The Obamamometer’s Toxic Legacy: National Security
Obama’s national security legacy: Guantanamo’s still open and this former con law prof asserts– wrongly– that he can’t pardon Snowden now.
Read more...Category Archives: Russia
Still More Myths About Clinton’s Defeat in Election 2016 Debunked
Clinton’s “17 Intelligence Agencies” talking point, and “Trump is a Russian puppet” talking point
Read more...Washington Post Promotes Shadowy Website That Accuses 200 Publications of Being Russian Propaganda Plants
McCarthyism lives! A site with no credentials and no evidence has smeared over 200 sites, including ours, as Russian stooges.
Read more...John Helmer: Cyprus Wins Victory for Sovereignity, Backed by Greek Principle and Russian Arms
Talks between Greek and Turkish camps in Cyprus have collapsed: “Greece first, then Russia have cut the legs off the negotiating table.”
Read more...Whether Clinton or Trump, Tensions Will Escalate with China and Russia Under Next U.S. President
Journalist John Pilger tells Paul Jay that the very real prospect of another World War is not being taken seriously by the US media. Whoever wins tomorrow, tensions will escalate with China and Russia.
Read more...Election 2016: Playing a Game of Chicken With Nuclear Strategy
Too many parties are becoming less inhibited about pressing the nuclear button.
Read more...Which Non-OPEC Producers Can Be Expected To Cut?
Twelve non-OPEC states have been invited to participate in negotiations on an output freeze, further complicating this outcome’s prospects.
Read more...Thieves’ Picnic at Trust Bank: Russia’s Biggest Bank Heist Gets Worse, and Worsley
“Unprecedented in the history of Russian bank fraud…”
Read more...Gaius Publius: Syria Is Another Pipeline War
We have been at war in Syria over pipelines since 1949. This is just the next mad phase.
Read more...Perfect Hindsight: on Breder Suasso of NZ and elsewhere, Global Transaction Services, of Hong Kong, Georgia (US) and London, mBank and Pekao Bank SA of Poland, and Ceska Sporitelna AS of the Czech Republic
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Read more...We’re Not in a New Cold War – It’s Far Worse
Why the current tensions with Russia are as bad as in the worst periods of the Cold War.
Read more...America’s Military and Diplomatic Power in Visible Decline
China and Russia are trying to ensure that Washington no longer exercises unrestrained power, and with a good bit of success.
Read more...Could Falling Chinese Oil Production Kill The OPEC Deal?
Why China will influence any OPEC deal in November, and some broader implications.
Read more...How Trump and Clinton Gave Bad Answers on US Nuclear Policy….And Why You Should Be Worried
As tensions with Russia rise, neither Presidential candidate gave a straight answer on the use of nuclear weapons.
Read more...John Helmer: Four MH17 Questions – The Answers to Which Prove the Dutch Police, Ukrainian Secret Service, and US Government Are Faking the Evidence of the MH17 Shootdown
A skeptical look at the latest MH17 findings.
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