I ended the previous post, on the Children who rule the West, with this promise: Coming soon: the zero sum addiction of the West’s rulers, versus China’s we win-you win. Before I move on to fulfilling it, I want to show a video … 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 »
Presbyterian Minister Chris Hedges, speaking at a Free Assange Rally in London, February 20, 2024 A few hours after the Harris-Trump debate yesterday – for a wicked assessment of that, see Caitlin Johnstone’s post today – my favourite pastor, the … Read More »
August 20 2024 – “Hotties for Harris” pose at the DNC in Chicago An Orwellian disconnect haunts the 2024 Democratic National Convention. In the isolation of the convention hall, shielded from the outside world behind thousands of armed police, few of … Read More »
“I’m not a foreign agent but a journalist. What the US government did yesterday was a frontal assault on a free press. That the Russian government and I have coinciding views on critical issues of the day might reflect that … Read More »
Yesterday I featured the response of Caitlin Johnstone to the rapturous welcome given the day before – Wednesday, July 24 – by both Houses of Congress to Israel’s criminal prime minister, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu. Criminal? What else should we call … Read More »
Yesterday, July 24, Benjamin Netanyahu addressed both houses of Congress in Washington. Here’s the response of Australian blogger, Caitlin Johnstone. Netanyahu’s Speech Was As American As It Gets You couldn’t ask for a better example of everything Washington stands for than … Read More »
It’s been a long time since I wrote about Syria (samples here and here) and longer still since I cited one of the few Western journalists to document the dirty war on that country on the basis of frequent visits. … 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 »