America’s war in Ukraine is not just against Russia, but America’s biggest trade rival too. Says wiki: Nord Stream is a network of offshore natural gas pipelines which run under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany to provide Western Europe with natural … Read More »
This morning I read two short pieces before I’d even had coffee. The first, in the Daily Express – Londoner speaks out after stunning Just Stop Oil zealot into silence with ingenious offer – opened with this: A London commuter … Read More »
This may surprise some but on many matters I find corporate media reliable. I trust The BBC’s weather forecasts, the Guardian’s round ups of Saturday’s soccer results. And if the Mail says Netflix is doing reruns of The Thick Of … Read More »
Thanks to: Caitlin Johnstone for the seven step program … … a well known series of published titles for the concept … … Adobe Photoshop … … and in the face of a shamelessly fact-defiant propaganda blitz by EVERY SECTION … Read More »
Caitlin Johnstone’s post today – Aging Iraq Invaders Keep Accidentally Saying ‘Iraq’ Instead Of ‘Ukraine’– includes this Asked on Wednesday whether the short-lived Prigozhin rebellion was a sign that Putin was weakening, Biden replied, “It’s hard to tell really. But … Read More »
LIE No.1 about Ukraine is that it is “Putin’s war”, consequence of his unprovoked aggression. I’ve set out in many posts the many reasons for rejecting that inversion of culpability. Because it’s the simplest of those reasons, requiring the fewest … Read More »
… a weakening of its biggest trade competitor, Europe, has been the most tangible benefit for Washington of the war it provoked in Ukraine. Most glaringly evident in the sabotage of Nordstream and its consequences for European businesses, Germany’s in particular, it … Read More »
Before I get to Brian Berletic, four remarks: three of them general and of major importance; the fourth a sneaky but minor amendment to an earlier commitment. Those who rule the West beneath a thinning veneer of democracy lie routinely … Read More »
The more time you spend talking about whether the leaker is a good person, the less you’re devoting to the official deception and misbehavior the leaks have shed light on. This is not an accident. But ask yourself: What’s more … Read More »
The shifting balance of global power … technical aspects of China’s ascendance … the bid to protect profits for the few by moving the UK to a US model of healthcare provision at cost of falling life expectancy for the … Read More »