SA to Negotiate for Extra 10 Mln Jabs of Sputnik V & Sinovac – InfoBRICS

When Federal Interest Payments Come To Exceed The Military Budget: Time To Stop Defending The Rest Of The World – Doug Bandow

A new year dawns bright, with the US hurtling over the fiscal cliff. The lame duck Congress voted for a pork-packed $1.7 trillion budget bill. As the saying goes, it’s only money! At a time of enormous domestic need, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell pushed an extra $45 billion for Ukraine, declaring that Washington’s “number […]

The Harsh Reality Of ‘There Is No Alternative’ To Russian Energy Hits The US And Europe – Mike Shedlock

Hello EU and President Biden, TINA Means “There Is No Alternative” to Russian energy. Natural gas chart courtesy of Trading Economics, annotations by Mish. Some European Factories, Long Dependent on Cheap Russian Energy, Are Shutting Down The Wall Street Journal reports Some European Factories, Long Dependent on Cheap Russian Energy, Are Shutting Down For decades, European […]

This Thanksgiving Weekend Proved That America Is Now Living In A Very Dark New Reality – Michael Snyder

The entire narrative around “Black Friday” has completely changed.  In the old days, I would write a column every year about the chaos that we would see at major retailers all over America as crazed consumers fought over deeply discounted merchandise.  The fact that Americans would get so crazed over cheap trinkets made in China […]