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A Son of the New American RevolutionNeo-Nazis Fighting For Ukraine are Real And Other UpdatesLarry C. Johnson | CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money laundering, formerly Deputy Director in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism (1989-1993, and CIA operations (1984-1989)https://sonar21.com/neo-nazis-fighting-for-ukraine-are-real-and-other-updates/Reminiscence of the...

Fed interest rate policy reducing prices of banking system HQLA to a new 1 year low…  hence bank capital (A-L) is being degraded as liabilities remain constant…. equity index prices back to same levels in consonance as the sum of all asset values are regulated as a fixed multiple of bank capital …Fed rate policy is working to reduce prices of bonds and equities and other financial assets… 

The Vineyard of the SakerEmpire of Lies Eager to Receive Mr. Sarmat’s Business CardPepe Escobarhttp://thesaker.is/empire-of-lies-eager-to-receive-mr-sarmats-business-card/Michael Hudson, Katie Halper and Aaron Maté (video, transcript coming — this is linked to in a separate post with no transcript)Sociopath Neocons Sacrifice Ukrainians and Global Poor – Economist Michael HudsonUseful Idiotshttp://thesaker.is/michael-hudson-katie-halper-and-aaron-mate/Sputnik International (Russian...

[embedded content]Michael Hudson starts at 23:40Sociopath Neocons Sacrifice Ukrainians and Global Poor – Economist Michael HudsonUseful Idiots (Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ) interview Michael Hudsonhttps://youtu.be/OdlGDSnCqz0See alsoSanctions - The Blowback (video 27.57)Renegade, Inc. internview Michael Hudson (Apr 7, 2022)https://youtu.be/9t66zZwR0cA

[embedded content]Good analysis of "paying in rubles."Gonzalo Lira on European sanctions and the war in Ukraine 28/04Scott Ritterhttps://youtu.be/MZaYnYHXvTg

Video, audio, and transcript.Too much focus on "Putin" in my view, but Wilkerson is always interesting to listen to. This is mostly about use of nukes.theanalysis.comUkraine and the Doomsday Machine – Larry Wilkerson and Paul Jay

Debunking Bloomberg with Fadhel KaboubThe LensNo, MMT Didn't Wreck Sri LankaStephanie Kelton | Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Stony Brook University, formerly Democrats' chief economist on the staff of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, and an economic adviser to the 2016 presidential campaign of Senator Bernie Sandershttps://stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/no-mmt-didnt-wreck-sri-lanka

 Title should be "Gas Pains"?Naked CapitalismGas Flares: Europe Has a Hissy, Flails About as Russia Imposes Gas Payment Countersanctions and Economies Already Feel Blowback BiteYves Smithhttps://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/04/gas-flares-europe-has-a-hissy-flails-about-as-russia-imposes-gas-payment-countersanctions-and-economies-already-feel-blowback-bite.html

The Vineyard of the SakerOpen thread for today and a few notes (the notes are of interest)Amarynthhttp://thesaker.is/open-thread-for-today-and-a-few-notes/Svetlana Picta interviews Yriy Podolyaka about Transnistria Conflict (video, English subtitles by The Saker translation team 14.23)http://thesaker.is/svetlana-picta-interviews-yriy-podolyaka-about-transnistria-conflict/Anatoliy Shariy – Embargo Failure video, English subtitles by The Saker translation team...

Britain’s MI5 has always maintained that the UK is just four meals from anarchy. So with fractured supply chains, rising costs and failing agricultural policy, how worried should the Brits, who are net importers of food, be about our national food security?Host, Ross Ashcroft, met up with Agricultural analyst, Michael Raw to discuss....Renegade, Inc.UK Food Security: A Fork In The RoadRoss Ashcroft intervews agricultural analyst Michael Raw