TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Every television newscast: staged reality Watch how tonight’s Trump-Hillary debate is set up. Are the two podiums the same size? No? Who has the bigger podium? Is the lighting even, or are there shadows? Where do the shadows fall? Is there blue color in the background, which exudes a “calming effect?” How is the moderator, Read More…
Saudi Arabia‘s atrocious war in Yemen is further proof of the consequences of the dangerous and fragile petrodollar system guiding US-Saudi relations as well as US foreign policy in the Middle East. Since last March, Saudi Arabia has been fighting a truly appalling war in Yemen in order to prevent the country’s government from changing Read More…
Following Ted Cruz’s endorsement of Donald Trump and president Obama’s veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, aka the “Sept 11” bill allowing victims to sue Saudi Arabia in US court, the trifecta of Friday afternoon data dumps was completed by the FBI, when the agency released 189 pages of notes from its investigation of Hillary Read More…
President Obama has vetoed a bill which would allow families of the 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. On Friday, President Obama kept his promise to veto legislation that would allow the 9/11 victims’ family members to sue Saudi Arabia, citing threats to U.S. national security. CNN reports that Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress say they’ll Read More…
The following summary is from the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee report, “Libya: Examination of intervention and collapse and the UK’s future policy options.” In March 2011, the United Kingdom and France, with the support of the United States, led the international community to support an intervention in Libya to protect civilians from attacks Read More…
“War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.” –George Orwell With tensions continuing to rise between the world’s super powers, due in large part to US foreign policy, many are beginning to bear down and prepare for the next decade of “spreading democracy.” It might seem an Read More…