Ben Norton writes in the Grayzone a few days ago: Hundreds of American soldiers are remaining in Syria to occupy its oil reserves and block the Syrian government from revenues needed for reconstruction. Trump said openly, “We want to keep … Read More »
If you took the time to read my recent post, the Kurds in Syria, I urge that you do the same with Jonathan Cook’s piece of four days ago. Lucid as ever, he takes, as did my post, the announced … Read More »
Federal Reserve Building In a Facebook exchange last month I wrote: It absolutely was Obama who bailed out the banks. (And bragged about it to their fat cat CEOs with his ‘pitchforks’ remarks.) Leaving aside the utter but predictable injustice … Read More »
This from Caitlin Johnstone today: In response to a statement during the Democratic primary debates by presidential candidate Andrew Yang that both Russia and the United States have engaged in election interference, liberal pundit Molly McKew tweeted, “I now retract … Read More »
I saw the Roger Waters film, Us & Them, on Sunday night. As Pink Floyd fans would expect, the pairing of those genre-shifting extravaganzas of sound and vision is second to none. As when the chorals of Dark Side, and … Read More »
A month ago, in a post on capital punishment, I wrote of my objection to the death penalty on practical rather than principled grounds, but followed with this: If the death penalty could be shown to be a deterrent – … Read More »
Tweeted after Epsteins arrest, but three weeks before he was suicided. …
Good post in OffGuardian two days ago from the always highly readable Andre Vitchek. Suddenly, Western “Regime” Changes Keep Failing It used to be done regularly and it worked: The West identified a country as its enemy, unleashed its professional … Read More »