Two weeks ago I discussed the baby steps that China and Russia are taking toward creating an alternative financial infrastructure to the SWIFT Network and the Washington Consensus (read: Wall Street Consensus). The steps may be small, but they’re all going in the same direction: away from a US/NATO-led world order and toward a world Read More…
Politics
Hedge Fund CIO: What Central Banks Have Done Is “Stunning, Unprecedented”
We start a quiet Sunday with a big picture anecdote from Eric Peters’ latest weekend note explaining why what central banks are trying to do is impossible, why the trend of inflation over the past 70 years is “stunning and unprecedented” and why “volatility suppression” always eventually fails. “Anecdote”, by Eric Peters of One River Read More…
US Media: Simple Tricks To Provide Distorted Picture Of Political Reality
How biased are the US media, really? This is a frequently asked question. The answer is – they are biased very much and they know how to instill the vision of things in a quiet and unobtrusive way. Here is an example to prove the point. “Defense Secretary Mattis Arrives at Only US Base in Read More…
More NYT ‘Spin’ on the Syria-Sarin Case
The New York Times is at it again with another slanted report on the April 4 chemical weapons incident in Syria, applying ridicule rather than reason to prevent a real evaluation of this war-or-peace moment, reports Robert Parry. In blaming Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the April 4 chemical incident in Khan Sheikhoun, The New Read More…
How To Stop World War 3 – An Asymmetrical Response
World War 3 has already begun. How the history books describe the beginning will depend on how it ends. How it ends will depend on how the public reacts to the shockwaves to come. This cannot be predicted, but it can be influenced. Any time the ruling class gets an inkling that we the people Read More…
“The CIA Has Been Deeply Humiliated” – Watch Ron Paul Interview Julian Assange
Having blasted the Trump administration for their hypocritical flip-flop from “loving WikiLeaks” to “arrest Assange,” Ron Paul made his feelings very clear on what this signals: “If we allow this president to declare war on those who tell the truth, we have only ourselves to blame.” Today he sits down with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for a Read More…






