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Global Stocks, Futures Crash; Nasdaq In Bear Market, Oil Soars Above $105 On Russia Attack
Global Stocks, Futures Crash; Nasdaq In Bear Market, Oil Soars Above $105 On Russia Attack U.S. stock index futures crashed along with global markets on Thursday as Russia’s assault on Ukraine sent investors fleeing risky assets, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq was set to open in a bear market. Contracts on the Nasdaq 100 were down […]
Perhaps The US Should Shut The Fuck Up About Respecting Other Countries’ Sovereignty
Perhaps The US Should Shut The Fuck Up About Respecting Other Countries’ Sovereignty Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ So Putin has finally made a move, issuing a decree formally recognizing the sovereignty of the separatist-held Donbas territories in eastern Ukraine known as the DPR and LPR. Russian troops are being deployed to the region in what Putin […]
The Washington Post: The Voice of the CIA
The Washington Post: The Voice of the CIA The Washington Post has always been a CIA asset. The CIA used the Washington Post to orchestrate the Watergate narrative used to drive President Nixon out of office. The CIA wanted Nixon gone, because Nixon was threatening the military/security complex’s budget and power by making arms control agreements […]
Is the Confrontation Over Ukraine Joe Biden’s “Wag the Dog” Moment?
Is the Confrontation Over Ukraine Joe Biden’s “Wag the Dog” Moment? The people now gunning for a showdown with Putin were gunning for a showdown with Saddam Hussein two decades ago—with the same promises of a happy outcome. Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Moscow. (Alexei Druzhinin / AP […]
Powerful Gas Pipeline Explosion Rocks Eastern Ukraine
Powerful Gas Pipeline Explosion Rocks Eastern Ukraine (Update 4:48pm ET): In the overnight hours local time a massive gas pipeline explosion is being reported, with a fire raging at the site. Early unconfirmed reports suggest the powerful explosion rocked a part of the pipeline in the pro-Russian separatist region, in or near the city of Luhansk. Interfax is also confirming […]
Stockman: “We’re Not Useful Idiots!”
Stockman: “We’re Not Useful Idiots!” Honest injun. We’re not useful idiots here at Contra Corner! We do think, however, that the entire Ukrainian crisis is a Washington-confected con job. And we came to that conclusion without relying on a single scrap of information peddled by Russki propagandists appearing on Strategic Culture Foundation or Zero Hedge. Actually, […]
Why Isn’t U.S. Shale Production Soaring?
Why Isn’t U.S. Shale Production Soaring? With oil prices threatening to break $100 this year, many observers are confused by the lack of a U.S. shale boom. The major reason that U.S. shale companies are reluctant to boost production at all costs is that they need to keep shareholders happy first and foremost. Other issues […]
Biden Says Ukraine Invasion Risk “Very High”; Russia Expels US Deputy Amb., Demands US Leave Eastern Europe
Biden Says Ukraine Invasion Risk “Very High”; Russia Expels US Deputy Amb., Demands US Leave Eastern Europe Summary: Reports overnight from both sides (Ukraine, Rebels) that shelling has begun, claiming ceasefire broken US envoy says evidence on the ground is that Russia is moving toward an “imminent invasion,” says “this is a crucial moment.” Russia […]
Inflation – Cassandra Speaks
Inflation – Cassandra Speaks Inflation should be front and centre for markets – give or take Ukraine, Oil, etc. How real is it, and just how bad could the consequences be? Not talking about it is one way to ensure it hurts. “The way to crush the bourgeoise is to grind them between the millstones […]
Another All-Time Media Faceplant
Another All-Time Media Faceplant After the Biden administration and the press wrongly predicted a Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 16th, they kept compounding the error in spectacular fashion “It was a joke, you idiots.” If cluelessness can be art, American journalists unveiled their Sistine Chapel this week, in a remarkable collection of misreports and […]
“Russian Propaganda” Means Disputing US Propaganda
“Russian Propaganda” Means Disputing US Propaganda Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The Associated Press has published yet another article based on unevidenced assertions by anonymous government officials about the scary horrifying frightening Russian menace, this time to accuse another media outlet of promoting propaganda. Without a trace of irony. “U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday […]
2 Predictions
2 Predictions René Magritte The voice of blood 1948 (woodblock)1/ If the US truckers manage to organize themselves anywhere close to the way their Canadian brethren have, in projects like Convoy To DC 2022 or American Freedom Convoy 2022, they will cause absolute mayhem stateside, and the Biden admin will very rapidly lift the -announced- vaccination mandates […]
Nord Stream: The Geo-politics of Keeping Germany ‘Down’, Russia ‘Out’, and Instability in Ukraine
Nord Stream: The Geo-politics of Keeping Germany ‘Down’, Russia ‘Out’, and Instability in Ukraine It seems reasonable to expect we will have this crisis with us – in its various forms – for at least the next two years, Alastair Crooke writes. Macron in a remarkably frank interview with a French Journal put his finger on the […]
Gasoline Prices Rise Across US Again, Experts Warn More Pain at Pump Coming
A customer prepares to pump gasoline into his car at a Valero station in Mill Valley, Calif., on July 12, 2021. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Gasoline Prices Rise Across US Again, Experts Warn More Pain at Pump Coming The price of gasoline has risen across the United States again as experts warn that more pain could lie ahead […]
European Energy Prices Soar As Western Media Hypes Imminent Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
European Energy Prices Soar As Western Media Hypes Imminent Russian Invasion Of Ukraine European natural gas and electricity prices jumped as Western corporate media continued to drum up headlines of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine that could spark World War 3. Benchmark European gas prices rose more than 10% to 84 euros a megawatt-hour, the highest […]
