Thousands Flee As Taliban Take Key Afghan District

Thousands of Afghans have fled fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban militants in the northeastern province of Kunduz since the group captured a key district following the launch of their spring offensive last month, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said on May 7. The Taliban captured the Qala-i-Zal district, west of Kunduz city, on May […]

Inside the dark conspiracy that made its way from the fringe to the White House

The modern history of the “deep state” in American politics — real or imagined — starts with real leaks of classified information and ends as a conspiracy theory on popular yet dubious websites. And how it got there raises serious questions about whether the intelligence community is trying to subvert a new president or whether […]

Macron on course to become French president

Centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron had a commanding lead over far-right leader Marine Le Pen, according to projections released after balloting ended across France. The results, if confirmed, put Macron on course to be France’s next president.  This article will be updated shortly. PARIS —  After months of improbable twists in its campaign to pick […]

Doug Casey On The End Of Western Civilization

  Civilization is on a lot of people’s minds. Let’s talk about this trend. Doug Casey: Western Civilization has its origins in ancient Greece. It’s unique among the world’s civilizations in putting the individual—as opposed to the collective—in a central position. It enshrined logic and rational thought—as opposed to mysticism and superstition—as the way to deal […]

In Venezuela’s Chaos, Elites Play a High-Stakes Game for Survival

Even as Venezuela sinks into chaos, with clashes between protesters and the police escalating, why have its powerful political and military elites stuck by President Nicolás Maduro? The country would seem to be a prime candidate for something scholars call an “elite fracture,” in which enough powerful officials break away to force a change in […]

Petrodollar Faces Growing Threat From the East. Payments in Gold Across Asia

While the recent raft of Sino-Saudi trade agreements benefited Chinese soft power in protecting Xinjiang, and the Saudis by diversifying their economy, China’s slow intertwining with Saudi Arabia complements the Sino-Russian alliance. Primarily, its benefits could lead to a realistic threat to the petrodollar. The Persian rival who showed the way In 2012/2013, the US Treasury […]

Kunstler: A Paler Shade of Gray

If you seek to know why this country is in so much trouble, check out the lead reports about the health care reform bill in today’s New York Times, WashPo, and CNN. You will find there is no intelligible discussion in any of them as to what’s actually ailing US health care. All you get […]

In the Name of Globalization

There are lots of things wrong with globalization, but efficiency isn’t one of them. Within the past 25 years, a dense network of international production chains and webs of finance have superimposed themselves on national economies. This internationalization of capital has brought significant profits to investors and companies alike. The world champion in exports, Germany, […]

American Democracy: A Dead Man Walking

Trump’s “sell-out,” as it is called, coming on top of Obama’s eight-year “sell-out,” is instructive. We have now had a Democratic president who sold out the people who elected him and a Republican president who has done the same thing. This is a very interesting point, the meaning of which most people miss. But not […]

Trump’s Arctic Drill Plan Challenged by Environmental Groups

Environmental groups are challenging President Donald Trump’s attempt to restore oil and gas leasing on more than 125 million acres in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, arguing that a warming world doesn’t need the fossil fuels they contain. The League of Conservation Voters, The Wilderness Society, Sierra Club and seven other conservation groups sued Wednesday […]

Saudi Arabia Controls the Largest Oil Refinery in North America

he Port Arthur refinery in Texas is North America’s largest oil refinery, and as of this week Saudi Arabia controls all of it. With the stroke of a proverbial pen, Saudi’s state-owned oil giant Aramco took on 100 percent ownership of the port, cementing its access to the lucrative U.S. energy market at a critical […]

Down With The Pipeline And Its World

Camp White Pine is a forest defense camp resisting Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 Pipeline, which plans to transport natural gas liquids through OH, WV, and PA to an export facility on the east coast.

Middle East will see ballooning deficits tumble as oil prices rise

Oil exporters in the Middle East and North Africa will see their budget deficits shrink as austerity, taxes and stable oil prices begin to take effect, a director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) told CNBC. “Sizeable adjustments were made in the last two years and yesterday (Sunday) the Saudi government reemphasized commitment to bring […]

Kunstler: The Sound of One Wing Flapping

And suddenly the storms of early Trumptopia subside, or seem to. The surface of things turns eerily placid as the sweets of May sweep away the toils of an elongated mud season. Somebody stuffed Kim Jong Un back in his bunker with a carton of Kools and the Vin Diesel video library. France appears resigned […]

Julian Assange Speaks Out: The War On The Truth

Having blasted the Trump administration for their hyprocritical 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 […]

Venezuela may be hitting a turning point

An anti-government protester stands near a teargas cloud during clashes against Venezuela’s security forces in Caracas. (Alejandro Cegarra/For The Washington Post) By Mariana Zuñiga and Nick Miroff April 29 at 4:41 PM CARACAS, Venezuela — In the cramped hillside slums where they once adored Hugo Chávez, hungry families now jeer and bang pots at the […]

Trump Now a Captive of the Deep State

When the gullible and insouciant American public and the presstitutes who participate in the deceptions permitted the Deep State to get away with the fairy tale that a few Saudi Arabians under the direction of Osama bin Laden, but without the support of any government or intelligence agency, were able to outwit the entirety of […]

US Destroyer Has Close Encounter With Iranian Vessel in Straits of Hormuz

The USS Mahan had to take evasive actions in the Straits of Hormuz today, in order to avoid an Iranian ‘fast attack’ vessel. The Mahan sounded the danger alarm, fired flares and manned their weapons, but the Iranian cowards tucked tail and scattered before reaching within 1,000 yards of the U.S. destroyer. “Coming inbound at […]

G. Edward Griffin: Exposing The Creature From Jekyll Island

G. Edward Griffin, the author of the seminal book on the formation of the Federal Reserve, The Creature of Jekyll Island, joins the podcast this week to add his perspective to our ongoing critical examination of the Fed and the impact its actions are having on society. Meeting Ed and getting to spend time with […]

Trump to Sign Orders on Oil Drilling

President Donald Trump will sign executive orders this week aimed at expanding offshore oil drilling and reviewing national monument designations made by his predecessors, continuing the Republican’s assault on Democratic President Barack Obama’s environmental legacy. The orders could expand oil drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans and upend public lands protections put in place […]

“Everybody Would Die” if World War 3 Broke Out

A top nuclear expert has warned that virtually everybody in the world would die if World War 3 broke out as a result of a confrontation between the United States and Russia. Greg Mello, secretary and executive director of the Los Alamos Study Group, was asked how many people would die on the first day […]

France’s Macron appears set for runoff with Le Pen

Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen are set to face each other in a May 7 runoff for the French presidency after coming first and second in Sunday’s first round of voting, according to multiple projections. Though Macron, 39, is a comparative political novice who has never held elected office, opinion polls […]

New Normal of Trump’s Foreign Policy

Here’s the Commander-in-chief of the Beautiful Piece of Chocolate Cake School of Foreign Policy, expanding on his next move regarding North Korea. “We are sending an armada. Very powerful. We have submarines. Very powerful. Far more powerful than the aircraft carrier. That I can tell you.” As if bombing nuclear-armed North Korea would be as much of a […]

Saudi Arabia, a kingdom built on oil, plans a future beyond it

Ever since oil was discovered in the Arabian desert in 1938, Saudi Arabia has been the world’s premier petro-state and the dominant force within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Flush with oil revenue, the country has had neither income taxes nor corporate taxes while bestowing on its people heavy subsidies for food and […]

Trump denies Exxon permission to drill for oil in Russia

The Trump administration has denied ExxonMobil permission to bypass sanctions to drill for oil in Russia. “The Treasury Department will not be issuing waivers to U.S. companies, including Exxon, authorizing drilling prohibited by current Russian sanctions,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, said in a statement Friday. Mnuchin said he consulted with President Trump on the decision. […]

Afghan Ex-President Karzai: ISIS Is A Tool Of The United States

In an interview with Voice of America (VOA) on Wednesday, ex-Afghan President Hamid Karzai – a former Washington Ally, made statements which go hand in hand with revelations from Wikileaks during the 2016 elections. Karzai criticized recent U.S. foreign policy – including the “weak” attack on an ISIS stronghold using the largest ever non-nuclear weapon (MOAB) which failed to wipe […]

Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 US election

A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump and undermine voters’ faith in the American electoral system, three current and four former U.S. officials told Reuters. They described two confidential documents from the think tank as providing the framework and rationale […]

Many Poor Venezuelans Are Too Hungry to Join Antigovernment Protests

President Nicolás Maduro has lost support among the legions of poor Venezuelans that once backed the late Hugo Chávez, but they have largely shown little interest in joining the opposition-led protests that have convulsed the country the past three weeks.   Many of the impoverished residents of the vast slums that ring Caracas and other […]

Heinberg: Goodbye Administrative State, Hello Community Resilience

White House strategist Steve Bannon’s project for the “deconstruction of the administrative state” appears to be out of the starting blocks and well on its way toward a glorious victory lap. Using executive orders and other directives, President Trump has so far: Curbed several of President Obama’s climate regulations, notably the Clean Power Plan to […]

The Chinese President’s Pet Project

China’s President Xi Jinping wants to revive China’s ancient Silk Road by spurring trade via a network of new railways, ports, pipelines and highways. This Bloomberg QuickTake explains Xi’s pet project. (video by Robin Fall, Henry Baker) (Changed headline to better reflect video.)

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