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The Horsemen of the Apocalypse, by Paul Craig Roberts

I awoke this morning to find that America Again Crawls on Its Belly for Israel and adds another war crime to its impressive 21st century list. The recklessness increases. President Trump committed an act of war for Israel. This comes on top of some fool green-lighting an attack on the Russian strategic triad, an attack…

Trump Bombs Iran, Says It Was Just a Quickie, by Andrew Anglin

We Should Give Matt Gaetz a Chance, by Andrew Anglin

Matt Gaetz hosted a Zero Hedge backed debate between libertarian Dave Smith and (allegedly non-Jewish) neocon global domininationist Robert Spencer this week. Overall, the debate is mundane and not worth watching. Probably, everyone is familiar with all of the content here, and these debates are sort of just repetitive and tiresome at this point, particularly…

Russia Wants to Have Its Cake and Eat It Too, by Paul Craig Roberts

The Kremlin’s spokesman said the countries in the Middle East are “now plunging into the abyss of instability and war.” The Kremlin should have thought about that before Putin green-lighted the instability and war by standing aside from Russia’s Iranian ally, just as Putin stood aside from Russia’s Syrian ally, thus leading to the destruction…

The Presidents of Russia and China Announce the Cardinal Points of the Obvious, by John Helmer

It was just before high noon in Moscow on Thursday, June 19, when President Vladimir Putin initiated his telephone call to President Xi Jinping of China. A read-out by Putin’s foreign policy assistant, Yury Ushakov, followed almost immediately. Xi did not authorize his summary for twenty-four hours until the Chinese official media organ, Global Times,…

Israel’s Attack on Iran: The Violent New World Being Born Is Going to Horrify You, by Jonathan Cook

Twenty years ago, the US warned prematurely of the ‘birth pangs’ of a new Middle East. Now they have arrived in full force – and they will not end in Iran Western politicians and media are tying themselves up in knots trying to spin the impossible: presenting Israel’s unmistakable war of aggression against Iran as…

Putin Aligns with Israel and Finds a New Way to Deny Reality, by John Helmer

John Helmer reports that Putin said he supports the “unconditional security of Israel” and that the Russian-Iranian treaty “did not envisage military cooperation.” Is this Putin’s green light for a US/Israeli strike on Iran? Why does Putin support the security of Israel but not of Iran? Israel is the aggressor, not Iran. Iran is a…

Sharing an Insightful Analysis on the War, by Hua Bin

I’m still putting together the essay laying out my perspective on China’s role in the Iran Israel US war. I am confident it will address many readers’ questions around the war’s implications and China’s potential course of action – of course, from a totally official perspective. I’ll also share a detailed and nuanced analysis of…

Why You Should Hate the Rich Even More (w/ Rob Larson), by Chris Hedges

The ultra-wealthy hover above the realities of the world around them like extraterrestrial aliens. Their material reality physically separates them from the rest of society with gated communities and private jets but paradoxically, their very wealth also severs them psychologically, unable to understand the reality of the 99%. Joining host Chris Hedges on this episode…

Intelligence Has Departed Every Government, by Paul Craig Roberts

Iran had the strategic advantage over Israel and could have wiped Israel out. Instead, the hapless Iranians sat passively on their butts, gave a gratuitous demonstration of their capability, thus putting Israel on guard without doing any damage to Israel. Next the Iranian government failed to see the many indications that it was about to…

The Definition of Insanity – Reading a Neocon Think Tank Report on Russia, by Ian Proud

Let’s do what we’ve been doing for a decade and hope for a different result Apparently, there is no evidence that Albert Einstein ever said ‘the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results’. And yet the aphorism rings true whenever a neocon think tank produces a…

What China’s Position Should be with the Iran Israel War, by Hua Bin

There are many comments on my last piece on the Iran Israel war – Iran’s predicament is largely a result of its follies. As planned, I have been putting together the next installment detailing China’s likely position and the rationale. Hopefully I’ll publish the essay in the next 24 hours. Meanwhile, I’d like to restack…

Iran’s Predicament Is Largely a Result of Its Own Folly, by Hua Bin

I received many thoughtful reader comments for the essay Revolution is not a dinner party. I thought it worthwhile to share some additional perspectives on why I think Iran’s crisis is at least partly a result of its own mistakes and poor judgement. I will also attempt to speculate, hopefully intelligently, what China’s position would…

Stop Netanyahu Before He Gets Us All Killed, by Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares

For nearly 30 years, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has driven the Middle East into war and destruction. The man is a powder keg of violence. Throughout all the wars that he has championed, Netanyahu has always dreamed of the big one: to defeat and overthrow the Iranian Government. His long-sought war, just launched, might…

Fox News – “if I Were the Ayatollah Watching This Fox News Coverage, and I Hope He Is, of This Parade, I Would be Very Frightened and I Would be Thinking Twice About Whether I Would Want to Retaliate, by Hua Bin

Just heard the above quote from Jon Stewart’s Daily Show today. You cannot make this shit up. Which parade was Fox News referring to?

Fragility of MAGA Idealism, Terminological Perversion of ‘Anti-Semitism’, and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Iranian Fatalism on the Nuclear Debate, by Jung-Freud

MAGA rots. In any movement, there’s elitism and populism, and then there is a sliver of idealism. Idealists are always in the minority but lend the luster of integrity and principles. Elitists mainly care about position, status, and privilege. Populists mainly crave red-meat, a sense that the Great Man is watching out for them and…

The Israeli Strike on Iran, the JFK Assassination, and the 9/11 Attacks, by Ron Unz

Much like individuals, countries may often become victims of their own great success. This risk certainly applies to criminals, including criminal regimes. Even if they effectively conceal their direct involvement in particular incidents, over time their method of operation—their “M.O.”—may become obvious. This allows the ready identification of their handiwork, whether by law enforcement agencies…

How to Say in Russian Happy Birthday Donald, Happy Us Army and Flag Day, by John Helmer

There are no flies on President Vladimir Putin. That’s an expression which originated in the fly-blown goldrush mines of Australia in 1840 and then moved with the flies to the goldrush mines of California a few years later. Literally, it means a man who is too quick for a fly to settle on him. Metaphorically,…

TACO Trump’s Harsh Optics While Selling Out On Immigration Will End In Disaster, by Robert Stark

source: @DonMiami3 on X Trump’s ICE raids feel performative as the actual number of illegal immigrants deported is not that much. For a while, ICE was releasing illegal immigrants due to limited capacity in detention spaces. There is this performative cruelty of singling out a small number of people as a deterrent or to scare…

Iran-the-Unready, by Paul Craig Roberts

Like all opponents of Washington and Israel, Iran proved itself unready. Muslims never seize the initiative. They sit on their butts until they are decapitated. Instead of taking Israel out, Iran suffered a serious attack and then feebly retaliated. Wars are not won by retaliation. The mystery is why was Iran unready? Iran has had…

Morgan Stanley Predicts China Will Lead the $5 Trillion Humanoid Market, by Hua Bin

An investor friend sent me a Morgan Stanley report published in April titled Humanoids: A $5 Trillion Market. The report validates my hypothesis that embodied AI (i.e. humanoids) is the next frontier beyond foundational LLMs. The opening of the report is certainly attention-catching: While Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Elon Musk remain the biggest celebrity promoters…

Will War be the Hallmark of the Trump Administration?, by Paul Craig Roberts

Iran has responded to Israel’s blatant attack in the weakest way possible–an appeal to the United Nations. The attack killed the Iranian commander of the Revolutionary Guards, the deputy chief of the army and several scientists, destroyed facilities and residential housing. Washington disavows any responsibility for Israel’s act of war, but was quick to assure…

Memo from Iran: WE ARE READY, by Mike Whitney

Test Your Political IQ; See if you can connect the dots: Total Pro-Israel Contributions to Trump’s 2024 Presidential Campaign: …. pro-Israel interest groups and individuals contributed over $230 million to efforts benefiting Trump since 2020, with the bulk tied to the 2024 cycle. This figure includes direct campaign contributions, independent expenditures, and super PAC spending,…

For Whom the Drones Buzz, by Patrick Lawrence

Those drone attacks on five Russian airfields last week were nothing if not daring. No final report from Moscow yet, but three figures’ worth of Ukrainian drones launched from the backs of trucks destroyed some number of strategic bombers in the Russian fleet. Now we read all over the place — well, all over mainstream…

An EMP Attack on the U.S. Power Grids and Critical National Infrastructure, by Steven Starr

The detonation of a 1.44-megaton W49 nuclear warhead 250 miles above Johnston Island in 1958 resulted in the first recorded high-altitude electromagnetic pulse. The photo was taken 860 miles away in Hawaii, far enough away to prevent severe retinal burns in the eyes of observers in Honolulu (military officials had moved the site of the…