Trade War Joys China Imports $300bn in Chips Yearly, More Than It Spends on Oil 'Brilliant' move from Trump in warning the world's largest chips market by far to look at replacing American suppliers Marko Marjanović 13 Sep 19 1149 4
Opinion Netanyahu Wants to Build Friendship With Putin Over the Corpses of Dead Russian Airmen Worked for Erdogan Dmitry Sudakov 13 Sep 19 665 9
Europe and China Won’t Follow the US in Certifying the 737 MAX to Fly Again in November A bummer for Boeing as EU and China seem determined to maintain newfound independence from the FAA Moon of Alabama 13 Sep 19 592 4
51st State Adventures US Gov’t Concludes Israel Was Behind Spy Devices Planted Near White House But no rebuke or consequences are forthcoming Daniel Lippman 13 Sep 19 427 2
For the First Time in My Life I’m Against Impeaching the President It won't be sought on the grounds of any number of valid reasons David Swanson 12 Sep 19 306 3
Trade War Joys The US Massively Underestimates the Trade War Blowback The main blowback will not be economic — it will be geopolitical Robert Berke 12 Sep 19 2455 10
Bubblegeddon “The Fracking Revolution” Is a US Energy Subsidy to the World The USA shale oil industry as a whole has yet to turn a net profit — meaning the US is wasting useful resources to keep the oil price low for the world F. William Engdahl 12 Sep 19 918 2
Bubblegeddon A ‘Bonehead’ Move: Trump Wants the Fed to Follow Europe on Its Path to Financial Abyss Everything for that temporary boost in time for 2020 Kenneth Rapoza 12 Sep 19 352 4
Our Benevolent Empire Trump Replaces Bolton With Fringe Neocon A Bolton sidekick is the acting National Security Advisor Kurt Nimmo 12 Sep 19 802 5
Those Pesky Chinese Boeing’s China Problem (VIDEO) China is the largest operator of the 737 MAX, is poised to start challenging FAA leadership, and is developing its own domestic jets Wendover Productions 12 Sep 19 678 0
Adventures in Trumpia For Once, Sheldon Adelson Needs Donald Trump More Than Trump Needs Adelson Netanyahu and Adelson now desperately need Trump's blessing for annexation of Jordan Valley, freeing Trump to make a deal with Iran Philip Weiss 12 Sep 19 819 5
Trade War Joys Inside Huawei’s Secret Plan to Beat American Trade War Sanctions Mobilizing Asian suppliers for a production surge, Chinese company leads a split from US technology Cheng Ting-Fang 11 Sep 19 1505 5
Our Benevolent Empire Bolton’s Exit Doesn’t Change Anything, The Real Problem Has Been Donald Trump All Along It's Trump's narcissism, not Bolton's subterfuge, that has been blowing up settlements that could have been had Daniel Larison 11 Sep 19 601 7
Bubblegeddon 60pct of Americans Believe a Recession Is Coming – But Consumers Keep Piling Up Debt at Frightening Pace 69pct believed the same in Novemeber 2007 — and they were right Michael Snyder 11 Sep 19 286 3
Our Benevolent Empire Democrats Somehow Manage to Frame Bolton’s Exit as a Bad Thing Democrats gonna Democrat Caitlin Johnstone 11 Sep 19 376 1
YOLO Lavrov Lavrov Brilliantly Replies to Mark Esper’s Comments Calling for Russia to “Behave like a Normal Country” If it means US-style bombings, coups ,and millions for subterfuge in other countries then Russia will have to remain ''not normal'' Sergei Lavrov 11 Sep 19 1575 6
Foreign Policy Focus Podcast Podcast: Trump Fires Bolton! The arch-warhawk has been removed from the White House Kyle Anzalone 11 Sep 19 118 0
War in Syria Putin Is Feeding Erdogan Bitter Medicine on Syria’s Idlib — Slowly The Russian president ultimately sees Bashar al-Assad as the solution to Turkey's border problem, but is playing the long game Maxim A. Suchkov 11 Sep 19 1747 2
Our Benevolent Empire Kids Born on 9/11 Are Applying for Colleges Today. Why Hasn’t ‘Mastermind’ Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Gone to Trial Yet? One word: torture Kelley Vlahos 11 Sep 19 380 5
GDP Growth Means Something Entirely Different in China China is growing at a brisk pace but it's not 6+ percent Michael Pettis 11 Sep 19 830 2
All 400 F-35s Built So Far Lack Simple Chaff Countermeasures, They Will Have to Be Installed Post-Production Why didn't a 1.5 trillion weapon come with simple chaff serially? Joseph Trevithick 11 Sep 19 1572 4
Adventures in Trumpia What Is the Afghan War Now For? Apparently Americans will keep dying so Trump can brag how big a mistake the Taliban made Jason Ditz 11 Sep 19 301 3
History How the Assassination of JFK May Have Saved the Israeli Nuclear Program Kennedy had drawn a very firm line against nuclear proliferation threatening to withdraw support for Israel if did not comply with strict inspections Avner Cohen 10 Sep 19 1017 8
Adventures in Trumpia Trump Fires Bolton After “Disagreeing Strongly With His Suggestions”: Good Riddance It took far too long to happen; let's see who Trump finds that is even more horrible Mike “Mish” Shedlock 10 Sep 19 932 6
The Cypriot Military Wants to Defend Its Oil From Turkey Using Asymmetric Strategy Resting on Midget Submarines Disagrees with the Greek plan to gain security by turning back on Russia and becoming a protectorate of the unreliable US John Helmer 10 Sep 19 677 2
History South Korea Has Its Own Legacy of Vietnam War Atrocities It Refuses to Address South Korean forces carried out over 80 civilian massacres killing more than 9,000 James Griffiths 10 Sep 19 3742 4
Russian Aggression Russia Makes It Easier for Buyers of Its Weapons to Avoid US Sanctions Eases rules for purchases made through intermediaries The Moscow Times 10 Sep 19 1087 2
Financial Fortress Russia Russia Planning for the Possibility Oil Drops as Low as $25 Next Year Might actually happen with another great recession looming, but Russia plans to survive anyway which the US shale, and perhaps even the Saudis, surely will not Julianne Geiger 10 Sep 19 1066 4
Opinion Moscow Blundered by Swapping Prisoners With Ukraine, Kiev May Now Claim Russia Is Party to Its Civil War Russia exchanged Ukrainian sailors nabbed for trying to break through the Kerch Strait for Ukrainians disloyal to Maidan Lyuba Lulko 10 Sep 19 429 11
51st State Adventures ‘Mystery Airstrikes’ Kill at Least 18 Iraqi Fighters on Syria Border It is believed Israelis are striking from drone bases in US/Kurdish-held eastern Syria Jason Ditz 10 Sep 19 349 1