Zero Hedge: Pepe Escobar on the South China Sea — China Wins, US Loses, This Is A Good Thing…

Escobar: The Heart Of The Matter In The South China Sea Yet “freedom” was never the issue. In imperial terminology, “freedom” means that China must obey and keep the South China Sea open to the US Navy. Well, that’s possible, but you gotta behave. That’ll be the day when the US Navy is “denied” the …

Evan Ellis: Reflections for the Army from a year at the State Department

Reflections for the Army from a year at the State Department EXTRACTS: . . . despite everything, we were not achieving significant advances in important U.S. policy goals. . . . I observed the balance of the work that came across my desk to be about “transmitting” rather than “receiving.” Every high-level meeting involves the …

J. C. Cole: American Gray Swans – June 2020 — Bye Bye American Billionaires!

American Gray Swans – June 2020 Bye Bye American Billionaires! If you know the famous song by Don McLean – American Pie from the 1970’s, sorry I had to ad-lib a little to make the point. So Bye Bye American Billionaires! I drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry. And them …

Martin Armstrong: Class War Not Race War; Police Immunity not Police Brutality; Government Could Fall

Defunding Police – Is This the Right Choice or the Next Step in Revolution? Key points: more whites killed than blacks by police. This is about police impunity and immunity.  This is a class war not a race war.  COVID-19 wrecked the economy, created 40 million unemployed who are now protesting unemployment rather than any …

Trump Triumph Part IV: Get a Grip on Education, Intelligence, & Research; Create White House Command Center with Trump Studio, Web 3.0 Truth Ecology, Open Source Agency

Plato emphasized education of the public as the single most important role for government — to assure a strong smart wealthy nation the public needs to be educated. Similarly, as Ben Gilad cited one CEO in Business Blindspots, “until you get the truth on the table, no matter how ugly it is, you are not …