Mike Norman Economics

It is also worth noting that the most ardent supporters of this military action, outside Saudi Arabia and Israel, are the Blairites in the UK and the Clinton Democrats in the USA. The self-described “centrists” are actually the unhinged extremists in today’s politics. This attack on Syria is, beyond doubt, a huge success for the machinations of Mohammed Bin Salman. Please do read my post of 8 March which sets out the background to his agenda, and I believe is essential to why we find our...

Canadian analyst, Stephen Gowan’s new book, ‘Washington’s Long War on Syria‘, reveals how the US colluded with The Muslim Brotherhood – the ideological precursor to Al Qaeda and ISIS – to destroy Ba’ath Arab Socialism in Syria, Iraq, Iran and Libya, and install permanent free-trade zones that serve US interests across The Middle East. From Syria, to Iraq, Iran to Libya, our understandings of the long-wars in the Middle-East as moral, humanitarian interventions designed to democratise and...

First Michael Savage. Then Sarah Palin. Now Alex Jones. Trump's base is cracking apart. The Gateway Pundit [Alt Right]ALEX JONES Breaks Down Crying on Air After Trump Bombs Syria (VIDEO) Jim HoltThe Daily Caller [Alt Right]FLASHBACK: Here’s A List Of The Times Trump Warned Against Getting Involved In Syria Justine CarusoAlsoVox Populi [alt right]Flirting with WWIII See alsoG. W. Bush, Barack Obama, and now (actually again) Donald Trump — war criminals.Common DreamsIn 'Clear Violation...

May be a good time to review some imo accurate observations by Sankar on mankind.  Wiki here. Four types of people  The law of social cycle is a theory of Varna, arising out of the Indian episteme (Inayatullah, 2002). This law states that while people in any society are all relatively similar, they have generally the same goals, desires and ambitions but differ in the way they go about achieving their goals. An individual's specific methods for achieving success depend on his physical and...

“I confess I had no desire to die in a Southeast Asian rice paddy… I considered the war in Vietnam already lost.” — John Bolton, 1995 Shorter John Bolton: I totally would’ve gone to fight the war I publicly advocated, but it was going to be lost anyway, and I didn’t want to die, like the 9,500-plus Americans who went in my stead and died between 1970 and the fall of Saigon. Now buy my book, Surrender Is Not An Option, which explains why we need war with Iran and North Korea. With hawks...

Remember this one?CNNTrump warns of World War III if Clinton is electedJeremy Diamond, CNN

Making it official. "The Cold War is back - with a vengeance but with a difference," [UN Secretary-General Antonio] Guterres said, noting that the safeguards which managed the risk of escalation during the first Cold War "no longer seem to be present."... Sputnik InternationalUN Secretary General: Cold War Resumed

Meanwhile in Brazil meet Jair Bolsonaro.The InterceptLula Goes to Prison, Deepening Brazil’s Political Crisis — as Military Waits in the Wings Leandro Demori

It could be that this tweet will go down in history like the German Empire's declaration of war on Aug. 1, 1914, or like U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's 2003 presentation at the United Nations ahead of the Iraq invasion. As a document that historians will analyze when retracing the road to ruin. But perhaps nothing will come of it. Perhaps Russian President Vladimir Putin will ignore the provocation. And that hope serves to illustrate the lunacy we are facing these days: The...

We propose these Theses as a challenge to the unhealthy intellectual monopoly of mainstream economics. These are examples – of the flaws in mainstream theories, of the insights that alternative perspectives have to offer, and of the ways in which a more pluralist approach can help economics to become both more effective and more democratic. This is an assertion that a better economics is possible, and an invitation to debate.... RETHINKING ECONOMICS & THE NEW WEATHER INSTITUTE33 THESES...