This is what we should have at the front of our minds when thinking about the future. This is what our pundits should be talking about: not just pundits on the political fringe, like Mark, or pundits way beyond the fringe, like me and Steve, but the bigfoot guys at the newspapers, magazines, and cable […]
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Mafia Run Migrant Center Busted for Skimming Millions of Euros of EU Funding…
Local priest Edoardo Scordio was also detained in the sting, according to Italian media reports. Police believe that it was thanks to Sacco that the clan won contracts for supplying catering and other services to the centre, allowing it to syphon of millions of euros of EU funding destined for the migrants’ care. It also […]
North Korea Tests New Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile, the Hwasong-12: First Takeaways…
On Monday, North Korea released images of the new intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) it tested on Sunday, May 14, near the town of Kusong in North Pyongan province. As I noted over the weekend, that missile, based on data released by South Korean and Japanese authorities, was likely the longest-range capable ballistic missile North Korea […]
Chinese State Media: Belt and Road Forum All About Xi Jinping…
China will host the two-day One Belt, One Road (OBOR) Forum, also known as the Belt and Road Forum (BRF), in Beijing from May 14 to May 15. As usual, China’s state media are releasing a big wave of articles and videos to promote the highest-level event. What’s unusual this time is that the focus […]
‘Centrist’ Macron? Yes, a Dead-Center Insider for Global Capitalism…
Everything about France’s newly elected president Emmanuel Macron suggests a theatrical production of hype and illusion. He is being “sold” to the masses as an “outsider” and “centrist”, a benign liberal. In reality, enter the economic hitman who will blow French society apart in the service of the oligarchy. At age 39, Macron has been […]
What Was the Liberal International Order?…
There are sound critiques of Trump’s policies, then judgments marred by ignorance. Laments for the coming collapse of the “liberal international order” belong in the latter category. Articles on this system’s decay run through what Steven Bannon derides as “elite media”: The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, the New York Times, Washington Post and others. They suggest […]
Stalin ‘planned to send a million troops to stop Hitler if Britain and France agreed pact’…
Papers which were kept secret for almost 70 years show that the Soviet Union proposed sending a powerful military force in an effort to entice Britain and France into an anti-Nazi alliance. Such an agreement could have changed the course of 20th century history, preventing Hitler’s pact with Stalin which gave him free rein to […]
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Philippines Moves Troops, Supplies to Disputed S. China Sea Island Claimed by Beijing…
The Philippines has begun moving troops and equipment to a disputed island in the South China Sea which is claimed by both Manila and Beijing, a Philippines general said. It comes ahead of construction, including lengthening an airstrip on the island. The troops and initial supplies arrived at Pag-asa Island last week, Lt. Gen. Raul […]
Everyone On Earth Has Been Irradiated by Fukushima–“Scientists Are Only Now Confirming Far-Reaching Effects”…
Fukushima accident gave everyone an X-ray’s worth of radiation — “We don’t need to worry,” says Nikolaos Evangeliou at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, whose team has conducted the first global survey of radiation exposure caused by the meltdown of three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant… Evangeliou’s team has calculated the approximate […]
Congressional Expert: North Korea Prepping EMP Catastrophe Aimed At U.S. Homefront…
While the international community and news media focus on North Korean missile tests and the country’s nuclear program, one expert warned on Sunday that North Korea may be secretly assembling the capability to take out significant parts of the U.S. homeland via an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. Dr. Peter Vincent Pry is executive director of […]
North Korea Is Building Islands Too…
Over the past five years, North Korea has constructed several military facilities on small islands surrounding the city of Sohae, a leading missile development and testing site. In some cases, the islands themselves were constructed; what amounted to little more than a pile of sand 20 years ago is a burgeoning military facility today. Sohae, […]
Saudi Kingdom Will Be Destroyed If Riyadh Does Anything Stupid…
Dehqan gave the warning in an interview broadcast on Arabic-language Al-Manar TV on Sunday in response to remarks made by Saudi deputy crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who said any battle between Riyadh and Tehran would take place on Iranian soil. “We will work to have the battle in Iran rather than in Saudi Arabia,” […]
Exit Polls Show Macron Winning Against Le Pen in French Runoff Vote with 60%…
Centrist Emmanuel Macron is projected to win the Sunday French presidential election with 60 percent of votes, Belgian Le Soir newspaper reported, citing exit polls results. According to Le Soir, the exit polls conducted by three institutes predicted Macron’s victory over right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen…
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Prince Philip Announces He Is Retiring from Royal Duties Aged 95…
Prince Philip has today revealed he is to retire from all public royal duties at the age of 95 – after 70 years dedicated to Britain and the Queen who has given him her ‘full support’ to step down. The Duke of Edinburgh’s well-earned retirement this autumn was announced at a top secret emergency meeting […]
China Urges Citizens in North Korea to Return Home…
The Chinese Embassy in North Korea has advised Korean-Chinese residents to return home amid concern that the North’s military provocations may trigger a U.S. attack on the North, according to a source. The embassy began sending the message on Apr. 20, five days before the North celebrated the 85th anniversary of the Korean People’s Army […]
Libyan Rivals Reach Agreement on Political Unification…
The two men held one-on-one talks in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, May 2, but the meeting had been brokered by outside Arab powers, including Egypt and the UAE. Sources close to Haftar have suggested that the meeting was cordial and positive. Outside powers, including Egypt and Russia, have been calling for a political solution to […]
Diggers, Denial and Despair: The Macabre Story of the Srebrenica Cover-Up…
There is no ventilation in the room where they keep the bodies. There is no central heating in the room the forensics team work in. The cleaners were laid off long ago because there is no money to pay them. The plumbing in one of the lavatories is bust. The rent has gone unpaid for […]
Elderly People Outnumber Children in Canada for the First Time Ever…
The 2016 Canadian census reveals the country’s largest increase in the number of people aged 65 or older in 70 years, Statistics Canada said in a press release on Wednesday. The rapid increase in seniors from 2011-2016 is the largest since 1871, the year the former British colonies were united into the Dominion of Canada. […]
On Independence Day, UNESCO Okays Resolution Denying Israeli Claims to Jerusalem…
22 countries vote in favor of motion; 23 abstain, and 10 countries vote against; Israel envoy slams ‘new low, even by UNESCO standards’…Submitted to UNESCO’s Executive Board by Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar and Sudan, the resolution on “Occupied Palestine,” which indicates that Israel has no legal or historical rights anywhere in Jerusalem, had […]
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Jordan to Israel: Withdraw from West Bank and Arabs States Will Guarantee Security…
During a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, Ayman Safadi said “in order for Israel to live in peace with the Arabs, it is necessary for them to leave the territories occupied after 1967. So if this happens, the Arab countries will be ready to give security guarantees to Israel,” Russia’s state-sponsored Sputnik news […]
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