Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us. There are a lot of assumptions and misconceptions when it comes to the notion of a second civil war within the US. What I see most often is the argument that the political left has “already won” the war without firing a shot and that a rebellion would be crushed under […]
Month: October 2021
America’s Infrastructure Crisis Is Growing Increasingly Dire – Felicity Bradstock OilPrice.com
Felicity Bradstock via OilPrice.com. Despite promises of improved infrastructure and better disaster preparedness, governments and energy giants are failing to provide backup energy provisions to areas hit hard by extreme weather conditions again and again. As these events are becoming more frequent and stronger, how will the energy industry prepare for the future of energy provision? […]
This Simple Chart Reveals The Distribution Of Global Wealth – ZeroHedge
The pandemic resulted in global wealth taking a significant dip in the first part of 2020. By the end of March, global household wealth had already declined by around 4.4%. However, as Visual Capitalist’s Anshool Deshmukh details below, after much monetary and fiscal stimulus from governments around the world, global household wealth was more than able to […]
Who is Responsible for the Escalating Situation between the Taliban and Tajikistan? Valery Kulikov New Eastern Outlook
In recent days, various media outlets have pointed to a very noticeable aggravation of the situation on the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The border between the two States is more than 1,400 kilometers long. Mutual threats are heard from both sides, and military units are being brought to the border from both sides. According […]
Totalitarian, Perverted Antifa Is Just Jacobinism Reborn. But Thermidor Is Coming – Paul Souvestre
The recent sudden eruption of a Totalitarian Left in America is essentially unparalleled in our history. But it has an unmistakable precedent in the early French Revolution: the Jacobins, who briefly held power and imposed a regime of crazed ruthlessness and radicalism before being overthrown by the moderate Thermidorian Reaction (named for the month of Thermidor—changing the calendar was part of the Jacobins’ drive to […]
Greece & US Sign Defense Pact Allowing US Troop Presence “Just Miles From Turkey” – ZeroHedge
Late this week the US and Greece signed a defense pact aimed squarely at repelling Turkish expansion in the Mediterranean, after a year of soaring tensions over Turkey’s oil and gas exploration inside Greek and Cypriot waters. The deal was signed in Washington by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, […]
Shouldn’t France Seek To Contain Turkish Influence In Africa Instead Of Russian? – Andrew Korybko OneWorld
France’s Mediterranean rival Turkey poses a much more comprehensive threat to the Western European Great Power’s interests in “Françafrique” than Russia would ever be capable of doing. The increasingly intense French-Russian competition in Africa, especially most recently over Mali, has raised questions about whether Paris should even be seeking to contain Moscow’s influence on the continent […]
Lies, Lies, Lies, Cost Lives! – James Rickards DailyReckoning.com
By James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com. Politicians may be morons when it comes to public policy, but they’re geniuses when it comes to inventing new ways to control your life and steal your money. Tax increases seem old-fashioned compared with new 21st-century ways to take over the financial system to your detriment and make you pay for […]
Why Is Germany – The 4th Largest Economy In The World – Defended By US Military? Mike Shedlock
Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com. Let’s discuss Germany, NATO, defense spending, the EU, and a return to historical allies highlighted by Aukus. America’s New Strategy Excellent video podcast by George Friedman on Aukus, NATO, the EU, and America’s New Strategy. For background on the following video, please see The Aukus Submarine Crisis Take II, Triumph of the […]
The Global Energy Crisis Is Going To Take “The Everything Shortage” To An Entirely New Level – Michael Snyder
This is going to be one tough winter. On top of everything else we are facing, a very alarming energy crisis is rapidly growing all over the world. Supplies of natural gas and coal are getting tighter by the day, and this is dramatically affecting manufacturing in major exporters such as China. So that means […]
Living in a Potemkin World – The Burning Platform
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always […]
Documents Prove American NIH Funded Coronavirus Research in Wuhan. Could That Be What Caused the Pandemic? – Shannon Murray
By Shannon Murray, Ph.D. A multimillion-dollar bat coronavirus research grant, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was made public last week, revealing that researchers based in Wuhan, China had manipulated coronaviruses in ways that led to increased severity of infection, employing platforms that tested the ability of bat coronaviruses to use human receptors. The grant […]
The Brutality of Denying Water to Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills – Daphne Banai Global Research
Abu Hani and his family live only two kilometers from the Israeli settlement outpost of Avigayil in the occupied South Hebron Hills. But unlike Avigayil’s residents, who are connected to Israel’s national water grid, Abu Hani and his children are barred from doing so. Not only do they not receive a drop from Mekorot, Israel’s […]
“Pandora Papers”: The Left-Wing Media are a Tool for Soros and They’re Too Dumb to Notice – Richard Abelson
The Washington Post, the Guardian and 150 other news outlets have obtained access to 11.9 million “confidential files” on offshore bank accounts and companies in 200 countries, melodramatically dubbed “the Pandora Papers”, the next in a series of illegal hacks released to damage certain companies and high-profile figures after the “Panama Papers” and “Paradise… The […]
NATO’s dodgy geography: US-led bloc’s insistence on moving on from Russia to confront China will put West on dangerous new ground – Tarik Cyril Amar
By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian at Koç University in Istanbul working on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory. He tweets at @tarikcyrilamar. The general secretary of NATO has told the Financial Times that there’s a new foe in town. After decades of sparring […]
Kids, Here Are 10 Signs Your Parents Might Be Domestic Terrorists – Babylon Bee
Via Babylon Bee Hey! Are you a kid? Are you being raised by normal middle-class parents who love you and care for you? Uh-Oh, watch out! They may be dangerous domestic terrorists! It’s important to keep a close eye on your parents for suspicious activity so you can report them to the FBI if necessary. Here […]
On the Second Summit of the QUAD Participants – Vladimir Terekhov New Eastern Outlook
On September 24, the second summit of the QUAD leaders, including Australia, India, Japan and the United States, was held in Washington. It is important to note that, unlike the first summit held six months earlier, the event at hand was a live face-to-face meeting. The NEO has been observing this project fairly regularly since […]
UAE, Uruguay & Bangladesh join BRICS Development Bank of emerging economies
The board of governors of the New Development Bank (NDB) has approved the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Uruguay and Bangladesh as new members after a round of successful negotiations launched in late 2020. “We are delighted to welcome the UAE, Uruguay and Bangladesh to the NDB family. New members will have in NDB a platform […]
Report: Israel Approves $1.5 Billion Budget for Potential Attack on Iran – Dave DeCamp Antiwar.com
According to a report from Israel’s Channel 12, the Israeli government approved a $1.5 billion budget to prepare for a potential attack on Iran. The extra funds would be used to purchase additional aircraft, surveillance drones, and the munitions needed to strike Iran’s underground nuclear facilities. The report said about $620 million would come from the 2022 […]
‘Most Important Geopolitical Threat’: CIA Announces ‘New China Mission Center’
The CIA announced on Thursday the creation of a new China Mission Center to better strengthen the agency’s resolve against what it deemed to be the “most important geopolitical threat” to the United States. In a statement, CIA Director William Burns said the new China Mission Center will “will further strengthen our collective work on […]
One Rule for Britannia? UK’s new post-Brexit ‘global’ fund is a front for meddling in Russia’s politics, leaked documents reveal – Kit Klarenberg
Building a shadowy network of NGOs, charities and other umbrella organizations abroad has been identified as a key part of the UK’s strategy to reshape the world in its own image, a new tranche of leaked documents has revealed. In the wake of the landmark Brexit referendum in 2016, the UK government launched the opaque […]
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Deep State – Matt Taibbi
On TYT the other night, during a segment called — this is not a joke — “RebelHQ,” commentator Ben Carollo extolled the virtues of the CIA. In one section, he described how intelligence officials responded to “Donald Trump trying to plan some ridiculous scheme to maintain himself as president”: It’s not a conspiracy theory to say […]
Washington or Moscow: Decision-Time for Erdogan in Northern Syria – Tulin Daloglu
By Tulin DALOGLU. Continued US support for Kurdish militants is taking its toll on US-Turkish relations. Turkey’s President Erdogan may finally have to choose between an American or Russian direction for his country. In his 7 October statement renewing US national emergency powers in Syria, US President Joe Biden said: “The situation in and in […]
Democrats and Media Do Not Want to Weaken Facebook, Just Commandeer its Power to Censor – Glenn Greenwald
Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen testifies at the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing entitled ‘Protecting Kids Online: Testimony from a Facebook Whistleblower’ on Capitol Hill October 5, 2021 in Washington, (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Much is revealed by who is bestowed hero status by the corporate media. This week’s anointed avatar […]
Poland Passes Law to Turn Away Migrants at Border and Build a Wall – Breitbart News
The Polish parliament has passed a new law that will see illegal migrants turned away at the border and banned from entering Poland for a number of years, and a wall on the border with Belarus funded. The legislation was passed on Thursday by Poland’s parliament, and will allow Polish border guards to turn away […]
Behind NATO’s ‘cognitive warfare’: Western militaries are waging a ‘battle for your brain’ – Ben Norton The Grayzone
Western governments in the NATO military alliance are developing tactics of “cognitive warfare,” using the supposed threats of China and Russia to justify waging a “battle for your brain” in the “human domain,” to “make everyone a weapon.” NATO is developing new forms of warfare to wage a “battle for the brain,” as the military […]
This Winter, We Could Potentially Be Facing Simultaneous Shortages Of Oil, Natural Gas, Propane And Coal – Michael Snyder
I realize that the headline that I have chosen for this article may sound a bit wild to many of you, but keep reading because what we are potentially facing is extremely serious. Right now, we are already in the midst of an epic global energy crisis. There have already been significant power outages all […]
Beijing, Moscow, Ankara Push US Out Of Red Sea Dominance – Gregory Copley The Epoch Times
By Gregory Copley via The Epoch Times. Washington’s escalating hybrid warfare operations against Ethiopia may have cost the United States its strategic influence over the globally-vital Red Sea/Suez sea lanes. The U.S. abandonment of Ethiopia has forced its government to seek allies and protection elsewhere, and Russia, China, and Turkey have rushed in to fill […]
Traditionalism vs. Globalism. Interview with Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò – Geopolitica.ru
Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, former apostolic nuncio to the United States, is pictured at his residence at the Vatican on Oct. 20, 2011 (CNS photo/Paul Haring) I am Robert Moynihan. I am an American journalist. I have been covering the Vatican for 30 years; the pontificate of John Paul II, his contest with the […]
Why Won’t Joe Biden Withdraw from Syria? Salman Rafi Sheikh New Eastern Outlook
Even while the US has been withdrawing its military hardware from Saudi Arabia and some other Middle Eastern countries, and even though it has withdrawn from Afghanistan to focus its military resources on Southeast Asia, Washington is unlikely to pull itself out of Syria anytime soon for reasons ranging from preventing Syria’s unification and giving […]
Why Governments Love Inflation? Because it is Taxation Without Legislation – Daniel Lacalle
By Daniel Lacalle. No government looking to massively expand its size in the economy and monetize a soaring deficit is going to act against rising prices, despite claiming the opposite. One of the things that surprises citizens in Argentina or Turkey is that their populist governments always talk about the middle classes and helping the poor, yet inflation still soars, making everyone […]
Launch of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline could bring European gas prices down to historic lows – Saxo Bank
The start of operations by the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the fourth quarter of this year could drive natural gas prices in Europe down to their lowest levels, Saxo Bank forecasts. On Monday, Nord Stream 2 AG, the operator of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, announced the start of the filling of […]































