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The Last Western Empire?
The Last Western Empire? “Missing the forest for the trees” is an apt metaphor if we take a look at most commentary describing the past twenty years or so. This period has been remarkable in the number of genuinely tectonic changes the international system has undergone. It all began during what I think of as the “Kristallnacht of […]
Mystery Airstrikes On Iraqi Camp Were Israeli Stealth Jets In “Anti-Iran” Escalation
Mystery Airstrikes On Iraqi Camp Were Israeli Stealth Jets In “Anti-Iran” Escalation Regional experts had immediately suspected the possibility of an Israeli air raid after a pro-Iranian militia arms depot in Iraq was obliterated during a mysterious attack on July 19, and another reported follow-up attack this past Sunday. The attack happened around 80 km from the Iranian border and 40 […]
U.S. Economic Warfare and Likely Foreign Defenses
U.S. Economic Warfare and Likely Foreign Defenses Photograph Source: Trending Topics 2019 – CC BY 2.0 Today’s world is at war on many fronts. The rules of international law and order put in place toward the end of World War II are being broken by U.S. foreign policy escalating its confrontation with countries that refrain from […]
Monsters with Human Faces: The Tyranny of the Police State Disguised as Law-and-Order
Monsters with Human Faces: The Tyranny of the Police State Disguised as Law-and-Order “But these weren’t the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around—they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don’t recognize them […]
The $6 Trillion Pension Bailout Is Coming
The $6 Trillion Pension Bailout Is Coming Fiscal responsibility is dead. This past week, Trump announced he had reached an agreement with Congress to pass a continuing resolution which will suspend the debt ceiling until July 2021. The good news is that it will ONLY increase spending by just $320 billion. What a bargain, right? […]
Russia Urges “Independence” From “Imposed World Order” Of US Financial System
Russia Urges “Independence” From “Imposed World Order” Of US Financial System Following Russia signalling last week, its willingness to join the controversial payments channel Instex – designed to circumvent both SWIFT as well as US sanctions banning trade with Iran – new statements from Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov called on the international community to free itself from […]
Beijing Accuses Washington Of “Undermining Global Stability” In New Defense Report
Beijing Accuses Washington Of “Undermining Global Stability” In New Defense Report For the first time since President Xi began his second term in 2017, China has released a defense white paper that doesn’t elaborate on the country’s military priorities so much as it criticizes Beijing’s chief political adversary – the US – while defending the […]
Iran Announces Military Will “Secure” Contested Strait Of Hormuz
Iran Announces Military Will “Secure” Contested Strait Of Hormuz Hopefully it doesn’t lead to a let’s roll! moment at the White House, where super-hawk national security adviser John Bolton has no doubt been itching for escalation: moments ago Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister announced military forces will “secure” the Strait of Hormuz. Iran will “not allow disturbance in shipping in […]
U.S. Shale Is Doomed No Matter What They Do
U.S. Shale Is Doomed No Matter What They Do With financial stress setting in for U.S. shale companies, some are trying to drill their way out of the problem, while others are hoping to boost profitability by cutting costs and implementing spending restraint. Both approaches are riddled with risk. “Turbulence and desperation are roiling the […]
Ceasefire On The Rocks? Trump Sanctions Chinese Firm For Importing Iranian Crude
Ceasefire On The Rocks? Trump Sanctions Chinese Firm For Importing Iranian Crude A huge escalatory step in the US-led economic war on Tehran and its global oil exports, and amid continued trade tensions with Beijing: the US State Department said Monday the US will impose new sanctions against a Chinese company for transporting Iranian crude in contravention […]
Tomgram: Michael Klare, It’s Always the Oil
Tomgram: Michael Klare, It’s Always the Oil What more did you need to know once Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted that a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, claimed by the Taliban, was Iranian-inspired or plotted, one “in a series of attacks instigated by the Islamic Republic of Iran and its surrogates against American and allied interests”? […]
Australia Conducts It’s “Largest Amphibious Assult Since WWII”
Australia Conducts It’s “Largest Amphibious Assult Since WWII” A joint Australian-U.S. military exercise, called Talisman Sabre 2019, will continue through early August following this week’s Australian-led amphibious landing at Langham Beach, Queensland, Australia, reported Naval Today. Forces from around the world (the U.S., New Zealand, United Kingdom, and Japan) practiced one of the most massive beach assault since […]
On The Brink Of World War 3: Here Are 5 Major Developments Within The Last 48 Hours…
On The Brink Of World War 3: Here Are 5 Major Developments Within The Last 48 Hours… Has a war between the United States and Iran become inevitable? That is what some in the mainstream media seem to be claiming, but let us hope that is not true, because such a war would mean immense […]
It’s Been a Great Recession for a Few; Let’s Do it All Again!
It’s Been a Great Recession for a Few; Let’s Do it All Again! This month the economic expansion brought to you by your Federal Reserve and by US government largess becomes the longest expansion in the history of the United States! That’s something, right? Something? Let’s take an honest look at what we now call […]
