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Where America goes in the Middle East, extremist groups tend to follow. With the United States out of Afghanistan, former members of the Afghan Security Forces who were once trained by the United States are joining Islamic State-Khorasan Province, better known as ISIS-K, the Islamic State’s regional affiliate. The result is all too predictable given […]
The Biden-Putin summit back in July produced some real but fragile promise. The Presidential Joint Statement on Strategic Stability, signed by US President Joseph Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the close of the summit, confirmed the Reagan-Gorbachev declaration that a nuclear war could not be won and should never be fought, and called […]
The message to the Democratic Party Virginia sent was this: “You can indulge the crazies in your party, but if the American people come to believe you share their ideas and intend to implement them, we are going to relieve you of control of Congress in 2022 and of the White House in 2024. Rely […]
In what at first glance looked like the European Union getting onboard with the US-led confrontation with China, a recent delegation led by Raphael Glucksmann sent to Taiwan supposedly representing the EU tells a story less of supposed mainland “interference” within the island territory, and instead, a story about US interference within the EU. Glucksmann […]
Emergencies justify emergency powers, and emergency powers mean that you can push ahead with your agenda on all fronts. Last week in this space, I included a few words about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s remarkable new book, The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health. I also included a link to Kennedy’s […]
By Benjamin Cohen via Project Syndicate. Two recent books by renowned economists have set the stage for today’s great debate over the future of money in a digital age. In particular, public and private moneys are entering into a sustained rivalry, with far-reaching implications for markets and politics. Eswar S. Prasad, The Future of Money: How […]
The first official European assessment of the recent round of talks in Vienna between the representatives of Iran and those of the E3 (Great Britain, France, and Germany), Russia, China, and the US came, oddly enough, from Dubai, where the quick-witted French president Emmanuel Macron announced what he called the failure of the foregoing phase […]
A newly announced deal that could see Washington supply Ukraine with deadly weapons could further inflame the country’s bloody civil conflict and make a lasting peace agreement harder, Russia’s ambassador to the US has cautioned. In a statement issued on Thursday, Anatoly Antonov said that the ‘Strategic Partnership Document’ signed by American and Ukrainian diplomats […]
President Joe Biden’s Department of Commerce has sided with Chinese solar manufacturers who produce in Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, denying a request to investigate the manufacturers for evading United States tariffs on Chinese products. This week, the Biden administration crushed a campaign by American solar manufacturers to ensure tariffs were imposed on products made by Chinese […]
‘Green’ technologies that eco-conscious Western politicians promote carry hidden environmental costs that are being outsourced to developing nations and then used to clamp down on their economies, a top Russian official said. Rich European countries that advocate a fast transition away from fossil fuels and toward renewables to combat climate change are at the same […]
Western media are blaring headlines about a rigged election, not in the United States or any of the other powerful nations allied with it whose elections are consistently fraudulent from top to bottom, but in the small Central American nation of Nicaragua. A Google search brings up only news stories disparaging the Nicaragua election and […]
Germany has voiced its opposition to the inclusion of nuclear energy within the European Union’s sustainable-finance taxonomy, claiming it would undermine the bloc’s credibility on going green. Speaking at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow on Thursday, Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said the EU must avoid labeling nuclear energy as ‘green’. “Including nuclear power would […]
Players unite and face off so fast Eurasian integration’s chessboard feels like musical chairs prestissimo. The Eurasian chessboard is in non-stop motion at dizzying speed. After the Afghanistan shock, we’re all aware of the progressive interconnection of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and of […]
Nearly 60 years ago, leading military and intelligence officials of the USA saw only one viable pathway to resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis: war with Russia and the use of “the bomb”. Mocked by Stanley Kubrick’s brilliant Doctor Strangelove and exposed by John Frankenheimer’s Seven Days in May (both released in 1964), the psychology of […]
The Biden administration has failed to enforce the U.S.-China phase one trade agreement. There are serious concerns about the enforcement mechanism of the deal as China’s purchases fall behind targets. In the trade deal signed in January 2020, Beijing promised to purchase about $200 billion of US goods and services over 2020, 2021 compared with […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is leading his potential Democrat challengers in the upcoming gubernatorial race by double digits, a Saint Leo University polling institute survey released this week found. A majority, 56.4 percent, approve of the Florida governor’s job performance. Of those, 36 percent “strongly” approve. Concerning the Chinese coronavirus specifically, 53.4 percent approve. The […]
By John W. Whitehead “Man is born free but everywhere is in chains.”—Jean-Jacques Rousseau We are moving fast down the road to fascism. This COVID-19 pandemic has shifted us into high gear. The heavy-handed collusion between the Techno-Corporate State and the U.S. government over vaccine mandates is merely the latest manifestation of the extent to […]
By Steve Kirsch. They missed hundreds of serious adverse events that are more elevated than myocarditis. A new VAERS analysis done by Albert Benavides blows the doors off the “safe and effective” narrative. The CDC and FDA have said the vaccines are “safe and effective.” They haven’t found any serious issues with the COVID vaccines. Zero. […]
By Peter Doshi, a senior editor at The British Medical Journal and on the News & Views team. Based in Baltimore, he is also an associate professor of pharmaceutical health services research at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. Increasingly, vaccination is no longer a matter of choice. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of workplaces and […]
The European Union (EU) General Court upheld a ruling Wednesday that Google violated EU antitrust law by giving preference to its own shopping service in search results. The European Commission, the EU’s top regulator, ruled in 2017 that Google’s practice of prioritizing its online marketplace in its search results was anti-competitive, slapping the tech giant with a […]
By Michael Rectenwald via The Mises Institute. In previous installments, I introduced the Great Reset idea and treated it in terms of its economic and ideological components. In this installment, I will discuss what the Great Reset entails in terms of governance and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4-IR), closing with remarks about the overall Great Reset […]
Submitted by Quoth the Raven at QTR’s Fringe Finance. This is part 1 of an exclusive Fringe Finance interview with shipping analyst J Mintzmyer discussing the state of the supply chain in the US, what’s next for the shipping industry and what stocks appeal to him in the difficult-to-understand and cyclical world of shipping. J is a […]
Alexander Dugin All who have studied, let the most superficial way, International Relations know that the world order in which we still live humanity is called Westphalian. This expression has become commonplace, but it is still worth recalling – what exactly is the Treaty of Versailles, concluded on October 24, 1648. On this day, in […]
The world balance has changed qualitatively, and not just quantitatively Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum two weeks ago, General Milley conceded that ‘America’s century’ is over – a long overdue acknowledgement, most might venture. Yet, belated or not, his saying it nonetheless seemed to signal an important strategic shift: “We’re entering into a tri-polar – world […]
From Birch Gold Group. According to HSBC, one of the largest banks in the world with offices in Britain, the U.S. and Asia, bank fraud is among the UK’s top exports. HSBC staff released the following statement: The UK is the hotbed of activity for fraudsters. Currently the UK accounts for about 80% of our global […]
When it comes to sycophants, Wall Street has no shortage of them willing to shill for its egregious private justice system called mandatory arbitration – a system which systematically guts the guarantee of a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment of the Bill of Rights. Think about that carefully, the industry that is serially charged with rigging […]
On January 12, 2016, it was reported by international media that two US Navy riverine command boats were seized by a unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iranian territorial waters and how the Iranians brought valiant American Marines to their knees, taking away their weapons. Tehran circulated a video of this detention […]
Former US President Donald Trump tore into his ousted Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu in a series of interviews, using an expletive and accusing the former prime minister of betraying him. Journalist Barak Ravid conducted several interviews with Trump for his book ‘Trump’s Peace: The Abraham Accords and the Reshaping of the Middle East’, during which […]
Instead of “curbing Russian aggression” – which it clearly can’t and won’t do – how about preventing (instead of encouraging) American aggression? Joe Biden issuing an uninspired “deterrent” to Russia claiming that NATO will prevent a Russian invasion of Ukraine is tragically laughable, much like his claim to “take on the Taliban” while US troops […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued statements in reaction to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s official visit to Ukraine, Romania and Georgia this week where Austin told Ukrainian leaders there’s an “open door to NATO” membership if the necessary defense spending and anti-corruption reforms are made. “The military development of the territory [of Ukraine] […]
“NATO has ended up in the attic,” wrote the political commentators of several newspapers a month ago, after France had withdrawn its ambassador from Washington on September 16. It was Paris’ protest at being excluded from the strategic-military partnership between the United States, Great Britain and Australia, announced the day before, and at losing a […]
By Simon Black. How many times now have the ‘experts’ been desperately, woefully wrong about elections over the past several years? They were wrong about Brexit. They were wrong about the 2016 US Presidential election. And they were hilariously, historically wrong about the 2020 election. In fact, according to a report from the American Association of […]
The United States Naval Ship Harvey Milk – named after the assassinated gay rights activist and politician – was christened on Saturday by a transgender veteran, to both praise and cries of “vile nonsense.” The USNS Harvey Milk was christened in San Diego, California in a traditional Navy ceremony, with Milk’s nephew, Stuart Milk, in […]
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute. “The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” – Albert Einstein America is breaking down. This breakdown – triggered by polarizing circus politics, media-fed mass hysteria, racism, classism, fascism, […]
Leonid Savin In the last decade, the growing rapprochement between Turkey and Russia has sparked a huge debate about the rise of a multipolar world in the western mainstream media. Hence, in order to deeply understand the dynamics of the ongoing debate, renowned Turkish lawyer and Journalist Ali Göçmen interviewed the Russian Political expert and […]
Against the backdrop of the events of the Arab Spring in 2011 and the subsequent confrontation between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the UAE’s role in the ongoing military and political crises in the Middle East has been overshadowed. At the same time, this Persian Gulf state is pursuing quite an independent political course and is […]
By Marco Rocco via The Strategic Culture Foundation. Draghi represents the forced continuity wanted by the Paris-Berlin axis for the EU: the Italians wanted to leave in 2020, the solution was the former head of the ECB as Prime Minister. How long will it last, with galloping inflation and Poland as anti-EU? The EU is under […]
We are at war here on Earth. World War III has been going on under our noses. Or, perhaps World War 2 never even ended? I wonder, has anyone else ever considered these ideas? Looking at the narratives of modern detente, one can easily conclude we will never have peace. It’s time the people of […]
By James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com. Is the move toward central bank digital currencies real? And, if so, is it the first step toward a global reserve currency that will replace the dollar and euro as currencies of choice in reserve positions of major economies? Well, yes and no. Before I expand on that answer and explain […]
The US government, whose troops are staying in Iraq illegally after the country’s parliament voted in favor of foreign troops leaving the county immediately, offered to “assist” an investigation into what the Iraqi military claimed was an assassination attempt against Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, branding the incident an “apparent act of terrorism.” Shortly after the […]
By Eric Worrall via WattsUpWithThat.com. Over the years, I’ve noticed pretty much every establishment attempt to push a climate agenda is accompanied by a call for people to unite. What if fear of change, of loss of control, and a desire for social unity and predictability are the real driving force behind the climate push? Does […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he instructed the foreign minister to declare 10 ambassadors, including Washington’s envoy, ‘persona non grata’ over a rare joint statement urging release of a jailed opposition figure. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Read More
Last Friday, the US Congress passed the “Infrastructure” Bill, which will be signed into law post haste, says the White House. The bill, designed to upgrade roads, bridges, transport and broadband, is a bricks-and-mortar affair and will benefit industry and commerce. It is the first of two bills that have been the center of attention in […]
One of the most vicious propaganda in the 21st century is China’s crackdown on Muslims. China’s Foreign Ministry at the start of this week said it’s preparing to “strike back” against “reckless” US sanctions which were announced previously on Friday, and targeted Chinese individuals and entities said to be tied to rampant human rights abuses. […]
Mandatory Covid-19 vaccines could drive out tens of thousands of NHS staff leading to pressure on services, the government has admitted. A government analysis has predicted 73,000 NHS workers, and 35,000 care workers, will not have had their Covid-19 jab by the time mandatory vaccines come into force on 1 April next year. It has […]
At least 125 people have been injured in fierce clashes between the Iraqi law enforcement and protesters, as angry crowds attempted to storm Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone. Videos published on social media showed protesters alleging fraud in the recent parliamentary elections pelting the security forces with rocks. Officers wearing riot gear and armed with shields […]
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Someone should tell the Biden team. Soon after the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, David Ignatius, Washington Post columnist and Deep State insider, remarked “The reversals in Afghanistan are confounding for a Biden national security team that has […]
By Alexander Zhang via The Epoch Times. Eight British police officers were injured and 12 people were arrested on Friday evening as hundreds of protesters clashed with police in central London on Bonfire Night. Protesters wearing Guy Fawkes-style masks gathered at Trafalgar Square and burned an effigy of Prime Minister Boris Johnson. 'Million Mask March' protesters set […]
Eritrea and Guinea-Bissau have announced plans to join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), actively promoted by Beijing. The two nations have reportedly signed a formal agreement with China ahead of a key regional forum. The ambitious multi-trillion-dollar BRI, also known as the New Silk Road, was announced by President Xi Jinping in 2013, aiming […]
On December 15, the Russian Federation delivered to the United States of America the project of a Treaty and an Agreement to defuse the growing tension between the two parties. The two documents were made public by the Russian Foreign Ministry on December 17. The draft treaty foresees in Art. 1, that each of the […]
The US trade deficit hit a new record in September while more ships are stranded offshore near Southern California waiting to be unloaded. The Biden Administration reached another record in September. The trade deficit reached the highest amount ever recorded in US history. The Daily Caller reported: The U.S. trade deficit hit a record high… […]
The always debatable category of political Europe refers primarily to the leading European countries, such as Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, and the representative structures and personalities of the European Union. The EU is currently under the influence of different kinds of internal and external disturbances (threatening the very existence of this Union), […]
With details of President Biden’s private-sector vaccine mandate revealed, commercial pilot Jason Kunisch told RT that such mandates already risk cratering the aviation industry, which is dealing with “severe” staffing shortages. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) on Thursday revealed the details of the Biden administration’s controversial vaccine order for private […]
NATO continues to stir up tensions with Russia while refusing to work on resolving outstanding issues, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has claimed, reiterating Moscow’s calls for a comprehensive international security agreement. Russia’s top diplomat touched upon the rocky relationship with the US-led alliance as he spoke after a ministerial meeting of the Organization for Security […]
The situation in Eastern Ukraine is slowly simmering towards a large escalation, if the actions and rhetoric of all involved players are to be analyzed. While the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) is largely sitting idly, unbothered by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF), the people of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) are subject to almost daily […]
Biden may believe that drone strikes contribute to justice and peace, but the effects of these atrocities on the wider world cannot be calculated. On October 29 a Guantanamo Bay prisoner was reported as having testified about the torture inflicted on him over many years in CIA “black sites” and the U.S. military base in […]
Protesters are about to target government buildings in Georgia and cause a traffic collapse in the capital, Tbilisi, at the direction of jailed ex-president Mikhail Saakashvili, the country’s security service has alleged. The warning about a brewing Maidan-style coup in the former Soviet republic came on Saturday from Georgia’s State Security Service. It said supporters […]
The Swedish government has proposed to allow children as young as 12 to change their legal gender without medical examination or approval. A draft legislation states that only guardian consent will be required. The bill, published for consultation by the Ministry for Social Affairs on Tuesday, reportedly contains two laws – one modifying current procedures […]
An American Navy guided-missile destroyer, the USS Arleigh Burke, has been deployed to the Black Sea. The mission comes amid heightened NATO activities in the region, with two other US warships recorded in the area last week. The deployment of the guided-missile destroyer was announced by the US Navy on Thursday. The mission is its first […]
Huxley makes it crystal clear that he considers the world to be overpopulated, and that science and progress cannot be free to advance without limits. In Part 1 the question was discussed what was Aldous’ real intention in writing the Brave New World; was it meant as an exhortation, an inevitable prophecy or as an […]
After the container ship Ever Given got stuck in the waters of the Suez Canal in 2020, global trade faced the consequences of a crisis factor that was previously considered unlikely. This incident highlighted the need, at least, to improve infrastructure capable of meeting the requirements of the ongoing growth of the global supply chain […]
Figures and statements from the recent FDA advisory board meeting totally destroy any argument for jabbing kids. Findings from an FDA meeting are being used to raise alarms about the level of risk Covid poses for children, in order to push for the authorisation of the Pfizer vaccine for kids under eleven. The real story […]
The submarine fleet has traditionally enjoyed the special favors of the top leaders in the United States. It is even known that in 1993 former US Vice President Al Gore made a trip to the Arctic aboard the USS Pargo nuclear submarine. According to The National Interest, the US Navy announced in December 2016 that […]
A Tajik frontier guard soldier patrols the border Pyandj river at the Afghan border not far from the town of Pyandj some 220 kilometers from Dushanbe. Photo: AFP / Vyacheslav Oseledko When Tajikistan’s parliament said on October 28 that China will finance the construction of a “security outpost” near its border with Afghanistan, the announcement […]
Since the last US troops pulled out from Bagram Air Base and the international Airport in Kabul (where 13 Marines and nearly 200 Afghans were killed by a rising insurgent group called ISIS-K, China has taken the lead in providing economic aid to the Afghan people, becoming the first nation in the world to pledge […]
Poland’s state-run energy firm has asked Moscow for a new deal on cheaper gas amid rising prices and worsening shortages across much of Europe, despite its current contract for supplies not coming up for review for another year. On Thursday, PGNiG sent the request to Gazprom, asking it to cut the price of gas exported […]
By Paul Robinson, a professor at the University of Ottawa. He writes about Russian and Soviet history, military history and military ethics, and is the author of the Irrussianality blog. Does anyone really believe that the Democrats and their media whores at CNN, NPR, New York Times, and social media did not know this from the start? The […]
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) appears to be obsessed with Cuba. Every few days he takes to social media or makes remarks to the press about his desire to overthrow the Cuban Revolution. In recent months, Rubio has played a key role in drumming up support for anti-government protests in Cuba. On September 23, 2021, for instance, Rubio tweeted, “The […]
Despite government officials and central bankers continuing to peddle the “transitory” inflation narrative, the average American isn’t buying it. They feel the squeeze of rising prices in their wallets. And it’s the average American who is hurt particularly hard by the skyrocketing cost of living. Peter Schiff appeared on the Megyn Kelly show to talk about […]
The Modi government’s domestic political compulsions are working at cross-purposes with its foreign-policy interests. India’s headlong rush to become a Hindu majoritarian state threatens to destabilize South Asia. Under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in power since 2014, the Indian government has pursued a series of divisive Hindu-nationalist domestic policies. Not only are these at […]
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. last month delivered a speech at the 2021 Ron Paul Institute “Pandemic and the Road to Totalitarianism” conference. In his speech — described by the Ron Paul Institute as “a compelling indictment of the mad push to total control” — Kennedy said the techniques used by government officials during the COVID […]
The population problem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension on morality.” Garret Hardin, “The Tragedy of the Commons” In Part 1 we explored the ongoing process of defining of the global commons and the claim of the stakeholder capitalists they they should be the “trustees” both of the commons and society. We are now going to look at how systems […]
By Javier Lopez. Some people say that money makes the world go around. In reality energy is responsible for everything that happens in our lives. Without energy nothing can be done; nothing can be built, moved, transformed, manufactured, invented, grown, defended or destroyed without the use of energy in all of its multivariant forms. So why […]
Via SchiffGold.com. Trade deficits used to be an important market mover. In fact, many blame the 1987 stock market crash on a much worse than expected trade deficit. That led to weak dollar and bond markets that bled over into the stock market. But today, traders mostly ignore the trade deficit. In fact, the US […]
Even as Congress moves to increase the Pentagon budget well beyond the astronomical levels proposed by the Biden administration, a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has outlined three different ways to cut $1 trillion in Department of Defense spending over the next decade. A rational defense policy could yield far more in the way […]
India and Pakistan share a long border and do not get along well, to put it mildly. The main cause of disagreement is the divided territory of Kashmir which as long ago as 1948 necessitated UN Security Council attention, resulting in a Resolution determining, among other things, that there should be a “free and impartial plebiscite to […]
By Zachary Stieber of Epoch Times. American Airlines canceled over 1,500 flights between Oct. 29 and Oct. 31, blaming staff shortages and inclement weather. In addition to 340 flights being canceled on Friday, 540 were canceled on Saturday, and 650 were canceled on Sunday, a spokeswoman for the Texas-based airline told The Epoch Times in […]
The war between the Ethiopian government and Tigray rebels, which intensified in the past months, is now threatening to descend of the capital of Addis Ababa – resulting in authorities declaring a state of emergency, and with the US Embassy beginning to initiate non-essential staff departures. The US State Department has further warned all US […]
LOS ANGELES, California — Hundreds of protesters gathered in Grand Park on Monday to protest the city’s new vaccine mandate, which has just gone into effect. As the Associated Press reported (via Breitbart) on Monday: People entering a wide variety of businesses in the city of Los Angeles had to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination starting Monday […]
A large group of demonstrators gathered around the state parliament in Victoria, Australia to demand an end to a recently imposed vaccine mandate and protest a draft pandemic bill that would grant draconian powers to officials. Photos and videos circulating on social media show a vast crowd outside Parliament House in Melbourne, the state capital, […]
In the years ahead, Ukraine will be the geopolitical black hole of Europe, which will only serve to strengthen the American position in the negotiations with Russia. The final phase of the geopolitical reorganization of the world has begun, in which, unfortunately, nothing but painful cuts, birth pangs and extreme uncertainty can be expected. A […]
By Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com. China’s Foreign Ministry reacted Wednesday to a visit to Taiwan by a group of Senate and House Republicans and called on Washington to end official contacts with Taipei. “The visit of the relevant members of the US Congress gravely violates the one-China principle,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a daily press […]
NATO’s new masterplan to deter Moscow, including with nuclear weapons, looks like an attempt to stay relevant amid the military advancements of Russia and China, former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl told RT. NATO defense ministers met in Brussels on Thursday, and the bloc revealed its new grand strategy to counter Russia in case of […]
Leonid Savin You don’t have to be a professional environmentalist to see how Washington and its G7 partners pay lip service to environmental protection. We are constantly hearing about the “green” initiatives under the Paris climate agreement and the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. There is even talk of the need […]
Powerful people act as middlemen between Washington and foreign capitals, selling off the riches of an empire in decline. “Comprador capitalist” is not a compliment. The term denotes a merchant in a poor country who brokers deals with foreigners, parleying his knowledge of local conditions and his contacts with overseas traders into enormous profits for himself. […]
Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Oct. 4 said the regime was open to talks about state subsidies to domestic industrial firms—a practice that has become a sticking point in U.S.-China trade relations. In virtual remarks at the opening of the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, Xi said China will keep an “active and open attitude“ to […]
AT&T and Verizon have reportedly agreed to delay their planned Dec. 5 rollout of a new 5G frequency band after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a special information bulletin on Tuesday alerting manufacturers, operators, and pilots, that action may be needed to address potential interference with sensitive aircraft electronics caused by the use of 5G telecommunications technology. […]
What is the E7? The Emerging 7 (E7) consists of the BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China plus Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey. Unlike the Group of 7 (G7), the E7 is not an actual forum nor alliance, but merely a concept created by economists John Hawksworth and Gordon Cookson in 2006 to highlight the […]
By Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us. It is an economic rule which free market philosophers like Adam Smith have tried to explain to governments and monopolists for centuries: Less liberty and more centralization equals less production and less overall wealth. Governments and central banks have sought to circumvent this rule by printing money from thin air, thinking […]
Despite the external similarity, formal and often personal continuity, contemporary Climatists do not have much in common with former ecologists, who often rightly fought numerous pathologies of industrialization in both the capitalist and real-socialist versions. However, the EU (and global) climate agenda has nothing to do with environment protection today. Adaptation to climate change is […]
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday threatened to take the drastic action of cutting off the Yamal-Europe natural gas pipeline at a moment the European Union is both preparing fresh sanctions on Minsk, and mulling closure of the EU border altogether with Belarus. “We deliver heat to Europe, they still threaten us that they will […]
British files seen by Declassified reveal shocking details of torture from a virtually unknown episode in UK military history, when in 1970 special forces invaded and annexed the most important oil supply route on the Persian Gulf. Fifty years ago, US troops began building a military base on the Chagos Islands, a British territory in […]
By Leonid Savin. A leading role in this direction is played by the Innovation for Defense Excellence and Security (IDEaS) Specialized Center, also known as the Innovation Hub, located in Canada. However, this center is not included in the list of NATO’s official accredited centers of excellence , such as the Center for Cooperative Cyber Defense […]
By Bob Weir via AmericanThinker.com. I remember a comedy skit several years ago in which a woman comes home unexpectedly and finds her husband in bed with another woman. Shocked, she demands to know who the woman is and why her husband is doing this. The couple get out of bed and start getting dressed as the […]
The hypocrisy is outstanding. Especially from MEPs who have a voice and can talk about the problems in countries which are more or less ruled by the mob. When the EU starts to panic, it reaches out in a feral manner for bigger ideas. The EU army, although an idea which has been flogged to […]
This week, the Pennsylvania School Boards Association voted unanimously to withdraw from the National School Board Association (NBSA) after the latter sent a letter to President Biden comparing angry parents’ speeches at school board meetings to “domestic terrorism and hate crimes.” The request for federal law enforcement to step in and silence parents and other […]
It’s amazing how Dostoevsky’s presentiment predicted the Russian revolution. An advertisement for the 2014 film, Demons Murder of the student Ivanov In July 1871, St. Petersburg and all Russia were shocked. A court trial had been completed against the organizers and participants in the murder of a student of the Petrovsky (now Timiryazevsky) agricultural academy […]
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Apple clashed with app developers in a federal judge’s Zoom courtroom on Thursday over claims that it rejects certain apps to protect its own self-interest and monopoly power. Dr. Jeffrey Isaacs, who created the apps “Caller-ID” and “WebCaller,” told U.S. District Judge Edward Chen that he and other developer plaintiffs are […]
By AFP/TheLocal.de. Germany on Tuesday inched closer to mandatory coronavirus vaccines after incoming Chancellor Olaf Scholz said they were necessary to contain a fierce fourth wave of the pandemic. Following crisis talks with acting Chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders of Germany’s 16 states, Scholz said he wanted parliament to vote on the matter before […]
Just ahead of the G20 Summit this weekend, where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Joe Biden are expected to meet face-to-face and work on their turbulent relationship, a new crisis has highlighted the extraordinary geopolitical fragility between Turkey, the US and Europe. The ambassadors of 10 countries – seven from the Council […]
By Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute. Over the past decade federal military and intelligence agencies have increasingly embraced so-called woke campaigns and policy positions. Specifically, these government agencies have taken explicitly ideological positions in promoting “pride month” and more recruitment of larger numbers of gay and transgender personnel explicitly for purposes of increasing “diversity.” Actual military […]
Nuclear waste is an interminable curse that eternally haunts the future of civilization for hundreds/thousands of years. “The challenge of making nuclear power safer doesn’t end after the power has been generated. Nuclear fuel remains dangerously radioactive for thousands of years after it is no longer useful in a commercial reactor.” (Source: Nuclear Waste, Union […]
By Karen Kataline – In response to the supply chain crisis which they themselves orchestrated, Leftists, Socialists, and the Washington Post are telling us to Lower our expectations. That’s rich. They feign concern and pretend to do something to fix the massive mess while secretly, they’re giddy. Lowered expectations are the essence of socialism and […]
From the Nye Committee to Joe Kent, the fight against war profiteering is a constant struggle. Is it unethical to profit off the mass death of your countrymen, and should something be done about it? In a society where wealth of any origin is increasingly looked at with suspicion and envy, weapons contractors have somehow […]
The Glasgow summit on climate change has been a media extravaganza. The ruling elites from all continents cooped up in their national capitals due to the raging pandemic, finally got a break to throw away their masks and take to their private jets to fly off to “Global Britain” to display their leadership qualities. There […]
When discussing today’s “shock” CPI report we said that it was just a matter of time before there is a wave of political blowback that will make the recent anti-democrat revulsion in Virginia and NJ seem like amateur hour. Specifically, we said that “the explosive inflation surge threatens to exacerbate political challenges for President Brandon […]
By Margaret Anna Alice A few hundred at the top, to plan and direct at every level; a few thousand to supervise and control (without a voice in policy) at every level; a few score thousand specialists (teachers, lawyers, journalists, scientists, artists, actors, athletes, and social workers) eager to serve or at least unwilling to […]
Walt Garlington Regrettably, one of the few ways that the peoples of Latin America are introduced to their neighbors here in the United States is through the evil actions of federal agencies like the CIA, USAID, or the State Department. One example from Ramona Wadi will suffice: ‘Last month, the Argentinian Memory Museum (ESMA) in Buenos […]
The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman has called on US President Joe Biden to convince the world that his signature actually means something, in response to a tweet by Senator Ted Cruz about his Iran nuclear deal pledge. On Monday evening, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh claimed that “regimes in Washington are rogue,” following a […]
The European Court of Justice has said on Wednesday that it ordered Poland to pay a million euro (around $1.2 million) every day until it brings its judicial system in line with European Union standards. The harsh penalty was “necessary in order to avoid serious and irreparable harm to the legal order of the European […]
By Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News. 90 per cent of Germans who haven’t taken the COVID-19 vaccine say they won’t get it, with only the remaining 10 per cent saying they will “probably” get it or remaining undecided. A recent survey carried out by Forsa on behalf of the Ministry for Health found that 65 […]
Liberal social media users are up in arms after Tucker Carlson aired a trailer for his upcoming documentary which spotlights the ill treatment of January 6 US Capitol protesters and questions the official narrative of events. Patriot Purge – a three-part documentary from Tucker Carlson Originals which is set to release on November 1 – […]
The situation in Syria in the coming days could seriously heat up due to several factors. In the north of the country, this is due to Turkey’s active redeployment of hundreds of soldiers and military equipment to the border in recent days, in particular tanks, artillery, multiple rocket launchers, and air defense systems. This military […]
Iran and Saudi Arabia could be on the verge of a rapprochement. Photo: Facebook With Saudi Arabia and Iran long at loggerheads, backing rival factions and brands of Islam from Yemen to Iraq and Lebanon to Afghanistan, a recent string of meetings between top officials clearly signals major changes in the relationship between the Middle […]
A week ago, US troops camped out in the small, dusty Syrian outpost of al-Tanf suddenly found themselves under a “deliberate and coordinated attack“, as multiple explosive-laden drones barreled toward their positions. According to US officials who spoke to the AP on background, Iran “resourced and encouraged” the latest drone attack targeting US forces. The five drones […]
By Cian Hussey. It is too often overlooked in all the discussions about the “transition” to a net-zero emissions economy that the most consequential transition is that from democratic capitalism to feudal serfdom. This is the conclusion of American demographer and “blue-collar Democrat” Joel Kotkin, who has highlighted that the supposedly well-intentioned green policies being adopted across the […]
Regional integration is back on the agenda in Latin America. What shape it takes will be a subject of debate — but with a little leadership, it could lead eventually to a Latin American exodus from a harsh, corporate-friendly trade court in the World Bank. In September, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States […]
Is Joe Biden about to apply the finishing blow to the U.S. economy? If you don’t understand what I am talking about, just keep reading. Somehow it seems appropriate that “the Grim Creeper” is in charge during the dying days of the U.S. economic system. The U.S. dollar is being systematically destroyed, there are significant […]
A whistleblower involved in Pfizer’s pivotal phase III Covid-19 vaccine trial has leaked evidence to a notable peer-reviewed medical publication that poor practices at the contract research company she worked for raise questions about data integrity and regulatory oversight. Brook Jackson, a now-fired regional director at Ventavia Research Group, revealed to The BMJ that vaccine […]
By QTR’s Fringe Finance. This is Part 1 of an exclusive interview with Doomberg, the collective that runs the Doomberg Substack. During this interview series, we discuss oil, Bitcoin, the coming Fed chair swap, fiscal policy, politics, uranium and more. Doomberg publishes skeptical analyses through the hard money/Austrian lens and its objective is to be funny without being silly, to […]
Last week, November 1 to 6, this writer wrote a daily running commentary on the developments in Congress, as the corporate wing of the Democrat Party maneuvered US House progressives into a corner over voting on the Infrastructure and Reconciliation (Build Back Better) spending bills. Ever since the two the bills—Infrastructure and Reconciliation— were first […]
By Cal Thomas via The Epoch Times, It’s open enrollment season for Medicare. Local TV stations and cable networks are flooded with ads for various insurance supplements. They promise “free” dental care, free transportation to doctors, free drugs, free dentures, and lots of other free stuff. Paid spokespersons speak of “benefits” and “entitlements.” They say subscribers could receive […]
Is the pendulum finally starting to swing back in the direction of common sense? In the past few weeks, outspoken liberal comedian Bill Maher has been the unexpected voice of reason when it comes to truth-bombs for the left, slamming “gullible” millennials’ “stupid ideas” exclaiming “you’re the f**king nuts” to the woke, progressive, and increasingly […]
UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has warned France to cease its “unreasonable threats” against Britain and the Channel Islands, setting a 48-hour deadline for Paris to resolve the escalating row over fisheries. Speaking to the UK media on Monday, Truss warned that the British government is prepared to take legal action against France if it […]
By Irina Slav via OilPrice.com. Senior energy ministry officials from Russia and the United States discussed oil markets on the sidelines of COP26 Face-to-face meetings between Russian and U.S. government officials are a rarity. The meeting between Sorokin and Turk suggests that the Biden administration is actively looking for ways to boost oil supply. Senior energy […]
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has again announced his country stands ready to host nuclear weapons provided by Russia on its territory. Lukashenko held it out as the necessary response in the scenario where NATO would deploy nuclear systems to neighboring Poland. The Belarusian president said he will soon propose this plan to Putin. “We are […]
Analysis of official data shows the risks attached to Covid “vaccine” far outweighs any theoretical reward. Kit Knightly In the early days of the “vaccine” rollout, we ran several articles discussing the risk-reward of the new mRNA jabs. Dr Sadaf Gilani, in particular, did good detailed write-ups on “absolute risk reduction”.To explain “absolute risk reduction” (ARR) in simple terms: if […]
Via BitcoinMagazine.com. The programmer behind the first Apple computer drew parallels between the “artificial” U.S. dollar and the “mathematically pure” Bitcoin. Bitcoin is mathematical purity and impossible to be copied, said Apple co-founder and ‘Unicorn Hunters’ Circle of Money Investor, Steve Wozniak, in an interview with Yahoo Finance on October 29. “Look at the U.S. dollar, the […]
The refugee flows are nothing new. And the games that poorer, weaker countries play by using them, have also been around for a while. The Belarus border is just the most recent in a long list of examples how Brussels cannot fight back countries who use refugees as a weapon against the EU’s failed hegemony […]
Via Reuters. WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court issued a stay Saturday freezing the Biden administration’s efforts to require workers at U.S. companies with at least 100 employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested weekly, citing “grave statutory and constitutional” issues with the rule. The ruling from the United States Court […]
“Could China’s economy collapse?” was the title of an October 15 article published by QUARTZ magazine. The article makes an ominous case of a Chinese economic crash and its impact on China’s and global economies. This is one of numerous reports appearing in recent weeks in Western mainstream media, all motivated by recently published economic […]
Ironically, it was Stalin who was responsible for the economic reconstruction of Europe and the Bretton Woods system’s birth, Mauricio Metri writes. On August 15th, 1971, the then-president of the United States, Richard Nixon, made an eighteen-minute speech to the country whose effects impacted the world. Among other subjects, he announced the end of the […]
Policymakers have been quick to compare cryptocurrencies to historical wildcat banks. SEC Chair Gary Gensler argues that stablecoins are similar to wildcat banks, which he says resulted from the lack of federal bank regulation prior to the National Bank Act. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies with a fixed exchange rate against a major currency, such as the […]
By Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times. The alleged problems with a major clinical trial examining Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine trial are being probed, a contract company involved in the research has confirmed. Ventavia Research Group operated several of the trial sites in the fall of 2020. Brook Jackson worked for the company during this time. She […]
Cellular providers Verizon and AT&T have been forced to delay their full 5G rollout as the Federal Aviation Administration warns that expanding into a certain bandwidth will seriously interfere with bands used for aircraft safety. The planned December 5th rollout across C-band frequencies, which offer “good-to-great speed” across the mid-range of the radio frequency spectrum, […]
For the past several years, Iran has been subject to “crippling” oil-export sanctions, but that is news to China whose imports of Iranian oil have held above half a million barrels per day on average for the last three months, traders and ship-tracking firms told Reuters as Chinese buyers judge that getting crude at cheap […]
The notion that consequence can be as easily managed as PR is the ultimate artifice and the ultimate delusion. The consequences of the drip-drip-drip of moral decay is difficult to discern in day-to-day life. It’s easy to dismiss the ubiquity of artifice, PR, spin, corruption, racketeering, fraud, collusion and narrative manipulation (a.k.a. propaganda) as nothing more […]
It isn’t merely the domains of cultural warfare and religious cults that Xi Jinping has to worry about, but additionally hives of foreign-directed agents operating on a multitude of domains within China’s government and business community. The first two parts of this series can be found here and here. While there have been many honest and good Jesuit missionaries in […]
Cryptocurrency trading has been deemed ‘haram’ – or forbidden – by one of Indonesia’s top religious authorities, urging some 230 million Muslims in the world’s largest Islamic country to drop coins that run afoul of Sharia law. The Indonesian Ulema Council, known locally as the MUI, issued the anti-crypto fatwa on Thursday, with Asrorun Niam […]
Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ At a hotly anticipated remote keynote presentation on Friday, billionaire Jeff Bezos revealed the details of an exciting new virtual reality experience which he says will allow consumers to log on to an artificial fantasy world completely unlike our existing reality. “We’re calling it Mainstream Media, or […]
The English town of Whitehaven may soon have a brand-new coal mine for the first time in decades – and the locals told RT they’re looking forward to seeing the project reversing an economic decline. Whitehaven, located on the Cumbria coast, is not exactly a flourishing place. Once a booming port and a major centre […]
By Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute. Last month, the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia released a new study which showed that, at least among those polled, “roughly 4 in 10 (41%) of Biden and half (52%) of Trump voters at least somewhat agree that it’s time to split the country, favoring blue/red states seceding […]
Edward Snowden via Continuing Ed. gave criticisms against Central Bank Digital Currencies, in an article that he published about CBDCs on Oct 9, 2021. In this post, Snowden delivers a comprehensive description of his position and arguments on the state of CBDCs and how they might be implemented by the US Federal government. Snowden refers to […]
Shelter inflation is running at 10%-15% a year, not the reported 3.4%, and that’s a third of household budgets. by David P. Goldman. The US Consumer Inflation Report for October was horrible, showing a 12% annualized rate of price change. But it’s even worse than it looks. The shelter component of the index lags the […]
“The Financial Jigsaw” has been serialised here and is replaced by this weekly “Letter from Great Britain.” NOTE – If anyone would like an electronic copy of the complete book, I should be pleased to email a free PDF on request to: peter@underco.co.uk. Gail Tverberg has a very well explained essay on how and why […]
On October 18, 2021, Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency for 60 days. This declaration led to the constitutional rights of Ecuadorian nationals being suspended and heavily armed troops flooding the streets in Ecuador. The immediate reason for the declaration was the murder of an 11-year-old boy named Sebastián Obando, who was […]
Did you buy coal futures at the bottom? If so, you’re getting more than a lump of coal for Christmas! By: Andrew Moran Crude oil prices could be on the verge of exploding as the largest storage hub in the world is nearing empty. Natural gas is trading above $5. Gasoline and heating oil are the highest they have been in […]
More than two-thirds of Americans think the economy is in poor condition and nearly half think it will get worse over the next year, according to polling results released Monday. After holding steady but consistently negative throughout the spring and summer, the public’s opinion of the U.S. economy suffered a dramatic downturn last month, a […]
When the mass withdrawal of coal use in countries following green policies began, many experts predicted that this fuel would soon be forgotten entirely. Its extraction and exports would cease to be profitable for the countries implementing them. Even then, it seemed unlikely because “developed” countries such as all Western countries, which stopped burning coal […]
By Paul Robinson, a professor at the University of Ottawa. He writes about Russian and Soviet history, military history and military ethics, and is the author of the Irrussianality blog. Tensions between Russia and NATO are at an all-time high. But instead of seeking a way off the ladder of escalation, the US-led bloc’s new plan for hybrid […]
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) last week asked the CIA for information related to a Yahoo News report that the Agency in 2017 had planned to kidnap or kill Wikileaks cofounder Julian Assange outside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. Knowing the CIA, I’m sure the Agency’s Office of Congressional Affairs had a good laugh over the request, but we can talk about that […]
YouTube wiped Novara Media – a left-wing news and commentary channel – from its platform, before reversing the move shortly afterwards. Conservatives, already used to Big Tech’s censorship, were not surprised. “This morning the Novara Media YouTube channel was deleted without warning or explanation,” Novara tweeted on Tuesday. “Novara Media is among the top 50 […]
By Shawn Amick via BitcoinMagazine.com. The IMF hates Bitcoin because its decentralized protocol and programmatic monetary policy defies the control the fund wants to implement on us all. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), along with a string of other financial institutions, really does not like Bitcoin. So, let’s do the usual, thinking through what the IMF […]
By Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com. On Thursday, Ethiopia warned the US against “spreading false information” after the US Embassy in Addis Ababa warned of a potential terrorist attack in the city and urged Americans to leave. Ethiopian government spokesman Kebede Desisa said there was no terror threat to the capital and accused the US of supporting the forces from the […]
The tragic state of affairs, justified by a disease with a better than 99 percent survival rate, cannot continue indefinitely. Even as scientific studies show that vaccines alone cannot extricate humanity from the Covid-19 crisis, governments are rushing headlong towards the creation of a ‘vaccinated economy’ without any consideration for the consequences. It’s time for […]
The status quo response would be amusing if the consequences weren’t so dire. Rather than stare at empty shelves, you have two options for distraction: you can don a virtual-reality headset and cavort with dolphins in the metaverse, or you can trade various forms of phantom wealth that always go up (happy happy!) because the […]
Stability in Bosnia is appearing to unravel, and the EU’s efforts to restore stability seem destined to make matters worse. While Brussels views itself as a selfless security provider, the reality is it is making matters worse. Moreover, the EU has actually become a main contributor to the political conflict in the country, due to […]
France has published a list of sanctions it could impose from November 2 unless progress is made in an ongoing post-Brexit fishing row with the UK. The measures include closing ports to British vessels, and tighter border checks. The proposed restrictions list was unveiled late Wednesday by France’s Maritime and European Affairs ministries in a […]
“I think it’s highly likely that the next phase will involve death on a scale which will dwarf the claims of “covid-19 deaths” to date.” Dr. Mike Yeadon, former Pfizer Vice President Question– Why is mortality in Scotland higher in 2021 than 2020? Answer– Because more people are dying. And the reason more people are dying is […]
Jamie Dimon Warns JP Morgan Bracing For “Potentially Catastrophic” US Default Debt-Ceiling Battle Drags On Now that Janet Yellen has confirmed Oct. 18 is the “drop dead” for Congress to lift the federal debt borrowing limit, progressives are pushing even harder against the Democratic leadership, which is stuck between appeasing the “Squad”, and moderates like […]
Following Erdogan’s Friday statement, lashing out at Western countries for issuing a joint letter demanding the immediate release of jailed Turkish billionaire philanthropist businessman and opposition politician Osman Kavala, which was followed by the president’s threat that he had ordered ten ambassadors – including the US – to be deemed ‘persona non grata’ by Turkey’s […]
History is rhyming again, to borrow a phrase of Mark Twain’s. Poland is coming under increasing pressure by the European Union to conform to the superstate’s will; this is exactly the situation the South found herself in vis-à-vis the federal government in Washington City in the 18th and 19th centuries. The central question in both […]
America might very well be weaponizing the issue at this particular time in order to pressure Russia on other fronts such as Ukraine and Syria. Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov claimed that “Moldova is provoking [its energy crisis] with its own hands” after it refused to acknowledge its debt to the Russian gas company and thus prompted the […]
The American military command is in favor of the accelerated development of the initiative, whose leaders expect to get an additional foothold for a potential military conflict with Russia. On April 27, 2011, Recep Erdogan, then still the head of the Turkish government, announced a series of ambitious “megaprojects” timed to coincide with the 100th […]
COP26 promises to be a grotesque spectacle of decadence and hypocrisy. COP26 is gearing up to be a grotesque spectacle. We are about to witness Versailles levels of extravagance and hypocrisy. The rich, the powerful and the full of puffed-up virtue will gather in Glasgow to pontificate to the rest of us about how much we are […]
Taiwan has been in the news a lot lately, and it’s really bringing out the crazy in people. The mass media have been falsely reporting that China has been encroaching on Taiwan’s “air defense zone”, which gets stretched into the even more ludicrous claim that China “sent warplanes flying over Taiwan”. In reality Chinese planes […]
Just as the private jets of the global elites swarm to Davos, Switzerland, every year for the World Economic Forum, so too are they descending on Glasgow for this week’s COP26 climate conference. The Sunday Mail reports some 400 private jets are due to disgorge their cargo of world leaders and business executives for the event. In […]
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday said that supply chain issues impacting industries across the globe could continue to play out for as long as the COVID-19 pandemic. “Look, there are so many things that are still happening in our economy—distortions, disruptions, things in our supply chain that are affecting prices that are clearly a direct consequence of the pandemic. […]
Austria will soon bar the unvaccinated from entering a long list of public places, among them bars, cafes and hotels, the country’s chancellor said, pointing to an unexpectedly rapid surge in Covid-19 cases. The entry ban will come into effect next week and will apply to cafes, bars, restaurants, theaters, ski lodges, hotels, hairdressers and […]
As funds dislocations lead to supply-chain interruptions and bank failures, the world’s economy is headed to the “mother of all woodchippers.” But some states may escape the blades by loading up on bitcoin instead of fiat money. Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert talk inflation, central-bank collapses and bitcoin-stocking El Salvador, which emerges as the only […]
Former US top diplomat and failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton became the first female chancellor of Queen’s University in Belfast, but her triumphant entrance was picketed by hecklers protesting her as a “war criminal.” Clinton was inaugurated on Friday as the first-ever female chancellor of Queen’s, a public university dating back to the 1840s. She […]
Via SchiffGold.com. We’ve written extensively about the “war on cash.” In a nutshell, governments would love to do away with cash in order to better track and control their citizens. There have been numerous moves closer to a cashless society in recent years, from capping ATM withdrawals to doing away with large-denomination bills. Last year, China launched a digital […]
By Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com. The Israeli Air Force has resumed, after a two-year pause, what is being described as “intense” drills to practice attacking Iran’s nuclear sites, a move that likely would start a major war. This comes just days after a report that the Israeli government approved a $1.5 billion budget increase for the military explicitly […]
While Corporate America is focusing on preserving its precious profits, its customers and workforce are rebelling by walking away. We all see shrinkflation on a daily basis: the 16 ounce container is now 13 ounces, the breakfast cereal box is now so narrow it topples over, and so on. More subtly, the quality of ingredients […]
The European Union has been, in the immortal words of Private Hudson from Aliens, “… on an express elevator to hell, going down,” for a long time now. From the day of then ECB President Mario Draghi’s “We will do whatever it takes” speech in July 2012 to today, the EU has chosen a path of fiscal, […]
By Paul Robinson, a professor at the University of Ottawa. He writes about Russian and Soviet history, military history and military ethics, and is author of the Irrussianality blog. NATO membership for Ukraine may still be a distant dream, but the US is continuing to pretend otherwise to keep Kiev in the anti-Russian camp. The question is […]
Sam Pizzigati co-edits inequality.org which researches and highlights the growing wealth gap in the United States. The organization is widely respected as non-partisan, and has produced numerous papers and books on the subject which are used as critical resources by civic society and policymakers in the fight against economic inequality. The answer is simple, says […]
Top U.S. coal miners are experiencing a massive surge in demand as power companies restart coal-fired power plants due to high natural gas prices to prevent electricity shortages ahead of the winter season. According to Bloomberg, Arch Resources, the second-largest U.S. coal miner, has sold every lump of coal it will extract out of the ground […]
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has reiterated its opposition to Japan’s decision to release nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima power plant into the ocean, after Tokyo’s new leader said the discharge could wait no longer. Speaking on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian took aim at Japan’s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, who visited the […]
By Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor is seeking approval to resume an investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan but will “deprioritize” investigating suspected crimes by the US and its allies. Karim Khan, who took over as ICC prosecutor in June, said he would focus on Taliban and ISIS-K, citing recent allegations. […]
If he is extradited and found guilty of publishing classified material it will set a legal precedent that will effectively end national security reporting. By Chris HEDGES For the past two days, I have been watching the extradition hearing for Julian Assange via video link from London. The United States is appealing a lower court […]
Are we about to witness one of the greatest self-inflicted economic wounds in history? Vaccine mandate deadlines are starting to arrive, and large numbers of very qualified people are losing their jobs as a result. Of course this comes at a very bad time, because we are already in the midst of the most epic […]
While Chardin is certainly a racist, in his defense he believed in vastly expanding eugenics for all races, and called for employing the best of science to improve the human gene pool, Matthew Ehret writes. *** As we approach the long-awaited COP26 summit in the UK, one gets a sense of a creepy cultish mode of speaking […]
Guest Post by Ryan Johnson I have a simple question for every ‘expert’ who thinks they understand the root causes of the shipping crisis: Why is there only one crane for every 50–100 trucks at every port in America? No ‘expert’ will answer this question. I’m a Class A truck driver with experience in nearly […]
As the nation’s supply chain crisis worsens, three things are becoming apparent: One, there doesn’t seem to be a solution around the corner; two, the nation’s food supply is now being affected; and three, the crisis appears to have been manufactured by the current regime in order to squeeze working-class Americans, the largest faction of […]
Below, teleSUR English reproduces in full the letter sent by the religious leaders to President Biden. “Dear Mr. President, We write to intercede on behalf of the Cuban people, who are facing a terrible humanitarian situation. After nearly sixty years of embargo against the country, the question you must ask yourself is whether this continuing […]
If you think the wealth tax is already in the rearview mirror, keep your eyes on the road. The beta test is over, but that was just the nose in the tent phase. Democrats knowledge of wealth is like the old saying about pornography, they know it when they see it (or in Hunter Biden’s […]
Guest Post by Leo Hohmann The Metaverse is coming…It just needed 5G’ Welcome to the ‘metaverse’: A strange new world where the same billionaire globalist elites who destroyed the lives of millions using a pandemic as their main battering ram, will now try to entice them into a fake utopia created by AI and computer […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin, shown here at a United Russia Party members’ meeting in Moscow on August 22, 2021, delivered a far-ranging speech at the Valdai Club in October. Photo: AFP / Mikhail Voskresenskiy / Sputnik Immediately after President Vladimir Putin’s recent speech to the 18th Plenary Session of the Valdai Discussion Club (VDC) in […]
By Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog. What a joyful time of the year this is going to be for the countless families that are about to experience a job loss. You would think that Joe Biden’s rapidly plunging poll numbers would cause him to rethink his absurd mandates, but that hasn’t happened. Instead, he is has […]
By David Hay via Everegreen Gavekal blog. “You see what is happening in Europe. There is hysteria and some confusion in the markets. Why?…Some people are speculating on climate change issues, some people are underestimating some things, some are starting to cut back on investments in the extractive industries. There needs to be a smooth […]
A surge in the cost of gas which has seen bills shoot up for households and industry is down to a shortfall in electricity generation, and not because Russia is somehow squeezing supplies, President Vladimir Putin has argued. Speaking as part of a keynote address at Russian Energy Week on Wednesday, Putin said that a […]
As a Navy spouse of 10 years and counting, my life offers an up-close view of our country’s priorities when it comes to infrastructure and government spending. Recently, my husband, a naval officer currently serving with the Department of Energy, spent a week with colleagues touring a former nuclear testing site about 65 miles north of Las Vegas. Between […]
The first of two lines of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline has been filled with gas as part of final preparations for the start of deliveries to Europe, the project operator announced on Monday. “As of October 18, the gas-in procedure for the first string of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has been completed,” the […]
The Washington Post supposedly offered former President Donald Trump a chance to address its write-up of the January 6 ‘insurrection’ – which has been recast as a crime against humanity – only to censor the president yet again. Trump’s full reply to the Post’s investigation of the events preceding the January 6 demonstration was not […]
By Harry Wilmerding – The U.S. trade deficit hit a record high of $80.9 billion in September as exports fell sharply while imports increased amid supply chain problems and growing inflation. The trade deficit of goods and services grew 11.2%, driven by demand for items like computers, electrical equipment and industrial supplies, the Commerce Department […]
There is a great deal of joy and satisfaction in gardening; benefits include saving money, eating healthier, sharing the bounty with others and reducing the derealization / derangement of modern life. There are few reasons to expect food prices to drop and many reasons to expect even higher prices ahead.Headlines like this are now standard: […]
The plenary session is the traditional highlight of the annual, must-follow Valdai Club discussions – one of Eurasia’s premier intellectual gatherings. Vladimir Putin is a frequent keynote speaker. In Sochi this year, as I related in a previous column, the overarching theme was “global shake-up in the 21st century: the individual, values and the state.” Putin addressed it head on, […]
Fidel Castro Ruz and Michel Chossudovsky, October 2010 Author’s Note In October 2010, I was invited to the home of Fidel Castro in the outskirts of Havana to discuss US foreignpolicy, the dangers […]
The latest trade data shows that the American business community doesn’t agree with continuing former US President Trump’s counterproductive trade war, nor are they boycotting Chinese products due to the tensions that incumbent US President Biden has provoked with the People’s Republic. China released its latest trade data in early October showing that trade surged 35.4% from […]