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US Troops Seen Blocking Russians From Syrian Oilfields In Series Of Dangerous Standoffs
US Troops Seen Blocking Russians From Syrian Oilfields In Series Of Dangerous Standoffs Yet another dangerous incident has played out between American and Russian forces operating in Syria in what appears a series of standoffs near key oil installations since Saturday. “This is the third incident that occurred within a week,” one local reporter told VOA in an alarming […]
944 Trillion Reasons Why The Fed Is Quietly Bailing Out Hedge Funds
944 Trillion Reasons Why The Fed Is Quietly Bailing Out Hedge Funds On Friday, Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kashkari, who just two months earlier made a stunning proposal when he said that it was time for the Fed to pick up where the USSR left off and start redistributing wealth (at least Kashkari chose the proper entity: […]
Could ISIS Take Control Over This Large Iraqi Oil Field?
Could ISIS Take Control Over This Large Iraqi Oil Field? As always, it’s the fear of sanctions that provides the leverage Trump seeks in this cat-and-mouse game with Iran. And this time, the leverage is over Iraq, which would like to see both American and Iranian forces out of the country, for obvious reasons. There […]
Capitalism in America: How a Dismal Decimal is Robbing Americans Blind
Capitalism in America: How a Dismal Decimal is Robbing Americans Blind 31 Facts Showing How the Rich are Getting Richer and Everybody Else Poorer There is no hiding anymore, the United States has become an oligarch owned banana republic with nukes, and with a monopoly currency which has allowed it to rig the markets for […]
America Is The 4th Worst Abuser Of Biometric Privacy Rights In The World
America Is The 4th Worst Abuser Of Biometric Privacy Rights In The World Does anyone really believe America is still the land of the free? Since 9/11, DHS, the FBI, the CIA, and countless other alphabet soup agencies have turned the United States into a public surveillance monstrosity.In 19 years, one terrorist attack has done what […]
“Iran Must Begin Acting Like A Normal Nation,” Says Totally Normal Nation
“Iran Must Begin Acting Like A Normal Nation,” Says Totally Normal Nation The government which runs a globe-spanning empire led by a reality TV host keeps talking about the lack of normality in the nation of Iran. “What we want all countries to join in,” said State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus in a recent Fox News interview, “is […]
Peter Schiff: Americans Are in for a Rude Awakening
Peter Schiff: Americans Are in for a Rude Awakening On Jan. 13, Peter Schiff appeared on RT Boom Bust with Bubba Horwitz to talk about the yuan, the dollar, the stock market and the US economy. Peter said the dollar is eventually going to collapse and it’s going to be a rude awakening for Americans. The Chinese […]
After Missiles Fly, Iraq Becomes the Battleground
After Missiles Fly, Iraq Becomes the Battleground The future of the U.S.’s involvement in the Middle East is in Iraq. The exchange of hostilities between the U.S. and Iran occurred wholly on Iraqi soil and it has become the site on which that war will continue. Israel continues to up the ante on Iran, following […]
Round one is over – an initial assessment
Round one is over – an initial assessment Dear friends, Looks like Round 1 is over. Let’s begin with a small recap of events: Iran fired a relatively small number of short range missiles at one, possibly two, US bases The IRGC indicated that if Iran is attacked, then so will Israel Trump tweeted “so […]
On The Idiotic Partisan Debate Over Regime Change In Iran Or Syria
On The Idiotic Partisan Debate Over Regime Change In Iran Or Syria I love my job. Really, I do. But writing about US military agendas for a living often brings one into contact with such staggering stupidity that all you can do is pause and wonder how our species survived past the invention of the pointy […]
Another Stupid War
Another Stupid War All I wanted to do this week was work on part 2 of my localism series, but circumstances quickly got the best of me. The assassination of Iran’s top general Qassem Soleimani was an event of such historical significance, I feel obligated to detail my thoughts on what it means and how […]
Futures Tumble After Iran Fires “More Than A Dozen” Ballistic Missiles At Two US Targets In Iraq
Futures Tumble After Iran Fires “More Than A Dozen” Ballistic Missiles At Two US Targets In Iraq Update 8: The Pentagon has released a full statement on the attacks, claiming that more than a dozen missiles were fired from within Iran, and that at least two Iraqi military bases hosting US troops were targeted. Statement from […]
Iran Evaluating 13 Retaliation Scenarios To Inflict “Historic Nightmare” On US
Iran Evaluating 13 Retaliation Scenarios To Inflict “Historic Nightmare” On US Breaking a 5-day silence over its response for the US killing of General Qassem Soleimani, on Tuesday Iran said it was assessing 13 scenarios to inflict a “historic nightmare” on the US. “Even if the weakest of these scenarios gain a consensus, its implementation can […]
