… continued from Part 1 …. * In a piece replicated in full on this site – Who pays for the US war machine? – my old friend Bryan Gocke noted that despite running a colossal national debt, the USA … Read More »
Today Caitlin Johnstone helpfully compiled a list of this devastating brain disorder’s more glaring symptoms. You get triggered whenever anyone highlights the well-documented western provocations that paved the way to the war in Ukraine. You think Putin invaded Ukraine solely … Read More »
A few snippets from Caitlin today: People tell me, “If you lived in Russia or China you’d be thrown in prison for talking the way you do.” If I lived in Russia or China I’d still be focusing all my … Read More »
For some time I’ve been hammering away at the point that China’s capitalists are subordinate to the state, while in the West the reverse applies. My aim is not to counter mainstream media propaganda, predictably immense and ceaseless; upmarket no … Read More »
There’s a reason Caitlin Johnstone quotes feature so often on my masthead. It’s that she’s so fucking quotable. Her post today is not so much on any given topic as a bag of standalone variations on a theme. As per I’ve … 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 »
Earlier this week I promised: … three discussions which progressively widen the focus: from Alex Mercouris on Kiev’s much heralded spring counter-offensive, through Brian Berletic on strategic aspects of Washington’s war on Russia, to Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai on … Read More »
Most hawks have no military experience, much less in combat, and seem pathologically aggressive: Bolton, Pompeo, Biden, Nulan, Rubio. Like spoiled children whom they closely approximate, they will throw hissy fits if they don’t get their way. Here I am … Read More »
In WW3? A matter of chips western values I followed a line lifted from Sinead O’Connor’s Emperor’s New Clothes with this observation … … the overwhelming majority of Westerners still have not caught on to the truth – once seen, … Read More »
“Through their own words, sang Sinead O’Connor in The Emperor’s new clothes, “they shall be exposed.” It’s sadly the case that the overwhelming majority of Westerners still have not caught on to the truth – once seen, never unseen – that … Read More »