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Syriasly
Syriasly “Peace with Honor” was President Nixon’s anodyne phrase for futzing around as long as possible in Vietnam to conceal the reality that the US military was getting its ass kicked by what we had initially thought was a 98-pound weakling of a Third World country. That was a half-century ago and I remember it […]
Getting Ready for Nuclear War
Getting Ready for Nuclear War Photo by Steve Snodgrass | CC BY 2.0 John Bolton is to assume the appointment as President Trump’s National Security Adviser on April 9. On February 28 he wrote in the Wall Street Journal that “it is perfectly legitimate for the United States to respond to the current ‘necessity’ posed by North Korea’s […]
The March We Need: A March for Peace… or, at least, De-Escalation
The March We Need: A March for Peace… or, at least, De-Escalation Students march for gun control; women march for a variety of causes, and, well, against anything Trump; but who is marching for less American war in the Greater Middle East? Why? Why isn’t there a passionate coalition willing to combat the American war […]
What happened to the West I was born in?!
What happened to the West I was born in?! Frankly, I am awed, amazed and even embarrassed. I was born in Switzerland, lived most of my life there, I also visited most of Europe, and I lived in the USA for over 20 years. Yet in my worst nightmares I could not have imagined the […]
America’s State Wreck Gathers Steam: The Donald’s War Cabinet And The Fiscal Doom Loop, Part 2
America’s State Wreck Gathers Steam: The Donald’s War Cabinet And The Fiscal Doom Loop, Part 2 Last week the Donald’s incipient trade war got Wall Street’s nerves jangling, but that wasn’t the half of what’s coming. To wit, Trump has now essentially formed a War Cabinet and signed a Horribus spending bill that is a warrant for fiscal meltdown. Indeed, the two […]
Russia Vows Imminent Response: “The US Only Understands Force”
Russia Vows Imminent Response: “The US Only Understands Force” Update: RIA Novosti reports an unnamed foreign ministry official protested the decision by EU, NATO nations to expel envoys, and confirmed that Russia will respond to each country expelling diplomats, warning that the “expulsions won’t go unanswered.” “Unfriendly” action won’t be left unanswered. U.K.’s allies are […]
Hidden No More, The Currency Wars Take Center Stage
Hidden No More, The Currency Wars Take Center Stage The market stands on a sinkhole, waiting for the next feather to drop. A feather that will bring down the system and send us into another economic crisis that will make the 2008 crash look like an opening act. For years, I and many others within […]
The New Military-Industrial Complex of Big Data Psy-Ops
The New Military-Industrial Complex of Big Data Psy-Ops Bryan Bedder/Getty ImagesAlexander Nix, CEO of Cambridge Analytica, addressing the Concordia Summit in New York, September 19, 2016 Apparently, the age of the old-fashioned spook is in decline. What is emerging instead is an obscure world of mysterious boutique companies specializing in data analysis and online influence that contract […]
The Only Reason We’re Examining Facebook’s Sleazy Behavior Is Because Trump Won
The Only Reason We’re Examining Facebook’s Sleazy Behavior Is Because Trump Won Trust me, there’s nobody more thrilled to see Facebook’s unethical and abusive practices finally getting the attention they deserve from mass media and members of the public who simply didn’t want to hear about it previously. I’ve written multiple articles over the years […]
America and Its Arab Friends Set Up a New Anti-Iran Alliance
America and Its Arab Friends Set Up a New Anti-Iran Alliance The Saudi king has just begun his two-week visit to the US but the first important achievement was seen even before the top-level talks kicked off on March 20. He and President Trump agreed to assemble a Supreme Committee to counter Iran. The UAE […]
Trump Presidency = Bush’s 3rd Term
Trump Presidency = Bush’s 3rd Term Trump rightly criticized George W. Bush for getting us into the disastrous Iraq war. But now Trump’s presidency is turning into Bush’s third term … Trump is appointing John Bolton as his National Security Adviser. Who’s Bolton? He’s one of the key architects of the Iraq war, who previously […]
Global Stocks “Clobbered” As Trade War Breaks Out Amid Fears Of Political Instability
Global Stocks “Clobbered” As Trade War Breaks Out Amid Fears Of Political Instability “The equity markets are getting clobbered, which is not that surprising with fears of a trade war breaking out” – Paul Fage, TD Securities Global equities are melting as they take the full brunt of market worries of a rising trade war […]
As the World Turns
As the World Turns In the liberty movement, we often refer to the historical tactic of the Roman “bread and circuses” when describing the deliberate mass distraction of the public of today. In the era when Roman emperors supplanted the senate and dominated political and social life, it was deemed advantageous to create various forms […]
Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and Surveillance Capitalism
Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and Surveillance Capitalism Whether it creeps into politics, marketing, or simple profiling, the nature of surveillance as totality has been affirmed by certain events this decade. The Edward Snowden disclosures of 2013 demonstrated the complicity and collusion between Silicon Valley and the technological stewards of the national security state. It took the […]
