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Bipartisan Panel: US Must Prepare for ‘Horrendous,’ ‘Devastating’ War With Russia and China
Bipartisan Panel: US Must Prepare for ‘Horrendous,’ ‘Devastating’ War With Russia and China “None of the distinguished members of the committee arrived at the seemingly obvious conclusion: that maybe the United States should not fight such a war” A bipartisan commission appointed by Congress issued a lengthy report Tuesday backing the Pentagon’s plans to prepare […]
Stock Market Crash: The Dow Has Fallen Nearly 2,500 Points And FAANG Stocks Have Lost A TRILLION Dollars In Value
Stock Market Crash: The Dow Has Fallen Nearly 2,500 Points And FAANG Stocks Have Lost A TRILLION Dollars In Value Thanksgiving week was not supposed to be like this. Normally things are slow in the days leading up to Thanksgiving as investors prepare to gorge themselves with turkey and stuffing as they gather with family […]
How the US Creates ‘Sh*thole’ Countries
How the US Creates ‘Sh*thole’ Countries A new collection of essays, edited by former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, clearly shows that it is the U.S. that is largely responsible for the poverty and suffering in these very nations, says Robert Fantina. In two years, the world has become accustomed to being shocked by the words and […]
The World Order That’s Now Emerging
The World Order That’s Now Emerging The Post-World-War-II world order was dominated by the one WWII major combatant that had only 0.32% of its population (the lowest percentage) killed by the war: the United States. The Soviet Union’s comparable number killed by the war was the highest — it was 13.7% — 4.28 times higher than […]
This Wasn’t Supposed To Happen…
This Wasn’t Supposed To Happen… We have definitely deviated from the script. According to virtually all of the “experts”, the stock market was not supposed to keep plummeting in November. This was supposed to be the month when the market calmed down and things returned to normal. But instead, November is starting to look a […]
Matthieu Auzanneau’s: OIL, POWER, AND WAR: A Dark History
Matthieu Auzanneau’s: OIL, POWER, AND WAR: A Dark History In Oil, Power, and War, French journalist Matthieu Auzanneau presents a comprehensive, provocative history of humankind’s relationship with oil. His account takes us from the first references to oil in ancient literature and scripture, to its current status as the lifeblood of the industrial economy, to its […]
Three Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ Today
Three Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ Today Still think globalization will bring peace? They thought that in 1914, too. Things exploded quickly. Photographer: J. J. Marshall/Hulton Archive via Getty Images Last month, I traveled to Vienna, the former seat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and a fitting place to contemplate the approaching 100th anniversary […]
In Honor Of Veteran’s Day: The Butterfly Effect
In Honor Of Veteran’s Day: The Butterfly Effect To honor Veterans’s Day, we are reposting our June 2017 butterfly piece, which illustrates how sleepwalking can lead the world into a war that nobody wants. French President, Emmanuel Macron, warned today about sleepwalking into another great conflict. “I know there are old demons which are coming back […]
Gaza Mortars Slam Into Israeli Bus As 100 Missiles Unleashed; Major War Is Coming
Gaza Mortars Slam Into Israeli Bus As 100 Missiles Unleashed; Major War Is Coming There’s been a huge uptick in rocket fire out of Gaza on Monday following a dramatic Israeli special forces raid 3km into Gaza territory on Sunday to assassinate a top Hamas commander. And now an Israeli bus has been hit by Hamas […]
The Best Way To Honor War Veterans Is To Stop Creating Them
The Best Way To Honor War Veterans Is To Stop Creating Them The US will be celebrating Veterans Day tomorrow, and many a striped flag shall be waved. The social currency of esteem will be used to elevate those who have served in the US military, thereby ensuring future generations of recruits to be thrown into […]
Will the ‘Taiwan question’ give rise to a World War III scenario?
Will the ‘Taiwan question’ give rise to a World War III scenario? The United States and China are set to go head-to-head over disputes in relation to Taiwan and the South China Sea, with deadly consequences on the immediate horizon. You wouldn’t know it with all the media hype over the US mid-term elections, but […]
From Economic Crisis to World War III
Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images From Economic Crisis to World War III The response to the 2008 economic crisis has relied far too much on monetary stimulus, in the form of quantitative easing and near-zero (or even negative) interest rates, and included far too little structural reform. This means that the next crisis could come […]
“Flashpoint For War”: U.S. And Japan Plan Military Response To Chinese Incursions Of Disputed Islands
“Flashpoint For War”: U.S. And Japan Plan Military Response To Chinese Incursions Of Disputed Islands Things are again rapidly heating up in the East China Sea amidst already heightened tensions in a region where Washington is increasingly asserting the right of navigation in international waters against broad Chinese claims and seeking to defend the territorial […]
