Now that we are in a second Cold War era, there is a full fledged “Tournament of Shadows” for what was once called “The Dark Continent.” This was brought to light by the recent coup in the West African country of Niger, which saw the Palace Guards overthrow the...
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9/14/23 Kyle Anzalone on the Counteroffensive, Elon Musk’s Starlink and the Failures of Western Sanctions
by Scott Horton | Sep 17, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Kyle Anzalone joined Scott on Antiwar Radio this week to run through some of the biggest Ukraine news of the day. They start with a look at the many factors that doomed Ukraine’s counteroffensive and examine how American and Ukrainian officials are...
US Sanctions Target Russia’s Ability to Acquire Western Tech for Military Purposes
by Connor Freeman | Sep 14, 2023 | News
The US State Department and Treasury announced on Thursday a large sanctions package targeting Moscow’s trade with some of Washington’s allies and partners. The aim of this new sanctions package, one of the largest yet, is to block off Russia’s access to money,...
Kim Traveling to Russia to Meet Putin, US Threatens Response
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 11, 2023 | News
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un is traveling to eastern Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin. Washington threatened to increase sanctions on Pyongyang in response. Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin's spokesman, described the meeting as a full-state visit. "There...
West Declines to Adjust Russian Oil Price Ceiling as Moscow Exports Above the Cap
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 11, 2023 | News
Reuters reports Washington and its Western allies keeping the price cap on Russian oil at $60 per barrel as Moscow sells its energy on the global market well above the US-enforced ceiling After nine months of a Western-imposed price ceiling on Russian oil exports, the...
G20 Weakens Condemnation of Russia After India Summit
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 11, 2023 | News
Washington's waning dominance over the globe was on display as the G20 removed language that denounced Moscow’s war in Ukraine after the summit in New Delhi Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the members of the Group of 20 (G20) had agreed to remove...
News Roundup 9/11/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 11, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia CNN reports that Elon Musk personally instructed SpaceX employees to disable Starlink to prevent a Ukrainian attack on the Russian naval fleet in Crimea last year. SpaceX has spent millions of dollars of the company’s own money to help Kyiv’s military stay...
Will BRICS Smash the Dollar?
by Ron Paul | Sep 6, 2023 | Featured Articles
Donald Trump’s legal troubles, the possibility that Joe Biden will face an impeachment inquiry, and other stories related to the upcoming presidential election, caused the American media to miss a story of potentially greater significance. This was the decision of the...
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Israel’s Amazing Feat
Israel has accomplished quite a feat: its crimes against the people of Gaza are of such a large scale that they make Hamas's Oct. 7 crimes look small.
Pentagon Follies: Accounting for DEI Expenditures
Inclusion, Equity and Diversity (IED) is communism in blackface. This viral contagion has raced to the top of government bureaucracies and, of course, facilitates a race to the bottom in quality and competence. The wizards at the Pentagon who have yet to account for...
A Soho Forum discussion of COVID with Tom Woods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKzl5CngE5Q Check out Tom's great book, Diary of a Psychosis.
US Abrams Tanks Withdrawn from Fighting in Ukraine
Five four million dollar tanks up in smoke. They'll make every excuse they wish but the days of manned tanks are over. Ukraine has lost five Abrams tanks in recent months, The New York Times reported this month, citing an unnamed senior US official. At least three...
The Aircraft Carrier is the Crossbow and Chariot of the Modern Age
The US Navy, of course, is desperately trying to get authorization to build more Ford-class carriers. Ironic that they name the carrier after a violence broker famous for being rather clumsy and unable to navigate around. The first of class doesn't work properly: it...
Here’s an Idea
If you can't tell the difference between 2024 America and 1930s Germany, let's not have a conversation, okay?