Trump’s Visit Marks the Start of Shock Doctrine Brexit
As Brexit approaches, the personal enrichment hopes of some of its proponents come into focus.
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David Davis Resignation Throws UK Brexit, Cabinet Into Chaos
Brexit goes chaotic.
Read more...Iran Threatens To Close the Strait of Hormuz
Yves here. A map of the Strait of Hormuz and environs seemed a useful addition. The danger, as the article insinuates, is that if things got that far, a conflict over the Strait of Hormuz would escalate into a full-scale conflagration. By Dr. Cyril Widdershoven, a long-time observer of the global energy market. Presently, he […]
Read more...Bank, Corporate Brexodus Begins as “No-Deal” Brexit Looms
Awfully late in the game, various players are facing up to the fact that Brexit may really happen, and it could well be the ugliest version.
Read more...Ilargi: Migration Blowback
On misdirected anger over migration policies.
Read more...May’s New Brexit Trade Scheme Dead Before Arrival
Spain tells Theresa May to quit wasting her time on trying to sell the EU27 on a special Brexit trade scheme.
Read more...Brexit: Chaos Visible
As businesses finally start telling the press they are worried about Brexit, the press is still not coming to grips with key issues.
Read more...Wilkerson: Don’t Trust Trump, Bolton to Deliver US-North Korea Peace
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson and Real News Network host Aaron Mate mix it up a bit more than usual on the topic of North Korea.
Read more...Richard Murphy: New Funding Structure for the Bank of England Suggests That the Treasury Thinks the Proverbial Is Going To Hit the Fan
The Bank of England is being readied to print, as in deficit spend, in the face of a hard or crash out Brexit.
Read more...EU to Members: Prepare for No Deal Brexit
An official “put on your life jackets” Brexit warning.
Read more...Some Notes on Trump’s Trade War Threat
Some observations about the Trump-China spat.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Why Germany Neither Can Nor Should Pay More To Save the Eurozone
Why Germany is not the solution to the Eurozone’s woes.
Read more...Why North Korea Can Never Trust the U.S.
Why North Korea will be unable to accept any deal the US offers.
Read more...Italy Holds A Mirror to a Broken Europe
The election of a right-wing, populist government in Italy exposes the economic and democratic shortcomings of the European project and its nationalist rivals.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Is Anti-War Fever Building in the U.S.?
Will the American public make politicians address the cost, immorality, and futility of our war machine?
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