VOODOO ECONOMICS: ‘War Inc.’, Private Armies Are Making A Killing – By Thomas Fazi

Source – unherd.com Private Armies Are Making A Killing Authored by Thomas Fazi Mercenaries thrive while democracy dies… Last week, Russia claimed to have seized control of the city of Bakhmut after an eight-month battle with Ukrainian forces — the longest and bloodiest fight of the war so far. The assault, however, wasn’t led by the Russian Armed…

BANKING CARTEL: Andrew Schectman – 100+ Nations To Simultaneously Pull Out Of The Dollar System?

Source – thehill.com 100+ nations to simultaneously pull out of the dollar system? Feat. Andrew Schectman In this week’s Live from the Vault, Andrew Maguire sits down with the founder of Miles Franklin Investments, Andrew Schectman, to address the exacerbating levels of global financial anxiety, as people flock to gold, seeking alternatives to traditional banking.…

DAS KAPITAL: ‘It’s All Hotting Up’, Geopolitics Are Now Undermining The Dollar – By Alasdair Macleod

Source – goldmoney.com It’s All Hotting Up Authored by Alasdair Macleod Increasing numbers of national governments are abandoning the US sphere of influence. Opportunities from trade with Asia compare favourably with rising currency and banking risks in a dollar-centric world. Against an imploding banking system in long-established financial markets, China’s renminbi looks like a safe haven. Thanks to…

CROSSROADS: The War, The Separation Of The World, Or The End Of An Empire? – By Thierry Meyssan

Source – voltairenet.org The war, the separation of the world, or the end of an Empire? by Thierry Meyssan Many are those who predict a World War. Indeed, some groups are preparing for it. But the States are reasonable and, in fact, consider rather an amicable separation, a division of the world into two different worlds,…

REALPOLITIK: ‘Grayzone’, Leaked Documents Expose US-NATO Ukraine War Plans – By Alexander Rubinstein

Source – thegrayzone.com Ukraine Intelligence Docs Leak Could be Worst for U.S. Govt Since Snowden: Report OLIVER JJ LANE A group of U.S. intelligence documents dealing with the Ukraine war and other global matters apparently leaked through online gaming forums has been dismissed as fake by some in both Ukraine and Russia, but is apparently…

DEEP STATE: ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS)’, Nothing To Bragg About – By David Stockman

Source – davidstockmanscontracorner.com Nothing To Bragg About By David Stockman (Above Image Added By SM) When will we ever be rid of the scourge of Donald J. Trump? Just when his star was finally fading and the prospect of an alternative GOP candidate for the 2024 presidential race was gaining steam (i.e. Gov. Ron DeSantis) the…

REALPOLITIK: Playing A Game Of ‘Fool’s Mate’, On The Grand Eurasian Chessboard – By Ron Unz

Source – unz.com Playing a Game of “Fool’s Mate” on the Grand Eurasian Chessboard By Ron Unz For at least a generation or more, America’s international policies have increasingly been governed by our Ministry of Propaganda, and the bill may finally be starting to come due. Last Wednesday the Wall Street Journal reported that Saudi Arabia was joining China’s…

KILL THE MESSENGER: How Barack Obama Bombed The “Paris Of Africa” Into A Hell Hole Of Murder, Slave Trade, Sex Trafficking & Mass Starvation (Flashback)

Source – covertactionmagazine.com SM:…Your tax dollars hard at work…. How Barack Obama Bombed the “Paris of Africa” into a Hell Hole of Murder, Slave Trade, Sex Trafficking and Mass Starvation By  Jeremy Kuzmarov First, Obama falsely portrayed Gaddafi as a monster; then, he lied about the need for harsh sanctions to punish him for crimes…

REALPOLITIK: Zelensky Says if He Loses Bakhmut, He Will Be Pushed To ‘Compromise’ With Russia

Source – vtforeignpolicy.com Zelensky Says if He Loses Bakhmut, He Will Be Pushed to ‘Compromise’ With Russia“ By Dave DeCamp Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told The Associated Press on Wednesday that if the Donbas city of Bakhmut falls to Russia, he would be pressured to “compromise” with Moscow. “Our society will feel tired” if the Russians win in…

REALPOLITIK: The Overthrow Of Evo Morales & The First Lithium War – By Thierry Meyssan (Flashback)

Source – voltairenet.org SM:…In Elon Musk’s infamous own words – “We will Coup Whoever We Want, Deal With It”. So like the latter day pirates of old, western State & business interests conspired to once again overthrow a populist non-compliant government — in this case, a progressive socio-political movement of indigenous descent. Lithium is today…

DEEP STATE: ‘5th Column’, WEF, Putin & Parasitical Russian Deep State

Source – canadianpatriot.org Putin’s Chess Tournament with Russia’s 5th Column and WEF – Vanessa Beeley interviews Matt Ehret Many people are comfortable speaking of “deep states” and “fifth columns” in European or North American terms, but encounter a mental bloc when attempting to think about such operations embedded within countries of Eurasia like China, India…

OILIGARCHY: ‘Bandar Bush’, The Saudi Dr. Strangelove, aka Bandar bin Sultan (Archive)

Source – constantinereport.com Prince Bandar and the Price of Oil Alex Constantine The oil rags are soaked in many things, including blood. So how can men in key positions create wealth from nothing? Ask Prince Bandar, who has just thrown his toys out of the pram, screaming that because of dithering over Syria and Iran, he…

HYBRID WAR: ‘New Iron Curtain’, USA Is The Central Battlefield In The Global Total War – By Alex Krainer

Source – alexkrainer.substack.com USA is the central battlefield in the global total war Alex Krainer There can be little doubt that we are at war, except it’s not quite like in the movies. This war is unlike any others about which we learned in school where two opposed forces meet in a battlefield and fight…

REALPOLITIK: ‘Consequential Strategic Change’, L’Entente Is A Bitter Pill For The West – By Alastair Crooke

Source – strategic-culture.org L’Entente Is a Bitter Pill for the West By Alastair Crooke (Above Image Addec By SM) The West is stuck between the public sentiment which it contrived and the reality on the ground, Alastair Crooke writes. Consequential Strategic Change – Upon leaving his meeting with Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping said to Putin, “Change is coming…

HIGH CRIMES: ‘The Ruling Crime Syndicate’, The Donald Trump Problem – By Chris Hedges

Source – scheerpost.com The Donald Trump Problem Donald Trump is not being targeted for the misdemeanors and serious felonies he appears to have committed but for discrediting and undermining the entrenched power of the ruling duopoly. By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Donald Trump — facing four government-run investigations, three criminal and one civil, targeting himself and…

REALPOLITIK: NATO’s War Against Yugoslavia Destabilized Europe, Paved Way For Endless Wars – By Rick Rozoff

Source – antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO’s war against Yugoslavia destabilized Europe, paved way for endless wars Rick Rozoff “The goal was set earlier and Serbia was attacked”; “Then, Kissinger said…” Foreign Affairs Minister at the time of NATO aggression Živadin Jovanović stated the goal of that aggression wasn’t to resolve humanitarian or political issues. (Also Read: Flanked by…

NEO-CONNED: ‘Regime Change’, The Coup D’Etat Of The Straussians In Israel – By Thierry Meyssan

Source – voltairenet.org The coup d’état of the Straussians in Israel by Thierry Meyssan While observers predicted a war of Israel against one of its neighbors, the Hebrew State is not attacked from anywhere. It has opponents, but no enemy, except itself. Its political organization is not defined by any constitution and is therefore easy to…

WEATHER WARFARE: US Terrorist Attack On Nord Stream Pipelines & Tectonic Weapons In Turkey – By Valery Kulikov

Source – journal-neo.org US Terrorist Attack on Nord Stream Pipelines and Tectonic Weapons in Turkey The United States’ use of terrorist methods to eliminate Russian gas competition by undermining the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea on September 26 and numerous well-founded suspicions about Washington’s possible use of tectonic weapons in the February earthquake…

THEATRE OF THE ABDSURD: ‘Arresting Putin’,…. Or Arresting All-Out Western Public Revolt?

Source – strategic-culture.org Arresting Putin – Or Arresting All-Out Western Public Revolt? Finian Cunningham If there were any genuine principles of justice, Biden should be in the dock facing war crime charges in connection with America’s illegal wars. (Above Image Added By SM) Western propaganda outlets (also known as “news media”) are suddenly full of…

CROSSROADS: Why Ukraine May Embrace China’s Peace Plan

Source – asiatimes.com Why Ukraine may embrace China’s peace plan Recent private conference of top US foreign policy experts saw Ukraine at risk of losing a war of attrition despite West’s best efforts A gloomy assessment of Ukraine’s prospects for victory against Russia emerged from a recent private gathering of former top US soldiers, intelligence…

CROSSROADS: ‘Tipping Point’, The Gathering Storm – By Douglas Macgregor, Col. (ret.)

Source – theamericanconservative.com Macgregor: The Gathering Storm Authored by Douglas Macgregor America’s self-inflicted trouble in Ukraine aggravates our dangerous trouble at home… The crisis of American national power has begun. America’s economy is tipping over, and Western financial markets are quietly panicking. Imperiled by rising interest rates, mortgage-backed securities and U.S. Treasuries are losing their value. The market’s proverbial “vibes”—feelings,…

STRANGE DAZE: ‘Franciscismo’, Peronista Papa – By Jude Russo

Source – theamericanconservative.com Peronista Papa The decade-long Francis papacy has been an exercise in caprice and the politics of personality, and it’s clearest in the Holy See’s foreign policy. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) Jude Russo My late father used to have a joke about Juan Peron, the Argentine strongman. A minister would come to…

REALPOLITIK: ‘Game Of Nations’, Ukraine’s Death By Proxy – By Chris Hedges

Source – scheerpost.com Ukraine’s Death by Proxy Ukraine is a pawn for militarists intent on degrading Russia and ultimately China in a self-defeating quest to ensure U.S. global hegemony. The end of this war, like most proxy wars, will be ugly. Proxyboy – by Mr. Fish By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost There are many…

THE MEDIA MONOPOLY: ‘The Silence Is Deafening’, Russia, China, Iran…& Saudi Arabia? – By Ron Unz

Source – unz.com Russia, China, Iran… and Saudi Arabia? By Ron Unz On Friday geopolitical plates of tectonic scale may have visibly shifted as Iran and Saudi Arabia, two of the most important countries in the Middle East and erstwhile bitter adversaries, announced that they had reestablished diplomatic relations after a lengthy round of negotiations held with…

NEO-CONNED: ‘Uniparty’, Ukraine & The Curse Of Zbigniew Brzezinski – By Kurt Nimmo

Source – ronpaulinstitute.org Ukraine & The Curse Of Zbigniew Brzezinski By kurt nimmo Here is U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered “the most massive violations of human rights” in the world today, the head of the United Nations said Monday, as the war pushed into its second year with no end…