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Maximum Pressure in the Strait of Hormuz
Maximum Pressure in the Strait of Hormuz Hegemons are never going to sound too sensible when they lock horns or joust in spats of childish anger. Power corrupts, not merely in terms of perspective but language, and making sense about the next move, the next statement, is bound to be challenging. Otherwise justified behaviour can […]
The Revelations of WikiLeaks: No. 3—The Most Extensive Classified Leak in History
The Revelations of WikiLeaks: No. 3—The Most Extensive Classified Leak in History The “Iraq War Logs” disgorged an unprecedented profusion of documents, military reports and videos. ***** For WikiLeaks, 2010 was an exceptionally eventful year. In April the transparency organization released “Collateral Murder,” the video of U.S. Army helicopters as they shot more than a dozen Iraqis in […]
Why Everyone in the U.S. Who Counts Wants Julian Assange Dead
Why Everyone in the U.S. Who Counts Wants Julian Assange Dead Before and after images of the van that came to pick up the bodies of eleven men shot to death by circling American helicopters in Iraq in 2007. Both children in the van were wounded. “Well, it’s their fault for bringing their kids to […]
Macro Update – Gold, Bitcoin and the Gigantic Global Debt Bubble
Macro Update – Gold, Bitcoin and the Gigantic Global Debt Bubble Today’s the first day in a long time financial markets appear willing to at least consider the reality of the geopolitical situation on the ground for what it is, as opposed to what most people would like it to be. As I’ve noted for […]
The Drastic Alteration of QE that is About to be Unleashed
The Drastic Alteration of QE that is About to be Unleashed QUESTION #1: Sir, You stated in your blog that Fed may fix 2 and 10 year bond rates. Doesn’t this negate the yield curve concept/ credit theory? Won’t this accelerate the distrust for government? Wont this further accelerate/aggravate the pension crisis? Appreciate you teaching the […]
The Trend is Not Your Friend
The Trend is Not Your Friend The be-Muellered, bothered, and bewildered American public may find US-China trade talks about as interesting as a rain delay in an Orioles-Chisox game, but the Friday collapse of negotiations may be marked by historians as the day that the global economy died. The Big Box blue-light-special orgy of bargain […]
US Special Forces Command Issues New Guide For Overthrowing Foreign Governments
US Special Forces Command Issues New Guide For Overthrowing Foreign Governments No kidding – this is not our headline, but Newsweek’s: “US Special Forces School Publishes New Guide For Overthrowing Foreign Governments” – and as far as we can tell they are the only major mainstream outlet to have picked up on the fact that the US military […]
America, You Are Fired!
America, You Are Fired! Some ironies are just too precious to pass by. The 2016 US presidential elections gave us Donald Trump, a reality TV star whose famous tag line from his show “The Apprentice” was “You are fired!” Focus on this tag line; it is all that is important to this story. Some Trump […]
D Is for a Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy
D Is for a Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy “When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds […]
Aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln Passes Through Suez Canal On Route To Iran As Tensions Soar
Aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln Passes Through Suez Canal On Route To Iran As Tensions Soar Tehran tried to call Washington’s bluff on Wednesday when it threatened to start stockpiling enriched uranium and heavy water again – which would constitute a violation of the JCPOA’s terms – unless the treaty’s signatories abide by their commitments to buy oil […]
Mapping PFAS Crisis: New Data Reveals 19 Million Americans In 43 States Exposed To Toxic Chemicals
Mapping PFAS Crisis: New Data Reveals 19 Million Americans In 43 States Exposed To Toxic Chemicals Tens of millions of Americans in 43 states may have been exposed to toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS in their drinking water, according to the non-profit Environmental Working Group (EWG) and the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute, at Northeastern University. […]
How to Build the Green New Deal? Cities and States May Already Have Answers
How to Build the Green New Deal? Cities and States May Already Have Answers There’s much to learn from local efforts — and good reasons why they’ll need to be part of the process, experts say. But can states do it on their own? Over the past several months, legislators in Washington have engaged in […]
