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In his April 10 comments, Obama made the obvious explicit: He did not want the certain Democratic nominee, the candidate he was backing to succeed him, to be indicted. Conveniently, his remarks (inevitably echoed by Comey) did not mention that an intent to endanger national security was not an element of the criminal offenses Clinton was suspected of committing – in classic Obama fashion, he was urging her innocence of a strawman crime while dodging any discussion of the crimes she had...

Exposé of attempted US regime change operation in Thailand.NEOCambodia’s US-Backed Opposition Leader Charged With Treason Joseph Thomas is chief editor of Thailand-based geopolitical journal, The New Atlas* The New Atlas site didn't open on most browers/search engines I tried. I was able to get in using the Tor brewer and DuckDuckGo to search. Update: Working now. See also Thailand’s Ousted PM Flees Abroad: The Rest of the Story

Important backgrounder. It  helps knowing some history.Moon of AlabamaThe Rohingya Of Myanmar - Pawns In An Anglo-Chinese Proxy War Fought By Saudi Jihadists b

We don't really know what went on in Tony Blair's mind when leader of the Labour Party but he joined the CND as a young man but later he seemed to become a War profiteer. The conspiracy theorists say he never was a lefty but an imposter whose job was to infiltrate the Labour Party to steer it even further to the right. Was he always an imposter or did money change him, we will never know, but bribery tempts many people. The article below is by Jonathon Cook. I cannot recommend the new...

There is a psychological bias to believe that exceptional events eventually give way to a return to “normal times.” But the world economy is far from a return to pre-2008 normality, with most of the obstacles to more robust recovery to be found on the demand side. Project Syndicate The Normalization DelusionAdair Turner

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Another thing that the mainstream gets backwards.Ellis Winningham — MMT and Modern MacroeconomicsFederal Taxpayers Do Not Fund the Federal Government; The Federal Government Funds Federal TaxpayersEllis Winningham

Geopolitics and geostrategy on the grand chessboard. Trump’s recent decision to add troops in Afghanistan has nothing to do with combating terrorism (or mining mineral resources, or confusing militants as to when the U.S. military might finally leave), no matter what the endless stream of pundits and think-pieces have argued since it was announced. After 16 years of occupation the Taliban control 48 of nearly 400 administrative units, the Islamic State has established a foothold, the...

Calling bullshit on the US and UK media.CounterpunchVenezuela in the Media: Double Standards and First Impressions Ricardo Vaz AlsoVenezuela’s Elections: Resurgent Chavismo and Unrecognized Democracy (August 3, 2017)Venezuelan Opposition “Consultation”: Playing Alone and Losing (July 19, 2017)

Fascinating interview. The InterceptUndercover in North Korea: “All Paths Lead to Catastrophe”Jon Schwarz