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Why central banks cannot really Manage Anything
Why central banks cannot really Manage Anything QUESTION: Marty you recently said that “the entire problem of lowering interest rates to ‘stimulate’ the economy demonstrates that central banks cannot really manage anything.” Is this statement really true? BG ANSWER: Absolutely. There is a basic presumption in all human activity that somehow we possess the power […]
What Trump’s Syrian Withdrawal Really Reveals
What Trump’s Syrian Withdrawal Really Reveals A wise decision is greeted by denunciations, obstructionism, imperial thinking, and more Russia-bashing. President Trump was wrong in asserting that the United States destroyed the Islamic State’s territorial statehood in a large part of Syria—Russia and its allies accomplished that—but he is right in proposing to withdraw some 2,000 […]
The Secret Logistics of America’s Global Deep State
The Secret Logistics of America’s Global Deep State Why is America’s Baghdad Embassy the world’s largest embassy — and the largest by far? “It’s as if the US Embassy is there not only to protect American interests, but to manage the entire world from the heart of the capital, Baghdad.” — Iraqi Sheikh Qassim Al […]
Slip of the Imperial Mask
Slip of the Imperial Mask O’Reilly then said about Putin: “But he’s a killer, though. Putin’s a killer.” Trump responded: “There are a lot of killers. We’ve got a lot of killers. What do you think? Our country’s so innocent?”–Feb 4, 2017 I remember the day well. It was the day when the leader “of […]
Ghost Empires
Ghost Empires As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information Drought is a normal recurring feature of the climate in most parts of the world. It doesn’t get the attention of a tornado, hurricane or flood. Instead, it’s a slower and less obvious, a […]
The Hidden Structure of U.S. Empire
The Hidden Structure of U.S. Empire My father was a doctor in the British Royal Navy, and I grew up traveling by troop-ship between the last outposts of the British Empire – Trincomalee, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Malta, Aden, Singapore – and living in and around naval dockyards in England and Scotland. The British naval bases […]
Debt, Death, and the US Empire
Debt, Death, and the US Empire Deep State Operative John Bolton In a talk which garnered little attention, one of the Deep State’s prime operatives, National Security Advisor John Bolton, cautioned of the enormous and escalating US debt. Speaking before the Alexander Hamilton Society, Bolton warned that current US debt levels and public obligations posed an […]
U.S.’s Defeat in Syria is a Crisis of Empire
U.S.’s Defeat in Syria is a Crisis of Empire The U.S. lost in Syria. Donald Trump finally had the courage to admit that to the world when he ordered the pull out of all U.S. troops there. Syria was to be the sparkling jewel in the Empire of Chaos’ Crown. A masterstroke of realpolitik which […]
Thinking about American Totalitarianism
Thinking about American Totalitarianism Totalitarianism evolves. Yet what remains the same through time is the attempt at total control. Today, control is veiled not overt. Control weaves its way both totally and surgically into our everyday lives. Totally, in the master narrative it weaves about “living in a democracy”. Today, no one lives in a […]
The Empire’s Sea of Woes
The Empire’s Sea of Woes The noose cinches. Second-rate George H.W. Bush got a first-rate Washington send-off. For one day it interrupted the downtrend in equity markets. It may mark the US apotheosis of inflated grandiosity. Across the Atlantic, Emmanuel Macron, pretentious popinjay of Gallic grandiosity, has gotten a deserved comeuppance. Brexit, Trump’s election, and […]
Twenty-One Thoughts On The Persecution Of Julian Assange
Twenty-One Thoughts On The Persecution Of Julian Assange 1. I write a lot about the plight of Julian Assange for the same reason I write a lot about the Iraq invasion: his persecution, when sincerely examined, exposes undeniable proof that we are ruled by a transnational power establishment which is immoral and dishonest to its […]
Ghost Empires
Ghost Empires As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information Drought is a normal recurring feature of the climate in most parts of the world. It doesn’t get the attention of a tornado, hurricane or flood. Instead, it’s a slower and less obvious, a much […]
The Donald Undone: Tilting At The Swamp, Succumbing To The Empire
The Donald Undone: Tilting At The Swamp, Succumbing To The Empire You can’t build the Empire and drain the Swamp at the same time. That’s because the Swamp is largely the fruit of Empire. And it’s also the reason that the Donald is being rapidly undone. Indeed, it is the Empire’s $800 billion national security budget […]
