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ANOTHER NAIL IN THE U.S. EMPIRE COFFIN: Collapse Of Shale Gas Production Has Begun
ANOTHER NAIL IN THE U.S. EMPIRE COFFIN: Collapse Of Shale Gas Production Has Begun The U.S. Empire is in serious trouble as the collapse of its domestic shale gas production has begun. This is just another nail in a series of nails that have been driven into the U.S. Empire coffin. Unfortunately, most investors don’t […]
Do Canadians Want To Stay In The Oil Business?
Do Canadians Want To Stay In The Oil Business? The Canadian oilpatch is facing unprecedented challenges from uncontrollable forces outside our borders where oil prices and the vast majority of supply and demand are determined. There are a variety of variables. A light tight oil boom in the U.S. adding production in volumes not so […]
Corrupt US Government Accuses Putin Of Corruption
Corrupt US Government Accuses Putin Of Corruption The most corrupt government on earth, a government so utterly corrupt that it allows former executives of a handful of corrupt mega-banks to run the economic policy of the US solely in the interest of their banks, denying tens of millions of American retirees any interest income on […]
Capital Controls Are Coming
Capital Controls Are Coming The carnage always comes by surprise, often on an otherwise ordinary Saturday morning… The government declares a surprise bank holiday. It shuts all the banks. It imposes capital controls to stop citizens from taking their money out of the country. Cash-sniffing dogs, which make drug-sniffing dogs look friendly, show up at […]
US Abets Saudi War Crimes in Yemen
US Abets Saudi War Crimes in Yemen U.S. officials are quick to decry “human rights violations” in “enemy” states, but different rules apply to “allies” such as Saudi Arabia, which is committing war crimes in Yemen and executing dissidents at home while the Obama administration aids and abets the atrocities, writes Marjorie Cohn for TeleSUR. […]
Presidential Crimes Then And Now — Paul Craig Roberts
Presidential Crimes Then And Now — Paul Craig Roberts Reprinted from Paul Craig Roberts, The Neoconservative Threat to World Order (Clarity Press, 2015) Are Nixon’s and the Reagan administration’s crimes noticable on the scale of Clinton’s, George W. Bush’s, and Obama’s? Not much remains of the once vibrant American left-wing. Among the brainwashed remnants there is such […]
For US and Russia, All Roads Lead to China
For US and Russia, All Roads Lead to China Recently I attended an event where the speaker referred to the interplay between economics and security in Asia as being that of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll represents the positive economic growth and interaction within the region, while Mr. Hyde represents the increasing security […]
Mitch McConnell Moves to Grant the President Unlimited War Powers with No Expiration Date
Mitch McConnell Moves to Grant the President Unlimited War Powers with No Expiration Date The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials […]
Schlumberger’s Terrifying Moment Of Truth About The US Energy Sector
Schlumberger’s Terrifying Moment Of Truth About The US Energy Sector Having laid off 10,000 employees (and boosted his share buyback program by $10 billion – because that has worked out so well in the past), it appears Schlumberger CEO Paal Kibsgaard unleashes some very uncomfortable truthiness on his audience this morning during the earnings call, […]
The Birth Of The PetroYuan (In 2 Pictures)
The Birth Of The PetroYuan (In 2 Pictures) Give me that!! It belongs to the Chinese now! h/t @FedPorn As we previously detailed, two topics we’ve deemed critically important to a thorough understanding of both global finance and the shifting geopolitical landscape are the death of the petrodollar and the idea of yuan hegemony. In November […]
The myth of US self-sufficiency in crude oil
The myth of US self-sufficiency in crude oil Google for “US energy independence” and you will get 134k results, “US self sufficiency” yields 10k results. Here are some examples of what the media reports: In Aljazeera’s Inside Story, 10/1/2016, titled “How much support will Saudi Arabia win against Iran?” the delicate relationship between the US, […]
Goldman Pays Fine For Causing 2008 Crisis As “The Rest of the World Faced Financial Armageddon”
Goldman Pays Fine For Causing 2008 Crisis As “The Rest of the World Faced Financial Armageddon” Editor’s Comment: It’s funny how some criminals – whose actions affect perhaps a handful of people at the most – get the book thrown at them. In fact, so do speeders and code violators and other low level offenders. […]
An Oligarchy Has Broken Our Democracy. It Must Be Dislodged
An Oligarchy Has Broken Our Democracy. It Must Be Dislodged January 18, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – “The Guardian” – Each new election year promises change. We will choose a new president and new representatives in Congress; fresh faces will make their appearances in Washington DC, while old ones disappear. But what about the people who […]
The U.S. Is At The Center Of The Global Economic Meltdown
The U.S. Is At The Center Of The Global Economic Meltdown While the economic implosion progresses this year, there will be considerable misdirection and disinformation as to the true nature of what is taking place. As I have outlined in the past, the masses were so ill informed by the mainstream media during the Great […]
