6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (786+ words) “America’s state religion, is ‘patriotism,’ a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that ‘treason’ is morally worse than murder or rape.” ~ William Blum One meaningless jingoistic cliché I am subjected to constantly is “I love my country.” This…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (935+ words) European news headlines have been dominated by Germany’s accusation that Russia carried out a drone attack on Leipzig airport. The accusation is unprecedented and provocative. Moscow furiously rejected the claim and pointed out that Berlin had provided no evidence. European…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (644+ words) Germany’s latest false-flag stunt at Leipzig is a sign of desperation by a bankrupt political system to distract from its abject, total failure. This week saw yet another audacious attempt at gaslighting the European public into believing that they are…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (114+ words) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave an interview during the G20 gathering in Asheville, North Carolina, in which he calmly diagnosed Canada’s self-inflicted problems: “We’ve had a ‘free rider’ problem with Canada,” he observed. Absent American security guarantees created through NATO, the…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (1138+ words) The environmental movement used to be about protecting nature: clean rivers, clean air, fewer toxic chemicals and less destruction of the countryside. Now, apparently, we are going to save nature by digging up enormous quantities of it. Welcome to the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (59+ words) “People conspire, that’s not a theory.” “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” ~ William Casey, Ronald Reagan’s first CIA Director “No matter how paranoid or conspiracy minded you are, what the government…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (138+ words) The trade Europe is threatening to withdraw barely exists One number frames the entire affair. In 2025 the whole of the European Union traded about €3.7 billion in goods with Iran — roughly $4 billion — against Iran’s total foreign trade of some $182.6 billion. Europe…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (192+ words) —– Writes Martin Armstrong: Estonia’s Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur has resigned after a €70 million ammunition deal intended to supply Ukraine blew up into a procurement scandal. Estonia agreed to purchase artillery shells from Datasel, an Italian-registered company owned by India’s Neco…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (149+ words) —– Writes Andrew Korybko: He argued that it’s not plotting to test NATO’s resolve, its resilience to immense hardships “should never be underestimated”, suggested that the conflict will end without Ukraine recovering its lost territories, praised the CIA chief for visiting…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (995+ words) International Man: For decades, the US has been the world’s dominant military, financial, and political power. Where is the American empire today? Are we witnessing a temporary period of weakness—or something more fundamental, like the beginning of the end…...