GENERAL DEMPSEY ON IRAN
As you know, I’ve been following the war of nerves and words between Washington, Tel Aviv, and Tehran over Iran’s nuclear program. Well, I found this article assessing Iran’s nuclear program, courtesy...
View ArticleTHE NEW ARMS RACE: LASERS
DARPA is at it again folks (or, really, do they ever quit?). According to this article, the USA is set to acquire a new prototype laser weapons system, capable of being fit onto a flatbed truck, for...
View ArticleSPEAKING OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION….
While everyone’s been worrying about Iran’s nuclear program, another quiet nuclear axis has been forming, and again, it’s one of the world’s four largest armaments exporters that is behind the...
View ArticleYAWN… JUST ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL SELECTION CYCLE: AND A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR...
Well, sooner or later I knew I had to comment on this, though I’ve been delaying it for almost a month, because, quite frankly, I’m more than just “sort of” disgusted at the left-right,...
View ArticleON SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH ISRAEL
During the past months I’ve been commenting about the geopolitical realignment taking place in the world, but there is one stable feature throughout all this transition, and it is the “special...
View ArticleBULGARIA BOMBING, FALSE FLAG OPERATIONS, AND ISRAEL: A MUSING
By now we’ve all heard of the tragic bombing of a bus in Bulgaria which claimed the lives of Israeli tourists. And, predictably, this has already been blamed on Iran. I’m sorry, but for the moment, I’m...
View ArticleMEDVEDEV’S DIRECTIVES: RUSSIA SERVES WARNING
As most of you here are aware, I am a regular reader of The Daily Bell from Great Britain, and while I have my occasional philosophical disagreements, in the main I value its articles and contributors,...
View ArticleLAST MONTH’S AWARDS: THE GOEBBELS AND RIBBENTROP PRIZES GO TO…
Well the awards are in folks and last month’s Goebbels Prize for Most Outrageous Piece of Propaganda Codswallop, and the Ribbentrop Prize for Invincible Geopolitical Insanity are both being awarded...
View ArticleKISSINGER: A WORLD WITHOUT ISRAEL
Normally I schedule these daily blogs in two-week clumps, every other Thursday or Friday, and this week is no different. And as I sit here perched atop my keyboard looking out the window, which I had...
View ArticleISRAEL, CHURCHES, AND CONGRESSIONAL AID: MORE HIGH OCTANE SPECULATION
First, consider this: Hallelujah: Traditional Churches Challenge Congress On Gift Money To Israel I’m one of those that is genuinely grateful to be living in a country that is secular, for like it or...
View ArticleEXPLOSION IN IRANIAN NUCLEAR ISOTOPE ENRICHMENT FACILITY?
Sometimes I am amazed at how stories in the media seem to contradict themselves, or at least raise significant questions. Let’s consider two of them: Iranian expert confirms blast in Fordow uranium...
View ArticleTIDBIT: PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS ON SYRIA
I have to admit, this editorial of Paul Craig Roberts resonated with me, except for one omission: the Islamicist version of Yahwism is equally at fault here. But otherwise, it resonates, and I thought...
View ArticleNEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE NEFARIUM MAY 16 2013
Joseph Comments on Netanyahu’s recent trip to Beijing and Moscow, and offers some commentary on the potential long term geopolitical dangers that Mr. Putin has resuscitated:
View ArticleTHE NEW ARMS RACE: DRONES, AND CRACKS IN THE BRICS
…and while we’re still talking about the BRICSA nations, you may not have realized it, listening to SeeNoNews, SeeBS, or Faux News, that there is a real bona fide arms race afoot, just as serious as...
View ArticleCHINA, INDIA, AND…. ISRAEL!?!?
(My thanks to Mr. C.D.H. of the U.K. for drawing our attention to this!) Yesterday I blogged about the Iranian nuclear deal and the Ukraine’s sudden pivot away from the European union and back towards...
View ArticleCOMPETITION FOR MON(STER)SANTO’S GMOS?
Every so often one has to pause and reflect on those curious ironies, and this is one of those times. There’s an interesting article that a regular here, Ms. P.H., shared with me, and it’s worth...
View ArticleTHE NEOCON AGENDA ON THE UKRAINE, SYRIA, AND IRAN: LEW ROCKWELL
This thought-provoking article by Robert Parry at Lew Rockwell.com was sent to me by Mr. V.T., a regular reader, and it’s worth having a close look at his thesis: Neocons’ Ukraine-Syria-Iran Gambit...
View ArticleON SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH ISRAEL
During the past months I’ve been commenting about the geopolitical realignment taking place in the world, but there is one stable feature throughout all this transition, and it is the “special...
View ArticleBULGARIA BOMBING, FALSE FLAG OPERATIONS, AND ISRAEL: A MUSING
By now we’ve all heard of the tragic bombing of a bus in Bulgaria which claimed the lives of Israeli tourists. And, predictably, this has already been blamed on Iran. I’m sorry, but for the moment, I’m...
View ArticleMEDVEDEV’S DIRECTIVES: RUSSIA SERVES WARNING
As most of you here are aware, I am a regular reader of The Daily Bell from Great Britain, and while I have my occasional philosophical disagreements, in the main I value its articles and contributors,...
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