Mark Ames: Why Finance Is Too Important to Leave to Larry Summers
A reprise of Mark Ames’ biting fundraiser classic.
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The US Massively Underestimates the Trade War Blowback
US trade and economic sanctions not only have not delivered on their stated aims, but they’ve also had unwelcome side effects.
Read more...John Helmer: MH17 Evidence Tampering Revealed by Malaysia – FBI Attempt To Seize Black Boxes; Dutch Cover-Up of Forged Telephone Tapes; Ukrainian Air Force Hid Radar Records; Crash Site Witness Testimony Misreported
The Malaysian government has come out against the findings of the JIT in the MH17 crash, charging US, Urkainian, and other offiicials with lying and engaging in evidence suppression and tampering.
Read more...Ilargi: Memo to the US – The Winds Are Shifting
Why the US looks like it has a glass jaw.
Read more...China-Russia Partnership Threatens US Global Hegemony
America expected China to join the international economic community as a subordinate power, but China’s deals with Russia show China moving towards parity in economic and military sway.
Read more...Is Trump for Detente or Militarism? – A Talk with Stephen Cohen
Professor Stephen Cohen dicusses Trump’s policies on Russia and China on Real News Network.
Read more...Assange Arrest and Extradition Round-Up
The indictment (for Manning, not DNC email), the theory of the case (not “hacking,” please), the assault on journalism, horrid takes, and details of the arrest.
Read more...Matt Taibbi: It’s Official – Russiagate is This Generation’s WMD
The Iraq war faceplant damaged the reputation of the press. Russiagate just destroyed it.
Read more...Haven’t Enough to Keep You Awake At Night? Try The Doomsday Clock For A Truthful State Of The Union
As Trump takes the US out of Reagan’s nuclear arms pact with Russia, it’s time to have a look at the Doomsday Clock.
Read more...Controversial Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Could Be Operational By November
So much for US ire over the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline project.
Read more...Trump’s Space Force: Nuclear Lunacy
Why Trump’s effort to revive Reagan’s “Star Wars” vaporware increases the risk of nuclear war.
Read more...Repeating the Mistakes of 1914?
n their enthusiasm for a new cold war against China and Russia, the western establishments of today are making a mistake comparable to that of their forebearers in 1914.
Read more...Media’s Russia Obsession Obscures How Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Benefits Turkey Most
A dose of sanity from Patrick Cockburn on Syria.
Read more...“Alexa, Launch Our Nukes!” Artificial Intelligence and the Future of War
Great. Will the new maxim of war be, “He who controls the training set controls the future”?
Read more...The UK’s Reform of Limited Partnership Law: Dead on Arrival (I)
Scottish Limited Partnerships and International Crime: NO evidence??
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