News for August 28, 2018

| August 28, 2018

Germany and  the European Union are planning to abandon the U.S. dollar. The Iran and Russia sanctions will get blowback from Europe. Very bad news for Trump and us. These sanctions are ill advised. Australia falls into the Trump camp with the election of Scott Morrison as prime minister. Europe is facing food shortages due […]

News for July 23, 2018

| July 23, 2018

A nationalist party has won Slovenia’s election. Melania Trump’s half brother is a leader of the nationalist movement in Slovenia, which is why she is a target for assassination by the U.S. deep state. A U.S. secret service agent died from poisoning (not from a heart attack) during the Trumps’ visit to Turnberry golf club after […]

News for July 9, 2018

| July 8, 2018

We were hoping to report that immigration had become a sticking point with the Merkel coalition government and internal divisions were tearing the coalition apart. But bureaucratic maneuvering saved Merkel’s government. The details are too boring for words. We’re stuck with Merkel, let’s move on. Meanwhile, League Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini outmaneuvers Macron and […]

News for June 10, 2018

| June 10, 2018

In spite of opposition pressure from Germany and France, Italy has managed to form a new government under Giuseppe Conte. Lega party popularity is soaring. Italy’s new finance minister says Germany should get out of the euro—too much competitive advantage. That is not going to happen, but we like the rhetorical challenges. The victory of […]

News for April 28, 2018

| April 28, 2018

President Trump’s recent statements about ending the U.S. involvement with the Iran nuclear treaty indicate that he is lining up with Israel to promote hostility to Iran as a prelude to war. If Trump withdraws the United States from the treaty early in May it will provoke an international crisis. Trump’s National Security Adviser John […]

News for November 29, 2017

| November 29, 2017

The best news of late is Angela Merkel’s failure to form a coalition government following the elections in Germany. See details of the negotiations at the World Socialist Web Site. It’s unlikely there will be a new election as Merkel does not have the power to call a new election. It is possible, though not […]

News for October 31, 2017

| October 31, 2017

Hurricane Maria forced us to relocate. Donations welcome. ———————– First it was the CIA supplying arms to Syrian rebels, now it turns out the U.S. military has been doing the same. A major initiative was taken under President Obama in 2015 to increase the supply of weapons to Syria. The route these military arms travel […]