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The Paris Jihad, Ready or Not, Has Begun, and Will Widen
The Paris Jihad, Ready or Not, Has Begun, and Will Widen “The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam.” — Barack Hussein Obama (address to the United Nations General Assembly, September 2012) The jihadist murders at the French satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo, on January 7, 2015, was inevitable and long […]
Vast reserves of fossil fuels should be left untapped
Vast reserves of fossil fuels should be left untapped Researchers have identified the major producers of coal, gas and oil that stand to lose most financially if agreement is reached on radical cuts needed to avoid dangerous climate change. LONDON, 8 January, 2015 − The sheer scale of the fossil fuel reserves that will need to […]
Top Russian, American and Polish Leaders Warn that Continued Fighting In Ukraine Could Lead to Nuclear War
Top Russian, American and Polish Leaders Warn that Continued Fighting In Ukraine Could Lead to Nuclear War The Stakes Are Too High Not to Negotiate Peace Former Soviet leader and Nobel prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev warned today that the battle in Ukraine could result in a nuclear war: “A war of this kind would unavoidably lead to a nuclear […]
A Cool Interval-James Howard Kunstler
A Cool Interval For the moment, while the racial grievances of 2014 have chilled on the polar vortex, and no unarmed black teens have been shot by cops for a couple of weeks, it might be a good time to continue that honest discussion about race that the media nabobs — such as Charles Blow and Nicholas […]
Gorbachev warns of major war in Europe over Ukraine
Gorbachev warns of major war in Europe over Ukraine BERLIN, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned that tensions between Russia and European powers over the Ukraine crisis could result in a major conflict or even nuclear war, in an interview to appear in a German news magazine on Saturday. “A war […]
The Road To War With Russia
The Road To War With Russia For several weeks now the anti-Russian stance in the US press has quieted down. Presumably because the political leadership has moved its attention on to other things, and the media flock has followed suit. Have you read much about Ukraine and Russia recently? I thought not, despite the fact that […]
2015: Grounds for Optimism
2015: Grounds for Optimism This may seem like an odd line of reasoning to pursue given what everyone else seems to be saying. Some are thinking that 2015 will be a repeat of 2014 with a few incremental changes (always a safe bet, but makes for boring reading) while others are warning of the potential […]
New questions raised about U.S.-Saudi relationship
New questions raised about U.S.-Saudi relationship Just before the holidays, Barack Obama signed a new law punishing Venezuela’s leaders for human rights violations — for persecution and imprisonment of union leaders, journalists and protesters, and for a general disregard for the law. “The United States,” proclaimed the sanctions, “supports the people of Venezuela in their efforts to […]
Russia sanctions ‘must be lifted now’ – Hollande
Russia sanctions ‘must be lifted now’ – Hollande French President Francois Hollande is wary of the impact economic crisis in Russia might have on Europe. He has called for sanctions imposed against Moscow to be lifted as soon as there’s progress in peace talks over Ukraine. “If Russia has a crisis, it is not necessarily […]
US and Russia in danger of returning to era of nuclear rivalry | World news | The Guardian
US and Russia in danger of returning to era of nuclear rivalry | World news | The Guardian. A widening rift between Moscow and Washington over cruise missiles and increasingly daring patrols by nuclear-capable Russian submarines threatens to end an era of arms control and bring back a dangerous rivalry between the world’s two dominant […]
Russia’s “Startling” Proposal To Europe: Dump The US, Join The Eurasian Economic Union | Zero Hedge
Russia’s “Startling” Proposal To Europe: Dump The US, Join The Eurasian Economic Union | Zero Hedge. Slowly but surely Europe is figuring out that as a result of the western economic and financial blockade of Russian, it is Europe itself that is suffering the most. And while Germany was first to acknowledge this late in […]
Oil, Power and Psychopaths – The Automatic Earth
Oil, Power and Psychopaths – The Automatic Earth. Iran has a – very – long running dispute with the US about its nuclear technology. The US wants Assad (Bashar Al-Assad) out of Syria, while Iran and Russia support Assad (Russia’s sole proper base in the Middle East), who’s an Alawite (a Shi-ite branch), a people […]
Do Economic Sanctions Work? by Kenneth Rogoff – Project Syndicate
Do Economic Sanctions Work? by Kenneth Rogoff – Project Syndicate. CAMBRIDGE – With Western economic sanctions against Russia, Iran, and Cuba in the news, it is a good time to take stock of the debate on just how well such measures work. The short answer is that economic sanctions usually have only modest effects, even […]
