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Government
A Manifesto for a ‘Deplorable’ Party
CHARLES HUGH SMITH We want the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth and that is our only demand for global human justice. The “deplorables” now include vast swaths of citizenry around the […]
Freedom
This Problem is 10,000 Times Bigger than the Border Wall
We are in the midst of the longest government shutdown in history. Don’t get me wrong, I like having the government shut down. As I’ve said before, I believe it is my moral duty to […]
Military
A Convenient Killing of US Troops in Syria
With unseemly haste, US news media leapt on the killing of four American military personnel in Syria as a way to undermine President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw troops from that country. The deadly attack […]
Financial
Americans’ Economic Hope Has Collapsed
by Tyler Durden Which came first, the confidence or the stock market rally? One thing is for sure, the crash in stocks in December has crushed the hope of Americans that their economic future is going to be better […]
Health
Military
Trump’s Biggest Lie?
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org INTRODUCTION (NOTE: Remarks from U.S. President Donald Trump that will be considered as representing possibly his biggest lie will here be boldfaced, so that they will stand out from the context […]
Government
Hunting for Golem
As another president once remarked in a different context — LBJ speaking to a hanger full of gruntsin Vietnam — “go on out there, boys, and nail that coonskin to the wall!” That was around the […]
World Affairs
Re-Colonisation
For Thierry Meyssan, one of the consequences of the successive ends of the bipolar and unipolar world is the re-establishment of colonial projects. One after the other, the French, Turkish and English have publicly declared […]
Financial
Eccles Prison Blues – The Big Squeeze
Posted on January 9, 2019 by Gary Christenson Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson, the deviant investor. Johnny Cash sang “Folsom Prison Blues” in 1957. The first verse is: I hear the train a comin’ It’s rollin’ round […]