There is something deeply moving about the ignorance and scatty nature of politicians. At points, it can even be endearing. In the apparently wide wake left by the mauling of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in front of the press at the Oval Office on February 28, backers of Kyiv’s war […]
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The United States And Ukraine Reach Rare Minerals Deal: Strategic Implications
In a great geopolitical development, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States and Ukraine had reached a draft agreement regarding critical mineral resources. According to Trump, this deal could be worth approximately $1 trillion, potentially reshaping the economic and political dynamics between the two nations. Analysts […]
‘The West’ Is The U.S. And Its Colonies (‘Allies’). That ‘Alliance’ Is Breaking Up
The U.S. has 917 foreign military bases (besides the 749 inside the U.S.). All other countries taken together have 399. The U.S. spends 65% of the entire world’s military costs (that’s expenses — not referring to the enormous damages that those costs have been paying to create in the targeted countries) — all of the […]
Britain Labour’s Missteps And Starmer’s ‘Trump problem’
Since the general elections which took place in the UK in July, 2024, the ruling Labour Party and its head and prime-minister Sir Keir Starmer have experienced an unprecedented drop in popularity and public support.[1] Polls say that while Keir Starmer and Labour Party would still come out on top, […]
Cutting The Ghost Budget: Elon Musk Versus The Pentagon
The rampaging antics of a querulous, sociopathic tech oligarch as he busies himself identifying which government departments to raid, trim, if not abolish altogether, understandably concerns those in the business of government. And there is much to be concerned about with Elon Musk’s merrily psychotic scything as chief of the […]
Trump’s ‘Deal’ To End Ukraine’s War Is To Continue Biden’s Policy
Stephen Bryen is retired from a career near the top at both the U.S. Defense Department and a top-ten U.S. armaments manufacturer, and on February 10th he issued a commentary which makes clear that Trump’s policy regarding Ukraine’s war doesn’t yet, and probably never will, separate itself from what President Biden’s […]
Why Fly in Europe? The Dark Triumph Of The Ryanair Effect
It has had a rebarbative, blighting effect across the entire aviation industry. The Ryanair model, for want of a better term, prides itself on minimal, no-frills service for eye popping prices. The Irish-based low-cost carrier was intended to revolutionise European air travel by offering a budget option for the eager […]
How The U.S./UK Empire Works — As In The Middle East
It’s shown with remarkable clarity, in the first 14 minutes of this video from Vanessa Beeley, on February 6th: https://beeley.substack.com/p/trump-in-gaza-jolani-self-proclaimed It is titled “Trump in Gaza, Jolani self-proclaimed president, south Lebanon and Russia to pay reparations, not Israel: My reports for UK Column yesterday”. Whereas all of its first 14 minutes […]
Missed Opportunities To Resolve The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
The end of February will mark the fourth year since the start of Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine, which led to numerous casualties and destruction between the two once fraternal peoples. In this regard, a rhetorical question arises: was it possible to avoid a military conflict and resolve interstate […]
Funeral Atmospherics At The British Library
On October 23, 2023, the British Library, one of the world’s finest repositories of knowledge, was subjected to a cyber-attack. Some 600GB of files, including the personal data of Library users and staff from the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) database, was pinched or otherwise exfiltrated by the Rhysida ransomware group, […]
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