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Missiles on the Doorstep and Impending Nuclear Winter
Missiles on the Doorstep and Impending Nuclear Winter Nobody in their right mind would advocate what is called ‘first use’ of nuclear weapons. ‘Nuclear winter’ is defined in Britannica as “the environmental devastation that certain scientists contend would probably result from the hundreds of nuclear explosions in a nuclear war.” One immediately direct effect of such a conflict would […]
Setting the Scene for Global Destruction. Now It’s the Arctic
Setting the Scene for Global Destruction. Now It’s the Arctic The U.S. is preparing for war in the Arctic, and the “boiling point” might not be far away, Brian Cloughley writes. On April 8 the front pages of the main U.S. newspapers noted that President Biden was “open to compromise” and a quick glance prompted […]
How Surveillance and Propaganda Work in ‘the Free World’
How Surveillance and Propaganda Work in ‘the Free World’ A Bloomberg report of October 22 was concise and uncompromising in declaring Russia to be a surveillance state. Harking back to the good old days of the Cold War, as is increasingly the practice in much of the Western media, Bloomberg recounted that “The fourth of 10 basic […]
McCain May Be Dead, but ‘Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran’ Still Resounds
McCain May Be Dead, but ‘Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran’ Still Resounds In 2007, when making a speech during his bid for the presidency of the United States, the late Senator John McCain spoke about Iran’s supposed nuclear weapons’ programme and when questioned as to whether there might be US reaction to such allegations responded by singing “That […]
The Curious Case of The Economist: How It Manipulates Its Readers with Slanted Comment on Russia
The Curious Case of The Economist: How It Manipulates Its Readers with Slanted Comment on Russia The Economist magazine is an admirable publication to which I have subscribed for over fifty years, with gaps now and then. While serving in Vietnam in 1970 its weekly arrival was a major event, as we were bereft of sensible reportage about […]
Washington is Ramping Up Military Confrontation With Russia and China
Washington is Ramping Up Military Confrontation With Russia and China Photo Source DVIDSHUB | CC BY 2.0 On November 26 the New York Times asserted that “Russia’s seizure [on November 25] of three Ukrainian naval vessels was the first overt armed conflict between the two since 2014, when Russian forces occupied Crimea.” There was no armed conflict in Crimea […]
Sanctions and the Hypocrisy of Washington and London
Sanctions and the Hypocrisy of Washington and London On March 4 this year a British spy and former Russian citizen, Sergei Skripal, was poisoned in the town of Salisbury, England. He recovered, as did his daughter who had also been affected, and is now in deep security with a new face and name and an […]
The Anti-Russia Cold War in the Arctic is Heating Up
The Anti-Russia Cold War in the Arctic is Heating Up Photo Source Official U.S. Navy Page | CC BY 2.0 Britain’s Daily Mail is a strident rag that is bought daily by over a million people who agree with its stance that most foreigners are inferior to Brits. Two years ago the European Commission against Racism and […]
Listening In to Killings – and Everything Else
Listening In to Killings – and Everything Else It was intriguing that the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 was apparently recorded in some fashion. The BBC reported that “A Turkish security source has confirmed to BBC Arabic the existence of an audio and a video recording. What […]
Britain and NATO Prepare for War on Russia in the Arctic
Britain and NATO Prepare for War on Russia in the Arctic On September 30 the UK’s foreign minister, Jeremy Hunt, delivered an astonishing tirade, saying “The EU was set up to protect freedom. It was the Soviet Union that stopped people leaving. The lesson from history is clear: if you turn the EU club into a […]
Trump and Washington’s Warmongers Sow Death and Destruction
Trump and Washington’s Warmongers Sow Death and Destruction The squalid charade in the US Senate over the nomination of a Supreme Court judge and the comic opera performance by President Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly are deeply embarrassing for many Americans — but far from all Americans, because substantial numbers support the flawed […]
NATO is a Goldmine for the US/Military Industrial Complex
NATO is a Goldmine for the US/Military Industrial Complex Photo source Parker Gyokeres | CC BY 2.0 Countries of the NATO military alliance have been ordered by President Trump to increase their spending on weapons, and the reasons for his insistence they do so are becoming clearer. It’s got nothing to do with any defense […]
Lessons That Should Have Been Learned From NATO’s Destruction of Libya
Lessons That Should Have Been Learned From NATO’s Destruction of Libya Photo by Bernd.Brincken | CC BY 2.0 The summit meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the military alliance that is expanding its deployments of troops, combat and surveillance aircraft and missile ships around Russia’s borders, took place on July 11-12 and was a […]
Shining Light On Scurrilous Stories: Who Is Really Undermining Canadian Democracy?
Shining Light On Scurrilous Stories: Who Is Really Undermining Canadian Democracy? Canada is a very pleasant country, if you don’t mind being cold for long periods, and in The Economist’s 2017 Democracy Index is described approvingly as ranking sixth of the 167 countries examined. It “scores highly in the electoral process and the functioning of government categories, and also […]
Getting Ready for Nuclear War
Getting Ready for Nuclear War Photo by Steve Snodgrass | CC BY 2.0 John Bolton is to assume the appointment as President Trump’s National Security Adviser on April 9. On February 28 he wrote in the Wall Street Journal that “it is perfectly legitimate for the United States to respond to the current ‘necessity’ posed by North Korea’s […]
