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The Declining Empire of Chaos Is Going Nuts Over Iran
The Declining Empire of Chaos Is Going Nuts Over Iran The transition in recent years from a unipolar to a multipolar world order has created international tensions that seem to threaten to escalate into clashes between regional and global powers. In 2014 we were almost at the point of no return in Ukraine following the […]
Russia and China display strategic coordination in Asia-Pacific
Russia and China display strategic coordination in Asia-Pacific Russian Tu-95 MS (above) & Chinese Xian H-6 strategic bombers. File photo An exciting new template has appeared in the geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific last week when Russia’s Aerospace Force and China’s Air Force carried out their first-ever joint air patrol in the region. Steadily and imperceptibly but profoundly, […]
War Profiteers and the Demise of the US Military-Industrial Complex
War Profiteers and the Demise of the US Military-Industrial Complex Within the vast bureaucratic sprawl of the Pentagon there is a group in charge of monitoring the general state of the military-industrial complex and its continued ability to fulfill the requirements of the national defense strategy. Office for acquisition and sustainment and office for industrial […]
Russian Nuclear Reactors Taken Offline In 2nd Serious Incident In Under A Week
Russian Nuclear Reactors Taken Offline In 2nd Serious Incident In Under A Week In a deeply worrisome development related to Russia’s network of ten nuclear power plants nationwide, two of them suffered significant operating incidents in under only one week, causing multiple reactors to be take offline. Russia’s TASS reported that a “transformer short circuit” at the Kalinin nuclear power plant […]
In Major Threat To Dollar’s Reserve Status, Russia Offers To Join European SWIFT-Bypass
In Major Threat To Dollar’s Reserve Status, Russia Offers To Join European SWIFT-Bypass Three weeks after a meeting between the countries who singed the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was ditched by US, French, British and German officials said the trade mechanism which was proposed last summer – […]
The Strange Case Of Chrystia Freeland And The Failure Of The “Super Elite”
The Strange Case Of Chrystia Freeland And The Failure Of The “Super Elite” Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland has become a bit of a living parody of everything wrong with the detached technocratic neo-liberal order which has driven the world through 50 years of post-industrial decay. Now, two years into the Trump presidency, and five […]
How Stupid Do They Think We Are?
How Stupid Do They Think We Are? “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Consumers of the print or electronic output of the League of Copy Typists […]
The Winds are Shifting
The Winds are Shifting How do you define terror? Perhaps, because of the way the term has evolved in the English language, one wouldn’t call the west ‘terrorists’ per se, but ‘we’ are certainly spreading terror and terrorizing very large groups of people. Yeah, bring on the tanks and parade them around town. Add a […]
Russia warns of another Cuban Missile Crisis
Russia warns of another Cuban Missile Crisis Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov warned that the deployment of U.S. land-based missile systems near Russia’s borders were comparable to the same situation that sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Russia has historically been critical of any plan by the United States to deploy missile systems […]
The Dying Days Of An Empire
The Dying Days Of An Empire Something’s been nagging me for the past few days, and I’m not sure I’ve figured out why yet. It started when Donald Trump first called off the alleged planned strikes on targets in Iran because they would have cost 150 lives, and then the next day said the US […]
Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran
Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran As a nation, you’re certifiedly (is that a word?!) in deep trouble if and when Donald Trump is your most peaceloving man. But nevertheless, that is America today. It all harks back to the days when Trump was first -grudgingly and painstakingly- recognized as an actual presidential candidate. He campaigned as […]
All the Cyber Attack Stories from the Past Few Days Can’t Be Linked…Can They?
All the Cyber Attack Stories from the Past Few Days Can’t Be Linked…Can They? A very important skill for anyone who hopes to be in the know is the ability to put together seemingly unrelated stories for consideration. Over the past few days, stories about grid incursions, Russians, cyber attacks, and technological failures seemed to […]
