Authored by Matthew Jamison via The Strategic Culture Foundation,
The hackneyed international billionaire enigma known by the name of George Soros (redolent of the James Bond villain Blofeld – the head of the sinister shadow government organisation Spectre – in Ian Fleming’s novels) is up to his old tricks yet again in stirring up tensions and trouble to suit his own warped personal, political and financial agenda.
Authored by Joe Jarvis via The Daily Bell,
A chicken in every pot, and a unicorn in every garage. That’s the progressive dream.
No, seriously, they are dreaming, and they must have smoked something crazy before bed.
I almost couldn’t even write about this subject because I just kept staring at my computer screen wide-eyed and shaking my head. Really? Is this seriously being passed off as economics and news?
Authored by Daniel Lazare via ConsortiumNews.com,
The bigger picture behind Official Washington’s hysteria over Russia, Syria and North Korea is the image of a decaying but dangerous American hegemon resisting the start of a new multipolar order...
President Donald Trump being sworn in on Jan. 20, 2017. (Screen shot from Whitehouse.gov)
Authored by EconomicPrism's MN Gordon, annotated by Acting-Man's Pater Tenebrarum,
Lasting Debt
“Rule one: Never allow a crisis to go to waste,” said President Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in November of 2008. “They are opportunities to do big things.”
An Iranian warship confronted an American warship in the Gulf and warned it to stay away from a damaged Iranian fishing boat, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday, but the U.S. Navy denied any direct contact with Iranian forces. The incident took place when Iranian fishing boat Shams suffered an engine malfunction 72km off the coast of the Iranian port town of Jask, near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran news agencies reported on Sunday.
The vessel was requesting the navy’s help, and Iranian missile-launching warship Falakhan was sent on a rescue mission.