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Don’t Take Higher Oil Prices For Granted
Don’t Take Higher Oil Prices For Granted Oil prices collapsed at the start of this week, with WTI and Brent dropping 5.5 percent and 7.5 percent respectively from their three and a half year peaks. This recent price slump serves as a timely reminder for market observers and players alike that, while a heightened geopolitical […]
The One Question We Should All Be Asking About Establishment Russia Hysteria
The One Question We Should All Be Asking About Establishment Russia Hysteria Babchenko was dead, to begin with. There was no doubt whatever about that. News reports had been aired, mournful obituaries published, outraged tweets cursing Moscow flew hither and thither. Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman condemned “the Russian totalitarian machine” for assassinating a journalist simply […]
America’s Incredible Shrinking Influence
America’s Incredible Shrinking Influence Just two weeks after President Trump pulled the US from the Iran nuclear agreement, his Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, issued 12 demands to Iran that could never be satisfied. Pompeo knew his demands would be impossible to meet. They were designed that way. Just like Austria-Hungary’s ultimatum to Serbia in […]
The “Axis of Gold” Just Got Stronger
The “Axis of Gold” Just Got Stronger As you probably know by now, President Trump backed out of the nuclear deal with Iran and is re-imposing harsh sanctions. And just this morning, Trump announced that he’s canceling the much-anticipated nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because of Kim’s recent belligerent comments. What […]
Russia Finance Minister: We Are Ready To Ditch The Dollar In Favor Of The Euro
Russia Finance Minister: We Are Ready To Ditch The Dollar In Favor Of The Euro In a testament to the success of the latest Trump sanctions against Russia, overnight Russian aluminum giant Rusal announced that its chief executive, Aleksandra Buriko, and half of its managerial board resigned to make sure the firm avoids U.S. sanctions […]
Stephen Cohen’s Misrepresentations About the 2014 Coup in Ukraine
Stephen Cohen’s Misrepresentations About the 2014 Coup in Ukraine The restoration of the Cold War now, between Russia and the United States, is based on frauds by the United States, as will be documented here; and one of the biggest responsibilities that historians have, is to state this publicly — to acknowledge it publicly and […]
The Skripal Case Is Being Pushed Down The Memory Hole With Libya And Aleppo
The Skripal Case Is Being Pushed Down The Memory Hole With Libya And Aleppo On the fourth of March, in the sleepy British cathedral town of Salisbury, an ex-spy named Sergei Skripal was poisoned by an assassin with the most deadly nerve agent known to man. The Russian government was immediately blamed by a shocked and […]
Iran Announces Plan To Stay In Syria As Pompeo Issues Unprecedented Threats
Iran Announces Plan To Stay In Syria As Pompeo Issues Unprecedented Threats After last Thursday’s relatively brief meeting in Sochi between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad wherein Putin stressed that it is necessary for all “foreign forces” to withdraw from Syria, there’s been much speculation over what Putin actually meant. Many were quick […]
Washington Threatens Sanctions For Nord Stream 2
Washington Threatens Sanctions For Nord Stream 2 While Germany tries to make sure Ukraine will not suffer too badly from the addition of Nord Stream 2 to the European natural gas pipeline network, a senior State Department official has threatened sanctions for the controversial project. Speaking to media in Berlin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State […]
Who Needs Enemies?
Who Needs Enemies? Vittorio Matteo Corcos Conversation in the Jardin du Luxembourg 1892 Obviously, there are tensions between Europe and the US. Just as obviously, these tensions are blamed on, who else, Donald Trump. European Council President Donald Tusk recently said: “With friends like Trump, who needs enemies?” EU Commission chair Jean-Claude Juncker even proclaimed […]
Wikipedia Is An Establishment Psyop
Wikipedia Is An Establishment Psyop If you haven’t been living in a hole in a cave with both fingers plugged into your ears, you may have noticed that an awful lot of fuss gets made about Russian propaganda and disinformation these days. Mainstream media outlets are now speaking openly about the need for governments to […]
How the FBI and CIA Restarted the Cold War to Protect Themselves
How the FBI and CIA Restarted the Cold War to Protect Themselves On December 29, 2016, the Obama Administration – with three weeks remaining in its term – issued harsh sanctions against Russia over supposed election interference. Two compounds in the United States were closed and 35 Russian diplomats were ordered to leave the country. […]
Have We All Been Silenced?
Have We All Been Silenced? Leonard Misonne Waterloo Place, London 1899 Let me start by saying I have nothing against the English newspaper The Guardian. They publish some good things, on a wide range of topics. But they also produce some real stinkers. And lately they seem to publish quite a few of those. On […]
