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Jul 10 2023 
Why are there no slums in China?
Our China piece this week is from Dongsheng News:
With over 20 million inhabitants each, Shanghai and Beijing are among the “hypercities” of the Global South, including Delhi, São Paulo, Dhaka, Cairo, and Mexico City, far surpassing the “megacities” of the…
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Jul 10 2023 
Douglas Macgregor Russia HAS WIPED THEM OUT, THIS IS IT
Good for Americans to hear.
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Jul 10 2023 
A “Stinking landfill of information garbage”
AKA: The Empire Flings Poo
Note: I’ve noted on various occasions that none of the US information can be trusted on the face of it. What we can do, is to take notice of it, and see what the trend is.… -
Jul 10 2023 
Lesson in recognizing Evil-Speak
THE RULES-BASED ORDER
1. The USA rules the world.
2. The USA makes all rules including these rules.
3. No one can know what the rules are, only that they exist.
4. No one is allowed to ask what the…
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Jul 09 2023 
Third-generation French Muslims rebel against failed Western model
Glad to see Ramin Mazaheri reporting for PressTV on the systemic roots of the French protests and rioting.
France has witnessed a week of angry protests – “rioting” to reactionary commentators – following the inexcusably brutal slaying of a 17-year-old boy…
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Jul 08 2023 
The United States’ Financial Quandary: ZIRP’s only Exit path is a Crash.
From Michael Hudson
President, Institute for the Study of Long-term Economic Trends (ISLET)
Emeritus Prof. of Economics, UMKC
AbstractInterest-bearing debt grows exponentially, in an upsweep. The non-financial economy of production and consumption grows more slowly as income is diverted to carry the debt…
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Jul 08 2023 
Dmitry Medvedev: Biden’s Armageddon Dream
From Medvedev’s Channel
Sleepy senile Biden said that two years ago in Geneva he denied the President of Russia guarantees that Ukraine would not join NATO. Like I’m done, I didn’t cave in under the Russians!
Then, however, he shamefully fled from…
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Jul 08 2023 
Transcript of part of Janet Yellen’s speech in China, with comments.
Up to now, Yellen’s China visit takes a low profile in Chinese media. She is not treated as an important guest, but she is nevertheless treated kindly. In fact, she is spending more time with American business in China, than…
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Jul 08 2023 
Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top.
The featured image is an oil…
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Jul 07 2023 
Finance, power, integration: The SCO welcomes a new ‘Global Globe’
Discussions at the recent SCO Summit in New Delhi now point to the inevitable: The merging of new multipolar organizations and their collective reorganization of global finance.
By Pepe Escobar, and first posted at The Cradle
The 23rd summit of the heads…
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Jul 06 2023 
US involvement in the conflict in Ukraine
This publication by the Russian MFA details the involvement of the US in the Ukraine SMO. In addition, we’ve just recently had news of the CIA involvement. The CIA that is benign and really does not know anything but “The…
