* Eight days ago ago the European Commission, executive body of the EU, issued a statement by its president, Ursula von der Leyen. This is its opening paragraph: We are living in the most momentous and dangerous of times. I … Read More »
Britain’s Neoliberally Atlanticist, The Economist, February 18 2025 The air is thick with dust far from settled following twin shocks delivered last week to Europe’s Atlanticist leaders by their US masters. Specifically, Defense Secretary Pete Hegsworth told them what all … Read More »
Europe’s manufacturing powerhouse, Germany, is in crisis. President Biden’s ecocidal sabotage of NordStream 1, with the abject acceptance if not full-on collaboration of Europe’s comprador leaders, robbed it of the cheap energy which kept it competitive. As Europeans pay … Read More »
Much ado about nothing? Yes it is – given that a UK visit by either the genocidal state’s leader or the defence minister he sacked is about as imminent as seeing Joe Biden on Mastermind. We may safely assume that … Read More »
One of the earliest idiocies of identity politics was a belief – underpinning the feminist-pacifist slogan of the eighties: “take the toys [nuclear weapons] from the boys” – that war was a result of male ego. It was idiotic not … Read More »
Mario Draghi, banker and author of the Ursula von der Leyen commissioned report, The future of European competitiveness – A competitiveness strategy for Europe My previous post, The West’s poltroons and Quislings, should have read: Europe’s poltroons and quislings. Other … Read More »
Calling out the Quislings are, left to right, Dimitri Lascaris, Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai It being Sunday I feel empowered – lovely word that, but where was it for most of my 70+ spins round the sun? – to offer … Read More »
I have my differences with Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris. As I said in yesterday’s post, “I find them a tad soft on Trump [but] even that’s a welcome change from the absurdities of pro Democrat media both sides of … Read More »
I thought the Green Party “Defence” Minister of Germany’s ruling coalition a singularly stupid warmonger till I discovered Smirnoff vodka. It turns out she’s all the while been playing a brilliant 5-D chess game, only now delivering fool’s mate in … Read More »
While genning up for a future post, on whether the pace of dollar decline is being overstated by worthy but wishful thinkers, I found this, posted today on the substack of Simplicius. To the backdrop of the three day G7 … Read More »