Market Insider, December 2, 2022 The war in Ukraine will see the most consequential changes since WW2. It will fundamentally alter power relationships in the world. Western dominance will be replaced by a multipolar world. Europe’s prosperity of the past … Read More »
In my last post but one, written just yesterday, I wrote of the USA having two war aims in Ukraine: Regime change in Moscow or, failing that, weakening Russia in a long and costly war of attrition. (While business booms … Read More »
Two days ago the Guardian and four other liberal newspapers published a joint letter which began: Publishing is not a crime: The US government should end its prosecution of Julian Assange for publishing secrets. Twelve years ago, on November 28th 2010, our five international … Read More »
What follows makes grim reading. That being so, I’m yet again rolling out my most heavily-used image: two maps which compare an actual situation with a hypothetical. This comparison, and the genocidal arrogance and hypocrisy it calls out in flashing … Read More »
Either the Russians are extremely dim-witted and gullible or the Americans are the most weak-minded, brainwashed sheeple on earth. Which is it? (Mike Whitney, below) Condemning Vladimir Putin is the safest, most redundant, least courageous thing that any Westerner can … Read More »
Have you noticed how folk with zero military experience have an uncanny knack for being front of the queue in promoting wars for others to fight? Last night I checked the profile of historian and Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash. … Read More »
Caitlin Johnstone today: US Officials Troll About World Press Freedoms While Assaulting Them I will never get used to living in a world where our rulers will openly imprison a journalist for telling the truth and then self-righteously pontificate about … Read More »
Paul Gray, shown here in a Fox News Appearance Paul Gray is not just some angry suburban dad glibly labeled a fascist by the liberal media because he delivered an off-color rant at a parent-teacher conference. He is the real … Read More »
You’ve likely spotted the typographic error in this post’s title. WW3 hasn’t happened yet, has it? My bad. But I should warn you now: this post descends at times into heavy irony; second lowest form of wit. We know from … Read More »
There’s no remorse for George Osborne’s austerity that stripped the country bare and wiped 1% off GDP. Instead, here comes the austerity reprise, but far worse now that the Tories are cutting spending on skeleton services in a state of collapse. … Read More »