August 2019 archive

The Tyranny Of The Socially Self-Righteous – A Coercive Green New Deal Authored by Richard Ebeling via The American Institute for Economic Research, Social and economic crises, real and imagined, often seem to bring out the most wrongheaded thinking in matters of government policy. Following the 2008 financial crisis and with the fear of “global …

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To Avoid A Collapse Means Restoring Glass-Steagall (Without The Green New Deal) Authored by Matthew Ehret via The Strategic Culture Foundation, With the recent discussion of the collapse of the western system of banking (and neo-liberal ‘post-truth’ values more generally) a serious overview of the post-WWII stripping down of nation states is in order. Over …

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"Accommodation Crisis" Hits Ireland Universities As Dorm Costs Spike An Irish Independent survey revealed student accommodation costs (dorm costs) had jumped as much as 11.55% YoY for all university-owned and on-campus accommodations in Ireland, which has led to financial stresses for parents and left millennials with student debt. The Independent is describing this as an …

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Ukraine's Zelensky Presses Putin For Peace Talks After Four Soldiers Killed Significant escalating clashes between pro-Kiev forces and Russian-backed separatists in the contested Donetsk region has resulted in the deaths of four Ukrainian soldiers, government officials said Wednesday.  Ukraine’s Defense Ministry issued a statement saying pro-Russia separatists opened fire at Ukrainian military positions on August 6, which killed the …

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Where Inflation Is Highest And Lowest Around The World High inflation rates can hurt any country’s economy and point to underlying problems in economic policy. Currently, Iran, Turkey and Nigeria are three countries where high inflation rates are putting a strain on citizens and businesses, with effects ranging from exorbitant food prices, rising rents and falling …

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China Threatens France For Giving Political Asylum To Wife Of Jailed Ex-Interpol Chief Chinese officials have threatened to cease all police cooperation with France for giving political asylum to the wife of ex-Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, according to AFP.  <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> “There hasn’t been any official request to suspend the cooperation but an informal …

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In Stunning Upset, Germany's Far-Right AfD Set To Defeat Merkel's CDU In The Country's East In a stunning development for German politics, Germany’s anti-immigrant, nationalist party Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has taken the lead in the east of the country ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU), just a month before regional elections …

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The Citadels Of America's Elites: Fractured And At Odds With Each Other Authored by Alastair Crooke via The Strategic Culture Foundation, Something is ‘up’. <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> When two Financial Times columnists – pillars of the western Establishment – raise a warning flag, we must take note: Martin Wolf was first off, with …

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The Rise Of The American Gestapo Authored by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Adolf Hitler is alive and well in the United States, and he is fast rising to power.” – Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, on the danger posed by the FBI to our civil liberties Despite the finger-pointing …

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Russians Are Increasingly Likely To Protest Last weekend, Moscow police arrested around 1,400 protestors, the largest gathering in a decade, after people met to contest the dubious circumstances surrounding city-wide elections. Nearly 150 people remain in custody, according to OVD-Info. Alexi Navalny, a prominent critic of the Kremlin, was arrested Wednesday for inciting anti-government protests. …

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