Trump Dangles Wooden Carrots at Russia over Crimea
Shanghai Spirit Gets Indian flavor at Qingdao Summit
When, Where, and How Will the Empire Strike Back?
Is Merkel’s End Right Around the Corner?
The knives are coming out in Germany against Merkel and it is only the pro-EU Social Democrats who are coming to her defense.
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Italy Wins First Showdown over Migrants
Only days after coming to power, Italy’s new populist government has won in an early showdown with the European Union establishment over the contentious issue of migration.
How the New York Times Lies About Lies: Obama v. Trump as Example
The New York Times’s calculation altogether ignores some of President Obama’s very worst lies — ones that were real whoppers.
It’s Time for America to Cut Loose Our Useless So-Called ‘Allies’
Our “allies” cede geostrategic control of their own countries and are rewarded at the expense of domestic American economic interests.
‘Not a Single Adult in the Room’: How G7 Was Reduced to Infighting, Arm Wrestling & Anti-Russia Hysteria
With member-states haggling over tit-for-tat protectionist measures against each other, Russia’s absence from the economic talk shop has never been more conspicuous.
Russian Army Gets the Weapons of the Future Today
Many nations are working hard to put unmanned systems onto the battlefields, but Russia appears to be leading this race, fielding its military robotics more quickly than anyone else.
Norway Substantially Increases US Military Presence on Its Soil
Norway has never shown enthusiasm toward the idea of an independent European deterrent force and is turning toward Poland and the Baltic states to form a kind of US-led alliance in Europe.
Trump and Kim Defied the Odds for Successful Summit
All we can say perhaps for now with regard to US-North Korea relations is that a good start has been made. But peace is still a long way off.
Arron Banks Scandal: ‘Investigating’ Non-Events to Smear Russia
The whole story is part of the pattern of psychological operations against Russia, and the fact is that the entire exercise was nothing but an absurd charade.
Trump Confounds the Pundits
In any international agreement no one ever gets everything they want, but they can get enough to make the enterprise worthwhile.
Russia Is Finally Conquered… By Football
When the Russia World Cup games get underway all the naysayers and negative numbskulls will be swept away by the global euphoria.
America’s Public Are Foie-Gras Ducks
American billionaires farm this public by feeding to the voters the politicians, Eric Zuesse writes.
Big War in Syria and World Cup in Russia Start This Week
It’s important to know in advance who started the whole thing and who should be held responsible for the consequences.
All of us, of course, now live on the planet Bush’s boys tried to swallow whole. They left us in a world of infinite war, infinite harm, and in Donald Trump’s America where cluelessness has been raised to a new power.
The United States once again warned this week it would "take firm and appropriate measures" against the Syrian government forces should they continue pushing into the southwest of the country, which has long been held by Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and other groups fighting the Assad government.
Britain has a special relationship with Israel that is little recognised in the mainstream media but unmissable in light of the killings in Gaza. With more than 110 protesters dead, Britain is in effect defending Israeli actions. The British government has not, as far as I have seen, actually condemned Israel for the killings.
In an environment that is saturated with mass media propaganda, it can be hard to figure out which way’s up, let alone get an accurate read on what’s going on in the world. Here are a few tips I’ve learned which have given me a lot of clarity in seeing through the haze of spin and confusion.
The Saudis and Emirates have the active support of Britain and the United States. The attack on Hodeidah, the siege on all Houthi controlled territory and the coming famine can still stopped. Britain and the U.S., the Saudis and the Emirates are on the verge of committing a war crime that will exceed the war on Iraq by any measure.
The good news is the Deep State seems less competent than we originally feared.
