Geostrategy

Paris has recalled its ambassadors from Washington and Canberra for consultations, citing the “unacceptable behavior” of the US, UK and Australia in striking a nuclear submarine deal that scuttled a French shipbuilding contract. “At the request of the President of the Republic [Emmanuel Macron], I decided to immediately recall to Paris for consultations our two […]

Syria accused Israel Thursday of carrying out an airstrike in a central province, the second time in as many days, saying the aerial attack caused material damage. An unidentified Syrian military official quoted by the state news agency said air defenses shot down most of the missiles in the attack that occurred early Thursday on […]

  Authored by Daniel Yang via The Epoch Times, Australian truck drivers have blocked a major highway in the north-eastern state of Queensland in a protest against vaccine mandates and tough border restrictions, causing traffic to back up for several kilometres.   The action marks a series of ongoing protests from Australians frustrated with state […]

Authored by Joanna Miller via The Organic Prepper blog, Daisy wrote an article recently on the “othering” of the unvaccinated. She went into detail regarding how individuals are blaming the unvaccinated for absolutely everything going wrong these days. I share her concern. There is a long, detailed history of the “othering” of a population leading to […]

The US drone strike in Kabul that allegedly killed seven children was “righteous,” followed proper procedures, and eliminated “at least one” person who was a “facilitator” for ISIS-K terrorists, the top US military officer said. Sunday’s strike had targeted a vehicle in Kabul, which the US Central Command said represented an “imminent” threat to the […]

It’s official: while Q2 was the best quarter for the economy in decades, in Q3 it is now widely accepted that as we wrote a month ago, the wheels came off as a result of a “sudden negative change.” One doesn’t have to look too hard to find out why: between today’s catastrophic jobs report, […]

Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom, is starting to settle payments for the jet fuel it supplies in China in yuan, instead of in U.S. dollars, the company’s Alexander Dyukov has said. Russian oil firms have sought for years to shift away from U.S. dollar payments for deliveries, while China intends […]

Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, “Whoever practices this prophylaxis will experience the pleasure, not from time to time to lose every third or fourth patient from puerperal fever, but perhaps lose only one in four hundred”  -Ignaz Semmelweis, 1860, trying to convince the medical profession that hand disinfection before conducting medical procedures would save […]

By Pat Buchanan. The California recall election turned out well for the Democrats. With Gov. Gavin Newsom sinking in the summer polls, the party had been staring starkly at the prospect of losing the nation’s largest state and seeing its governor replaced by talk-show host Larry Elder, who had vaulted into the lead among the […]

Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, Video has emerged out of Paris, France, showing police patrolling cafes and bars demanding to see people’s credentials and making sure they are not breaking the law by enjoying themselves while unvaccinated. Reuters reporter Antony Paone shared the video noting “The first checks of Police started as a […]

Faced with an economic crisis and mass emigration, the Taliban has declared attracting foreign investment to Afghanistan and creating a “roadmap” for national development as priorities, calling on professionals to work with them. During a televised interview with Al Jazeera, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed the Islamist group will not “blame” or impose sanctions on […]

Republicans clapped back over the Biden administration’s unprecedented ‘jab or your job’ Executive Order for federal workers and contractors, and a ‘jab or test’ mandate for corporations with over 100 employees. 600,000 postal workers are oddly exempt. The sweeping new vaccine requirements, which completely ignore tens of millions in America who have recovered from Covid-19 […]

Via SchiffGold.com, Peter Schiff recently appeared on the Matt Walsh podcast. During the interview, he broke down exactly how the Federal Reserve and the US government team up to hit you with an inflation tax. Matt said upfront that culture and social issues are more in his wheelhouse than economics. But like pretty much everybody, […]

By Ramona Wadi To perceive refugees as a dissociated part of the wider narrative is a violation in itself, but who will hold the bloc politically accountable for delegating distasteful tasks to the Libyan coastguard? In mid-July, Italy’s Chamber of Deputies approved renewing funding to the Libyan coastguard, despite non-governmental organisations urging the authorities to […]

The CIA is considering establishing a new China-focused mission center, Bloomberg is reporting, at a moment tensions have steadily escalated over months of continued Biden-ordered sail throughs of the Taiwan Strait and other provocative ‘freedom of navigation’ warship maneuvers in the South China Sea. It comes amid criticisms that China is ultimately “out-spying” the United […]

Year after year, France suffers defeat in African regions. While still considering itself the rightful master of the continent, Paris cannot accept the fact of loosing control in various African countries. The methods have changed, but the main objectives – the exploitation of African resources and lands – remain the same. From Cameroon to Senegal, […]

The Central Bank of Russia purchased $196 million worth of foreign currency on the domestic market on Thursday amid a surge in currency sales among Russian citizens. The Central Bank reported that Russians have started to exchange currency more often in the first half of 2021. Volumes of foreign currencies exchanged in June soared by […]

A new report by the US Treasury Department showed that the top 1% of American earners dodge about $163 billion in taxes every year, which makes them the biggest evaders by far. Max and Stacy discuss why the rich are getting richer and why all of this could eventually lead to the collapse of US […]

“Worst Case Scenario”: “Woke” Olympic Ratings Plunge Nearly 50%, Forcing NBC To Hand Out Free Ad Space It looks like yet another instance of “get woke, go broke” for NBC and the Tokyo Olympics. Ratings for the Olympics have been so poor this year that NBC is being forced to hand out “extra commercials” for […]

Damascus’ traditional position as regional mediator has been sorely missed in tumultuous West Asia. Now Arab states are lining up to re-establish relations with Syria, but face a hard American veto on diplomacy. By Firas AL-SHOUFI It has been ten long years since the US and its regional allies launched their proxy war on Syria, […]

With NATO withdrawal imminent, Pakistan and Afghanistan are caught up in a 22-catch situation. The forever war, famously known as, ‘the war of Terror’ is finally ceasing after 2 decades. Keeping in view the prevailing conditions and historical encounters, the probability of civil war and urgency is soaring high. Similarly, it is not surprising that […]

Overall, June was a ‘buy all the US things’ month for foreign investors Long-Term Treasurys +$10.9BN Agencies +22.7BN Corporate Bonds $13.8BN Corporate Stocks +$25.2BN Investors Have Given Up on a V-Shaped Recovery, BNY’s Young Cautions That is the biggest stock buying binge since March, led by non-official source buying (Foreign Official institutions -5.4BN, Other foreign […]

Before he stole $169 million and fled his failed state in disgrace, Afghanistan’s puppet President Ashraf Ghani was formed in elite American universities, given US citizenship, trained in neoliberal economics by the World Bank, glorified in the media as an “incorruptible” technocrat, and coached by powerful DC think tanks like the Atlantic Council. By Ben […]

Authored by Brian C. Joondeph via AmericanThinker.com, First hydroxychloroquine, now ivermectin, is the hated deadly drug de jour, castigated by the medical establishment and regulatory authorities. Both drugs have been around for a long time as FDA-approved prescription medications. Yet now we are told they are as deadly as arsenic. As a physician, I am certainly […]

The US Treasury Department has announced that it will enforce sanctions on two Cuban Ministry of Interior officials and a military unit, in the latest round of penalties imposed by Washington over a crackdown on recent protests. On Friday, the US said that it was sanctioning Romarico Vidal Sotomayor Garcia and Pedro Orlando Martinez Fernandez, […]

Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com. From stimulus boom to income thud, the coming “reversion to the mean” of economic growth is happening faster than economists expected. We previously noted that while many mainstream economists believed the current economic “boom” would persist, several factors suggested it wouldn’t. The first problem is the math. As I previously discussed in “As Good As It […]

Japan’s original doom loop – rotating prime ministers who stay on the job for about a year only to resign and leave the country in even worse shape – is back. Less than a year after he was appointed to replace Shinzo Abe, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in a surprise move on Friday […]

Global totalitarian dictatorship! They deliberately do it publicly to send a message, if we can screw these stars on the pitch at front of tens of thousands fans, there is nowhere to hide for you, you simple dumb goyim eaters. Get shot into a zombie, lock yourself, don’t contact friends and family, and, obey and […]

The Scottish government has kicked off a storm on social media after issuing “deeply disturbing” LGBT inclusivity guidelines that allow children as young as four to change their gender and name at school without parental consent. In the 70-page document, issued to schools across the country on Thursday, teachers are instructed not to question students […]

German police bought and used controversial Pegasus spyware sold by the Israeli NSO group in 2019, it has been revealed. The program has allegedly been used for high-profile spying by multiple governments. The explosive revelation was made by Germany’s Die Zeit newspaper on Tuesday and was later confirmed by AFP, citing parliament sources. According to […]

Seven US Capitol Police officers have filed a lawsuit against former president Donald Trump and multiple right-wing groups over their alleged responsibility for the treatment they received during the January 6 Capitol riot. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, claims Trump, conservative strategist Roger Stone and “violent extremist groups” like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers worked […]

With President Joe Biden declaring the US pullout from Afghanistan complete and the war over, his government is shifting focus to enemies at home, namely “white supremacists” and “extremists” allegedly cheering on the Taliban. “White supremacist and anti-government extremists have expressed admiration for what the Taliban accomplished, a worrying development for US officials who have […]

A recent video post on The New Atlas discussing US-backed protests in Malaysia exposed Malaysia-based media organization, “Malaysiakini,” as funded by the US government and convicted financial criminal George Soros’ Open Society Foundation. Viewers responded with surprise that Malaysiakini was funded by the US government, apparently unaware of the media platform’s foreign backing. Here is […]

Newly released data from the US Census Bureau show the percentage of white Americans declining sooner than demographers expected, while Asian, Hispanic, and Other categories are on the rise. Most Covid-19 deaths weren’t counted. Data on local population changes from the 2020 census was released on Thursday to states, for the purpose of redrawing congressional […]

The People’s Bank of China revived its tough stance on digital currencies on Friday, ruling all crypto-related trading activities illegal and banning overseas crypto exchanges from providing services to mainland investors. The regulator announced plans to bar financial institutions, payment companies and internet firms from facilitating cryptocurrency trading, as well as to strengthen monitoring of […]

Authored by Pat Buchanan, In Afghanistan, the mission failure appears complete. The trillion-dollar project to plant Western democracy in a Muslim nation historically fabled for driving out imperial intruders has crashed and burned after 20 years, and the Taliban are suddenly back in power. After investing scores of billions in training and arming a force […]

By Vanand Meliksetian via OilPrice.com. The history of oil and natural gas is marred by instability and conflict. The rise of the Eastern Mediterranean as a prolific energy region has increased existing tensions between certain littoral states while strengthening cooperation between others. The ratification of the charter concerning the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) further […]

American military helicopters have been filmed evacuating US embassy staff in Kabul, with multiple aircraft shuttling to and from the compound. The footage invoked striking similarities with the 1975 retreat from Vietnam’s Saigon. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has already fled the country, reportedly for neighboring Tajikistan. While his office is struggling to explain his whereabouts, […]

Moscow pursues a peaceful and responsible foreign policy, calling for broad agreements on the peaceful cooperation between countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper published on the Foreign Ministry’s website on Wednesday. “Russia has been consistently calling for broad agreements and pragmatic cooperation between countries with the […]

By Robert Bridge, RT Reminiscent of the US airlift out of Saigon during the Vietnam War, this week’s evacuation of the US embassy in Kabul portends bad times for the United States, which is beleaguered by much more than just military dysfunction. By their very definition, ‘iconic’ photographs, like a bolt of lightning out of […]

Imagine creating a timeline of your country’s whole history stretching back to its inception. It would be no small task, and, as Visual Capitalist’s Nick Routley points out, simply weighing the relative importance of so many great people, technological achievements, and pivotal events would be a tiny miracle in itself. While that seems like a challenge, […]

After several Gold Star parents of servicemembers slain in last month’s Kabul airport bombing claimed that President Biden checked his watch several times during a ceremony to honor them, USA Today ‘fact checker’ Daniel Funke wasted no time refuting their eyewitness accounts – essentially accusing them of lying. Biden checks watch during “dignified transfer ceremony” […]

We should expect to see the U.S. continue to downsize its commitments outside of the Americas, and we expect to see the U.S. increase its efforts to reintroduce a Monroe Doctrine 2.0 inside the Americas, Joaquin Flores writes. Ukrainian President Zelensky captured headlines once again with his reminder to the Washington Post and to the […]

A notorious Russian MP, known for making inflammatory remarks, has dubbed gay people the “lowest stage of development of the animal world” and called for the country’s homosexual population to be “sterilized” like stray cats. Answering a journalist’s question on his TikTok account, Vitaly Milonov also proposed opening shelters for gay people, where they would […]

Shto delat? Or, for English speakers, what is to be done? The perennial Russian question is as relevant today as any other after the triumph of the Taliban in Kabul, wrongfooting major powers and creating an uncertain gulf. So far, two answers to that question have emerged. One from the West, and one from the […]

Authored by CJ Hopkins via The Consent Factory, In The Covidian Cult (Part I) and (Part II), I characterized the so-called “New Normal” as a “global totalitarian ideological movement.” Since I published those essays, more and more people have come to see it for what it is, not “insanity” or “an overreaction,” but, in fact, a new form […]

“This Is About Control, Not Children”: Eric Weinstein Calls Out Apple’s Virtuous Pedo-Hunter Act Last week, Apple announced that they would begin analyzing images on its devices before they’re uploaded to the cloud in order to identify child pornography and report it to the authorities, sending privacy advocates through the roof. No matter how well-intentioned, […]

Sâa François Sandouno When we trying to analyze the evils of the African continent, it is essential not to forget to address the ideologies with which Africa has aligned itself in order to emerge in the geopolitical chessboard. In the 1960s, African nations gained independence, but not de facto. Being independent does not only mean […]

The beginning of 1960s marked the rise of the American Studies as a subject in the academia. The whole discourse of the American Studies was established based upon the metanarrative of the American creed and exceptionalism. Basically, it was the cultural revolution of the 1960s, which played a pivotal role in shaping the discourse of […]

Tennis veteran Venus Williams has joked that she is looking for men who don’t “talk too much” after withdrawing from the US Open, while sister Serena’s coach has admitted that her future is in the balance after she pulled out. In a dispiriting year for fans hoping to see some of the greatest names in […]

Authored by Techno Fog via The Reactionary, Let me tell you about an under-the-table immunity deal: Dr. Fauci lied to Congress about US funding of gain of function research at Wuhan to protect US institutions. And to show their appreciation, the institutions will protect Dr. Fauci by declining to prosecute his lies. The Intercept Reporting. […]

“Transitory” Price Increases Are Forever Authored by Michael Maharrey via SchiffGold.com, Prices are rising throughout the US economy. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell keeps telling us this inflationary surge is “transitory.” But transitory doesn’t mean what you think it means. The truth is higher prices are forever.   Here’s just a sampling of the price […]

Clashes erupted with police in Melbourne, Australia after a crowd of anti-lockdown protesters gathered to demand an end to weeks of draconian restrictions, despite an all-out effort by authorities to prevent demonstrations. The protesters, who reportedly numbered in the hundreds, showed up in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond on Saturday morning to denounce government lockdown […]

Top military brass demand more and more funding without any real improvements in our armed forces’ fighting power. By Douglas MACGREGOR If Americans pause to listen to the nation’s four star generals and admirals testify on the Hill or speak in public, it sounds as though the senior military leaders are asking for a fight […]

Armenia has confirmed reports that border guards from Russia have been deployed on the country’s frontier with Azerbaijan, as part of Moscow’s agreement with its allies in Yerevan to help bolster the Caucasian nation’s defenses. Both Russia and Armenia are part of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a mutual defense pact, similar to the […]

The online encyclopedia gives the impression of amassing knowledge through some sort of participatory democracy, while practicing something quite different. The online encyclopedia Wikipedia, created by the US-based Wikimedia Foundation, has been a key innovator in the participatory compilation of mass information – and a principal motor of dumbing down social understandings and promoting war. […]

The US-led war in Afghanistan looks to be ending, and not a day too soon. America’s father, Benjamin Franklin, wisely wrote: ‘No good war; no bad peace.’ Yet for 20 years, the United States waged all-out war against this small, remote, impoverished state whose only weapons were old AK47 rifles and the boundless courage of its […]

By Jonathan COOK Craig Murray, a former ambassador to Uzbekistan, the father of a newborn child, a man in very poor health and one who has no prior convictions, will have to hand himself over to the Scottish police on Sunday morning. He becomes the first person ever to be imprisoned on the obscure and […]

The Great Reset has been called a conspiracy theory by many, despite specific plans published on the World Economic Forum (WEF) website and partnerships between the WEF and global organizations like the United Nations and World Health Organization An investigative report asserts that the ongoing restructuring of processes that control food and data are upending […]

Via AlMasdarNews.com, The Syrian anti-government Islamist faction and al-Qaeda spinoff which has for years occupied Idlib province, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has issued a formal statement celebrating the Taliban’s victory this week in Afghanistan. HTS called the Taliban conquest an event of “utmost joy and delight” while also saying those fighting the government of Bashar al-Assad […]

Gasflation By Ryan Fitzmaurice, Senior Commodity Strategist, Elwin de Groot, Head of Macro Strategy and Hugo Erken, Head RR Economic Scenarios & Projections at Rabobank “Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality […]” — Albert Einstein […]

Peter Schiff: The Fed’s Real Strength – The Power To Destroy Via SchiffGold.com, PBS Frontline recently released a documentary titled “The Power of the Fed.”   Peter Schiff watched it and offered his analysis of the show on his podcast. He said the documentary missed the real power of the Fed — the power to […]

As Belarus and its strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko continue to come under the West’s scrutiny and condemnation, most recently related to Olympic scandal involving attempts to force Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya to board a home-bound plane, Lukashenko has made somewhat unusual comments proposing an economic and political union with Russia. Russia’s TASS reports that he’s floated […]

Charles Hugh Smith from Of Two Minds. No nation can produce less of lesser quality, and squander more on infinitely greedy and corrupt elites, all funded by issuing trillions of new units of currency, and imagine that this asymmetry will never have consequences. As I have often noted, historian Michael Grant identified profound political disunity in […]

Marine Le Pen’s new campaign poster ahead of the 2022 general election pays homage to the French national anthem La Marseillaise. She is challenging incumbent President Macron on the protection of individual freedoms. The new poster carries the words “Libertes, libertes cheries” (liberty, cherished liberty) printed in green – the color that Le Pen said […]

The Taliban has claimed complete control over Kandahar following fierce fighting, as officials confirm that government forces have retreated from the second-largest city. A spokesperson for the militant group posted a statement on Friday announcing that Afghanistan’s most important provinces – Kandahar, Helmand, Herat and Badghis – had been completely conquered. The Taliban said it […]

Evergrande’s Liquidity Crisis Becomes Ever Grander Evergrande’s existential challenges are becoming ever grander by the day. While we have long profiled the growing troubles facing China’s largest and the world’s most indebted property developer, which at the end of 2020 boasted more than $300 billion in total liabilities and which has tried to quell mounting […]

Despite trade tensions between Washington and Beijing, major American corporations and Hollywood continue to shift to the growing Chinese market. Max Keiser talks with Gerald Celente of TrendsResearch.com about what this trend means, and whether it’s another sign of China overtaking the United States as the world’s economic superpower.   Despite trade tensions between Washington and Beijing, […]

  Janine Jackson interviewed IPS’s James Early about the Cuban blockade for the August 6, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: In the wake of Black Lives Matter and George Floyd protests, lawmakers in Florida—as elsewhere—passed legislation increasing penalties for blocking public streets, and offering protection to people who hit protesters with their […]

It is far from inconceivable that Israel would employ its nuclear arsenal. After all, for what other reason does it have ninety nuclear weapons? The main result of the meeting between Presidents Putin and Biden in Geneva on June 16 was the joint statement that “we reaffirm the principle that a nuclear war cannot be […]

Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, The reason humans are dying out is simple and straightforward. It’s best summarized in the famous line from Walt Kelly’s 1970 Pogo cartoon: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Humans are the reason humans are dying out. We’re not having enough babies. It’s that simple. When […]

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected Russia’s request to impose interim measures on Ukraine as part of its complaint against Kiev over a range of issues. Moscow filed a case with the international body on Thursday. In a statement to the TASS news agency, the ECHR revealed that Russia requested the court invoke […]

Taliban militants have seized the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, according to local officials. Afghanistan’s fourth-largest city had been the last major location in the north still under government control. Reports suggest the city fell abruptly on Saturday, with officials and some troops fleeing to neighboring Uzbekistan. The capital of the Balkh province, it was widely regarded […]

CNN is not only a leading promoter of Covid-19 orthodoxy, but also has put itself on the cutting edge of Covid-19 vaccine authoritarianism by firing three unidentified employees who came to work without getting their jabs first. “In the past week, we have been made aware of three employees who were coming to the office […]

A U.S. drone strike purportedly targeting a suspected ISIS-K vehicle in a residential neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan killed at least 10 members of a single family—including six children—as they were getting out of their car on Sunday. Relatives of the victims told the Washington Post that the strike—which was the second attack the U.S. carried out in Kabul over the weekend—”hit a nearby […]

The Israel Defense Forces has fired artillery rounds into South Lebanon in retaliation for earlier rocket fire which triggered warning alarms in the Golan Heights and Upper Galilee. On Friday, Israel’s army radio, Galei Tzahal, reported that artillery units were firing into South Lebanon in response to earlier missile attacks. “The IDF is now attacking […]

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, So sorry, America, but your central bank is certifiably insane, and it’s not going to magically work out. History definitively shows that speculative bubbles always pop–always. Every speculative bubble mania, regardless of its supposed uniqueness–“it’s different this time”–pops. No speculative bubble has ever “reached a permanently high […]

At least 100 Afghan refugees who were set to enter the US have been flagged for terrorist ties, NBC News reports, and will now be sent to Kosovo where they will undergo additional screening and review. Specifically the 100 were “flagged for possible ties to the Taliban or terror groups.” NBC detailed that “of more […]

To the less favoured races, European justice has few benefits to offer, Stephen Karganovic writes. Enlightened Europe has been vigorously displaying its fabled values lately. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) just recently responded in the complaint brought by the Russian Federation against Ukraine for the mistreatment of the latter’s citizens based on their […]

The ideological situation in Russia on the eve of the elections is becoming tenser and tenser. The election result does not matter. But the system itself begins to tremble not from impending risks but entering into resonance from the contradictions accumulated in itself. They are not reflected in elections, but in the system itself and in society – […]

At least three people have been killed at Kabul’s airport as civilians attempt to escape from Taliban rule, according to reports. US forces guarding the air hub had allegedly fired their weapons to scatter crowds on the tarmac. Videos posted to social media on Monday show anarchic scenes at Kabul International Airport, with hopeful evacuees […]

Taliban militants were spotted parading around in US-made Humvees after seizing a major city in Nimroz province, footage shows, the first regional capital to fall to the group as it launches a wave of attacks across Afghanistan. The militants were seen making victory laps around the city of Zaranj on Friday afternoon in the stolen […]

Mounted police officers are commonly used at rallies around the globe, but mounted protesters seem to be an Australian innovation as a man was filmed encouraging people to break Covid-19 rules from the back of a white horse. The epic scene was filmed in Tweed Heads on the border between Queensland and New South Wales […]

It is ironic, but also somehow fitting, that the analyst and author Francis Fukuyama, who in the 1990s raved about the “end of history” and the triumph of American-led, Western liberal democracy, now writes – in the financial circles’ The Economist magazine, no less! – about the end of US hegemony. Fukuyama even admits that […]

The European Union on Friday announced that its foreign ministers will interact and coordinate with the new Taliban government in Kabul, but will stop short of “formally recognizing” it. Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell told a news conference in the Slovenia capital of Ljubljana that “In order to support the Afghan population, we will have to […]

Scientists who are skeptical of chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci’s proclamations about the coronavirus pandemic don’t want to go public with their concerns for fear it will affect their funding, Sen. Rand Paul claimed Tuesday. “He’s been there for 40 years, probably 39 years too long, but he controls all the funding, so […]

The Data Shows The Fed Is Behind The Surging Wealth Gap Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The data shows the Fed is behind the surging wealth gap. Such is despite protestations “Quantitative Easing” and “Zero Interest Rate Policy” do not affect the financial markets. Such was noted previously by Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari: “QE conspiracists can say […]

Syria’s air defenses intercepted an Israeli strike in the Aleppo countryside, according to Syrian state media, while blasts were also reported near the al-Nairab airport. The attack occurred in the al-Safirah area in southern Aleppo late on Monday night, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported, also sharing alleged footage of the moment the munitions were intercepted. […]

Authored by Allan Stein via The Epoch Times  The American Civil War is often thought of as being the deciding historical factor putting to rest any future ambition of individual or groups of states wanting to secede from the union. Well over a century later, the idea of secession appears far from settled in the minds […]

Since it was announced through international media outlets in late July that the African Union Commission Chair, Moussa Faki Mahamat, had granted observer status to the State of Israel, the response has been swift in condemnations from several AU member-states. This action which was carried out absent of any consultations with the 55 member-states and other […]

People opposing and supporting asylum seekers in the UK gathered for competing rallies at the government district of Croydon in South London. Tensions escalated into an altercation with the police. The scuffle happened outside Lunar House, which hosts the immigration division of the Home Office. A group of people with a pro-refugee stance clashed with […]

“We Haven’t Seen This In More Than 30 Years” – Shipping Rates From China To US Hit Record $20,000 With No Drop In Sight Those looking for signs of transitory inflation are advised to not look at the latest container data, which contrary to many commodities tracked by Wall Street, resolutely refuses to turn lower. […]

By Peter VAN BUREN It was never just a mask, it has always been a way of thinking. “Mask” is just shorthand. I got fired from my volunteer work at the Hawaiian Humane Society for choosing not to wear a mask outside walking their dogs. Neither science, the CDC nor the state requires a mask […]

Mainstream western media outlets are continuing to mourn the United States and NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan after a twenty-year occupation. Scenes of a rapid pullout combined with the chaotic situation at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul exposed to the world further that Washington had lost yet another imperialist war. From the British Broadcasting […]

Anti-lockdown and anti-vaccination activists have rallied in multiple British cities against the ‘vaccine passport’ initiative. In London, one of the speakers triggered a major controversy by likening NHS staff to Nazi doctors. Thousands of people have gathered at the Trafalgar square in London on Saturday for the so-called ‘Freedom Rally’ to protest the restrictive measures […]

The amazement of those who are witnessing the birth of a new totalitarianism in a country [our Italy] that for seventy years has praised anti-fascism in all its guises is understandable. Yet, sixteen months of virus spilled in the media twenty-four hours a day, should have briefly explained how a vaccine works. The principle of […]

Russian exports of chocolate surged nearly 20% in the beginning of 2021, setting the country on course to beat the world’s favored chocolate maker Switzerland by the year’s end. “Russian exports of chocolate and chocolate goods increased by 18.6% by the end of Q1 2021 in volume terms and by 11.8% in value terms year-on-year. […]

In 2003, when several lawyers, including myself, visited North Korea to learn more about socialism there, we were shown US Army documents captured in 1950 by the communist forces when they seized control of Seoul and overran the American Army headquarters. The documents confirmed that it was the US and its puppets in South Korea […]

The Hungarian government has informed the EU it has no business telling Hungarians how to raise their kids following the globalist body’s interference over the teaching of LGBT issues in schools. A law passed by Hungary’s National Assembly last month ensured that sex education in schools “must not be aimed” at “promoting homosexuality” or “changing […]

A large white cross that stood on a popular mountaintop lookout point on Canada’s Vancouver Island for decades was cut down and removed at some point in the last week – and some have called for it to be replaced by a totem pole.  Over the weekend, photos circulated on social media showing only the […]

  Authored by Wesley Smith via The Epoch Times The United States’ military mission in Afghanistan has collapsed in chaos and ignominy. The catastrophe has many parents. But surely “the experts” upon which our leader relied bear much blame. They were the ones who often failed to comprehend the power of religious belief and the role pride in Islam […]

Geo-economics defines itself in two ways: One is the use of the economy to gain geographical or ‎territorial advantages. Second is the use of geographical location to achieve your economic ‎objectives. To understand this core concept in the contemporary world, the best examples to deal ‎with are China and the United States of America. They […]

In Luanda, capital of Angola, hosted the 13th Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) with the key objective of reviewing the historical past and discussing effective pathways for the future. Through its history, the CPLP has largely been known as an organization, besides that, much has […]

Senator Blasts US “Rolling Humiliation” In Afghanistan, Urges Expanded Operation To Rescue Americans Arguably the most hawkish member of the Senate, Republican Sen. Tom Cotton, is urging the White House to ‘get serious’ about the ongoing crisis of trapped Americans in Kabul who are desperately attempting to make it to the airport. He’s urging for a […]

For the first time ever a US Navy aircraft carrier with F-35 stealth fighters on board has entered the South China Sea this week. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group entered the contested waters near China days ago, and subsequently the Navy released a photo of an F-35 launching from the Carl Vinson. This comes as the Arleigh Burke-class […]

Authored by John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided. […]

  The Epoch Times. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas plans to travel to the U.S.–Mexico border amid the illegal immigration crisis there. “I will be traveling to the border myself,” Mayorkas said on CNN on Sunday. Mayorkas did not say when or where he would be going and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) did not respond to emailed questions. […]

The Shadow State: Embracing Corporations As Surrogates For Government Action Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column on the expanding role of corporations as surrogates for the federal government. The White House is openly calling for greater corporate action to address censorship, health care, and other issues.  That call is being supported by a […]

A dozen Serbian media outlets labeled “state-affiliated” by Twitter protested the platform’s action as censorship, while the country’s president said the social media company may as well ban him just like ex-POTUS Donald Trump. Twitter began appending the “state-affiliated” media label to outlets back in August 2020, in preparation for the US presidential election. This […]

Authored by Alasdair Macleod via GoldMoney.com, On the fiftieth anniversary of the Nixon Shock, this article explains why fiat currencies have become joined at the hip to financial asset values. And why with increasing inevitability they are about to descend into the next financial crisis together. I start by defining the currencies we use as […]

By Garfield Reynolds, Bloomberg Markets Live commentator Investors want to move past the turmoil caused by China’s crackdowns. But doing so risks overlooking the profound shift as Xi Jinping’s government makes a decisive turn away from free markets, radically altering the dynamics in the coming decade, particularly for equities. I warned before that China would […]

During the pandemic, we began to lose famous people not one by one, as usual, but in whole blocks. Which is very sad. We do not have time to recover from one loss, as immediately the next. July was particularly troubling. I knew many of those who had passed away personally and watched others with […]

The Kabul Airport bombing shows there are shadowy forces in Afghanistan, willing to disrupt a peaceful transition after US troops leave. But what about US intel’s own ‘shadow army,’ amassed over two decades of occupation? Who are they, and what is their agenda? By Pepe ESCOBAR So we have the CIA Director William Burns deploying […]

Several explosions were heard in central Kabul on live TV while President Ashraf Ghani and other top officials were offering prayers, marking the beginning of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. A live television broadcast on Tuesday morning showed a number of top Afghan officials, including President Ghani, continuing on with their prayers even as […]

Several of the men accused of planning to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer say they were entrapped by the FBI, with government documents suggesting that at least 12 undercover informants played major roles in the scheme. A lengthy investigation by BuzzFeed News – published on Tuesday and based on court filings, text and audio transcripts […]

Many Indians Depend On Gold To Stay Afloat During Pandemic Via SchiffGold.com, Gold has served as a lifeline for Indians pummeled by the economic storm caused by the government response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Indian government’s response to the first wave of COVID-19 ravaged the economy. As a result, many banks were reluctant to extend […]

Authored by Jessica Corbett via Common Dreams & Consortium News, As the hawks who have been lying about the US invasion and occupation of Afghanistan for two decades continue to peddle fantasies in the midst of a Taliban takeover and American evacuation of Kabul, progressive critics on Tuesday reminded the world who has benefited from the “endless war.” “Entrenching U.S. forces in Afghanistan was the military-industrial complex’s […]

Miguel Diaz-Canel has blasted what he claims are intentional efforts to make his country look unstable and dangerous, following anti-government demonstrations that led to numerous arrests and one person’s death. Speaking to thousands of supporters in Havana on Saturday, Diaz-Canel claimed the narrative that there is widespread unrest in Cuba is a false one. He […]

Vienna has joined forces with Washington in a probe into the mysterious outbreak of the so-called ‘Havana syndrome’ among American diplomats in the Austrian capital. “We take these reports very seriously and in line with our role as host state we are working with the US authorities on jointly getting to the bottom of this,” […]

Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News. A member of the House of Lords is demanding to know why Brits returning to the UK from abroad are required to take several PCR COVID tests even if fully vaccinated while illegal migrants, the vast majority of whom are unvaccinated, don’t have to take a PCR […]

Authored by Alasdair Macleod via GoldMoney.com, Current levels of equity markets are not only divorced from their underlying economic and business realities but are repeating the madness of crowds that led to the Wall Street crash of 1929—1932. The obvious difference is in the money: gold-backed dollars then compared with unbacked fiat today. We can […]

The U.S.-led colonial terror in Haiti since 2004 has been so terrible and horrific, that during countless anti-corruption, anti-imperialist demonstrations, the people of Haiti burned the U.S. flag and lifted up the Russian flag asking for help. But for thirteen (13) intolerable years, from 2004 to 2017, Russia voted at the U.N. Security Council to play […]

US pharmaceuticals giant Johnson & Johnson and the nation’s three biggest drug distributors have agreed to pay a combined $26 billion to end the legal liability for their alleged roles in spurring the nation’s opioids crisis. Attorneys general from seven states announced the deal on Wednesday, saying that Johnson & Johnson will pay $5 billion […]

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Jewish state’s new government of surrendering its independence to the US with its “no surprises” policy, which he said could tie Tel Aviv’s hands. The government led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has “turned us into some sort of protectorate with a duty to report,” Netanyahu […]

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Monday that one of its warships, the Admiral Gorshkov, has conducted the successful test-fire of a high-tech missile, ahead of the rockets being rolled out to submarines and naval ships. In a statement issued by Moscow on Monday, military chiefs said that “the Zircon missile successfully struck the […]

Russia’s export of agricultural goods has increased by 16% in annual terms, reaching $16.855 billion, the country’s Agriculture Ministry reported on Wednesday. Russian exports of fat-and-oil products in the reporting period through August 1 grew by a hefty 39% to $3.852 billion, while meat and dairy product exports surged 25%, adding $773 million to the […]

Of all those who have been critical of our vaccination efforts related to Covid-19, vaccine expert Geert Vanden Bossche stands out as one of the loudest voices in the crowd. Having been featured on Dr. Chris Martenson’s Peak Prosperity and Bret Weinstein’s Dark Horse podcast, Vanden Bossche has been outspoken – yet measured and reasoned […]

As the United States continues its descent into tyranny – due in large part to widespread complacency, sad to say – the time has never been more urgent for patriotic Americans to take a formidable stand against it. Sharing articles and videos on social media is no longer cutting it as governments, large corporations and […]

The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel and the U.S. just don’t want democracy in the Arab world, writes As`ad AbuKhalil. By As`ad ABUKHALIL The monarchical-sounding declaration by Kaïs Saïed eight days ago was stunning: the president who was freely elected in 2019 (for only the second time in Tunisian history) was basically proclaiming a coup d’etat by dismissing the prime […]

Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, I have been feverishly writing lately on covid mandates and vaccine passports issues, and I’m sure most readers understand why – We are currently at the cusp of a great conflict against the powers that be; people who are exploiting the (mostly manufactured) covid crisis for unprecedented political and […]

The corporate media have been bashing the Cuban government in response to the recent protests in Cuba, while President Joe Biden claims, “We stand with the Cuban people.” But they ignore or minimize the leading cause of economic suffering in Cuba: the U.S.’s illegal and punishing economic blockade that Biden has left in place. Every U.S. president since Dwight D. […]

Thomas Barrack, a California billionaire who organized Donald Trump’s 2017 presidential inauguration, was charged in New York with acting as an agent of the United Arab Emirates and making false statements to federal agents. Barrack, 74, is accused of “acting and conspiring to act” as an agent of the UAE between April 2016 and April […]

Buchanan Blasts America’s ‘Great Leap Forward’ Into Socialism Authored by Pat Buchanan, Just seven weeks into his presidency, Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. Among the largest spending bills in history, it was passed without the vote of a single Republican. The plan sent direct payments of up to $1,400 to most […]

China’s “Social Credit” System Has Arrived In America Authored by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com, As a journalist in China, Liu Hu was no stranger to punishment. For reporting on corruption among government officials, Hu was arrested, accused of “fabricating and spreading rumours,” and fined. But then one day in 2017 he suddenly found that he […]

  Authored by Marlon Weems via GEN on Medium, While billionaires like Bill Gates buy up all the nation’s farmland, Wall Street investors snatch up every home they can get their hands on… For Father’s Day a few years back, my wife and kids surprised me with a trip to Medieval Times, an immersive dinner […]

Madagascan authorities claim to have foiled a conspiracy against President Andry Rajoelina, with several “foreign and Malagasy” suspects arrested. The public security minister on Wednesday said that six people had been arrested — one foreign national, two binationals, and three Madagascan citizens. “The police had information for several months, but only now was there an […]

Top Health Officer Orders Australians: “Don’t Have A Conversation” With Each Other Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, The chief health officer of New South Wales gave a press conference telling Australians that they shouldn’t “engage in conversation with each other,” even if they’re wearing masks, in order to reduce the transmission of […]

Tolstoy’s novel teaches that sexual freedom actually enslaves women. By Carmel RICHARDSON Under our senseless conditions, the life of a good woman is a perpetual struggle against self; it is only fair that woman should bear her share of the ills she has brought upon man. — Rousseau, Emile As we ride feminism’s third wave to new […]

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 […]

If you believe his critics, President Vladimir Putin has been destroying Russia’s democracy, virtually from the day he took office. In fact, he’s been accused of this so frequently it’s amazing there’s anything left to destroy. Recent reports that he has embarked on a sweeping new program of political repression may therefore induce a disbelieving […]

Jack Phillips of Epoch Times reports that American troops will be deployed to aid the evacuation of some U.S. Embassy personnel in Kabul amid significant Taliban military gains across Afghanistan, a senior U.S. Department of State official confirmed on Thursday. Around 3,000 US troops, including two Marine infantry battalions and one Army infantry battalion, will be […]

“We Are F**king Abandoning American Citizens” Says Livid Army Colonel In Leaked Afghanistan Texts Encrypted text messages between an Army colonel and a former Special Forces soldier working on a private effort to extricate stranded Americans from Afghanistan reveal that the US evacuation was anything but the ‘extraordinary success’ President Biden declared on Tuesday. “We […]

In 2011 the Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami devastated northeast Japan, taking the lives of more than 18,000 people and triggering one of the worst industrial accidents in history: the crippling breakdown of the Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear power plant. Three of the plant’s six reactors suffered perilous nuclear core meltdowns and hydrogen gas […]

The vast Nord Stream 2 pipeline will soon be pumping supplies from the gas fields of Siberia to consumers in Western Europe now that construction has been complete, despite American efforts to block the project, Moscow has said. In a statement posted to her Telegram channel on Friday, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that […]

As many countries around the world now begin another round of lockdowns, and take steps to cut off citizens from social life if they do not consent to receive one of the deadly COVID-19 shots and carry around some kind of identification that marks them as “vaccinated,” (See: Mapping Tyranny: The Countries Where Vaccination Is Mandatory) […]

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is calling for children over 2-years-old to wear face coverings at school, even if they’ve been vaccinated against Covid-19, exceeding US CDC guidelines as some states ban mask mandates. “Combining layers of protection that include vaccinations, masking and clean-hands hygiene will make in-person learning safe and possible for everyone,” […]

United States Ranks Last In Global Media Trust, New Report Finds Authored by Jonathan Turley, For years, we have been discussing the decline of journalism values with the rise of open bias in the media. Now, a newly released report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford has found something that would have been unthinkable […]

Dormant groups of terrorists could be hiding quietly in Central Asia, biding their time and planning attacks, the Kyrgyz foreign minister declared, just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a similar stark warning. Speaking as part of an interview with RIA Novosti published on Tuesday, Ruslan Kazakbayev said that he believes Islamic militant organizations […]

Did Japan Just Warn The US Of An Impending Joint Attack From China And Russia? Authored by Aden Tate via The Organic Prepper blog, Four days before Americans celebrated Independence Day, the number two defense official in Japan offered some strange advice that has many Americans concerned. After noting the Chinese and Russians are excellent […]

The US is trying to play the “Hong Kong card” to undermine Beijing and doesn’t really care about the people, China’s foreign ministry has said, in response to US President Joe Biden’s offer of a ‘safe haven’ for Hong Kongers. On Thursday, Biden told the Department of Homeland Security to implement a “deferral of removal” […]

A group of investors led by the Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have financed the buyout of UK diagnostic technologies firm Mologic, which has developed a 10-minute coronavirus test. To make the acquisition, the group has launched Global Access Health (GAH), a social enterprise aiming to expand access […]

Sukhoi and the Russian military-industrial conglomerate Rostec have revealed a single-engine supersonic stealth fighter. Dubbed ‘Checkmate’, the new design resembles the US F-35, but is intended to be superior – and far cheaper. Unveiled at the MAKS 2021 Air Show in Moscow on Tuesday, the Checkmate uses technologies tested under real-world combat conditions. Digital design […]

Iraq’s PM To Tell Biden In White House Visit: ‘US Combat Troops Have Got To Go’ Next week on July 26 President Joe Biden is expected to host Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi at the White House in order to “highlight the strategic partnership between the United States in Iraq,” according to a US statement. […]