the unbalanced evolution of homo sapiens

Oil is indispensable for US capitalism. Black gold is their vital sap. All of their lavish and unsustainable American Way of Life is based on the consumption of petroleum. It is the country of the world that consumes the most hydrocarbons daily: 20 million barrels per day. The country that follows, the People’s Republic of China, barely reaches half of this figure: 10 million barrels per day. Between their immeasurable industrial base, the monumental quantity of individually owned automobiles and their means of mass transport that mobilize their population and the gigantic military apparatus at their disposition (plus a strategic reserve, calculated at 700 million barrels), their thirst for this element is insatiable. The petroleum business is in fact one of the biggest in the world: the second after the military industry (35 thousand dollars per second spent on arms). The US oil companies, all private, are among the largest in the planet: mega-monsters of global sc

by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers Part 1 Speaking at his alma mater, the University of Texas, on February 1, Secretary of State Tillerson suggested a potential military coup in Venezuela. Tillerson then visited allied Latin American countries urging regime change and more economic sanctions on Venezuela. Tillerson is considering banning the processing or sale of Venezuelan oil in the United States and is discouraging other countries from buying Venezuelan oil. Further, the US is laying the groundwork for war against Venezuela. In a series of tweets, Senator Marco Rubio, the Republican from Florida, where many Venezuelan oligarchs live, called for a military coup in Venezuela. How absurd — remove an elected president with a military coup to restore democracy? Does that pass the straight face test? This refrain of Rubio and Tillerson seems to be the nonsensical public position of US policy. The US has been seeking regime change in Venezuela since Hugo Chavez was

του system failure Μετά το ξέσπασμα του σκανδάλου Novartis η Νέα Δημοκρατία μοιάζει να βρίσκεται σε κατάσταση νευρικής κρίσης. Η εντύπωση που δίνει το κόμμα της αξιωματικής αντιπολίτευσης είναι ότι προσπαθεί απελπισμένα να πιαστεί από οπουδήποτε για να αντεπιτεθεί και να αποπροσανατολίσει. Οποιοδήποτε γεγονός φαίνεται ότι προσφέρεται για αντιπολιτευτικούς ελιγμούς. Μοιραία, ο Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης επιχείρησε να εκμεταλλευτεί το τελευταίο, εξαιρετικά σοβαρό επεισόδιο στα Ίμια, προϊόν της μόνιμης Τουρκικής προκλητικότητας, κατηγορώντας την κυβέρνηση για ατολμία, αναποφασιστικότητα και εν ολίγοις για λάθος χειρισμούς. Προσπάθησε να πείσει ότι ο Τσίπρας δεν έχει το ειδικό βάρος για να χειριστεί τέτοια ζητήματα. Γενικότερα, ο Μητσοτάκης προσπάθησε να εκμεταλλευτεί την διαχρονική, παραδοσιακή και αυθαίρετη ταύτιση της Δεξιάς με τον πατριωτισμό στην Ελληνική πραγματικότητα, πράγμα που, ειδικά σήμερα, είναι περισσότερο αναληθές από ποτέ, καθώς η λαϊκή Δεξιά έχει πλήρως καταληφθε

globinfo freexchange The following example shows emphatically to what degree war has become a norm for the US establishment. David Stockman was hosted by the Fox Business Network to speak about the deficit and managed to upset the whole panel with his clear 'anti-war' positions. Below, a part of the discussion and commenting. Stockman states:            This military spending is crazy. If you take all the hostels in the world, China, so-called hostels - I don't believe it - 200 billion, Russia 70 billion, Iran 12 billion, the whole GDP of ... He gets interrupted by the host with a ridiculously simplified argument, without even mentioning the source of this argument:            What do you have to say about the fact that 50 percent of the planes in the navy are not flyable? But things are getting worse for her because ready-to-respond Stockman gives a straight and reasonable answer:            That's because they are conductin

NATO defense ministers met in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss US concerns over the European Union’s new plans to deepen defense ties between its members and strained US-Turkey relations. The two-day meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels is expected to approve changes to the alliance’s command structure. It aims to meet the challenges of warfare in the 21st century, particularly cyberattacks and “hybrid warfare” tactics, AFP reports. Senior US officials have voiced fears about the impact the EU’s new landmark defense pact could have on the balance of power in NATO. The permanent structured cooperation on defense agreement has projects in view already to develop new military equipment and improve cooperation and decision-making. Washington is concerned that some of the proposed initiatives risked “ pulling resources or capabilities away from NATO. ” https://www.rt.com/newsline/418782-nato-us-eu-defense/