1. (Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com), A lot of readers (some of them former readers now) have been angrily twanging me by email for writing about...


  2. Wow, news of Trump withdrawal from Syria is good news for peace, but it sounds more like a desperate call that a coup is underway...
      


  3. Sometimes, if you open up a big enough gate and stand in the void, the gate will swing back and slap you on the...
      


  4. The Kremlin said on Friday that Moscow’s move to help Beijing build an early warning system to detect missile attacks showed the two countries...
      


  5. Please find link below to very good report prepared by Task Force on American Innovation. It broadly covers issues of changing image of global R&D,...
      


  6. (Reuters) -  U.S. President Donald Trump has asked for a substantial cut in the National Security Council staff, Bloomberg reported late on Friday, citing...


  7. North Korea and the US began preliminary talks on Friday, with working-level negotiations on Saturday in Sweden.... which then ended just as abruptly as...


  8. What's the end game here? Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has just arrived in Jeddah for talks with Saudi leaders over a response to the...
      


  9. In recent weeks we have seen that the people of Hong Kong have expressed displeasure over the meddling of Communist China (PRC) into their...
      


  10. BEIJING (Reuters) -  Chinese state media released videos of foreign citizens praising the country on the eve of celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of...
      


  11. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/082b9cfa-880b-316f-a607-632e9941423b/u.s.-manufacturers-experience.html   What happened: Production, employment and inventories all declined in September. The index for new orders actually rose a tick to 47.3%, but it’s still at...


  12. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N-TLMeHsKYBCirxS0vbqMGHpU2SmyLuCc7bqp8eYXVM/edit https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7523839/Hong-Kong-protesters-throw-eggs-Chinas-President-Xi-Jinpings-portrait-National-Day.html China Stories https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wb2YoQGpSWTz32ljsiA_ey6FLVqc2Dpe7Fnpiqn9lBs/edit# Police shoot 'schoolboy' activist, 18, in the chest with a live round as streets of Hong Kong turn into a protest battlefield on...
      


  13. 1. Both United States and China are in full war for global hegemony and both countries are using all the resources at their disposal...


  14. After Trump Accused Of Cover-Up, Susan Rice Admits Obama Put Transcripts On Top Secret Server Too After President Trump was accused of a cover-up for...
      


  15. (Reuters) - China will celebrate the 70th anniversary of Communist Party rule on Oct. 1 with flowers, speeches, performances and a massive military parade...
      


  16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG3FlmUJKQs  -  Hong Kong protesters march to US consulate to call on Trump for support. From RTHK .... ''Don't meddle in HK affairs'' China tells Washington.    The government released...
      


  17. It's a good idea. Too bad it's not going to happen.  


  18. MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said on Sunday he would run for a seat in Britain’s Westminster parliament in any upcoming...
      


  19. The Remain coalition in the U.K. parliament have become vandals. They would destroy everything about their government, traditions and what they know to be true...
      


  20. This week the United Nations has been in the news as it held it’s 74th United Nations General Assembly Once again it was a circus where...
      


  21. (Reuters)  -  Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, whose sweeping anti-corruption plan has powered her ascendant presidential campaign, stepped up her offensive on Friday, vowing to...
      


  22. TOKYO (Reuters)  - China’s growing military might has replaced North Korean belligerence as the main security threat to Japan, Tokyo’s annual defence review indicated...
      


  23. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Chinese government’s top diplomat said on Friday that tariffs and trade disputes could plunge the world into recession and...


  24. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives who are pursuing an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump forged ahead with their...
      


  25. President Trump on Friday called for the resignation of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) after the House Intelligence Committee Chairman kicked off a Thursday hearing...
      


  26. https://www.ft.com/content/71849166-e02d-11e9-b112-9624ec9edc59 Preferably in simple language.  Credit to Zerohedge to pique my interest in this topic.   As I see it: banks don't want to do repo.  So...


  27. “I am altering the deal, pray I don’t alter it any further.” -  Darth Vader, “The Empire Strikes Back” FULL ARTICLE - https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/coup-has-begun-empire-strikes-back-everywhere “Why this, why now?” Look at...
      


  28. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-02/rebels-draw-up-plans-as-johnson-threatens-revenge-brexit-update?srnd=premium-europe   '' Boris Johnson will host his Conservative colleagues at a drinks reception on Monday evening ahead of a statement to Parliament on Tuesday, his...