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The economics of money is back in the limelight. Even five years ago, I cannot imagine that a lecture on money and the payment system could have been a subject for an event like today’s. Theoretically speaking, money is a social convention. People accept money in the expectation that everyone else will do the same. According to this bare-bones definition, anything could serve as money provided that everyone, as it were, buys in. In economic parlance, this equilibrium analysis gives rise to...

Asia TimesWhat really Happened in Iran? Pepe EscobarThe Vineyard of the SakerAmerica’s troops love Russia, and Kremlin mind control is to blame – Pentagon officials The Saker

I got NATO countries to pay 530 Billion Dollars a year more, and the U.S. less, and came home to a Fake News Media that mocked me. Didn’t think that was possible!

This broadcast went out live on air where two commentators talk in glowing terms about Jeremy Corbyn. When the show was re-broadcasted an hour later, the BBC removed this segment.I recently tweeted this about Jeremy Corbyn : There's definitely something special about him. He's modest and yet he stands up to the toughest. Even Gordon brown says he's a phenomenon. Gordon Brown now supports Jeremy Corbyn, and says New Labour got it wrong about neoliberalism. A newspaper editor’s frank...

Tareq Haddad resigned from Newsweek last week when they refused to print his story on the Syrian chemical weapons attack OPCW scandle, where they had fabricated the evidence that Syria did it. The military says it needs phosphorous to illuminate battlefields at night, but they illegally use it to kill people.   Airstrikes and mortar shells from Turkey and its Arab militias rained down on the northern Syrian border town of Ras al-Ayn a few weeks ago. Images from the attack showed children...

Washington is freaking scary!  The US Senate will consider a draft bill that will oblige the State Department to check whether Russia can be recognised as a “state sponsor of terrorism”. The document was submitted by Republican Cory Gardner. The draft bill also suggests that the State Department will answer another question: whether “Russian-controlled armed formations” in Donbass can be considered “terrorists”. At the same time, Moscow has repeatedly noted that it is not a party to the...

[embedded content] The CIA have noticed Jimmy Dore now.

The GrayzoneUS and UK military-intelligence apparatus campaigns to destroy Jeremy Corbyn Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal The GrayzoneUS government drops case against Max Blumenthal after jailing journalist on false charges Ben Norton Real-World Economics Review BlogSuper-rich in US paid a lower tax rate than the bottom 50% Internationalist 360º [linked to previously but important if you didn't get to it then]Inside the Organized Crime Syndicate Known as the CIA: An Interview with Douglas...

More options...Why the Pentagon Says It Needs Low-Yield Nukes | via @PopMech @KyleMizokami #NuclearWeapons #LowYieldNukes #USMilitary #DoD https://t.co/84j5O3uN1B pic.twitter.com/vF9zAM8p8d— RealClearDefense (@RCDefense) December 8, 2019