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Trump says oil price war ‘devastating’ for Russia – but it’s Saudis & US shale that stand to suffer most

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Plummeting oil prices have sparked another round of predictions about the economic collapse of Russia – this time from US President Donald Trump, who sounded a lot like his predecessor Barack Obama on the subject. … Read More >Trump says oil price war ‘devastating’ for Russia – but it’s Saudis & US shale that stand to suffer most

Categories Op-ed

Washington Post breaks ranks with other US & UK media, ADMITS polls show Crimeans prefer to be part of Russia

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One of the curious things about Western media coverage of Crimea since 2014 has been the consistent narrative that Russia’s reabsorption of the peninsula was carried out against the will of locals. … Read More >Washington Post breaks ranks with other US & UK media, ADMITS polls show Crimeans prefer to be part of Russia

Categories Latin America

‘Inhumane & reckless’: Twitter silences Venezuela’s anti-coronavirus chief as IMF denies emergency loan

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Amid crushing US sanctions and IMF rejection already making Venezuela’s struggle with Covid-19 difficult, Twitter now seems to have hobbled the country’s vice-president and head of its coronavirus response, Delcy Rodriguez. … Read More >‘Inhumane & reckless’: Twitter silences Venezuela’s anti-coronavirus chief as IMF denies emergency loan

Categories USA

Detect, Deter and Annihilate: How the Police State Will Deal with a Coronavirus Outbreak

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“Fear is a primitive impulse, brainless as hunger, and because the aim of horror fiction is the production of the deepest kinds of fears, the genre tends to reinforce some remarkably uncivilized ideas about self-protection. In the current crop of zombie stories, the prevailing value for the beleaguered survivors is a sort of siege mentality, a vigilance so constant and unremitting that it’s indistinguishable from the purest paranoia. … Read More >Detect, Deter and Annihilate: How the Police State Will Deal with a Coronavirus Outbreak

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Dangerous disinfectants & phony coronavirus ‘cure’

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Blackwater founder Erik Prince has been enlisting the help of Project Veritas to surveil and infiltrate liberal organizations. Also, passengers aboard the Princess cruise liner, which became a floating Petri dish for the coronavirus, have filed lawsuits against cruise owners for putting profits over people and failing to properly screen passengers. Plus, Trump is going toe-to-toe with Congress over the renewal of surveillance tools related to FISA. … Read More >Dangerous disinfectants & phony coronavirus ‘cure’