Despite the Fed’s best efforts thus far to raise rates and cool off inflation, I don’t expect relief any time soon. With that in mind, let’s look into the past to see what  a longer period of inflation looks like. The best place to…

Tens of billions of dollars have made Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky the world’s best paid actor, Donald Trump Jr. declared. The former president’s son took a jab at the Ukrainian leader over the tens of billions of dollars of US aid his…

The transgender school shooter who killed six in Tennessee Christian School may signal more violence as leftists preach threats to their existence.  Constant hyping of make-believe demons and fake fears has spawned loose cannons, perhaps including a transgender school shooter. Police say…

Dr Doom: “Most banks are technically insolvent” pic.twitter.com/2GlWm6324O — Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) April 2, 2023 By Francis Marion Read More

America’s policies create the impression that Washington does not need allies, only vassals, German MP Sevim Dagdelen said. A German MP, Sevim Dagdelen, has called for a US troop pullout from Germany, demanding an end to Berlin’s “subservience” to Washington Berlin must…

The head of the Russian private military company (PMC), Evgeny Prigozhin, has announced a milestone achievement in the battle for the city of Artryomovsk / Bakhmut, publishing a video taken in the centre of Bakhmut  front of the town’s administrative building on…

The venue of SXSW EDU 2023 was gargantuan, and the scheduled list of subjects and speakers was overwhelming.  Undoubtedly, the great attraction of this years’ conference were the “Superstar Siblings,” Doreen Nelson and her brother, the world renowned architect, Frank Gehry, the Keynote Speakers on March 7,…

“Chief Drake said it was too early to discuss a possible motive for the shooting, though he confirmed that the attack was targeted. The authorities were reviewing writings, and had made contact with the shooter’s father. . . .” Yeah, they’ll figure it…

As many Zambians react with indifference to Kamala Harris’ trip to Africa, one of the country’s leaders had a scathing rebuke of American politicians’ enduring colonial attitudes toward the continent – which has since gone viral on social media.   An African…

In a quest to maintain its hegemony in a unipolar world, American foreign policy strategy has sought to weaken a Russia that it sees as an “acute threat” and to confront and contain a China that it sees as “the most comprehensive and serious…

In the Open Veins of Latin America Eduardo Galeano described an 1870 genocidal war of regime change waged on Paraguay by a Triple Alliance of its neighbors, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil, on behalf of British imperialism. The target, nationalist president Solano Lopez, died in…

Spring is finally here, and it has been a very mild winter for Europe.  However, the month of March can be very unpredictable, and not only in terms of the weather. The National Endowment for Democracy, NED, CIA, is hard at work…

It would be wrong to view the restoration of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran as something that happened suddenly. Since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, ties between the two important Muslim neighbours have been strained. For the Saudi elite the Revolution…

Lionizing your own side and demonizing the enemy has been as important as battlefield victories Since the beginning of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, Western spin-doctors have been busy. But despite the rapid technological progress that changed the world over the last…

India’s government has announced plans to boost its exports to $2 trillion by 2030, shifting from the dollar to rupee in foreign trade. New Delhi is seeking to substantially boost the nation’s exports by 2030 India’s central government has unveiled its new…

The West destroyed over a half-century of cooperation in the energy sector with no new affordable prospects in sight European energy costs are soaring, driving inflation to heights not seen in nearly 50 years and strangling EU consumers and businesses alike. Unprecedented…

In 1993, American political scientist Samuel Huntington famously predicted that future wars would be between civilizations, not nations. Huntington forecast a substantial list of possible civilizational clashes. Thirty years later, it is clear that Huntington wasn’t entirely wrong. But in retrospect, his…

Prosecutors argued that ‘Ricky Vaughn’ interfered with the 2016 election by making memes about voting for Hillary Clinton by text.  A Trump supporter who shared images claiming that voters could cast their ballots for Hillary Clinton by text in 2016 has been…

A Fourth Turning is a period in history when all the negative developments over a four-generation period reach a crescendo – a time when the sociopaths are the rulers and are putting the squeeze on the populace. In addition to an effort…

America has entered the era of ‘show me the man and I’ll show you the crime’ politics. A Manhattan grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump, a spokesman for the district attorney’s office confirmed following late-Thursday media leaks. While the indictment remains…

Despite the massive earthquake that devasted parts of Syria and Turkey, the US and its allies continue their war against the Syrian government.  US troops still illegally occupy northeastern Syria since the war began on March 2011 to remove its President, Bashar al-Assad…

Iran’s use of Iraqi air space early in the Syria conflict proved crucial in defending the country from Al-Qaeda militants Russia asked Iraq’s government to reopen its airspace to the Russian military, which wants to transport troops and equipment to its bases…

A shadowy Iraqi armed group has threatened to target United States military helicopters flying over the country with American-made FIM-92 Stinger man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADs) The group, known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq – ‘Ashab al-Kahf, released early on April 1…

The super-rich have always profited enormously from imperialism — and that means from invasions, coups, and other international regime-change operations. Right now, they are especially pumping for WW III (to conquer Russia and China, above all), or at least for increasing the…

First, Obama falsely portrayed Gaddafi as a monster; then, he lied about the need for harsh sanctions to punish him for crimes he never committed and, finally, he launched an illegal war under a pretext as phony as Lyndon Johnson’s Tonkin Gulf…

The acronym began as a somewhat optimistic term to describe what were the world’s fastest-growing economies at the time. But now the BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—are setting themselves up as an alternative to existing international financial and political…

Washing machines, microwaves and other high-power appliances shouldn’t be used in the evening, Poland’s state power company said. Consumers should continue efforts to conserve energy ahead of next winter, according to the Germany’s national utilities regulator. Polish households should avoid using washing…

What? In Backward Iran?  Iran is behind the times only if you read or listen to American and Israeli propaganda.  It is au courant if you visit the country and get a first-hand glimpse of reality. Trade Fair.  During my recent visit…

Bank-sector stress makes a stagflationary debt crisis more likely and potentially more severe Duration risk hammered Silicon Valley Bank and seems to have been lost on many bankers, fixed-income investors and bank regulators. In January 2022, when yields on U.S. 10-year Treasury…

A long way has come since September 1995, when the first grains of depleted uranium ammunition from the bombed Repair Facility in Hadžići, at that time under the control of the Bosnian Serb Army, were brought from Sarajevo to the Military Technical…

During a visit by the Chinese president to Russia, both countries deepened their “no limits” partnership. The visit comes at a time when the West and Russia are involved in a proxy war in Ukraine and when Washington has launched a Cold…

Galeano Names the Problem In the Open Veins of Latin America Eduardo Galeano described an 1870 genocidal war of regime change waged on Paraguay by a Triple Alliance of its neighbors, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil, on behalf of British imperialism. The target,…

The ultrarich are prepping for doomsday right now. France is on fire. The U.S. ruling elite and the mainstream media they own are avoiding reporting on it. The American rich want to exploit the workers more and more, and facing the wrath…

“Reading all the 2016 warnings from the Normalcy Guardians and self-professed Democracy Protectors about how there’s literally nothing more corrupt or dangerous than craving the prosecution of your political opponent — especially for trivial crimes — is really quite something.” — Glenn…

For two years now I’ve been calling for a “National Divorce.” I warned Democrats were crazed suicide bombers intent on destroying America, American exceptionalism, and the American Dream. I warned this was a communist takeover. I warned about the weaponization of the…

Credit Suisse, one of the fifty largest banks in the world, has joined the long list of Western banks over the past two decades that have been rescued from the brink of failure and subsequently acquired by a larger financial institution. After comments from the…

The U.S. is the only country in the world that has been scientifically proven to be a dictatorship instead of a democracy, and on March 28th it will be heading a ‘Democracy’ Summit of other nations that are likewise pretending to be…

While European officials and individual members of the European political elite try, to the detriment of ordinary Europeans, to develop a mechanism that would allow EU members to block even Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies without imposing additional sanctions, Europe’s deepening…

Apparently, the most realistic wing of the American armed forces is beginning to distrust its own combat capacity in the face of the bellicose plans of their government. In a recent speech, a US top general warned that it would be “very…

The EU is facing destruction because its policies are totally subject to those of Washington, the Belarusian president has said. Europe can only survive as an independent force if it joins forces with Russia, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko declares. The world is…

China has just completed its first trade of liquefied natural gas (LNG) settled in yuan, the Shanghai Petroleum and Natural Gas Exchange said on Tuesday. Chinese state oil and gas giant CNOOC and TotalEnergies completed the first LNG trade on the exchange…

Claudio Resta explores the increasing possibility of a violent Civil War in America Let me just give you a few on-the-spot personal reactions of mine about the news of the Grand Jury Indictment of former President Donald Trump. Clearly, this is the…

Imagine the uproar if China or Russia—or any other country for that matter—said it aimed to exercise military control over land, sea, air, and space to protect its interests and investments. This amazingly has been the stated United States policy since 1997….

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop talk about global moves being made against the US dollar. The regime’s decade long weaponization of money and banking has both global rivals and historical allies looking for alternatives. Ryan and…

December 7, 1941 will forever be remembered as, in the words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “a date that will live in infamy.” Another infamous date is April 5, 1933—the day that FDR ordered the seizure of the private gold holdings of the…

Last week, China and Brazil reached an agreement to settle trades in one anothers’ currencies. Over the past 15 years, China has replaced the United States as the main trading partner of resource-rich Brazil, and as such that shift may have been…

In the past year, the upper echelons within the Western oil and gas industry have been observing a shift in global energy markets toward China, Russia and India. Indeed, amid the deepening conflict and escalating uncertainties between Ukraine and Russia, we have…

On March 21, UK Minister of State for Defense Annabel Goldie stated that London would supply Ukraine with weapons containing depleted uranium (DU). This type of technology, as well known, is extremely dangerous and has serious chemical, radioactive effects among its consequences….