The Kremlin last week updated its 2016 foreign policy doctrine and made several noticeable changes, including identifying the U.S. as its main threat while stating that it is on a “unique historical mission.”
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BYE, BYE USA: SAUDI’S SHIFTING EAST
Saudi Arabia is continuing its shift from the West after its cabinet last week approved the move to become a dialogue partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which was set up to rival the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO.
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SPOTLIGHT, TOP TREND 2023: OFFICE BUILDING BUST
Last week, federal bank regulators sold Silicon Valley Bank’s assets with a book value of $72 billion but they only fetched $55.5 billion from buyer First Citizens Bank, roughly 77 cents on the dollar.
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SEND IN THE CLOWNS
Sometimes I think that the script being used by the Biden Administration to manage its foreign and national security policies has been written by George Orwell, though I am not sure if it is based on 1984 or Animal Farm.
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THE U.S. HAS THE WORLD SETUP FOR A WORSE FINANCIAL CRISIS THAN IN 2008
There are two main avenues to a potential U.S. financial crisis. Such a crisis, because of U.S. financial dominance and because of the interconnections of globalism, which was a huge mistake for humanity, would be international.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
In The Bronx, we used to say, “Bullshit has its own sound.” Let’s look at the facts... just the facts.
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
Right now, government authorities and police are using legal loopholes to target and surveil citizens using third party databases containing genomic information.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
As we have long noted, by the facts, Wall Street and Main Street are worlds apart and have no interrelationship.
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AMERICA THE FECKLESS
One would think that the United States military staging an unprovoked “plausibly deniable” covert attack on a nation with which it is not at war would be at least considered newsworthy.
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U.S. STATE OF CRYPTOS
New research provides insight into the current state of crypto adoption in the U.S., including data on which states are currently considered the most crypto friendly, as well as public awareness and participation in crypto technologies.