Trump-Nato summit or how the United States president does not understand basic math

(see also 'jingoism')

Trump-Nato summit: EU's Tusk warns president to appreciate allies

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"Appreciate your allies... you don't have that many," Trump is warned.
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( Bullshit national chauvinism under the cut... )

As World Comes to End, Billionaires Fighting to See Who Will Die with The Most Stuff Hoarded.

How Western Civilization Could Collapse.
Some possible precipitating factors are already in place. How the West reacts to them will determine the world’s future, says Rachel Nuwer.The political economist Benjamin Friedman once compared modern Western ( Read more... )

Well Fuck. Let's Just Have a Do Over and Just End It Already. Merchants of Death Ready to Profit from the Blood and Tears of the Brown People We are Going to Liberate.

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Another Dangerous Rush to Judgment in Syria

Exclusive: The U.S. government and the mainstream media rushed to judgment again, blaming the Syrian government for a new poison-gas ( Read more... )

The Specter of Socialism is Haunting the Internet. The Future Will Be Weird-er...

Our Political Economy Is Designed to Create Poverty and Inequality
Poverty is not an abstraction. People wear it on their faces, carry it on their backs as a constant companion-and it is heavy.Let me begin by sharing with you the story of an inner-city Cleveland ( Read more... )

Media Sets the Bar so Low that El Presidente Naranja Will Have to Limbo Dance on His Way Out. Chris Hayes Sucks.

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Media Fawn Over Trump’s Success at Saying Words in Semi-Coherent FashionWhat came to be known as the “expectations game” during the George W. Bush years was wielded with notorious cynicism. The assumption behind this game in those ( Read more... )

World Peace Achieved by Giving Everyone a Weapon. What Could go Wrong?

Global Arms Sales Paint Chilling Picture of World at War

Global sales of major arms systems have risen over the past five years to the highest volume since the end of the Cold War, according to the Stockholm International Peace Institute’s (SIPRI) annual report on arms sales ( Read more... )

Neocons Democrats and Republicans Ready for New Cold War Regime Change. Arms Manufacturers Celebrate. Deep State Agrees. Trump Promises to Drain Rubicon River.

The Leakers Who Exposed Gen. Flynn’s Lie Committed Serious - and Wholly Justified - FeloniesPresident Trump’s national security adviser, Gen. Michael Flynn, was forced to resign on Monday ( Read more... )

Death by Orange:Democrats Ingenious Plan to Start World War III.

Democratic Leader in Congress Introduces Bill to Help Trump Wage War on Iran
The U.S. is hurtling toward military conflict-with staunch bipartisan support.President Donald Trump's administration is plowing over the government's system of checks and balances, pushing through a ( Read more... )

Black history month post: Black Canadians' long history of military service

OP: I thought it might be interesting to do a post having to do with Canada (i.e. since I'm from there), and since (white) Canadians tend to be woefully uninformed about their own history of racism. :-)

Pre-First World War


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The Orange One Will Be Bombing Winning so Much, Even Our Allies Will Ask Him to Stop!

Nine Young Children Killed: The Full Details Of The Botched US Raid In YemenPlanned for months, it was decided over dinner ( Read more... )