Against the constant tirade of US politicians calling Putin and his pals "thugs," a Russian official on Monday called the United States’ shuttering of Russian facilities "state hooliganism."
Reuters reports thAT Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov exclaimed,
"I am inclined to call what is happening state hooliganism."
Authored by Pepe Escobar via SputnikNews.com,
A serious working hypothesis is being discussed for a while now among independent geopolitical analysts. Here it is, in a nutshell.
Daesh may be dying – but the world is still encumbered with its walking corpse.
Having blasted Germany for "abetting terrorists," Turkish president Edrogan was on the receiving end of some ire this weekend as the refugee crisis and the EU deal with Turkey dominated the TV debate between Chancellor Angela Merkel and her coalition ally SPD challenger Martin Schulz on Sunday.
The rivals agreed, however, that Turkey can’t be part of the EU.
Submitted by Bill Blain of Mint Partners
What we don't know about Korea and China?
“The Chinese use two brush strokes for “crisis”. One brush stroke stands for danger, the other for opportunity.”
Everyone is guessing about North Korea! Who knows what happens next… Probably less than markets fear.. but that won’t stop us worrying about it…
Authored by David Stockman via Daily Reckoning blog,
Someone should remind the Donald that he actually is President and that it’s high time he accomplished something. Anything.
Back on April 21st, for example, he promised that a core feature of his platform — a sweeping, pro-jobs tax reduction — would be soon unveiled.