Berto Jongman: USA Water Crisis — 77M (One Third of Public) Exposed to Unsafe Water in 2015

12 Water, Earth Intelligence
Berto Jongman

US faces ‘nationwide drinking water crisis,’ 77mn exposed to unsafe water in 2015 – study

Up to 77 million Americans were serviced in 2015 by unsafe drinking water systems, with 18 million people exposed to excessive levels of lead and copper, a new study found, adding that penalties for violations are “virtually nonexistent.”

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CounterPunch: Michael Hudson and Steve Keen on US Debt = Zombie Nation

03 Economy, Commercial Intelligence, Corruption, Government

The Economics of the Future

At first glance Steve Keen’s new book Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? seems too small-sized at 147 pages. But like a well-made atom-bomb, it is compactly designed for maximum reverberation to blow up its intended target.

Explaining why today’s debt residue has turned the United States, Britain and southern Europe into zombie economies, Steve Keen shows how ignoring debt the blind spot of neoliberal economics – basically the old neoclassical just-pretend view of the world. Its glib mathiness is a gloss for its unscientific “don’t worry about debt” message.

Martin Armstrong: Oil Under the Golan — the Real Reason for Regime Change Operations Against Syria — Dick Cheney Continues to Rule…

05 Energy, 08 Wild Cards, Corruption, Government, Officers Call
Martin A. Armstrong

Is There Really More Oil in The Golan Heights than in Saudi Arabia? Who’s Genie Energy?

This is one of the best kept secrets. You can imagine that if this went into production, then the disputed Syrian land issue occupied by Israel would come to the forefront. This is why it gets no play but this is one reason Obama was working to overthrow the Syrian government.

Patrick Buchanan: Has Trump Abandoned His Base and Turned Foreign Policy Over to Neo-Conservatives and Their Captive Generals?

02 China, 02 Diplomacy, 04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Iran, 06 Russia, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, Corruption, Government, Idiocy, IO Deeds of War, Military, Officers Call, Peace Intelligence
Patrick Buchanan

WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS

The rise of the generals

Pat Buchanan on foreign policy: ‘What happened to the Trump of 2016?'

President Trump’s seeming renunciation of an anti-interventionist foreign policy is the great surprise of the first 100 days, and the most ominous. For any new war could vitiate the Trump mandate and consume his presidency.

Who is behind the seeming conversion of Trump to hawk?

The generals, Bibi Netanyahu and the neocons, congressional hawks with Cold War mindsets, the Saudi royal family and the Gulf Arabs – they are winning the battle for the president’s mind.

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