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Tomgram: Rebecca Gordon, Corruption U.S.A.
Tomgram: Rebecca Gordon, Corruption U.S.A. I recently took a little trip into the past and deep into America’s distant war zones to write a piece I called “It’s a $cam.” It was, for me, an eye-opening journey into those long-gone years of American “nation-building” and “reconstruction” in Afghanistan and Iraq. Mind you, I still remembered […]
Europe – Here we GO Again
Europe – Here we GO Again The European economic crisis just keeps getting worse. The European Commission is now planning to pool all money for bank bailouts among nations. That means the funds set aside in Germany to weather German bank failures can be used in France. Meanwhile, the EU is preparing for relaxing the stability policy (austerity) because […]
Who Exactly is Trying to Kill off Cash?
Who Exactly is Trying to Kill off Cash? In the Irish city of Cork, business leaders recently launched a three-month pilot project to encourage consumers to abandon the archaic use of cash by offering the chance to enter into a prize draw if they use electronic means of payment. It is a cheap, almost insulting inducement, but […]
The Paris Attacks Are Being Used to Justify Agendas They Have Nothing to Do With
The Paris Attacks Are Being Used to Justify Agendas They Have Nothing to Do With Georgie Pauwels / CC BY 2.0 The aftermath of the Paris terrorist attacks has “devolved into a dark and dishonest debate” in which governments consider banning encryption and barring Syrian refugees from entering their countries—even though the attackers were neither Syrian nor […]
The Mad Euro Project Just Got A Lot Madder
The Mad Euro Project Just Got A Lot Madder Feeding a Monstrous Pile of Debt. Under Mario Draghi’s radical stewardship, the ECB seems determined to push the limits of monetary experimentation. And by all accounts, it’s succeeding. This week saw numerous eurozone governments sell bonds at negative rates, an economic anomaly that has no place […]
NATO is harbouring the Islamic State
NATO is harbouring the Islamic State Why France’s brave new war on ISIS is a sick joke, and an insult to the victims of the Paris attacks “We stand alongside Turkey in its efforts in protecting its national security and fighting against terrorism. France and Turkey are on the same side within the framework of […]
ISIS Is Being Aimed At The West By Globalists – Here’s What We Can Do About It
ISIS Is Being Aimed At The West By Globalists – Here’s What We Can Do About It Over the past year and a half, I have been writing on the engineered nature of ISIS, delving deeply into its history and its backing by Western intelligence agencies in articles such as “Is Martial Law Justified If ISIS […]
“There’s No Such Thing As ISIS”: Journalist Destroys West’s Terror Narrative, Warns Of Crackdown On “Dissidents”
“There’s No Such Thing As ISIS”: Journalist Destroys West’s Terror Narrative, Warns Of Crackdown On “Dissidents” On Saturday, the day after the massacre in France which turned the streets of Paris into a warzone and left some 130 civilians dead, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had a message for the West. While condemning the attacks and branding the […]
The Decline of the West Revisited
The Decline of the West Revisited LONDON – The terrorist slaughter in Paris has once again brought into sharp relief the storm clouds gathering over the twenty-first century, dimming the bright promise for Europe and the West that the fall of communism opened up. Given dangers that seemingly grow by the day, it is worth […]
Saudis Planning For A War Of Attrition In Europe With Russia’s Oil Industry
Saudis Planning For A War Of Attrition In Europe With Russia’s Oil Industry Russia’s central bank recently warned about the growing financial risks to the Russian economy from Saudi Arabia encroaching upon its traditional export market for crude oil. Russia sends 70 percent of its oil to Europe, but Saudi Arabia has been making inroads […]
A Message to Europe – Prepare for Nationalism
A Message to Europe – Prepare for Nationalism Although everyone watching has been convinced that Europe’s disastrous economy and related debt crisis would be the spark to unravel the European Union project, it appears history has its own plans. While EU technocrats have demonstrated an uncanny ability to scheme, threaten, kick the can and lie […]
It’s Just The Beginning: Martial Law Declared In Paris; Borders Sealed; Weapons Caches Found In Camps
It’s Just The Beginning: Martial Law Declared In Paris; Borders Sealed; Weapons Caches Found In Camps A Friday night in Paris, France turned into a bloody rampage when at least two Muslim men armed with assault rifles left 160 dead and scores wounded. Some reports also indicate that suicide bombers were to blame for multiple explosions […]
The Eurozone’s Minsky Conundrum
The Eurozone’s Minsky Conundrum BRUSSELS – Stubbornly low inflation has the European Central Bank worried. But its response – essentially just more quantitative easing – could backfire, exacerbating imbalances and generating serious financial instability. As it stands, the headline consumer price index in the eurozone hovers around zero, and even core inflation remains below 1% […]
New Socialist Government Keeps Portuguese People Under The Whip
New Socialist Government Keeps Portuguese People Under The Whip Portuguese Revolution Falls Far Short The austerity imposed on the Portuguese people by the One Percent has resulted in the election of a coalition government of socialists, communists, and a “left bloc.” In the 20th century, socialism and the fear of communism humanized Europe, but beginning […]
