Authored by Ben Barbour via Off-Guardian.org, The Nobel Peace Prize was founded in 1901 by Alfred Nobel, an arms manufacturer. His family factory first gained notoriety for producing weapons for the Crimean War of 1853-1856. Alfred Nobel invented dynamite and various other powerful explosives. These explosives were used to devastate people in conflicts such as […]

The Navy’s newest fast-attack submarine was recently spotted with structural damage to its stealth coating after returning from its first deployment, which brings into question the manufacturing process of the shipbuilder, reported Forbes. The USS Colorado (SSN 788), a nuclear-powered US Navy Virginia-class attack submarine, was recently photographed with large sections of its stealth coating, […]

Authored by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity, One thing we’ve learned from the Trump Presidency is that the “deep state” is not just some crazy conspiracy theory. For the past three years we’ve seen that deep state launch plot after plot to overturn the election. It all started with […]

Following reports that a strange Christian cult might be behind the outbreak in Daegu that kickstarted South Korea’s COVID-19 crisis, readers around the world have been curious to learn more details about the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the small but surprisingly extensive church that follows a man named Lee Man-hee who claims to be the […]

Authored by John Eskow via Counterpunch.org,  “If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he’d have two.” –James Carville “Well, you know, James Carville is well-known for spouting off his mouth without always knowing what he’s talking about. And I intend to stay focused on fighting for the American people because what they don’t […]

Hong Kong just went full monetary-policy retard. In a desperate effort to “do something” about the economic collapse that the region is suffering… Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po is set to unveil a HK120 billion relief deal which includes ‘helicopter money’ – giving every Hong Kong permanent resident over the age of 18 […]

Authored by Nicholas Klein via Counterpunch.org, The US corporate media, who had such a long run as relative monopolizers of truth, have been discrediting themselves in serial fashion since 9/11. Their lapdoggery to the Bush regime backfired on them during the WMD lie operation and the resulting war of aggression. Then came their participation in […]

Unprepared countries across the Middle East are scrambling to respond as they’ve begun recording more and more coronavirus cases. While official government figures across the region likely fall short of the true number — for example hard hit Iran may have already seen 50 deaths according to one lawmaker in the city of Qom despite the Health Ministry denying […]

Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, International banks are suspending credit lines for some independent oil refiners worried about the growing risk of defaults across industries because of the coronavirus epidemic, Reuters reports, citing industry sources. According to the sources, at least three private refiners, or teapots, have had credit lines to the tune of $600 […]

On Monday Julian Assange’s defense team told a London court that the United States plotted to assassinate the WikiLeaks founder.  After describing US intelligence attempts to plant “intrusive and sophisticated” secret surveillance devices in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London where Assange had been living under asylum for seven years, Assange’s attorney Edward Fitzgerald told the court according to an […]

by Calculated Risk on 2/25/2020 08:18:00 PM

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Time: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (though some say “about 10:30”). Place: Gaillard Center in Charleston, SC Hosts: CBS News, and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute. Moderators: Norah O’Donnell (CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor) and Gayle King (“CBS This Morning” co-host). They will be joined in questioning […]

by Calculated Risk on 2/25/2020 05:07:00 PM

Source: Bloomberg Green Thirty years ago, more than half of all power generation came from coal and natural gas. Thirty years from now, about the same proportion will come from the sun and wind, according to projections. I believe that the countries that make this transition the quickest — Germany, Canada, perhaps the UK and Italy — […]

Things are not going well for the stock market, and even if the pressure from the COVID-19 coronavirus that has wiped out the market’s gain for the year eases in the days ahead, Super Tuesday looms and has rarely been a bullish indicator for stocks. The stock market losses over the first two trading days […]

In pursuit of federal approval for the nation’s first congestion pricing scheme, the one officials suggested would launch in January 2021, the question was this: Should New York State and New York City conduct a quick “environmental assessment” or a full scale “environmental impact statement,” a process that could take years? Federal officials didn’t provide […]

There are a lot of great options for dog collars on the market, but none of them will amuse you quite like the Cuss Collar from Mschf Labs. It’s a relatively simple product that combines a patent leather collar strap with an injection-molded speaker that does exactly what you think it does–it swears every time […]

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Readers, please return at 7:30pm ET for this evening’s Democrat Presidential debate. –lambert Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune Key dates coming fast now, […]

Authored by Ben Hunt via EpsilonTheory.com, Two weeks ago I wrote about the corrupt political response of China to COVID-19. Last week I wrote about the corrupt political response of the World Health Organization to COVID-19. This week I’m writing about the corrupt political response of the United States to COVID-19. Because it’s happened before. […]

While it’s too early to write an obituary post for GE, certainly this iconic American company and once darling on Wall Street has stumbled towards the brink of failure.  GE has been a corporate shipwreck for the last decade, where infamous Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos warned in late 2019 that the company’s ‘cash situation’ is a lot […]