1. The Director of National Intelligence releases a report, and the press rushes to kick the football again. https://taibbi.substack.com/p/aaugh-a-brief-list-of-official-russia?fbclid=IwAR1soLn2LDdfikO7he0p-RIYDdYkwfRs1DhouOk_ZOVfmfBtVVZ0Vq4wXGM


  2. The real climate debate is not between "believers" and "deniers". And not between Republicans and Democrats. The real debate is certainly not over whether global warming, spurred...
      


  3. A company run by former Israeli spies reportedly tried to influence a local US election — and courted Trump's campaign For the life of me...
      


  4. https://sana.sy/en/?p=125892 "Electricity Minister, Mohammad Zuheir Kharboutli discussed on Tuesday with Russian Deputy Energy Minister, Kirill Molodtsov means of implementing  agreements signed between Syria and Russia...


  5. Love the way the local media is presenting what they call 'phase 2' of the Saudi smash and grab of the money and assets...
      


  6. Apparently everything. I'm sure then VP Biden and then Secretary of State Kerry had no idea what the kids were playing around with.  You think...
      


  7. Russia has now officially started up its massive $27-billion Arctic LNG project. Production started today, and first exports should be by week's end. Novatek...
      


  8. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/us/politics/trump-antisemitism-executive-order.html From the NYT:  "The order will effectively interpret Judaism as a race or nationality, not just a religion,.."     “To determine the true rulers of any...
      


  9. Authored by Charles Hughes Smith, a humorously cantankerous old fart, whose musings I tend to enjoy reading. Taxing the air is apparently the last refuge...


  10. There appears to be a curious symmetry connecting both the blocking of Brexit, and the continued attempts to bring down a free and fair...
      


  11. The New York Times published a list of questions that special counsel Robert Mueller wants to ask President Donald Trump. Many of the questions...
      


  12. The US ambassador to Yemen has accused the Iranian backed Houthis of failing to uphold what was agreed to in talks held in Sweden...
      


  13. Plenty of interesting stuff here, not sure how easy it will be for a layman to understand but if anyone wants any help understanding...


  14. https://www.zerohedge.com/health/smoking-gun-chinese-scientist-finds-killer-coronavirus-probably-originated-laboratory-wuhan The paper was supported by China's National Natural Science Foundation, which means that the paper would likely never see the light of day if...


  15. Beijing saw a threat in New Delhi’s steady improvement of borderland infrastructure and renewed Indian claims on disputed territory.Tensions between Indian and Chinese troops...
      


  16. Very interested to see how the likely Iraq election win by Shi'ite Al-Sadr pans our for all the external players on this field, and...
      


  17. 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...
      


  18. So, this is a new twist I wasn't aware of earlier. The Yemeni island of Socotra has now been sucked into the war, but...
      


  19. South Korea is investigating a second vessel it suspects of illegally transferring oil for shipping to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions, maritime...
      


  20. "Deutsche Bank will pay a $150 million fine from a New York regulator for allowing disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to make payments to Russian...


  21. https://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/04/11/sprj.irq.pentagon/ "And while no one condones looting, on the other hand one can understand the pent-up feelings that may result from decades of repression and...
      


  22. What happened with the scandal over Qatar earlier this year, also happened to Lebanon's PM, Hariri, and it's all about Iran. Hariri is back...
      


  23. I won't bother commenting, I'll just leave this here. 
      


  24. GOLD: A safe bet to mitigate Coronavirus generated Geopolitical & Macro-economic fallout? Posted by: Iain Fraser - Consultant Editor GEOPoliticalMatters.com Malaga City (Remote) I have been monitoring...
      


  25. Saw this news from official Iranian press.  Note that I am about as skeptical of Iran's Mehr News as I am with USA's CNN...
      


  26. Make no doubt about it: it's now trendy to be the most planet-loving, alternative energy supporting, climate changing fighting Captain Planet that you can be. And...
      


  27. Which Countries Trust Their Government, and Which Ones Don’t? In many countries around the world, vast portions of the population do not trust their own...


  28. A series of mysterious attacks against the main Russian military base in Syria, including one conducted by a swarm of armed miniature drones, has...
      


  29. https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2019-06-07/europe-saved-8-billion-on-gas-bill-in-2018-due-to-lng-reforms-iea Europe Saved $8 Billion on Gas Bill in 2018 Due to LNG, Reforms: IEA   June 7, 2019, at 3:08 a.m. More Europe Saved $8 Billion on Gas...