. Despite the subject line, this is not about Justin Trudeau. Latest news is that, having evacuated most U.S. Embassy, Kiev personnel to Lvov in far western Ukraine, Washington ordered the last few staff (probably Diplomatic Security Service guys) on their way out to destroy...
Read MoreRussia’s navy claiming to have discovered a Virginia-class attack sub inside Russian territorial waters, just off the island of Urup in the Kuriles chain, halfway between mainland Russia and Japan. I am sure that, at a minimum, the Russians thought the sub was in their waters. And, frankly, no one believes the U.S. Government anymore, anyway.
Read MoreBottom falls out on “tough on Russia”? U.S. Senate backing for the “tough on Russia” agenda has just suffered a possibly fatal blow, from an unexpected direction. “Bernie” has published an op-ed in Britain’s left-wing Guardian newspaper (evidently, our Amazon Post and New York Times wouldn’t run his pacifist views), asking...
Read More(The Famine Year, update 4) The top half of my below bulletin was picked up by the Gateway Pundit today, here. Their chosen headline is a bit “off” (the U.S. won’t be fighting Russia directly), but it’s good to see some other people recognizing where we are going. I received...
Read MoreRussia vs. Ukraine: Not quite how it’s been presented File this away in the “Pooty already won” folder: Notwithstanding Brandon’s rambling speech, a top German business newspaper (Handelsblatt, very credible) claimed that in a confidential discussion with the Europeans, Uncle Sam backed down on his...
Read MoreFile this away in the “Pooty already won” folder: Notwithstanding Brandon’s rambling speech, a top German business newspaper (Handelsblatt, very credible) claimed that in a confidential discussion with the Europeans, Uncle Sam backed down on his threat to cut Russia off from dollar transactions in...
Read MoreBy way of threats and ultimatums, the Russians have brought Uncle Sam to the table, and have negotiated mostly to convince Europe (first off, Germany and France) that the U.S. isn’t serious about making any deal, and that Washington aims to involve that entire continent in a sanctions/economic war it doesn’t want or need
Read MoreThe formal, face-to-face, U.S.-Russia and then NATO-Russia talks over Russia’s proposed non-aggression pact (a key condition of which is NATO members not pursuing NATO membership for the Ukraine or any other country) don’t start for some more days, but already they are not looking promising. ...
Read MoreNothing has changed from my initial Ukraine war factsheet from eight months ago (click here), except that President Zelensky’s approval rating has fallen squarely below 20 percent, he has been outed for helping launder $40 million to Cyprus in his prior career as a comedian...
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2022 is shaping up to be the first-ever “global” famine year, and that won’t bode well for prices in our supermarkets. Let’s take it one step at a time and see how we got here, also with an eye to what Republicans can do or...
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