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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 […]
More Frogs Boiling—–Why Trillion Dollar Deficits Are Coming Back Soon
More Frogs Boiling—–Why Trillion Dollar Deficits Are Coming Back Soon Yesterday I noted that the frogs of Wall Street linger in the boiling pot because they are under the delusion that stocks are cheap based on the sell-side hockey sticks that always show $135 per share of S&P earnings and a 15X multiple in the next year ahead. Besides […]
‘People before profits!’ Thousands rally against TTIP, US corporate rule, GMO & wars in Rome (VIDEO)
‘People before profits!’ Thousands rally against TTIP, US corporate rule, GMO & wars in Rome (VIDEO) © Ruptly Tens of thousands came out in the capital of Italy to decry the secretive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal between the EU and the United States, which protesters believe would push Europe into corporate slavery. […]
If Russia Had ‘Freed’ Canada
If Russia Had ‘Freed’ Canada Special Report: The U.S. government defined events in Ukraine as a “pro-democracy” revolution battling “Russian aggression” — at least as far as the world’s mainstream media was concerned. But what if the script were flipped, asks Joe Lauria. As the United States plans to move thousands of NATO troops to Russia’s […]
Ripe for Regime Change
Ripe for Regime Change Russia Today reports: “The Prosecutor General’s Office has ruled…the National Democratic Institute, chaired by a former Secretary of State (Albright,) poses a threat to Russian security and constitutional order. It proposed including this NGO on the list of undesirable organizations. According to NDI’s website the group operated in Russia directly since […]
A Dire Future
A Dire Future Do you remember all the hopes Americans had for Obama when we elected him to his first term? Painful memories. He betrayed the voters on every one of his promises. There was no change, except for the worst as Obama went on to become one of the most vicious war criminals in […]
Somnolent Europe, Russia, and China
Somnolent Europe, Russia, and China Can the world wake up? On September 19, 2000, going on 16 years ago, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of the London Telegraphreported: “Declassified American government documents show that the US intelligence community ran a campaign in the Fifties and Sixties to build momentum for a united Europe. It funded and directed the European […]
US Commercial Bankruptcies Skyrocket
US Commercial Bankruptcies Skyrocket The “credit cycle” begins to unravel. One of the big indicators of the end of the “credit cycle” is the number of bankruptcies. During good times, so earlier in the credit cycle, companies borrow money. Then, overconfident and lured by low interest rates and overoptimistic rosy-scenario rhetoric emanating from all sides, they […]
Why I Think there Will Be a “Dollar Panic”
Why I Think there Will Be a “Dollar Panic” The Great American Credit Collapse Please remember this warning when you go to the ATM to get cash — and there is none. While we were thinking about what was really going on with today’s strange new money system, a startling thought occurred to us. Our financial system could […]
The Voting Delusion
The Voting Delusion This November, I heartily encourage all Americans to exercise their civic duty by going to the polls and voting for one of the dignified Presidential candidates that have amazed us this election cycle with their wisdom and compassion… not! Unfortunately, this is not a laughing matter. A large segment of the U.S. […]
TTIP—American Economic Imperialism
TTIP—American Economic Imperialism Greenpeace has done that part of the world whose representatives are so corrupt or so stupid as to sign on to the Trans-Pacific and Trans-Atlantic “partnerships” a great service. Greenpeace secured and leaked the secret TTIP documents that Washington and global corporations are pushing on Europe. The official documents prove that my […]
How A Collapse In South America Could Trigger Martial Law In The U.S.
How A Collapse In South America Could Trigger Martial Law In The U.S. If an economic system collapses in the woods and no one is paying attention, are there any consequences outside the woods? Well, yes, of course. As with most situations financial and global, however, consequences are not usually taken very seriously until they have […]
China’s Furious Stimulus-and-Debt Binge Backfires
China’s Furious Stimulus-and-Debt Binge Backfires Fabled transition to a service economy? Forget it. The export and manufacturing powerhouse of the world, the locomotive – along with the US – of the global economy, and an indicator of the global economy itself, disappointed economists once again. The operative word in the media today is “unexpectedly.” China has […]
Where On The Titanic Would You Like Your Deck Chair, Ma’am?
Where On The Titanic Would You Like Your Deck Chair, Ma’am? Last week I had the enticing experience of being denounced as a racist on one blog and castigated as a social justice warrior on another. As my regular readers know, such entertainments have been anything but rare since I launched The Archdruid Report just under ten […]
