Jan H. Kalvik: Robert Steele’s Trip Report: Oslo & Copenhagen

Robert Steele’s Trip Report: Oslo & Copenhagen Editor’s Note: Previously published here at Defence and Intelligence Norway are Introducing Robert David Steele (1 April 2016) and Steele Goes Nordic (12 April 2016). On 17-18 April in Oslo I participated in three meetings;  the first a dinner including a Colonel, the second with the editor of …

Phantom Phixer: The End of US Two-Party System?

About time…. The End of America’s Two-Party System May Be upon Us There’s a reason most parliamentary and presidential democracies have more than two political parties, and both Trump and Sanders are examples of why. Both nominee-hopefuls have increasingly come to represent polar opposites of the singular problem that the American two-party political system is suffering from: Stagnation. …

Chuck Spinney: Hillary Clinton, DirtBag with an Email Scandal, Shoe-In for a Rigged Election

Only in America can a dirtbag like this be a shoe-in for the election. Hillary Clinton’s Email Hairball Summarized in 11 Points (a Test of Presidential Character) Naked Capitalism,Posted on March 29, 2016 by Lambert Strether Reader ScottW summarized this very thorough explainer from the Washington Post of March 27: “How Clinton’s email scandal took …

Chuck Spinney: America’s Paper Tiger — a Pentagon Flush with Cash and Running on Empty

Flush With Cash, Running on Empty (IV) Pentagon spending has not really been an issue in the 2016 Presidential campaign.  With the exception of Ted Cruz, the positions of the remaining candidates have been vague about even the size of the defense budget.  As near as I can tell: (1) Clinton’s position on the size …