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North Korea Is “Begging For War”: Haley Tells Un “The Time For Half-Measures Is Over”
North Korea Is “Begging For War”: Haley Tells Un “The Time For Half-Measures Is Over” U.S. United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is escalating the rhetoric from Trump’s “we’ll see” comment and aggressive tweets as she tells an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, that “enough is enough” and that North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong […]
China Slams Trump’s Trade Threat As “Unacceptable”
China Slams Trump’s Trade Threat As “Unacceptable” An angry China slammed President Trump’s threat on Monday to cut off trade with countries that deal with North Korea, as “unacceptable” and “unfair.” As a reminder, following Sunday’s nuclear test by North Korea, Trump threatened to increase economic sanctions and halt trade with any country doing business […]
Moral Outrage Over Low Wages: Canada Joins Trump With Threats of Walking Out on NAFTA
Moral Outrage Over Low Wages: Canada Joins Trump With Threats of Walking Out on NAFTA The threat of total abandonment of NAFTA took on a second front today as Canada’s biggest private-sector union said NAFTA should be scrapped if Mexico cannot agree to better labor standards. Please consider Sharp Differences Over Labor Surface at NAFTA Talks in Mexico. […]
The Deep State: How They Got Their Power To Manipulate For Ultimate Control
The Deep State: How They Got Their Power To Manipulate For Ultimate Control While many in the United States firmly believe that the government just isn’t working, it is. But it’s only working for the powerful and rich elites in the government and the media who have a desire to cling to their oppressive control […]
The Risk of NATO’s H-Bombs in Turkey
The Risk of NATO’s H-Bombs in Turkey Exclusive: As the world nervously assesses North Korea’s claims about having a hydrogen bomb, another danger point is in Turkey where an erratic leader could seize NATO’s H-Bombs, warns Jonathan Marshall. Even in this contentious era, one proposition still enjoys near-universal support: the United States should make it […]
The Growing Threat of the Police State
The Growing Threat of the Police State Doug Casey, Jeff Thomas, and Nick Giambruno recently discussed a critical topic—the rise of a police state in the former “free” world. Nick Giambruno: In my experience, the US has some of the most aggressive police in the world. I first noticed this when I started traveling many […]
What Did Harvey Do to the Wind Farms on the Texas Coast?
What Did Harvey Do to the Wind Farms on the Texas Coast? Downed power lines was the biggest problem. Oil-and-gas state Texas is by far the largest wind power producer among US states. With an installed capacity of 21,044 MW, and with 5,437 MW under construction as of the end of 2016, Texas is well […]
US Crude Production Stalls As Oil Rig Count Rolls Over
US Crude Production Stalls As Oil Rig Count Rolls Over Amid the chaos and turmoil caused by Harvey, today’s rig count data is likely to change things as much as a fart in a hurricane. US crude production in the Lower 48 actually fell last week, syncing with the stabilization in the lagged oil rig […]
Harvey Causing “Unprecedented” Disruptions To Supplies Of “Essential” Chemicals
Harvey Causing “Unprecedented” Disruptions To Supplies Of “Essential” Chemicals The unprecedented destruction wrought by Hurricane Harvey will impact the US economy in ways may not be immediately apparent. Until recently, coverage of the storm’s impact has focused on property damage and the impact on the energy industry. But in a story published Friday, Bloomberg explains […]
How Long Can U.S. Refineries Remain Offline?
How Long Can U.S. Refineries Remain Offline? When Hurricane Harvey blew into Texas last weekend, it dumped more than 30 inches of rain, flooding Houston and large areas of southeastern Texas, while leaving thousands homeless or without power. The worst storm to hit the U.S. since 2004 and by some estimates the largest rain-storm in […]
“Rapidly Intensifying” Hurricane Irma Barreling Straight Toward The East Coast
“Rapidly Intensifying” Hurricane Irma Barreling Straight Toward The East Coast The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has just updated its forecast for what it is now referring to as a “rapidly intensifying” Category 2 hurricane in the Eastern Atlantic ocean and the results look disastrous for a large swath of the Caribbean and Southeastern United States. […]
US Releases 500,000 Barrels Of Oil From Strategic Reserve As Largest US Refinery May Be Shut For 2 Weeks
US Releases 500,000 Barrels Of Oil From Strategic Reserve As Largest US Refinery May Be Shut For 2 Weeks The U.S. Energy Department announced on Thursday that it would release 500,000 barrels of crude oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve as a result of the disruption to the US petroleum industry following Hurricane Harvey […]
Inflating the Russian Threat
Inflating the Russian Threat Exclusive: The U.S. mainstream media, led by The New York Times, has behaved as classic propagandists, hyping a Russian military “threat” and promoting a new Cold War hysteria, as Jonathan Marshall describes. Readers of the New York Times have more to sweat about than hot summer weather in the Big Apple. […]
US deployment of new B61-12 nukes to Europe would violate non-proliferation treaty – Moscow
US deployment of new B61-12 nukes to Europe would violate non-proliferation treaty – Moscow © AiirSource Military / YouTube Washington will violate its commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty if it deploys the new B61-12 nuclear bombs to NATO allies in Europe, the Russian Foreign Ministry has warned. The statement comes after the recent second test […]
US Conducts Successful Field Test Of New Nuclear Bomb
US Conducts Successful Field Test Of New Nuclear Bomb In mid-April, we reported that “just as tensions over North Korea’s nuclear program and potential US airstrikes run wild, the NNSA said that in conjunction with the US Air Force, it had completed the first qualification flight test of B61-12 gravity nuclear bomb on March 14 […]
