Mike Norman Economics

Give peace a chance!When Oliver Stone said on a talk show about having peaceful relations with Russia, the audience laughed while the host mocked him. Then Oliver Stone said, 'what is wrong with detente?'Nothing, but the audience has been fed pure propaganda, and one day their laughs could turn to ash, along with their families, towns, and society too. They had no idea why they found so funny, because it's not a laughing matter.Larry King is extremely disappointing here, but at least it...

SpikedRussia-mania takes over the world Tom Black The NationNew Studies Show Pundits Are Wrong About Russian Social-Media Involvement in US Politics Aaron Maté Middle East EyeTurkish TV broadcasts images of 'Khashoggi body parts' being moved Intel TodayJohn Pilger : A Look Back at 2018 & Ahead to 2019 SouthFrontTrump’s ‘Full’ & ‘Rapid’ Troops Withdrawal From Syria Appears To Be ‘Slow’ & ‘Smart’ CounterpunchThe United States is First in War, But Trailing in Crucial Aspects...

Those nasty Russians are at it again: RT has been sending chocolate Salisbury Cathedrals to it's media friends. Shocking, the Russians have weaponized chocolate! Politicians in Salisbury have blasted a Russian state-run broadcaster which sent chocolate models of the city's cathedral as a festive gift. RT said the edible item reflected one of the "biggest news stories of the year" and was sent to "multiple" recipients in the media and beyond. Salisbury MP John Glen said: "This is...

The British Pound is overvalued because the City of London is the worlds money laundering centre, says Steve Keen. Britain thought it could do away with manufacturing and export service industries instead, but it hasn't worked out. Steve keen says the UK would be better off with a fall in the Pound to revive manufacturing. [embedded content]   

It is my last blog post for the year. And we leave the year with not much gained from a progressive perspective. The mid-term elections in the US just swapped deficit-terrorist Republicans (who have been compromised by the big-spending Trump) with ridiculous PayGo Democrats, who are intent on repeating all their previous mistakes. The Brexit negotiations reveal how appallingly compromised the Tories have become and how venal the European Commission is. The British Labour Party fiscal rule...

Bad Mouse Productions is a seriously progressive site and so I was concerned that this video was going to be very pro George Soros, but it turned out to be excellent.BMP is very good at exposing the nonsense of the Alt. Right, George Soros, the corporate Democrats, and neoliberalism.BMP's look at how the Alt right pretends to be anti elite, when it is really pro elite. They expose the Alt right propaganda and their twisted message where they pretend to be on the side of the ordinary guy,...

Red Ice is a very right wing, racist European group. BMP's exposes their racist nonsense.If you have time, the next video, The Lies of Red Ice, is even more detailed, where BMP's pack quite a lot into a short space. [embedded content] The Lies of Red Ice.  [embedded content]

Rolling StoneThe Malaysia Scandal Is Starting to Look Dire for Goldman SachsMatt TaibbiTruthdigBanishing Truth [on Seymour Hersh, corporate media, self-censorship, and fake news] Chris Hedges RTIrony alert: Firm that warned Americans of Russian bots...was running an army of fake Russian bots Danielle Ryan, Irish freelance journalist The Vineyard of the Saker [If you missed this fascinating and timely travelogue on BRI.]A two part Pepe Escobar report on the China, Pakistan and the new...

Made in 2010, this BBC video is very interesting because of what a young Crimean girl, called Anea, has to say about Stalin, Lenin, and the Soviet Union. [embedded content] Michael Palin visits the tourist resort town of Yalta in the Ukraine to learn how much the local population know about the historic Yalta Peace Conference and try out the local fairground attractions. Interesting video From BBC travel documentary, Palin's New Europe. Watch more high quality videos on the new BBC...

In German debt and guilt are the same word: Schuld. So, in Germany, debt has a morally negative connotation. Further, the state budget is referred to as “Haushalt”, which is the word for household. Germans equate state finances with those of personal finances, a concept that is reinforced by German political parties across the whole of the political spectrum. Flassbeck EconomicsThe debtor is always guilty Heiner Flassbeck