Stephen E. Arnold: Excitement at Oracle — Amazon Effect

After reportedly butting heads with Larry Ellison, Oracle’s top cloud executive is leaving the company Kurian’s departure comes just weeks after Oracle announced he was taking a break from his position overseeing Oracle’s cloud efforts, and after Bloomberg reported that a conflict with Oracle co-founder, executive chairman, chief technology officer, and person whose opinion seems …

Paul Craig Roberts: Truth Is Evaporating Before Our Eyes

Truth Is Evaporating Before Our Eyes Wherever we look in these times, we see evidence-free accusations established as absolute facts: Saddam Hussein’s “weapons of mass destruction,” “Iranian nukes,” “Russian invasion of Ukraine,” the Trump/Putin conspiracy that stole the 2016 US presidential election, Syrian use of poison gas. Not a scrap of evidence exists for any …

Paper Tiger: China is Bluffing on Tariffs, Time to Invite Others to Bid UPDATE 1 Graphics Added

Alert Reader based in China and heavily invested in Chinese manufacturing brokerage reports that Trump tariffs are exactly what has been needed to bring the Chinese to the table so as to correct the imbalance that may have been fair 30 years ago but is grossly unfair to US companies and workers now. He reports …

Robert Steele: The Big Lie: “Russian Propaganda.” The Bigger Lie: “The Truth Is What We Say It Is.”

The Big Lie: “Russian Propaganda.” The Bigger Lie: “The Truth Is What We Say It Is.” American Herald Tribune 18 September 2018 DOC (6 Pages): AHT IO Russia and the Rest FINAL 1.1 Full text online below the fold. Полный текст, переводимый в онлайн ниже складки – используйте переходник в правом верхнем углу экрана. גאַנץ …