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Freedom or the Slaughterhouse? American Police State From A to Z
Freedom or the Slaughterhouse? American Police State From A to Z “Who needs direct repression when one can convince the chicken to walk freely into the slaughterhouse?”—Philosopher Slavoj Žižek Despite the best efforts of some to sound the alarm, the nation is being locked down into a militarized, mechanized, hypersensitive, legalistic, self-righteous, goose-stepping antithesis of […]
Sacred Cows? Nah, Secretive Trade Deals Are Mostly Bull
Sacred Cows? Nah, Secretive Trade Deals Are Mostly Bull Global pacts like the TPP threaten made-in-Canada system, argue dairy farmers. [Editor’s note: The 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, now in advanced stages of negotiation, is ruffling the feathers of Canadian dairy farmers, who worry the agreement will impact the industry’s long-standing “supply management” system that protects farmers […]
Major Chain Stores Shutting Down as America Faces “Birth Pangs of Retail Apocalypse”
Major Chain Stores Shutting Down as America Faces “Birth Pangs of Retail Apocalypse” Reduced consumer spending is heralding a looming economic downturn, if not collapse, with an unprecedented shutdown of major box stores, restaurants and grocers underway. It doesn’t bode well for the millions of Americans who are already seriously struggling, and will only accelerate […]
How to Prepare for a Cyber Attack
How to Prepare for a Cyber Attack There is a lot of debate on whether Wednesday’s computer issues that shut down the New York Stock Exchange, the Wall Street Journal, and United Airlines were just a very strange coincidence (very strange) or a deliberate cyber attack. This isn’t the first possible cyber attack on the United […]
Is Greece a Template for U.S. State & Local Government Debt Crises?
Is Greece a Template for U.S. State & Local Government Debt Crises? The template of over-indebtedness as a response to soaring obligations is scale-invariant, and it always ends the same way: default. When you can’t pay your bills, you can either cut expenses, borrow money or if you’re extraordinarily privileged, print money. If you borrow money […]
US Still Won’t Confirm Israeli Nukes
US Still Won’t Confirm Israeli Nukes Among the more absurd aspects of U.S. foreign policy is the persistent refusal to confirm that Israel has a nuclear arsenal, even as U.S. officials threaten and even attack other countries for allegedly harboring the intent to build a single bomb, hypocrisy that Sam Husseini dissects. Retired Gen. (and […]
Still Waiting for USS Liberty’s Truth
Still Waiting for USS Liberty’s Truth Exclusive: During the Six-Day War in 1967, Israeli warplanes and warships tried to sink the USS Liberty, killing 34 of the spy ship’s crew. Afterwards, U.S. and Israeli officials excused the attack as an unfortunate mistake and covered up evidence of willful murder, as ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern explains. Israel’s […]
“The US Needs War Every 4 Years To Maintain Economic Growth”
“The US Needs War Every 4 Years To Maintain Economic Growth” “This is not a secret,” explains Kris Roman, director of geopolitical research center Euro-Rus, “The whole [US] economy is built on the military theme: to maintain its economic growth, the United States needs a war every 4 years, otherwise the economic growth slows down.” The Belgian […]
The Pentagon’s “2015 Strategy” For Ruling the World
The Pentagon’s “2015 Strategy” For Ruling the World On Wednesday, the Pentagon released its 2015 National Military Strategy, a 24-page blueprint for ruling the world through military force. While the language in the report is subtler and less incendiary than similar documents in the past, the determination to unilaterally pursue US interests through extreme violence […]
Jade Helm – a Slippery Slope
Jade Helm – a Slippery Slope Guest author Kenneth Anton: author of Popsicle Man and Cancer Vortex It is stated by the government that “Jade Helm” is just a ‘Military Training Exercise’ taking place in 7 southwest states (possibly more) for just 2 months from 7/15/15 to 9/15/15. But many skeptics, including myself, see this incursion by the military […]
Top German Politician Blasts Nuland & Carter: “F##k US Imperialism”
Top German Politician Blasts Nuland & Carter: “F##k US Imperialism” With intra-Europe relations hitting a new all-time low; and, having already been busted spying on Merkel, Obama got caught with his hand in Hollande’s cookie jar this week, the following exultation from one of Germany’s top politicians will hardly help Washington-Brussells relations. As Russia Insider notes, Oskar […]
America as Dangerous Flailing Beast
America as Dangerous Flailing Beast Despite pretty talk about “democracy” and “human rights,” U.S. leaders have become the world’s chief purveyors of chaos and death – from Vietnam through Iraq, Libya, Syria, Ukraine and many other unfortunate nations, a dangerous dilemma addressed by John Chuckman. When I think of America’s place in the world today, […]
The U.S. And EU Will Collapse Regardless Of Economic ‘Contagion’
The U.S. And EU Will Collapse Regardless Of Economic ‘Contagion’ In order to understand what is really going on around the globe in terms of the collapsing economy, we must set aside false mainstream versions of reality. When it comes to the EU and its current fiscal turmoil, it is very important to, in some […]
Container Shipping Rates from China to US, Europe Collapse
Container Shipping Rates from China to US, Europe Collapse “Sluggish westbound volumes have brought about the worst spot market rate collapse that this trade has experienced.” That’s how Drewry Maritime Researchsummarized it in a report a couple of weeks ago. Since then, the collapse of the rates for shipping containers from China to the West has […]
