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US-Russia Relations In “Ice Age” & Risk Of Direct Clash “High”: Kremlin
US-Russia Relations In “Ice Age” & Risk Of Direct Clash “High”: Kremlin Russia’s ambassador to the United States issued a statement Friday assessing the state of Moscow-Washington relations as having entered an “ice age” – according to state-owned TASS. Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said that currently the risk of a direct clash between the US and Russia remains “high” – after […]
White House Colluding with BigTech for Censorship
White House Colluding with BigTech for Censorship The White House press secretary Jen Psaki’s recent admission that the administration is “flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation” was legally a major development. She has admitted that Facebook is working with the White House to censor Americans so it is acting under color of law. This is a […]
Strangers in a Strange Land
Strangers in a Strange Land “Secrecy begets tyranny.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land “Thinking doesn’t pay. Just makes you discontented with what you see around you.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land When I read quotes by men like H.L. Mencken and Robert Heinlein, I realize I’m not really a stranger in […]
Iran Finds New Oil Field With Over 50 Billion Barrels: Rouhani
Iran Finds New Oil Field With Over 50 Billion Barrels: Rouhani Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has made an unusual announcement distinct from his normal emphasis on mere ‘defiance’ of US sanctions; instead, he is now boasting of the discovery of a new oil field with over 50 billion barrels of crude in the country’s south. “I am […]
Here Are Five Lies About Iran That We Need to Refute to Stop Another Illegal War
Here Are Five Lies About Iran That We Need to Refute to Stop Another Illegal War FORGET URANIUM ENRICHMENT: Has Iran mastered time travel? Last month, the Trump White House put out a typically Orwellian statement, chock-filled with lies, distortions, and half-truths about Iran and the 2015 nuclear deal. One line in particular stood out from […]
Trump Messaged Iran With Last Second Opening For Talks Just Before Calling Off Strikes: Report
Trump Messaged Iran With Last Second Opening For Talks Just Before Calling Off Strikes: Report More dramatic details have trickled out this morning surrounding last night’s US military strike operations on Iran, which were reportedly called off at the last moment by President Trump even as American ships and missile batteries were in position, even including planes in the […]
Cover-Ups and Truth Tellers
Cover-Ups and Truth Tellers In a May, 22, 2019 appearance in the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump declared that “I don’t do cover-ups.” Various news outlets immediately started to enumerate a long list of bona fide cover-ups associated with the president. What can one say about this bit of Trumpian nonsense? Can you accuse a person […]
Venezuela’s gold in limbo amid tug-of-war at the Bank of England
Venezuela’s gold in limbo amid tug-of-war at the Bank of England In early November news was placed into the British media (Reuters and The Times) revealing that the Bank of England in London, one of the world’s largest custodians of gold bars on behalf of other central banks, was refusing to allow the withdrawal and […]
Trump and Big Media: Clash or Collusion?
Trump and Big Media: Clash or Collusion? Now that the media is protesting the suspension of Jim Acosta’s credentials Sam Husseini asks why he and the other journalists didn’t intervene on his behalf when he was expelled from a news conference. CNN’s Jim Acosta has had his White House press credentials suspended following a tense […]
U.S. Completes Largest Ammo Shipment To Europe Since NATO Bombing Of Yugoslavia
U.S. Completes Largest Ammo Shipment To Europe Since NATO Bombing Of Yugoslavia Is something big coming related to heightened tensions either with Russia, Iran, or Syria? It appears the U.S. military is publicizing a “show of force” of sorts, but not exactly in the conventional way of deploying tanks, ships, and aircraft. Instead the official […]
Saudi Stocks Crash Most Since 2016 As Riyadh Threatens US With “Very Strong” Retaliation
Saudi Stocks Crash Most Since 2016 As Riyadh Threatens US With “Very Strong” Retaliation Saudi Arabia warned on Sunday it would respond to any “threats” against it as its stock market crashed the most since 2016 after President Trump’s warning of “severe punishment” over the disappearance of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. On Saturday, Trump […]
Facebook, Twitter Purge More Dissident Media Pages In Latest Escalation
Facebook, Twitter Purge More Dissident Media Pages In Latest Escalation Facebook has purged more dissident political media pages today, this time under the pretense of protecting its users from “inauthentic activity”. In a statement co-authored by Facebook Head of Cybersecurity Nathaniel Gleicher (who also happens to be the former White House National Security Council Director of […]
Step Aside Russia: Pence Accuses China Of “Meddling In American Democracy”
Step Aside Russia: Pence Accuses China Of “Meddling In American Democracy” Update: Highlights from Pence’s speech (via Bloomberg): *PENCE SAYS TRUMP HAS MADE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA `A PRIORITY’ *PENCE: CHINA USING WHOLE-OF-GOVT APPROACH TO INFLUENCE U.S. *PENCE: HOPE THAT FREEDOM IN CHINA WOULD EXPAND WENT UNFULFILLED *PENCE: CHINA USING STOLEN TECH TO TURN PLOWSHARES INTO […]
Clarity on the Road to Civil War
Clarity on the Road to Civil War If there’s one thing that makes this job difficult it is the endless smokescreens. Filtering out the noise is draining. From the double-speak of politicians to the endless manipulations of financial markets by central bankers the world is awash in fake news, fake prices and fake geniuses. […]
US Military Preparing For “Options” In Syria
US Military Preparing For “Options” In Syria Events are moving rapidly in Syria as Russian jets pound insurgent positions in Idlib Province and as the Syrian Army initiates a ground invasion which Damascus has described as coming in a “phased” approach. The White House responded to the Syrian and Russian bombing campaign by vowing it would act “swiftly and […]