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“The Atlantic”: The U.K. became one of the poorest countries in Europe

13:09 26.02.2023

“The Atlantic”: The U.K. became one of the poorest countries in Europe

In the American imagination, the U.K. is not only our political parent but also our cultural co-partner, a wealthy nation that gave us modern capitalism and the Industrial Revolution, writes US magazine ‘The Atlantic’. But strictly by the numbers, Britain is pretty poor for a rich place. U.K. living standards …

All of Europe is an American satrapy

13:08 26.02.2023

All of Europe is an American satrapy

On September 26, 2022 Joe Biden unilaterally declared war on both Russia and Germany, claims Josiah Lippincott at ‘American Greatness’. The Nord Stream undersea pipelines, when fully operational, could supply over a third of Europe’s energy needs by shipping cheap Russian natural gas from the Arctic into the heart of …

FT: State of the US defence industry

10:14 25.02.2023

FT: State of the US defence industry

Detailed supply chain mapping of two weapons that changed the war reveals a complex web of companies under significant strain as the industry returns to a wartime footing. The “Financial Times” published an investigation on the state of affairs in the US military-industrial complex. However, this material disappeared from the …

Norway’s atonement for Nord Stream sabotage

10:14 25.02.2023

Norway’s atonement for Nord Stream sabotage

Norway was attracted to Biden’s sabotage project like a fly to the honeypot, since it stood to gain fabulously in financial terms if it helped the US military to destroy Nord Stream pipelines near Danish waters, and replace Russia as Germany’s principal source of piped natural gas, writes Indian Ambassador …

Wall Street Journal suggests Americans ‘to skip breakfast to save money’

10:11 25.02.2023

Wall Street Journal suggests Americans ‘to skip breakfast to save money’

No, this is not satire. Wall Street Journal even listed out increase in amount of essentials for breakfast and said how one can save money by simply not eating breakfast. The Wall Street banker's newspaper advises Americans to skip breakfast. I wonder if the bankers themselves will follow this advice? …

James Rickards: “Biden administration has turned the war in Ukraine into an existential crisis for the U.S. and NATO”

9:32 24.02.2023

James Rickards: “Biden administration has turned the war in Ukraine into an existential crisis for the U.S. and NATO”

“The Biden administration has essentially turned the war in Ukraine into an existential crisis for the U.S. and NATO, when it never should have been. Ukraine has never been a vital U.S. interest. But the war is existential for Russia, and won’t give up,” writes James G. Rickards, the editor …

Douglas Macgregor: “People from the West want to rape Russia and steal everything they possibly could”

9:29 24.02.2023

Douglas Macgregor: “People from the West want to rape Russia and steal everything they possibly could”

In a programme “Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor” colonel Macgregor, a decorated combat veteran, the former advisor to the Secretary of Defense in the Trump administration presents his assessments of the ongoing events around Ukraine and, most importantly, the relations between the ruling elite of the United States and Russia. …

Jeffrey Sachs: Who really blew up the Nord Stream 2 pipeline?

9:27 24.02.2023

Jeffrey Sachs: Who really blew up the Nord Stream 2 pipeline?

On the 26th of September last year, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline was sabotaged. Despite months of investigations from multiple countries involving deep-sea diving expeditions and sonar detection, no culprit has been found. Suspicions about the US were first raised when former Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski tweeted a message …

Pentagon during basic audit couldn’t even account for about 61% of its $3.5 trillion in assets

10:01 23.02.2023

Pentagon during basic audit couldn’t even account for about 61% of its $3.5 trillion in assets

The purpose of a Pentagon budget now rising toward the trillion-dollar mark annually, a sum that would undermine the very concept of defense, notes ‘Counterpunch’. It’s early in the new Congress, but lawmakers are already hotly debating spending and debt levels. As they do so, they risk losing track of …

China calls Russia ties ‘Solid as Rock’

9:58 23.02.2023

China calls Russia ties ‘Solid as Rock’

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi said relations with Russia were “solid as rock” even as Beijing moves to portray itself as a neutral actor that can broker peace in Ukraine, writes Bloomberg. In a meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Wang said China sought to “promote mutually beneficial …

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