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Saturday, November 22, 2014
Vox Populi: Readers Comments Show anti-Putin Propaganda Not Working There's a reason why, according to Gallup, Trust in Media (is at an) All-Time Low. It's because the corporate media is the most perfidious, double-dealing, hypocritical institution in the country today. That's why the anti-Putin propaganda has fallen on deaf ears. It's because most people know you can't believe anything you read in the news.
Saturday, November 22, 2014Vox Populi: Readers Comments Show anti-Putin Propaganda Not Working There's a reason why, according to Gallup, Trust in Media (is at an) All-Time Low. It's because the corporate media is the most perfidious, double-dealing, hypocritical institution in the country today. That's why the anti-Putin propaganda has fallen on deaf ears. It's because most people know you can't believe anything you read in the news.
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Saturday, November 15, 2014
It's No Accident -- Afghan Opium Production Hits All-Time High Afghanistan presently produces 80 percent of the world's heroin which provides billions of dollars in illicit profits for the powerful drug Mafia. Heroin trafficking and production have flourished under US military occupation and transformed Afghanistan into a dysfunctional narco-colony.
Saturday, November 15, 2014It's No Accident -- Afghan Opium Production Hits All-Time High Afghanistan presently produces 80 percent of the world's heroin which provides billions of dollars in illicit profits for the powerful drug Mafia. Heroin trafficking and production have flourished under US military occupation and transformed Afghanistan into a dysfunctional narco-colony.
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Saturday, November 8, 2014
President Flim-Flam Leads Dems to Midterm Massacre Among young voters (aged 18-29) only 13 percent cast ballots on Tuesday. There's your ringing endorsement of capitalism in one dazzling data-point: 13 freaking percent. That's a system that has out-lived its shelf-life if you ask me. The system is broken. Deal with it. Organize. Grab a pitchfork. Do something!
Saturday, November 8, 2014President Flim-Flam Leads Dems to Midterm Massacre Among young voters (aged 18-29) only 13 percent cast ballots on Tuesday. There's your ringing endorsement of capitalism in one dazzling data-point: 13 freaking percent. That's a system that has out-lived its shelf-life if you ask me. The system is broken. Deal with it. Organize. Grab a pitchfork. Do something!
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Thursday, October 30, 2014
Risky Business: "Easy Money" Mel Watt Loosens Lending on Mortgages Regulations are bad because regulations stipulate that loans must be of a certain quality, which reduces the volume of loans and shrinks profits. Therefore, the banks must use their money to hand-pick their own regulators and ferociously lobby against any rules that limit their ability to issue credit to anyone who can fog a mirror. Now you understand how modern-day banking works.
Thursday, October 30, 2014Risky Business: "Easy Money" Mel Watt Loosens Lending on Mortgages Regulations are bad because regulations stipulate that loans must be of a certain quality, which reduces the volume of loans and shrinks profits. Therefore, the banks must use their money to hand-pick their own regulators and ferociously lobby against any rules that limit their ability to issue credit to anyone who can fog a mirror. Now you understand how modern-day banking works.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
The Fix Is In -- Fed Stops Stock Slide with Talk of QE Extension The Fed is driving the markets. The whole "free market" trope is baloney. No one is loading up on stocks because they're a good deal or because they think the economy is going gangbusters. Investors are buying stocks because they still believe in the power of money.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014The Fix Is In -- Fed Stops Stock Slide with Talk of QE Extension The Fed is driving the markets. The whole "free market" trope is baloney. No one is loading up on stocks because they're a good deal or because they think the economy is going gangbusters. Investors are buying stocks because they still believe in the power of money.
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Thursday, October 16, 2014
In the Blink of an Eye -- Stocks Plunge 460 Points on QE Exit The proximate cause of Wednesday's bloodbath was weaker than expected economic data from Europe -- which is sliding towards its third recession in five years -- droopy retail sales in the US, and a report from Department of Labor showing that wholesale prices for producers are edging closer towards deflation, the opposite of what the Fed is trying to achieve via its aggressive monetary policy.
Thursday, October 16, 2014In the Blink of an Eye -- Stocks Plunge 460 Points on QE Exit The proximate cause of Wednesday's bloodbath was weaker than expected economic data from Europe -- which is sliding towards its third recession in five years -- droopy retail sales in the US, and a report from Department of Labor showing that wholesale prices for producers are edging closer towards deflation, the opposite of what the Fed is trying to achieve via its aggressive monetary policy.
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Friday, October 10, 2014
"Don't Do Stupid sh*t" -- Has Obama Changed His Mind About Syria? While the connection between ISIS and Turkish Intelligence remains murky, there is a connection which makes Turkey an unreliable partner in a prospective war against the same group. So why is Erdogan so eager to lead the charge into Syria? Because Erdogan thinks he can use ISIS as cover for his real objective, which is seize Damascus, topple Assad and replace him with a Sunni stooge who will tilt in Ankara's direction.
Friday, October 10, 2014"Don't Do Stupid sh*t" -- Has Obama Changed His Mind About Syria? While the connection between ISIS and Turkish Intelligence remains murky, there is a connection which makes Turkey an unreliable partner in a prospective war against the same group. So why is Erdogan so eager to lead the charge into Syria? Because Erdogan thinks he can use ISIS as cover for his real objective, which is seize Damascus, topple Assad and replace him with a Sunni stooge who will tilt in Ankara's direction.
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Monday, October 6, 2014
The University of Al-Qaeda? America's "Terrorist Academy" in Iraq Produced ISIS Leaders This is a major region-shaping operation that the Turks, the Saudis, the Qataris, the Americans etc., are in on. Sure, maybe some of the jihadis went off the reservation and started doing their own thing, but even that's not certain. We are still in the early rounds of the emerging crisis. Things could backfire quite badly, and probably will.
Monday, October 6, 2014The University of Al-Qaeda? America's "Terrorist Academy" in Iraq Produced ISIS Leaders This is a major region-shaping operation that the Turks, the Saudis, the Qataris, the Americans etc., are in on. Sure, maybe some of the jihadis went off the reservation and started doing their own thing, but even that's not certain. We are still in the early rounds of the emerging crisis. Things could backfire quite badly, and probably will.
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Friday, September 12, 2014
Obama Declares War on Syria: Why the Real Target is Assad Not ISIS Invoking the same ominous language as his predecessor, Barack Obama used a prime time presidential address on Wednesday to announce the beginning of a war on Syria. And while there's no doubt that many Americans will be confused by Obama's misleading focus on the terrorist organization named ISIL, the real purpose of the speech was to garner support for another decade of homicidal conflicts in the Middle East.
Friday, September 12, 2014Obama Declares War on Syria: Why the Real Target is Assad Not ISIS Invoking the same ominous language as his predecessor, Barack Obama used a prime time presidential address on Wednesday to announce the beginning of a war on Syria. And while there's no doubt that many Americans will be confused by Obama's misleading focus on the terrorist organization named ISIL, the real purpose of the speech was to garner support for another decade of homicidal conflicts in the Middle East.
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
Uncle Sam Does Ukraine What the Obama administration is trying to do, is draw Russia into a costly and protracted conflagration in Ukraine to prove to its European allies that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a dangerous aggressor and a serious threat to global security. The US needs this justification to move ahead with its plan of establishing NATO forward-bases on Russia's western border.
Thursday, September 11, 2014Uncle Sam Does Ukraine What the Obama administration is trying to do, is draw Russia into a costly and protracted conflagration in Ukraine to prove to its European allies that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a dangerous aggressor and a serious threat to global security. The US needs this justification to move ahead with its plan of establishing NATO forward-bases on Russia's western border.
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Friday, September 5, 2014
Obama Begs for More War -- Did Putin Just Bring Peace to Ukraine? while Obama is busy trying to ramp up the violence by rallying NATO to expand the wars around the world, international peacekeepers will begin the thorny task of implementing a seven-point peace plan put forward by none-other-than Vladimir Putin. The difference between the peacemakers and the warmongers has rarely been as stark as it is today.
Friday, September 5, 2014Obama Begs for More War -- Did Putin Just Bring Peace to Ukraine? while Obama is busy trying to ramp up the violence by rallying NATO to expand the wars around the world, international peacekeepers will begin the thorny task of implementing a seven-point peace plan put forward by none-other-than Vladimir Putin. The difference between the peacemakers and the warmongers has rarely been as stark as it is today.
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Friday, August 29, 2014
Obama's "Catastrophic Defeat" in Ukraine here is no Russian invasion any more than there were WMD, mobile weapons labs, aluminum tubes, Sarin gas, etc. It's all BS concocted by a servile media pursuing the agenda of a warmongering political establishment that wants to escalate the conflagration in east Ukraine at all cost. Even if it leads to a Third World War.
Friday, August 29, 2014Obama's "Catastrophic Defeat" in Ukraine here is no Russian invasion any more than there were WMD, mobile weapons labs, aluminum tubes, Sarin gas, etc. It's all BS concocted by a servile media pursuing the agenda of a warmongering political establishment that wants to escalate the conflagration in east Ukraine at all cost. Even if it leads to a Third World War.
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Saturday, August 23, 2014
The Sergei Glaziev Interview -- Understanding Ukraine in 15 Minutes We are now moving from the American cycle of capital accumulation to an Asian cycle. This is another crisis that is challenging US hegemony. To maintain their leading position in the face of competition with a rising China and other Asian countries, Americans are starting a war in Europe. They want to weaken Europe, break up Russia, and subjugate the entire Eurasian continent.
Saturday, August 23, 2014The Sergei Glaziev Interview -- Understanding Ukraine in 15 Minutes We are now moving from the American cycle of capital accumulation to an Asian cycle. This is another crisis that is challenging US hegemony. To maintain their leading position in the face of competition with a rising China and other Asian countries, Americans are starting a war in Europe. They want to weaken Europe, break up Russia, and subjugate the entire Eurasian continent.
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Monday, August 18, 2014
Et Tu, Mullah? ...Did Iran Just Knife Putin in the Back? Here's what's really happened: Washington agreed to ease up on the sanctions if Iran caved in on the gas deal, which it did. Now the US-backed Nabucco pipeline is back in business, while Russia's South Stream is on the rocks. The only way Washington would do a deal with arch-enemy Iran, is if there was some other country they hated even more. That would be Russia.
Monday, August 18, 2014Et Tu, Mullah? ...Did Iran Just Knife Putin in the Back? Here's what's really happened: Washington agreed to ease up on the sanctions if Iran caved in on the gas deal, which it did. Now the US-backed Nabucco pipeline is back in business, while Russia's South Stream is on the rocks. The only way Washington would do a deal with arch-enemy Iran, is if there was some other country they hated even more. That would be Russia.
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Saturday, August 16, 2014
Why Obama Wants Maliki Removed Obama wants to create a pretext for boosting troop levels in the country. What better way to redeploy thousands of US combat troops to Iraq, then to scare Iraqi policymakers into submission with visions of bloodthirsty terrorists (ISIS) lopping off heads and slitting throats at every opportunity.
Saturday, August 16, 2014Why Obama Wants Maliki Removed Obama wants to create a pretext for boosting troop levels in the country. What better way to redeploy thousands of US combat troops to Iraq, then to scare Iraqi policymakers into submission with visions of bloodthirsty terrorists (ISIS) lopping off heads and slitting throats at every opportunity.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014
The Latest in the New Cold War -- My Money's on Putin It's clear that Washington's aggression in Ukraine has focused Moscow's attention on retaliation. But rather than confront the US militarily, as Obama and Co. would prefer, Putin is taking aim at the vulnerabilities within the monetary system.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014The Latest in the New Cold War -- My Money's on Putin It's clear that Washington's aggression in Ukraine has focused Moscow's attention on retaliation. But rather than confront the US militarily, as Obama and Co. would prefer, Putin is taking aim at the vulnerabilities within the monetary system.
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Saturday, August 2, 2014
Something Sinister Going On? The Unanswered Questions of MH17 If Washington is unable to achieve its objectives in Ukraine--create a chokepoint for resources flowing from Russia to the EU, establish NATO bases in the heart of Eurasia, and drive a wedge between Moscow and Brussels--then the plan to maintain US global hegemony for the next century will fail. Then China will become the world's biggest and most powerful economy and the US will slide into irreversible decline.
Saturday, August 2, 2014Something Sinister Going On? The Unanswered Questions of MH17 If Washington is unable to achieve its objectives in Ukraine--create a chokepoint for resources flowing from Russia to the EU, establish NATO bases in the heart of Eurasia, and drive a wedge between Moscow and Brussels--then the plan to maintain US global hegemony for the next century will fail. Then China will become the world's biggest and most powerful economy and the US will slide into irreversible decline.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Putin Knows What Happened to MH17, But He's Not Saying -- Yet ... The reason Putin hasn't deployed Russian troops to stop the violence in east Ukraine is because the EU is his biggest trading partner and he doesn't want to do anything that will put the kibosh on their business dealings. Russia needs Europe just like Europe needs Russia.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014Putin Knows What Happened to MH17, But He's Not Saying -- Yet ... The reason Putin hasn't deployed Russian troops to stop the violence in east Ukraine is because the EU is his biggest trading partner and he doesn't want to do anything that will put the kibosh on their business dealings. Russia needs Europe just like Europe needs Russia.
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Thursday, July 10, 2014
Troublemaking Washington: Pushing Ukraine to the Brink Afghanistan, which is central to Washington's pivot strategy, is going to be used for military bases, resource extraction and transportation. That's it. There's not going to be any reconstruction or nation building. The US doesn't do that anymore. This is the stripped-down, no-frills, 21st century imperialism. "No nation for you, buddy. Just give us your gas and off we'll go."
Thursday, July 10, 2014Troublemaking Washington: Pushing Ukraine to the Brink Afghanistan, which is central to Washington's pivot strategy, is going to be used for military bases, resource extraction and transportation. That's it. There's not going to be any reconstruction or nation building. The US doesn't do that anymore. This is the stripped-down, no-frills, 21st century imperialism. "No nation for you, buddy. Just give us your gas and off we'll go."
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Saturday, June 28, 2014
Central Bank Stock Buying Binge Why would anyone in their right mind bestow such extraordinary powers ("independence") on a group of voracious, cutthroat bankers who have repeatedly shown that they can't be trusted? Huh? It's insanity. This latest outrage just proves that the central bank system needs to be either reformed or terminated. Preferably, terminated.
Saturday, June 28, 2014Central Bank Stock Buying Binge Why would anyone in their right mind bestow such extraordinary powers ("independence") on a group of voracious, cutthroat bankers who have repeatedly shown that they can't be trusted? Huh? It's insanity. This latest outrage just proves that the central bank system needs to be either reformed or terminated. Preferably, terminated.
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