Rethinking The Cold War
and the new one

Paul Craig Roberts

The Cold War began during the Truman administration and lasted through the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations and was ended in Reagan’s second term when Reagan and Gorbachev came to an agreement that the conflict was dangerous, expensive, and pointless.

Turkey have announced plans to ditch the US dollar and pull out of NATO altogether, following a war of words between Ankara and the West on Thursday.  One day after NATO reminded Turkey that it was still a NATO alliance member, foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Turkish’s NTV television that the country might “seek other options outside of NATO for defense industry cooperation, although its first option is always cooperation with its NATO allies.” Zerohedge.com reports: The sharply worded retort came on the same day that Turkey said it will resume airstrikes on Islamic State targets in

Step aside Democratic party: according to the latest official conspiracy theory promoted by the media, in addition to the DNC, unknown hackers managed to penetrate both the server of retired former top NATO general, Philip Breedlove as well as that of George Soros, the prominent billionaire supporter behind Hillary Clinton's campaign. Only the people are not "unknown", as the media already has its pre-determined narrative : they are, of course, Russians.

How do we know it was the Russians?

Evidence has emerged that the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer bribed its way into the Dominican Republic with the sale of Super Tucano aircraft being guaranteed after one million dollars was paid in bribes to Dominican military officials and politicians.  Abreureport.com reports: The Super Tucanos were purchased with the objective of protecting Dominican airspace from narco-planes, with some politicians demanding that the Air Force be given the power to shoot down any aircraft that entered Dominican airspace without authorization.

If Obamacare enrollments continue their current trend and insurers continue to hike premiums at alarming rates then Republicans may not have to worry about "repealing and replacing Obamacare" as it might just work itself out "naturally".  The 4th open enrollment period for Obamacare begins on November 1, 2016 and industry experts are warning that another year of tepid demand from "young and healthy" Americans could force more insurers out of the exchanges effectively marking the end of Obamacare as we know it.  According to a story published by The Hill, 11