Ein Orden für die Spaltung
Die Alt-Bundeskanzlerin hat von Ministerpräsident Winfried Kretschmann die höchste baden-württembergische Auszeichnung verliehen bekommen – ausgerechnet für ihre menschenfeindliche Corona-Politik. Das ist Ausdruck von Zynismus und Entkoppeltheit.
KOLUMNE: UNGEFILTERT VON WOLFGANG KUBICKI am 13. Dezember 2025
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https://www.cicero.de/innenpolitik/auszeichnung-fur-angela-merkel-ein-orden-fur-die-spaltung
How Resilient is BRICS in the Storm of Geopolitics? – Part 4
15 December 2025 by Peter Haenseler
BRICS is a formidable power factor whose members, partners, and candidates are currently undergoing a …………………….
https://sonar21.com/how-resilient-is-brics-in-the-storm-of-geopolitics-part-4/
Horst Lüning: Gas wird knapp – Gasmangellage unausweichlich | Industrie Shutdown kommt | Arbeitsplätze in Gefahr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s2UuhY8RYw
Democrats Insist on Taxing Tips
Posted Dec 15, 2025 by Martin Armstrong |
Democratic states are insisting on taxing tips to defy Donald Trump. That’s right—a popular piece of legislation that is seemingly bipartisan has been met with partisan defiance from blue states with representatives who favor rebelling against Trump over the well-being of their constituents.
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https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/taxes/democrats-insist-on-taxing-tips/?
Selling F-35s to Turkey Guarantees a New War against Israel
by Con Coughlin December 14, 2025
US President Donald Trump may believe that selling F-35 stealth warplanes to Turkey will help the country forge closer ties with the US at the expense of Russia. The reality, though, is that by providing such sophisticated fighter jets to a country that supports Hamas terrorists — and whose president recently ………………….
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22123/selling-f-35s-to-turkey
Zahnarzt-Funktionäre verzocken Renten der Kollegen
Von Alexander Heiden Mo, 15. Dezember 2025
Das Versorgungswerk der Berliner Zahnärztekammer hat bei windigen Anlagegeschäften mehr als eine Milliarde Euro versenkt. Knapp 11.000 Mediziner aus Berlin, Brandenburg und Bremen zittern jetzt um ihre Altersbezüge.
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https://www.tichyseinblick.de/meinungen/zahnarzt-funktionaere-verzocken-renten-der-kollegen/
Trump’s Empire of Hubris and Thuggery
The president’s latest National Security Strategy memorandum treats the freedom to coerce others as the essence of US sovereignty. It is an ominous document that will—if allowed to stand—come back to haunt the United States. By Jeffrey D. Sachs Common Dreams December 15, 2025
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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/12/no_author/trumps-empire-of-hubris-and-thuggery/
Why Is Britain Now Openly Admitting the Death of British Soldiers in Ukraine?
Strategic Culture December 15, 2025
The insane European losers want to save their political necks with World War III.
The death of a British paratrooper reported this week was the first public admission by Britain’s authorities that a serving member of its armed forces has been killed in Ukraine.
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Old vs. Young and Rich vs. Poor: How Government Creates Class Conflict
12/12/2025 Joshua Mawhorter
While there exists the beautiful and productive possibility of cooperation between individuals and groups, there is also the opportunity for and reality of conflict. Interpersonal conflict is intensified when hegemony ……………….
https://mises.org/mises-wire/old-vs-young-and-rich-vs-poor-how-government-creates-class-conflict?
The Empire Is Scrambling To Fully Dominate Latin America
The US pirating a Cuba-bound oil tanker from Venezuela illustrates how the empire is hurrying to shore up control over Latin America in the same way the US and Israel are quickly shoring up control over the middle east. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com December 15, 2025
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The C5 Would Be a Pragmatic Format for Managing the Global Systemic Transition
By Andrew Korybko Andrew Korybko’s Newsletter December 15, 2025
Regular consultations between the US, China, Russia, India, and Japan on the emerging world order would help jointly manage issues as they arise and therefore reduce the chances of uncontrollable …………..
Aristocracy, Meritocracy, Technocracy, and Revolution
By J.B. Shurk American Thinker December 15, 2025
All human societies have informal social classes or formal social castes that separate groups of people within the same community. Generally speaking, notions of aristocracy and hereditary nobility started on ………………….
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/12/no_author/aristocracy-meritocracy-technocracy-and-revolution/
Ambassador Mike Huckabee Strikes Again
Let’s stop participating in and covering for Israeli crimes
By Philip Giraldi The Unz Review December 15, 2025
So Israel, which has killed hundreds of Gazans, many of them children, since the so-called Ceasefire was ………………..
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/12/phil-giraldi/ambassador-mike-huckabee-strikes-again/
Argentina’s Rocky Road to Economic Freedom
12/13/2025 Finn Andreen
The ascent to power in Argentina of the first avowed libertarian, in the person of Javier Milei, was seen not only with excitement by many libertarians but also as a moment of truth. Not only did it show that it was possible to get a majority of the electorate of a large country to vote for a radical agenda of freedom, …………………
https://mises.org/mises-wire/argentinas-rocky-road-economic-freedom?
Watch More Candace Owens
By Allan Stevo December 15, 2025
I sat with a theologian who is unwilling to be blinded by distractions in his field of expertise. It is beautiful talking with him about such matters. But when he strays off-target, he is easily deceived.
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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/12/allan-stevo/watch-more-candace-owens/
Gringo Piracy in the Caribbean? A Crime on High Sea, “The Trump Based Order”
PressTV Interview with Peter Koenig
By Peter Koenig and Press TV Global Research, December 12, 2025
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https://www.globalresearch.ca/gringo-piracy-caribbean/5908722?
How Resilient is BRICS in the Storm of Geopolitics? – Part 2
BRICS is a huge power factor whose members, partners, and candidates are currently being put to the test. Today, we are thinking about the term “storm.”
Peter Hanseler Sun 30 Nov 2025
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https://forumgeopolitica.com/article/how-resilient-is-brics-in-the-storm-of-geopolitics-part-2
Deutsche Automobilhersteller verdienen so wenig wie seit der Finanzkrise nicht
15.12.2025
Nicht nur die Hersteller, auch die Zulieferer leiden unter schwachen Verkaufszahlen. Ein wichtiger Markt setzt zunehmend auf eigene Marken und Stromer laufen nicht so gut, wie sie müssten.
Die deutschen Automobilhersteller standen von Juli bis September so stark unter Druck wie seit der ………………………….
Dramatischer Preisverfall bei Oldtimern
Hans Bewersdorff 13.12.2025
Hallen voller automobiler Schätze und ein einst florierendes Geschäft: Patrick Kordes von OM-Classics in Lastrup erlebt die Oldie-Krise hautnah. Der legendäre Mercedes SL der 1970er- und 1980er-Jahre, einst begehrt, wird plötzlich zum Ladenhüter. Was steckt hinter dem Preisverfall, und wie reagieren Händler auf die rückläufige Nachfrage?
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Russia Counters EU Shenanigans To Steal Its Frozen Assets
The prime minister of Hungary Victor Orbán posted this morning:
Today, the Brusselians are crossing the Rubicon. At noon, a written vote will take place that will cause irreparable damage to the Union.
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https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/12/russia-counters-eu-shenanigans-to-steal-its-frozen-assets.html
Die Welt will Frieden – Brüssel und Deutschland Krieg
Von Roland Tichy So, 14. Dezember 2025
Die Welt hofft auf einen Friedensschluss in der Ukraine. Deutschland und die EU-Kommission steuern auf eine Ausweitung des Konflikts zu – den sie nur verlieren können. Warum schürt das Tandem Friedrich Merz/Ursula von der Leyen den Konflikt, statt ihn zu mildern? Sie haben nichts mehr anzubieten außer Schulden, Niedergang und Ausreden.
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https://www.tichyseinblick.de/tichys-einblick/die-welt-will-frieden-bruessel-und-deutschland-krieg/
Anschlag auf Weihnachtsmarkt in Bayern geplant: Fünf Migranten in Haft
So, 14. Dezember 2025
Drei Marokkaner, ein Ägypter und ein Syrer wurden festgenommen. Sie sollen einen Anschlag auf einen Weihnachtsmarkt in Bayern geplant haben. Innenminister Joachim Hermann spricht von einem „potenziell islamistisch motivierten Anschlag“ und einer „hervorragenden Zusammenarbeit unserer Sicherheitsbehörden“.
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https://www.tichyseinblick.de/daili-es-sentials/weihnachtsmarkt-bayern-anschlagsplan-festnahmen/
EU Not Included in New G5
Posted Dec 14, 2025 by Martin Armstrong |
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The Nonsense of Christian Zionism
13 December 2025 by Larry C. Johnson
I am sure this going to anger some people, but so be it. Christian Zionism is a theological and political movement primarily among evangelical Protestants (especially in the United States) that expresses strong ………………………….
https://sonar21.com/the-nonsense-of-christian-zionism/
The Heinous Nature of Headlines and Propaganda as an Experiment in Psychological Manipulation
By Gary D. Barnett GaryDBarnett.com December 13, 2025
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. …We are governed, our ……………..
A Juggernaut of Destruction
By George F. Smith December 13, 2025
Nature is stingy; the things we need to sustain life above a primitive level are scarce. Fresh tomatoes, iPads, and rotator cuff surgery do not come forth as easily as the air we breathe, and thus man had to ……………….
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/12/george-f-smith/a-juggernaut-of-destruction/
Fragments of Civilization: on the Road in Italy
By Pepe Escobar Strategic Culture December 13, 2025
If the current, fragmented collective West would ever have a chance to be rescued from the Centaur of oblivion, that task must be carried out by the definitive, Western civilization-state: Pallas Athena Italia.
In Botticelli’s masterpiece Pallas and the Centaur (1482-83), to be seen at the Galleria degli Uffizi in ………………………..
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/12/no_author/fragments-of-civilization-on-the-road-in-italy/
Israel’s Biggest Con Trick: Hiding the True Numbers It Has Killed in Gaza
By Jonathan Cook JonathanCook.net December 13, 2025
Israel has penned us all into a ‘debate’, one entirely divorced from reality, that relates only to those killed directly by its bombs and gunfire – not the genocide it is waging by other means
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The Trump Corollary
U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro
By Eric Ross TomDispatch.com December 13, 2025
In recent months, the Trump administration has escalated a decades-long campaign against the …………………………
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/12/no_author/the-trump-corollary/
You Can’t Fix Stupid
By Jim Quinn The Burning Platform December 13, 2025
When I see data proving how insanely stupid the average American proves to be on a daily basis, I can’t fathom why they do what they do. The information below from The Kobeissi Letter is mind boggling for someone like me, who has never tried to keep up with the Joneses, has purposely lived beneath my means for decades, and sees a vehicle as a way to get from point A to point B, and not as a status symbol for my neighbors, friends and family, proving how rich and successful I’ve become.
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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/12/jim-quinn/you-cant-fix-stupid/
Pro-Israel Forces Intensify Effort To Control American Discourse
New extremes in the long-running drive to limit debate about Israel, Palestine
Brian McGlinchey Dec 05, 2025
Across the American political spectrum, support for the State of Israel is steadily eroding. With the long-…………………………….
https://starkrealities.substack.com/p/pro-israel-forces-control-american-discourse
How We Fail: The Empire Is Forever
December 11, 2025
Tunnel-vision greed and blindness to what is unseen and therefore „unknowable“ is self-reinforcing.
The immense literature on the decline and collapse of civilizations tends to overlook a simple but profound dynamic: the tunnel-vision created by the fusion of an unquestioned belief in the permanence …………………….
https://www.oftwominds.com/blogdec25/empire-forever12-25.html
Russia Poised for Strategic Win Regardless of Peace Talks Outcome
President Trump called the situation a „mess that’s not easy to settle“, which is a clear confirmation that Americans are definitely not the ones dominating the talks. This is hardly surprising, as Moscow has real cards, while everyone else is forced to bluff. By Drago Bosnic InfoBrics December 13, 2025
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Russian Central Bank Sues Euroclear Over Frozen Assets; Will the EU Be Hoist on the Investor-State Settlement Disputes (ISDS) Petard?
Posted on December 12, 2025 by Yves Smith
The Bank of Russia filed suit in Moscow Arbitration Court against Euroclear, with no amount of damages specified. The Kremlin vowed additional action if the assets were misappropriated.
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Brussels „Crosses Rubicon“ in Final Act of Self-Destruction to Seize Russian Assets
…And Buy Ukraine a Sliver of Time
Simplicius Dec 13, 2025
The day started with more hysteric-level fear-mongering from the dual totalitarian NATO-EU hydra. Rutte grimly declared that Russia has brought war to Europe, and that Europeans must be prepared for the scale of war that their ‘grandparents’ endured during WWII:
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https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/brussels-crosses-rubicon-in-final?
Martin Armstrong Interview: Venezuela, China, Tariffs, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Much More
Die sozial-ökologische Transformation ist Planwirtschaft und zerstört unseren Wohlstand
- Dezember 2025 – von Eduard Braun
Wenn man wissen will, was auf die deutsche Wirtschaft durch die sozial-ökologische Transformation zukommt – also durch die Umstellung der Wirtschaft und der Industrie auf klimaneutrales Wirtschaften – …………………….
Ken Burns Plays the “Founding Chaos” Card
12/11/2025 Phil Duffy
In high school, I was exposed to the conventional wisdom concerning our nation’s founding—Battles of Lexington and Concord, Declaration of Independence, British defeat at Saratoga and Yorktown, and the Peace of Paris 1783. Finally, the Articles of Confederation were given short shrift, as the failed initial ………………………
https://mises.org/mises-wire/ken-burns-plays-founding-chaos-card?
Übersteht Selensky auch einen Frieden?
Von Christian Osthold • Wolodymyr Selenskyj hat den Krieg politisch überlebt, doch nun holt ihn der Frieden ein, der noch nicht begonnen hat. Ein Blick in die systemischen Verwerfungen ukrainischer Macht und Korruption und auf die Möglichkeiten von Wahlen. Wer könnte gegen Selenskyj antreten?
Wolodymyr Selenskyj ist nicht der erste Präsident eines Landes im Krieg, der sich mit dem Vorwurf …………………….
https://www.achgut.com/artikel/uebersteht_selensky_auch_einen_frieden
EU is Broke & Rejects Peace Since They Would Have to Return Russian Money
Posted Dec 12, 2025 by Martin Armstrong |
I have been getting emails asking if the EU robbing Russia is the prelude to the Great Taking. Let’s make this very clear – there is NO GREAT TAKING – that is sophistry. You might as well add that they will ………………………
Why War Matters
12/10/2025 David Brady, Jr.
“I am getting more and more convinced the war-peace question is the key to the whole libertarian business,” Murray Rothbard wrote to his friend Kenneth Templeton in 1959. Rothbard had seen an article recently rejected by National Review in which he proposed a return to a restrained foreign policy and nuclear disarmament by both the USSR and United States. This marked one of the moments that would ……………………..
https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-war-matters?
Wolf Packs: Battle of the Atlantic
History of Naval Warfare, Part 15 Big Serge Dec 12, 2025
One of the hallmarks of the Second World War was the technological maturity and systematic application of military technologies which were still in their infancy during the first war. Tanks, which had previously ………………..
https://bigserge.substack.com/p/wolf-packs-battle-of-the-atlantic?
„Solidaritätspool“ der EU: Deutschland behält tausende Dublin-Migranten aus Griechenland
Von Matthias Nikolaidis Do, 11. Dezember 2025
Mit Athen handelt Dobrindt einen „reinen Tisch“ aus – und liefert damit Berlin ans Messer: Zigtausende offene Dublin-Altfälle werden gestrichen und verbleiben in Deutschland. Was als harter Kurs verkauft wird, ist in Wahrheit ein Blankoscheck für dauerhafte Sekundärmigration.
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Öffentlich-Rechtliche wollen beim Verfassungsgericht höhere Zwangsbeiträge einklagen
Von Josef Kraus Do, 11. Dezember 2025
Die KEF hat überraschend ihre Empfehlung für eine Beitragserhöhung angepasst, und zwar nach unten. Das gefällt dem öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk nicht. Er zieht nun vor das Bundesverfassungsgericht, nicht zum ersten Mal. Wird „Karlsruhe“ wieder an der Seite von ARD/ZDF/DLF stehen? Oder wird sich das Gericht vom Leipziger Urteil vom Oktober 2025 beeinflussen lassen.
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https://www.tichyseinblick.de/feuilleton/medien/oerr-bundesverfassungsgericht-beitraege/
The Propaganda of Interest Rates – Fed & Real Market Movements
Posted Dec 12, 2025 by Martin Armstrong |
You have said you disagree with Trump about lower interest rates because he has been a borrower and not a lender. There was dissent at the Fed about Powell’s third cut. You have also said that the ECB has been trying to support the euro because of the pending war and that interest rates rise in times of war. This is getting very confusing. Can you shed any light on this chaos? The rate cut come with the market at a record high. This is all starting to appear reckless. PK
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Secret longer version of US National Security Strategy calls for Core 5 countries to run the world
A longer version of Trump’s new National Security Strategy is circulating in Washington that calls for the world to be cut up into spheres of influence run by the „C5“ — US, China, India, Russia, and Japan. / bne IntelliNews By Ben Aris in Berlin December 10, 2025
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