bold or dangerous. Then again, he is a showman of no mean talents. So if there is a maquette […]
Can Russia Survive Washington’s Attack?
Can Russia Survive Washington’s Attack? It is not only American generals who are irresponsible and declare on the basis of no evidence whatsoever that “Russia is an existential threat to the United States” and also to the Baltic states, Poland, Georgia, Ukraine, and all of Europe. British generals also participate in the warmongering. UK retired […]
‘Made in USA’: 3 key signs that point to Washington’s hand in Brazil’s ‘coup’
‘Made in USA’: 3 key signs that point to Washington’s hand in Brazil’s ‘coup’ As Brazil’s left-wing president, Dilma Rousseff, has been suspended from office to face trial for disregarding budget laws, details have emerged on key figures involved in what Rousseff supporters are calling a coup, hinting at a covert plot involving Washington. Following […]
Welcome to 1984
Welcome to 1984 Protester Bob Bowes, of Somerville, Mass., displays an American flag featuring corporate logos outside a meeting of U.S. elites in Boston. (Steven Senne / AP) The artifice of corporate totalitarianism has been exposed. The citizens, disgusted by the lies and manipulation, have turned on the political establishment. But the game is not […]
Leaks Show Senate Aide Threatened Colombia Over Cheap Cancer Drug
Leaks Show Senate Aide Threatened Colombia Over Cheap Cancer Drug LEAKED DIPLOMATIC LETTERS sent from Colombia’s Embassy in Washington describe how a staffer with the Senate Finance Committee, which is led by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, warned of repercussions if Colombia moves forward on approving the cheaper, generic form of a cancer drug. The drug is […]
Blockbuster Story – How Hedge Funds Invest Heavily in Washington D.C.’s Culture of Corruption
Blockbuster Story – How Hedge Funds Invest Heavily in Washington D.C.’s Culture of Corruption Earlier today, Ryan Grim and Paul Blumenthal published a blockbuster piece in the Huffington Post, titled: The Vultures’ Vultures: How A New Hedge-Fund Strategy Is Corrupting Washington. It details the secretive world of the dark money groups representing mercenary hedge funds in their insatiable […]
Chomsky: Europe Bows to Its ‘Washington Masters’ on Everything From Snowden to Iran
Chomsky: Europe Bows to Its ‘Washington Masters’ on Everything From Snowden to Iran (ANTIMEDIA) United States exceptionalism has created a preternaturally excessive number of military installments, deployments, and bases around the world. In point of fact, as David Vine described for the Nation in September 2015: “While there are no freestanding foreign bases permanently located in the United States, there […]
