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Happy Landings
Happy Landings The blow-off orgy in the stock markets is supposedly America’s consolation prize for what many regard as the electoral bad acid trip of the Trump presidency. Sorry to tell you, it’s just another hallucination, something you’re going to have to come down from. Happy landings! While the markets have roared parabolically up, in […]
Trump & the Fed: US Shadow Bankers About to Deepen Control of US Economy
Trump & the Fed: US Shadow Bankers About to Deepen Control of US Economy What’s sometime referred to as ‘shadow bankers’ have been running the economy and drafting US domestic economic policy since Trump took office. ‘Shadow’ banks include such financial institutions as investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, insurance companies, finance companies, asset […]
China, South Korea Vow Retaliation In Trump Trade War
China, South Korea Vow Retaliation In Trump Trade War When we reported earlier today that President Trump lobbed the first real shot in the global (but mostly Asian) trade war when the White House announced it would slap imported solar cells and washing machines with up to 50% tariffs – Trump’s most significant trade action […]
Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan Is A Slippery Slope
Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan Is A Slippery Slope The Trump Administration has offered to open more than 90 percent of the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for consideration of future exploration and development. The proposal is in stark contrast to the current lease sale program that puts 94 percent of the shelf off limits. “The […]
The NSA Is a Blackmail Agency
The NSA Is a Blackmail Agency The main function of the National Security Administration is to collect the dirt on members of the house and senate, the staffs, principal contributors, and federal judges. The dirt is used to enforce silence about the crimes of the security agencies. The blackmail mechanism was put into gear the […]
The FISA Memo is All the Ammunition Trump Needs to Take on the CIA
The FISA Memo is All the Ammunition Trump Needs to Take on the CIA FISA is an abomination. Let’s get that out of the way. And since I don’t believe there are any coincidences in U.S. or geo-politics, the releasing of the explosive four-page FISA memo after Congress reauthorized FISA is suspicious. Former NSA analyst (traitor? hero?) turned […]
Fake News: Defining and Defeating
Fake News: Defining and Defeating Real techniques for identifying fake news and disinformation Following U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to present his media critics with so-called “fake news awards,” it is more important than ever to define what “fake news” actually is, and what it is not. President Trump’s repeated accusations of fake news are […]
Thinking the Unthinkable: Nuclear War with North Korea
Thinking the Unthinkable: Nuclear War with North Korea Is the Trump administration prepping the American people – indeed, the world – for a war against North Korea? It certainly seems so. US President Donald Trump is constantly needling North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, comparing the size of their respective “nuclear buttons,” while during a speech […]
Washington and Allies Go Orwellian on Korea Peace Talks
Washington and Allies Go Orwellian on Korea Peace Talks Just as North and South Korea achieve important peaceful exchanges, Washington and its NATO allies appear to be moving with determination to sabotage the initiative for averting war on the East Asian peninsula. Further, the reckless, gratuitous provocations beg the conclusion that the United States is […]
Trump Fires Trade War Shots: “If There Is A Trade War With China, There Is”
Trump Fires Trade War Shots: “If There Is A Trade War With China, There Is” With Reuters having published the part of its exclusive Trump interview in which the president discusses North Korea and Russia, and in which he said that it is “very possible” the crisis with North Korea can’t be resolved in a […]
Trump: “Very Possible” Crisis With North Korea Can’t Be Resolved Peacefully
Trump: “Very Possible” Crisis With North Korea Can’t Be Resolved Peacefully In an exclusive interview with Reuters, President Trump said on Wednesday that Russia is helping North Korea get supplies in violation of international sanctions and that Pyongyang is getting “closer every day” to being able to deliver a long-range missile to the United States. […]
