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Why did the press run with this story when there was no evidence? Why didn't they ask questions?The Russian embassy in the UK is now accusing the British government of manipulating public opinion and spreading disinformation, following reports that the London police is investigating the Sergey Skripal Novichok poisoning case last year. However, the UK counterterror chief is saying that there isn’t enough evidence to build a case against Moscow. Former MP George Galloway joins In Question to...

And Lied About It It is said that the West rose to predominance because of integrity of its institutions, that through the law, and the honesty it brought, commerce could flourish. Carl Jung believed the Christian religion made the West strong, because people for the first time could leave their money in banks, or invest in companies, rather than leave money under the bed, and then come back the next day and get their money back - people were now God fearing Christians. But what if...

It's all in Ned Price's mind. He has managed to construct a narrative from a few threads of non specific data, from which he could built any story he wanted from it. He filled in all the gaps - and it was mostly gaps - with his own narrative.What have U.S. intelligence officials proven to date about their claims of a sweeping Russian interference effort and Russian government outreach to the Trump campaign? Ned Price, former Special Assistant to President Obama and former CIA analyst, joins...

The dissonance in mainstream economics and the political debate about policy settings is getting deeper and more public. We now have examples of central bankers ‘throwing their hands up in the air’ and nearly begging governments to abandon their obsession with fiscal surpluses, and, instead, use fiscal policy to stimulate waning economic growth. What I think is happening is that we are entering a period of fiscal dominance, which will represent a categorical rejection of the mainstream...

Complex doesn’t even begin to describe the positioning of Iran-Russia in the geopolitical chessboard. What’s clear in our current, volatile moment is that they’re partners, as I previously reported. Although not strategic partners, as in the Russia-China tie-up, Russia-China-Iran remain the crucial triad in the ongoing, multi-layered, long-term Eurasia integration process. A few days after our Asia Times report, an article – based on “senior sources close to the Iranian regime” and crammed...

So does labor fulfill freedom or create alienation? Likewise, does technology emancipate and fulfill us, or does it enthrall and disempower us? Marx's answer to the first question is that it does both, depending on the social relations within which it is defined, managed, and controlled. It would seem that we can answer the second question for ourselves, in much the same terms. Technology both extends freedom and constricts it.... Adding to what David Little says in this post, Hegel and...

The US is provoking color revolutions for regime change in China and Russia, who are reacting as may be expected. It's on.India PunchlineA Sino-Russian firewall against US interferenceM. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service

Short review of Ron Ridenour's new book. Ridenour is a foreign policy realist. Reminiscence of the FutureThe Russian Peace Threat by Ron RidenourAndrei Martyanov

Gordon Dimmack live right now discussing Epstein’s mysterious death. It's quite interesting. See you there in the comments section. [embedded content]

So, how smart is it to antagonize and make such accusations against a superpower like China, given the fact that the Democrats have already antagonized and accused another superpower – Russia? The United States of America has long been divided between the two political parties and their struggle has shaped not just the recent history of America, but also that of the entire world. Amen. Not only not smart, it is crazy. Except for the MIC (military-industrial complex) that profits from...