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US-China Relations Fraught With Difficulties, Experts Say – The Epoch Times
US-China Relations Fraught With Difficulties, Experts Say – The Epoch Times. MORE IN CHINA-US NEWS Obama’s Comments on Open Internet Meet Heavy Censorship in China Obama to Visit China, Burma, Australia Next Week China’s State-Funded Company Looks to Profit Off US Patents The talks between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese Communist Party head Xi […]
The U.S. and China agree to cap carbon pollution. Are we saved?
The U.S. and China agree to cap carbon pollution. Are we saved?. The United States and China announced a historic climate-change agreement on Wednesday. The leaders of the world’s two largest greenhouse gas emitters promised to cap carbon pollution in 15 to 20 years. Here’s a quick rundown: 1. WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR CLIMATE? It’s a […]
oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: What Have We Learned From 24 Years of War?
oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: What Have We Learned From 24 Years of War?. The responsibility for starting and ending wars, the way wars are fought and the losses we suffer all rest with our elected civilian leadership. What have we learned from 24 years of war? Since the First Gulf War in early 1991, the U.S. has […]
China Turns Up the Rhetoric Against the West – NYTimes.com
China Turns Up the Rhetoric Against the West – NYTimes.com. BEIJING — Even as his government was making red-carpet plans to host President Obama this week, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, praised a young blogger whose writing is best known here for its anti-American vitriol. In one widely circulated essay published by state news outlets titled “Nine Knockout Blows in […]
BREAD, CIRCUSES & BOMBS – DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE – PART TWO « The Burning Platform
BREAD, CIRCUSES & BOMBS – DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE – PART TWO « The Burning Platform. In Part One of this article I discussed the similarities between the Roman Empire and the American Empire at a high level. In this article I’ll delve into some specific similarities and rhymes between the fall of the Roman Empire […]
Obama urges China to be partner in ensuring world order | Reuters
Obama urges China to be partner in ensuring world order | Reuters. (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday a successful China was in the interests of the United States and the world but Beijing had to be a partner in underwriting international order, and not undermine it. Speaking to growing concerns among U.S. and other companies […]
‘German politicians are US puppets’ | Oriental Review
‘German politicians are US puppets’ | Oriental Review. “Now the Americans are even considering blowing up a nuclear power plant in Ukraine and then insisting that the culprits were either separatists or Russians,” claims the German journalist Udo Ulfkotte, former correspondent from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of the largest German newspapers. He has published a book, Gekaufte Journalisten (“Purchased Journalists”), in which he […]
Ron Paul: “We Don’t Have A Democracy… The US Political System Is A Monopoly” | Zero Hedge
Ron Paul: “We Don’t Have A Democracy… The US Political System Is A Monopoly” | Zero Hedge “If a third party person gets anywhere along, they are going to do everything they can to stop that from happening,” blasts Ron Paul, explaining to RT’s Erin Ade that the ‘monopoly’ system run by the leaders of the two main parties […]
US-China Relations: The Danger of Strategic Misjudgment | The Diplomat
US-China Relations: The Danger of Strategic Misjudgment | The Diplomat. President Obama will head to Beijing in the coming days to attend the annual APEC summit on November 10 and 11. But perhaps the more important event on his agenda is the whole day meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 12. Compared to […]
ISIL fighters make gains in northern Iraq – Middle East – Al Jazeera English
ISIL fighters make gains in northern Iraq – Middle East – Al Jazeera English. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has continued to gain ground in northern Iraq despite weeks of US-led air strikes, and are now moving closer to the Iraq-Kurdish city of Erbil. ISIL fighters are battling Kurdish volunteer troops in the town […]
Saudi Oil Market Fight Shifting to U.S. as Asia Prices Increased – Bloomberg
Saudi Oil Market Fight Shifting to U.S. as Asia Prices Increased – Bloomberg. Saudi Arabia’s increase in crude prices for Asia signals the world’s biggest oil exporter is focusing its fight for market share on the U.S. While Saudi Arabian Oil Co. boosted differentials for supplies to Asia next month after cutting some November prices to the […]
How The Petrodollar Quietly Died, And Nobody Noticed | Zero Hedge
How The Petrodollar Quietly Died, And Nobody Noticed | Zero Hedge. Two years ago, in hushed tones at first, then ever louder, the financial world began discussing that which shall never be discussed in polite company – the end of the system that according to many has framed and facilitated the US Dollar’s reserve currency […]
Dysfunctional America — Paul Craig Roberts – PaulCraigRoberts.org
Dysfunctional America — Paul Craig Roberts – PaulCraigRoberts.org. If you require more evidence that the United States is a dysfunctional society, observe American elections. Election season is slander season. Each party’s attack teams focus on misrepresenting, defaming, and ridiculing the opposing party’s candidates. Attack ads have replaced debates and any discussion of what the issues […]
War on Terror, War on Muslims? – Empire – Al Jazeera English
War on Terror, War on Muslims? – Empire – Al Jazeera English. US President Barack Obama is vowing to “degrade, and ultimately destroy” a terrorist group destabilising the Middle East he says could threaten Americans at home. Sound familiar? George W Bush made a similar vow, yet more than a decade after launching the so-called […]
