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Feb 12 2023 
The War of Terror of a Rogue Superpower: Cui Bono?
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
Ed Note: On Maria Zakharova’s Telegram Channel: Well? Where are the NATO experts on newbies and dead ducks who, once a year, regularly make absurd accusations out of thin air, claiming they… -
The City of London
By Larry Romanoff and posted with permission
You may be surprised to learn that the city of London and the City of London are two very different things, related to each other mostly by historical accident and geographical proximity, and co-existing…
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Small Tech Note
Generally people are trying to get to terms with The Hearty Salon. It is a forum style, and not a flat page that needs to be taken away every now and again, because it gets too full. I’ve changed one…
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Dedollarization: Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson (+ transcript)
Transcript:
“Understanding money and the dollar system,” Geopolitical Hour, Episode 3, February 9, 2023, with economists Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson.
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew21FOlftkU
podcast: https://soundcloud.com/geopoliticaleconomy/money-dollar-dominance-radhika-desai-michael-hudson
RadhikaHello and welcome to this third Geopolitical Economy Hour. I’m Radhika Desai.
Michael
And I’m Michael Hudson.
Radhika
As many of you know, in this…
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Feb 10 2023 
Valdai Club: Times of Great Confusion
Times of Great Confusion: On the Concepts by Which We Comprehend the World
A correct system of coordinates, a system of terms is needed, which — when discussing what is happening in the world — we will understand it approximately the…
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Missiles, Earthquakes & Pipelines – US Hegemony
Brian Berletic and Angelo Guiliano are some of the most pragmatic commentators out there. Angelo makes short mention of years back in Africa, where the west was already fighting the USSR at the time, in Africa. I saw some of…
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Humanitarian aid: Syria and Turkiye
Today, the US Treasury issued a general license that authorizes for 180 days all transactions related to earthquake relief that would be otherwise prohibited by the Syrian Sanctions Regulations (SySR).
How very bitter. Chances for pulling live people out of the…
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Syria Earthquake: US & EU refuse to help Syrians – Vanessa Beeley
Syrian government is preparing to send a convoy of humanitarian aid to Idlib through the Saraqib crossing. The convoy is only waiting for representatives of United Nations.
Negotiations have reached a point of understanding, and the humanitarian aid will enter through…
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Feb 09 2023
The Big Stiff: Russia-Iran dump the dollar and bust US sanctions
News of Russian banks connecting to Iran’s financial messaging system strengthens the resistance against US-imposed sanctions on both countries and accelerates global de-dollarization.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
The agreement between the Central Banks of Russia and Iran…
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The Great Russian Offensive ft. Scott Ritter
I’m a tough nut to crack and in terms of trust, I don’t trust many. But here, in this video Ritter tells a good story that has actually convinced me that he has a heart and also is emotionally mature…
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National Currencies: it is happening!
First, the Euro is getting to be completely excluded in Russia.
“Russian National Wealth Fund excludes euro and in the future will hold only Chinese yuan, ruble, and gold”
The Ministry of Finance of Russia in 2023 will reset the share…
