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“Strong Dollar”, “Weak Dollar” – What About a Gold-Backed Dollar?
“Strong Dollar”, “Weak Dollar” – What About a Gold-Backed Dollar? Contradictory Palaver The recent hullabaloo among President Trump’s top monetary officials about the Administration’s “dollar policy” is just the start of what will likely be the first of many contradictory pronouncements and reversals which will take place in the coming months and years as the […]
Washington Threatens America and the World
Washington Threatens America and the World When I look at news reports from whichever country, I see no awareness of the two most ominous developments in US history. One is the conspiracy between US security agencies, the US Department of Justice, the Democratic Party and the American print and TV media to overthrow the democratically […]
Donald Trump Wants to Make It Easier to Start a Nuclear War. This Should Petrify Us.
Photo: Seung-il Ryu/NurPhoto/Getty Images Donald Trump Wants to Make It Easier to Start a Nuclear War. This Should Petrify Us. SHE DID TRY and warn us. “Imagine, if you dare … imagine him in the Oval Office facing a real crisis,” Hillary Clinton said in her speech to the Democratic National Convention in 2016, referring […]
Trump’s Nuclear Doctrine Resumes Cold War
Trump’s Nuclear Doctrine Resumes Cold War While elected officials of our increasingly dysfunctional democracy debated “memogate,” the world became more dangerous as Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review was officially released on Friday, February 2. Ignoring scientific studies of the past decade and growing global sentiment by the world’s non-nuclear states to abolish nuclear weapons, with this announcement […]
If There’s a War in Korea, Blame Trump
If There’s a War in Korea, Blame Trump Brainwashed Americans believe that Kim Jong-un is responsible for the confrontation between Pyongyang and Washington, but nothing could be further from the truth. The real problem is not Kim’s nuclear weapons but Washington’s 65 year-long military occupation that continues to reinforce a political solution that was arbitrarily […]
Two Elephants In The Room That The GOP Has Completely Forgotten
Two Elephants In The Room That The GOP Has Completely Forgotten The US economy is threatened by two giant problems which cause all others to pale into insignificance. We are referring to a rogue central bank that has become an absolute enemy of capitalist prosperity and a fiscal doomsday machine that is hostage to the […]
Tomgram: Nomi Prins, How to Set the Economy on Fire
Tomgram: Nomi Prins, How to Set the Economy on Fire There’s no way to measure just how cheery this period really is — not if you’re the CEO of a major company. Just as the World Economic Summit was opening in Davos, Switzerland, and President Donald Trump was flying in to put his mark on […]
It Sure Sounds Like the US Is Actually Going to Bomb North Korea
It Sure Sounds Like the US Is Actually Going to Bomb North Korea (ANTIMEDIA) — During his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, Donald Trump pledged the United States would continue its “campaign of maximum pressure” against North Korea. Meanwhile, the Washington Post ran an opinion piece written by the man who was, until recently, set to become the U.S. ambassador to South Korea. Victor Cha, […]
Responding to Bernie’s Promotion of the New Cold War
Responding to Bernie’s Promotion of the New Cold War In this op-ed, Caitlin Johnstone responds to Bernie Sanders’ promotion of unproven allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. In an otherwise fine video response to Tuesday night’s vapid, flag-waving State of the Union address, Bernie Sanders once again promoted the neocon think tank-generated and unproven claim that Russia […]
Will Congress Face Down the Deep State?
Will Congress Face Down the Deep State? The House Intelligence Committee’s vote on Monday to release a memorandum describing alleged malfeasance at the DOJ and the FBI could test constitutional principles, writes Ray McGovern. With the House Intelligence Committee vote yesterday to release its four-page memorandum reportedly based on documentary evidence of possible crimes by […]
Stormy Weather
Stormy Weather For those of us who are not admirers of President Trump, it’s even more painful to see the Democratic opposition descend into the stupendous dishonesty of the Russian Collusion story. When the intelligentsia of the nation looses its ability to think — when it becomes a dis-intelligentsia — then there are no stewards […]
Macron’s pledge to wipe out coal is just as meaningless as Trump’s plan to revive it
Macron’s pledge to wipe out coal is just as meaningless as Trump’s plan to revive it In a speech at the 2018 World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, French President Emmanuel Macron said he wanted to “make France a model in the fight against climate change” and promised to shut all coal-fired power plants by […]
Trump Ups Defense Budget By 13% – “Can’t Have World’s Best Military On An Obama Budget”
Trump Ups Defense Budget By 13% – “Can’t Have World’s Best Military On An Obama Budget” With Washington having seemingly turned its turret away from ‘terror’ and back to “revisionist, authoritarian” regimes like ‘Russia and China’, the Military-Industrial Complex is ‘gonna need a bigger budget’ – a 13% bigger $716 billion one by 2019. US […]
