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Nov 10 2022 
Democracy, The Most Dangerous Religion
By Larry Romanoff and posted with the author’s permission
Democracy, The Most Dangerous Religion — Part 8 – China’s Democracy Experiments
I have written earlier that the multi-party electoral system (“democracy”) is the only form of government designed to be controlled by outsiders, naturally leaving it open to corruption and fraud. The Chinese, listening to the Americans,… Continue reading
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Maintenance Test Post
This is a temporary test post to enable testing of the new comment system.
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Norton & Desai: Geopolitical Economy
Ben Norton and Radhika Desai. What will actually happen if countries start to default on their IMF loans?
Radhika Desai is an expert and has coined the phrase Geopolitical Economy. I’ve listened to some of her interviews as she got on an airplane and went to the latest SCO meeting. She will probably… Continue reading
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Lavrov & Jaishankar: Presser
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions at a joint news conference with Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Moscow, November 8, 2022
Ladies and gentlemen,We held meaningful and practical talks with Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in a traditional friendly and sincere atmosphere. Our… Continue reading
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Michael Hudson: The Destiny of Civilization
Michael Hudson gets better and better in simplifying all things financial for us.
Quote: You don’t need brains to be a financier. All you need is greed.
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Ukraine’s descent into chaos
Douglas MacGregor makes good comments:
Russian Government in Exile
The sudden US interest in accountability via an ‘advance party’ that may precede a build-up of US/NATO – a multinational force
Nato has no independent command and control he says (which I knew but it is nice to see confirmation of it)
The many reports of mercenaries – Isis fighters… Continue reading
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Nov 07 2022 
Daily Chronicles
Daily Chronicles presents snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in. Check back frequently.
Watching Brazil and new information coming in. In the meantime, this artist, and musical giant, Gal Costa died.
“You need to be attentive and strong, we don’t have time to fear death…. Pay… Continue reading
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Here Comes China: Scholz and Germany is toast.
Two selections from Godfree Robert’s newsletter.
“A subscriber, Frans Vandenbosch, writes: “German industry is fighting for survival, knowing very well that the future of the German economy is in cooperation with China. Germany is divided, the German media are bribed, the German politicians are threatened by the USA daily. But most big German MNC’s make 60%… Continue reading
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Nov 05 2022 
Berlin Goes to Beijing: The Real Deal
The Scholz caravan went to Beijing to lay down the preparatory steps for working out a peace deal with Russia, with China as privileged messenger.
By Pepe Escobar, posted with permission and first posted at Strategic Culture
With his inimitable flair for economic analysis steeped in historical depth, Professor Michael Hudson’s latest essay, originally written for a… Continue reading
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Platypus interview on The Destiny of Civilization
Michael Hudson – Interview link and transcript and posted with permission.
Audio : Michael_Hudson_Interview 2.m4a
D. L. Jacobs
On July 15, 2022, Platypus Affiliated Society member D. L. Jacobs interviewed Michael Hudson to discuss his new book, The Destiny of Civilization: Finance Capitalism, Industrial Capitalism or Socialism (2022). An edited transcript follows.
D. L. Jacobs: Can tell us about your background regarding… Continue reading
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Xi, Scholz: a view by formal pic analysis
This is also a woman’s view: A woman that is a farmer.
Take a good look at the first formal picture:
Look at Scholz’s arms and shoulders – arms fluffed out like a cockerel and shoulders drawn up to make himself look bigger and if you do that, your feet must point to the front, otherwise it… Continue reading
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Here is our problem in our world
The US openly declares they are not ready to give up world domination.
Masks are off. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken openly stated what US ambitions are. He also emphasized that the Cold War only ended in the minds of Russians but they are still tallying up its outcomes.Being in the leading position is the… Continue reading
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No pain, no grain: Putin’s Black Sea comeback
By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and first posted at The Cradle
So, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan picks up the phone and calls his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin: let’s talk about the “grain deal.” Putin, cool, calm and collected, explains the facts to the Sultan:
First, the reason why Russia withdrew from the… Continue reading
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Nov 02 2022 
Germany’s position in America’s New World Order
Germany’s position in America’s New World Order
Germany has become an economic satellite of America’s New Cold War with Russia, China and the rest of Eurasia. Germany and other NATO countries have been told to impose trade and investment sanctions upon themselves that will outlast today’s proxy war in Ukraine. U.S. President Biden and his State… Continue reading
