Good on Russia for the perspicacity to stand tall against the incongruousness of the other Normandy three. "Normandy Four leaders’ aides fail to agree on summit’s date, expert says" Of course they do.  What point is there in talking further when the agreed points from previous talks have not been implemented.  Only fools, the intransigent,... Continue Reading →

Does the US owe you money? With an economy valued at a little over US$21 trillion and unfunded liabilities valued at almost US$126 trillion, how on Earth are they going to pay you? Data from US National Debt Clock - images captured around 13.45 AEST 2019/09/03. Note: Total US Unfunded Liability includes Social Security, (Medicare Parts... Continue Reading →

Another page turns in the Kunstler diary of the American condition blog. JHK has not said anything outstanding of late (unless you consider the possibility of "Pentagon intervention in the Homeland" to be such).  But this probably reflects the nation's sleepy awakening to the fact that they are now standing on a cliff edge and... Continue Reading →

I'm a Doomsayer. I am happy to be known as a Doomsayer because, well, what's the opposite? Blind Optimism? Head-in-the-sand Ignorance? In my view, nothing can, is going to, or ever will, remain the same - for long. And over a long life I have observed, and both science and logic tell us, that things... Continue Reading →

So now we have the Russian side of the story of the American air strike on Idlib last Saturday.  It reveals that no prior warning was given to either Russia or Turkey, revealing or rather cementing the cavalier, dangerous and infantile US attitude to everybody else on the planet. "The US airstrike on the de-escalation... Continue Reading →

We all knew, did we not, that the Americans are born liars and cheats, dabblers in the dark arts of subterfuge and deceit, driven by a lower-brained aggressive animus of self-ordained exceptionalism - and entirely untrustworthy, accusing everyone else of using exactly the unscrupulous methods that they themselves employ? Russia is of course fully aware... Continue Reading →

The West is in sunset mode, an almost spent force, an aggressive power on the wane, its malignant intentions no longer enforceable, as this 'The Greanville Post' article exposes: 'SUDDENLY THE WEST IS FAILING TO OVERTHROW “REGIMES” ' "This is a tremendous moment in human history. For the first time, Western imperialism is being not... Continue Reading →

It is not easy being a terrorist ally of the United States.  Start losing ground and you get wiped - as IS discovered at ar-Raqqah in 2017. I hinted yesterday that the US airstrike on Idlib on Saturday may have greater undercurrents than first appeared, and of course it was silly of me to even... Continue Reading →

TASS reports:  'US forces conduct strike against al-Qaeda near Idlib' Unbelievable as it sounds, has the US international coalition finally done something useful in Syria, or is there more yet to be revealed behind this story? This is not part of their normal area of operations. Overt operations anyway. Is this a warning in response... Continue Reading →