The US rarely has ‘unblemished’ partners so it will pour more defensive weapons into Saudi Arabia despite outrage over Khashoggi and Yemen, Pentagon chief James Mattis admitted as the nation handed the kingdom a big new deal. The most-recent major US-Saudi arms deal was rolled out on Wednesday. Riyadh is seeking to get THAAD air Read More…
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Matthew Schutte Interview – How Holochain Could Impact The Independent Media And The World
With the overt level of censorship taking place today, suppressing and outright deleting content that counters the establishment narrative with enough success, the idea of a decentralized internet is one that has grown in both popularity and necessity. Many have made attempts to get such an idea off the ground, but have ultimately been unsuccessful. Read More…
France Vows To Protect Iran Against US Acting As World’s “Trade Policeman”
France has vowed to fulfill plans to defy the US’ sanctions on Iran while increasing the international role of the euro in order to prevent Washington from acting as the world’s “trade policeman”. France’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, told the British newspaper Financial Times that Europe is planning the formation of a special Read More…
This Time Is Different – The Beginning Of The Great Collapse
The largest asset bubble in the history of our planet is approaching the end of its lifespan, but that’s just the opening act. This time is different. Few imagined how far the Fed would go to reinflate the economy in the wake of the 2009 crisis. It started with TARP, then “quantitative easing” QE1, QE2, Read More…
Global Banking Stocks Are Crashing Hard – Just Like They Did In 2008
“Fortress balance sheets?”… “It’s different this time”… “Greatest economy ever.” If all of that is true, then why are the stocks of the most systemically important banks in the world collapsing? And the banking collapse is leading global stocks lower – probably not coincidentally as global central bank balance sheets contract… As The Economic Collapse blog’s Read More…
Germany Halts Arms Exports To Saudi Arabia In Response To Assassination Of Journalist In Saudi Consulate In Istanbul
On October 21st, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that Germany would stop arms exports to Saudi Arabia “for the time being.” The reasons for the decision are the vague circumstances around the disappearance and killing for Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi. According to Merkel, Riyadh had not put the full facts surrounding the death “on the Read More…






