Is ‘Russiagate’ Collapsing as a Political Strategy?
June 26, 2017
The plan for Democrats to run against Russia may be falling apart. After squandering much of the last six months on faulting Russians for the horrific presidency of Donald Trump… After blaming America’s dire shortfalls of democracy on plutocrats in Russia more than on plutocrats in America… After largely marketing the brand of their own […]
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Intel Behind Trump’s Syria Attack Questioned
June 25, 2017
Legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh is challenging the Trump administration’s version of events surrounding the April 4 “chemical weapons attack” on the northern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun – though Hersh had to find a publisher in Germany to get his information out. In the Sunday edition of Die Welt, Hersh reports that his national […]
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Snowden Part Two: Edward Snowden Interviews Ron Paul!
June 25, 2017
As our interview last week with Edward Snowden ended, Edward asked Ron Paul a question while the cameras were still rolling that was so important and interesting that with his permission we decided to release the “after credit sequence.” Why so important? As a former intelligence analyst and operative, Snowden wondered how well the intelligence […]
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Groundhog Day in Iraq? Nope, Worse
June 23, 2017
It’s a helluva question: “Tell me how this ends.” It was a good question in 2003 when then Major General David Petraeus asked it as the United States invaded Iraq, an ironic one in 2011 when the US withdrew, worth revisiting in 2014 when the US reinvaded Iraq, and again in 2017 as Islamic State […]
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When a Banyan Tree Hides the Secret to a Korean Enigma
June 22, 2017
About a hundred miles north of Bangalore, India, in the village of Thimmamma Marrimanu grows an eponymous banyan tree. There are all kinds of records for trees: the tallest, the stoutest, the oldest, and so on, but the record for the largest canopy, at an astounding five acres, is held by this banyan. And it […]
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Russia/Iran Sanctions Delayed In House: Policy Change… or Deep State Pressure?
June 22, 2017
The Russia/Iran sanctions bill passed earlier this month in the Senate has stalled in the House on a procedural issue: bills dealing with revenue must originate in the House. Is there a chance the bill may be scuttled? Don’t hold your breath! Ron Paul reports: Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity.
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NATO F-16 Buzzes Russian Defense Minister’s Plane
June 21, 2017
That’s the claim, anyway. And, not knowing for sure if the DM was on the plane or not, it looks plausible. ABC News is treating it so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsCgnxYxovA
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Ron Paul Interviews Edward Snowden: Security… or Surveillance?
June 20, 2017
What does former NSA analyst turned whistleblower Edward Snowden have to tell us about liberty? About trading a little freedom for government promises of security? Does he feel that his historic release of government documents showing how the NSA spies on all of us, constantly, without a warrant, has had a positive effect on freedom? […]
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‘Would You Like a Drink of Water?’ Please Ask a Yemeni Child
June 20, 2017
This week, in New York City, representatives from more than 100 countries will begin collaborating on an international treaty, first proposed in 2016, to ban nuclear weapons forever. It makes sense for every country in the world to seek a legally binding ban on nuclear weapons. It would make even more sense to immediately deactivate […]
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Playing Nuclear Chicken – or is it Russian Roulette?
June 20, 2017
“It was not immediately clear how close the U.S. military recon jet was flying near Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave between NATO allies Poland and Lithuania. This fall, Russia moved nuclear-capable ballistic missiles to Kaliningrad, putting some European capitals in strike range.” — Armed Russian jet comes within 5 feet of US recon jet “At the […]
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