Why does the Russian media seem to be far more on the ball than the mainstream media in the United States much of the time? Could it be possible that Russian reporters have more freedom to talk about important issues than reporters that work for the major corporate conglomerates in the United States do? By … Continue reading
Once upon a time, it was popular to say that the U.S. government only had enough wheat stored up to provide everyone in America with half a loaf of bread. But that is not true anymore. By Michael Snyder Recently, I discovered that the U.S. does not have any strategic grain reserves left at all. Zero. … Continue reading
“Russia made a new bid Tuesday for a huge swath of Arctic territory — including the North Pole — putting Canada in the position of potentially having to negotiate with the country to settle overlapping claims,” Montreal Gazette reports. According to the news agency: Canada, Russia, the U.S., Denmark and Norway have all been trying to … Continue reading
Just as the international community embraces the prodigal Iran back into the fold, Saudi Arabia is trying to reverse the return to grace of its nemesis. Intent on protecting its legacy, is there anything the kingdom won’t do to paint Iran as the enemy? By Catherine Shakdam The grand hegemon of the Middle East, Saudi … Continue reading
On Friday, alongside China’s announcement that it had bought over 600 tons of gold in “one month”, the PBOC released another very important data point: its total foreign exchange reserves, which declined by $17.3 billion to $3,694 billion. By Tyler Durden (Zero Hedge) We then put China’s change in FX reserves alongside the total Treasury holdings … Continue reading
US President Barrack Obama will be in Kenya this week. It is a good time to take stock of the economic relationship that emerged between Kenya and the US during his administration. By Anzetse Were One major thing that the Obama administration has done is to begin catching up with the rest of world in … Continue reading
At the end of 2014, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel published the most recent data outlining the position of foreign banks in Russia and Russian banks abroad, and shedding light on the possible losses for the parties involved (the banking systems) should the banks be drawn further into the war. By Valentin … Continue reading
By Lawrence Wittner A quarter century after the end of the Cold War and decades after the signing of landmark nuclear arms control and disarmament agreements, are the U.S. and Russian governments once more engaged in a potentially disastrous nuclear arms race with one another? It certainly looks like it. With approximately 15,000 nuclear weapons … Continue reading
By Peter Baofu White frustration and the silence on biological differences On the other hand, the American credo has also contributed to the reluctant silence by whites in America (largely due to “white guilt” with respect to the historical legacy of slavery and racial segregation in the past centuries) to openly debate about the biological … Continue reading
On December 25, Iran started a large-scale six-day military exercise titled «Mohammad Rosulollah» (Mohammad the Messenger of Allah) demonstrating the capability to repel an attack launched from the Gulf of Oman. The training event covers an area of 2.2 million square kilometers stretching from the East of the Strait of Hormuz to the border with … Continue reading