WikiLeaks has long reported that the $4.2 billion IMF bailout [in addition to another $6 billion from other U.S.-dominated financial institutions like the World Bank] for Ecuador was closely related to complying with US demands, in particular on revoking the asylum of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. On Thursday, that appeared to come to pass. Following recent days Read More…
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US Bans Use Of Venezuela’s Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency As A ‘Scam Supporting Dictatorship’
A new war of words has broken out between Washington and Caracas after President Donald Trump banned the use of the oil-backed cryptocurrency launched by Venezuela in a bid to undermine the dominance of the petro-dollar. Trump signed an executive order late on Monday prohibiting trade in the Venezuelan government’s newly-launched Petro cryptocurrency in the Read More…
Banksters HATE The Free Market
It’s no secret that governments hate the free market. At its base, every single government tax, license, regulation and restriction is an implicit rebuke of the idea that humans should be able to interact freely with those around them. This is old news to my long-term readers, but it bears repeating because many have been Read More…
Washington Just Injected Serious Cash And Weapons Into Ukraine’s Far-Right Regime
It doesn’t seem to bother US lawmakers that the government of Ukraine is dominated by Neo-Nazi demagogues and paramilitaries who worship Stepan Bandera and other Ukrainian collaborators in the Third Reich’s Final Solution. Oh, what a lovely big stocking-filler for the Kiev regime this week from Washington. Just in time for Christmas too, and only Read More…
Search For Missing $21 Trillion Comes Up Empty As Pentagon Fails First Audit In 71-Year History
It’s difficult to tally the cost in civilian lives and mass destruction of an annual budget rapidly approaching the trillion-dollar mark, and that’s something that likely won’t be analyzed in any audit the Pentagon conducts on itself. WASHINGTON — Despite being legally required to conduct audits since the early 90s and holding a staggering 2.2 trillion Read More…
Trump Says US Military Spending Is ‘Crazy’ High — Then Calls for Billions More
Trump backs away from calling spending levels ‘crazy’ a week ago. On Monday, President Trump seemed to be positioning himself against Pentagon calls for spending increases, saying that the spending levels are already “crazy” and that he didn’t envision the 2020 military budget should exceed $700 billion, despite Pentagon presumptions it would be $733 billion. Having met Read More…






