Spielen zwei Kanzlerkandidaten den Kriegs-Wahlkampf?
Scholz und Merz reisten beide jüngst nach Kiew und wollten jeweils die besten Ukraine-Unterstützer darstellen, doch im Wahlkampf kultivieren sie in Kriegsfragen einen Gegensatz, um nicht völlig austauschbar zu wirken.
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https://www.achgut.com/artikel/spielen_zwei_kanzlerkandidaten_den_kriegs_wahlkampf
Fußball-Skandal um Altersbetrug – keine Ausnahme, sondern erwartbar
Gefälschte Dokumente waren zu meiner Zeit als Botschafter in Kamerun alltäglich. Daran hat sich nicht viel geändert und im heutigen diplomatischen Corps weiß man das auch. Aber es soll keiner wissen. Doch damit ist weder den Afrikanern noch uns geholfen.
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https://www.achgut.com/artikel/Fussball_Skandal_um_Altersbetrug_keine_ausnahme_sondern_erwartbar
„Nicht einmal Habeck kann die Physik außer Kraft setzen“
Wegen der starken Inanspruchnahme von Strom aus Schweden verschärft Vize-Premierministerin Ebba Busch ihre Kritik an der deutschen Regierung.
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https://www.achgut.com/artikel/nicht_einmal_habeck_kann_die_pysik_ausser_kraft_setzen
Trump Named Person of the Year, Slays Establishment Media
By Vasko Kohlmayer December 17, 2024
In the months leading up to the November 5 presidential election, the wide-eyed members of the Establishment Media kept insisting that Donald Trump was a white supremacist, fascist, sexist, totalitarian, misogynist racist, Hitler, and worse.
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A Gift America Can’t Return: The Police State Is America’s New Crime Boss
By John & Nisha Whitehead The Rutherford Institute December 17, 2024
“There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.” Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear
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Trump, the Final Downfall of this Country, and the Mass Slavery to Follow
By Gary D. Barnett December 17, 2024
“Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders…and millions have been killed because of this obedience…Our problem is that people are obedient allover the world in the face of poverty and …………………….
Santa, Please Bring Me a War for Christmas
„Understand this deeply—you nearly lost your country and your freedom to a deranged, totalitarian-leaning enemy of our nation’s soul and destiny. Take this personally.“ — Mel K
By James Howard Kunstler JamesHowardKunstler.com December 17, 2024
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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/james-howard-kunstler/santa-please-bring-me-a-war-for-christmas/
Think Independently; Act Decisively
By Jeff Thomas International Man December 17, 2024
When I was twenty-four, I knew virtually nothing about business and less about banking. I had very limited self-esteem and assumed that, if someone was wearing a suit, he knew what he was doing and I shouldn’t question him.
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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/no_author/think-independently-act-decisively/
US In ‚Direct Contact‘ With Designated Terror Group HTS, Blinken Admits
By Tyler Durden Zero Hedge December 17, 2024
The US has made “direct contact” with the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) under Abu Mohammad …………………
Abolishing Democracy in Europe
December 14, 2024 in Uncategorized by craig
On 4 October I spoke to a meeting of the United European Left group of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Arriving a bit early, I sat through a presentation by a Moldovan judge, Victoria ………………..
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/12/abolishing-democracy-in-europe/
Food Inflation on the Rise
Our models do not indicate that food inflation will ease in 2025. In fact, I have repeatedly warned that people may want to stockpile food for the next two years as there will be weather events and supply chain shortages. Our model warns that we may see another severe drought, probably between 2025 to 2027, in ………………..
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/armstrongeconomics101/inflation/food-inflation-on-the-rise/?
What Are We Doing in Syria?
By Ron Paul, MD The Ron Paul Institute December 17, 2024
My first reaction to news earlier this month that the Syrian government had been overthrown was, how much did we have to do with it; how involved was the CIA; and how much is it going to cost.
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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/ron-paul/what-are-we-doing-in-syria/
American Pravda: Propaganda-Hoaxes vs. Chinese Reality
December 16, 2024
Last week I published an article discussing former Ambassador Chas Freeman, one of America’s most highly-regarded professional diplomats of the last half-century. Very early in his career, Freeman had …………………….
https://www.unz.com/runz/american-pravda-propaganda-hoaxes-vs-chinese-reality/
Kein guter Morgen nach dem historischen Tag
Von Roland Tichy Di, 17. Dezember 2024
Das gestrige Misstauensvotum wurde als historischer Tag gefeiert. Aber am Morgen danach hat sich nichts geändert und wird sich wenig ändern.
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https://www.tichyseinblick.de/daili-es-sentials/kein-guter-morgen-nach-dem-historischen-tag/
SITREP 12/16/24: Negotiations Talk Curdles as Ukraine Loses More Territory
Simplicius Dec 17, 2024
Last friday Russia again launched a series of devastating energy grid attacks, proving once more that the latest campaign is in fact a systematic one to disable Ukraine’s grid rather than reflexive retaliation:
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https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-121624-negotiations-talk-curdles?
Unlike Zelensky, Assad Is a Popular Guy — Julani Too
16 December 2024 by Larry C. Johnson
Boy, there are some supersensitive folks inhabiting the blogosphere. I made an offhand remark while ……………………
https://sonar21.com/unlike-zelensky-assad-is-a-popular-guy-julani-too/
Die Empörung über einen Merz-Satz zeigt, wie sehr Habeck der CDU schaden kann
Die Entlastung kommt von Angela Merkel. Mitten im Gewitter gegen ein FDP-Papier mit fragwürdigen Ausdrücken findet sich einer der Begriffe im Weltbestseller der Ex-Kanzlerin. Auf Seite 274 ihrer Erinnerungen schreibt sie über eine „offene Feldschlacht“ zwischen Unionsfraktion und Schröder-Regierung. Kein Mensch hat sich darüber aufgeregt, wogegen die FDP für diese Formulierung verteufelt …………………….
Wer mit Grün oder Rot regieren will, hat schon ein Programm – ein grünrotes
Von Klaus-Rüdiger Mai So, 15. Dezember 2024
Erste Journalisten bringen Auszüge aus dem CDU-Wahlprogramm. Vieles klingt wie von der bösen AfD, ………………
https://www.tichyseinblick.de/meinungen/placebo-demokratie-cdu-wahlprogramm/
Immer aktuell: Hier können Sie selber sehen, wie der Strompreis sich entwickelt
16.12.24
Der Strompreis verzehnfachte sich an Donnerstag und Freitag, weil Erneuerbare Energie wenig Strom lieferte, richtig? Nicht nur, meinen Kritiker. Auch Kohle und Gas liefen nicht mit Volllast. Ein Unding während einer Dunkelflaute. Die Bundesnetzagentur ermittelt. Fünf Zahlen zeigen, was im Stromnetz ………………..
Turkey’s Syrian Jihadists Take Over Syria: Kurds, Half a Million Christians Under Intolerable Threat
by Uzay Bulut December 16, 2024
A former branch of Al Qaeda, in 2018, HTS [Hayat Tahrir al-Sham] was officially designated a terrorist organization by the US government. HTS, which cooperates with the Turkish military and Turkish-………………….
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21215/turkey-syria-jihadists
„Dreckige Lügen“ von Correctiv: Ist das gemeinnützig?
Do, 12. Dezember 2024
Verliert das Medium „Correctiv“ die Gemeinnützigkeit? Ein Gerichtsurteil enthält Sprengstoff für das „Recherchekollektiv“. Kann es gemeinnützig sein, mit politischer Schlagseite in die Meinungsbildung eingreifen zu wollen? Zu diesem Thema interviewt Maximilian Tichy den Staatsrechtler Ulrich ………………….
https://www.tichyseinblick.de/video/interview/correctiv-ende-gemeinnuetzigkeit/
Steuerhinterziehung – Staatsanwalt fordert im Cum-Ex-Prozess mehr als fünf Jahre
Freitag, 13.12.2024
Der Schaden suche seinesgleichen, für die Strafe müsse dies nicht gelten, sagt der Ankläger. Die Verteidigung hat niedrigere Vorstellungen. Das Urteil soll am Nachmittag fallen.
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Ukraine and Syria, A Western Plan Goes Awry
16 December 2024 by Larry C. Johnson
Triumphant rhetoric in the corridors of Washington, DC celebrating the collapse of the Syrian government as a major victory over Russia is both foolish and short-sighted. I will explain.
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https://sonar21.com/ukraine-and-syria-a-western-plan-goes-awry/
Sachsens Verfassungsschutz: Ein AfD-Gutachten von Google?
Aktuell wird viel berichtet, wie der Verfassungsschutz in Thüringen die offizielle Etikettierung der AfD als „rechtsextrem“ begründete. Aber wie ist das eigentlich in Sachsen gelaufen? Da wird es richtig düster.
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https://www.achgut.com/artikel/sachsens_verfassungsschutz_ein_afd_gutachten_von_google
The Health Insurance Disaster
By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. December 16, 2024
The recent murder of Brian Thompson, the CEO of United Health Care, has led many people to claim that private health insurance is an example of what is wrong with the free market, and that we ought in …………………….
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/lew-rockwell/the-health-insurance-disaster/
East vs. West: a Global Dollar Dump Is Inevitable and the US Must Prepare
By Brandon Smith Alt-Market.us December 16, 2024
In October of 2024, Russia hosted the annual BRICS Summit in the city of Kazan with the intent to show unity among developing nations and general eastern interests. The Kremlin, a target of severe NATO …………………….
Has Bibi Achieved His Dream of Obliterating the Arab World?
Mike Whitney • December 14, 2024
Take a look at the map above. It explains everything.
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https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/has-bibi-achieved-his-dream-of-obliterating-the-arab-world/
Habeck und die Wirtschaftskrise: kein Versehen, sondern Absicht
Von Alexander Heiden Mo, 16. Dezember 2024
Natürlich kann man glauben, dass all die schlimmen Folgen der grünen Wirtschaftspolitik nur daran liegen, dass Habeck & Co ihr Handwerk nicht beherrschen. Plausibler ist aber der Gedanke, dass ihr ………………….
https://www.tichyseinblick.de/wirtschaft/habeck-und-die-wirtschaftskrise/
The U.S. -and-Allied ‚Assad’s Chemical Weapons‘ Propaganda Trick
By Eric Zuesse Eric’s Substack December 16, 2024
Just like with ‘Saddam’s WMD’ (his U.S.-and-allied falsely alleged stockpile of weapons of mass destruction that ‘justified’ U.S.-and-allied invasion and destruction of Iraq in 2003), similarly, America’s …………………
Seven Countries in Five Years
By Paul Craig Roberts PaulCraigRoberts.org December 16, 2024
The media brothel has presented the HTS terrorist/democratic opposition as Syria’s rescuer promising peace and friendship. But videos emerging reveal a campaign of violence, hangings and machine-gunning of people. It is Muslims killing Muslims, Arabs killing Arabs. The reason Arabs are powerless is that ……………………
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/paul-craig-roberts/seven-countries-in-five-years/
A Variety of Conversations — From Armenia to Syria to Ukraine to Trump
14 December 2024 by Larry C. Johnson
When it rains, it pours. In a good way. I am posting three different conversations — two from Friday — that I think you will find worth watching. The first is my chat with Alex Christoforou (it was recorded on ……………………..
https://sonar21.com/a-variety-of-conversations-from-armenia-to-syria-to-ukraine-to-trump/
South Korea – National Assembly Impeaches President Over Failed Putsch Attempt
On December 3 the President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol launched a coup against the opposition ruled National Assembly. He declared martial law and ordered military special forces and police units to block law makers from assembling.
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https://www.moonofalabama.org/
The Demise of the Democratic Party
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/politics/the-demise-of-the-democratic-party/?
Grey Swans Are Circling
December 9, 2024
The lifestyle of a stable New Gilded Age is out of stock.
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https://www.oftwominds.com/blogdec24/grey-swans12-24.html
Iran – When will it Fall?
Mr. Armstrong, I do hope you hold your conference in the Dubai. I know you have a number of staff there. I recall that you had a projection for Iran to begin its decline and fall and end up with yet another revolution. I believe it was starting in 2024 and I think it would end by 2032. can you provide an update ………………….
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/middle_east/iran-when-will-it-fall/?
A Brief Analysis Of What’s Really Going On In Syria
Chuck Baldwin
U.S. Launches Third Proxy War, This Time in Syria
By Chuck Baldwin Chuck Baldwin Live December 14, 2024
Here we go again: The War Party in Washington, D.C., has launched its third proxy war against Russia and Iran, this time in Syria.
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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/chuck-baldwin/u-s-launches-third-proxy-war-this-time-in-syria/
Why Trump’s America First Doesn’t Require a $ 1 Trillion National Security Budget
By David Stockman David Stockman’s Contra Corner December 14, 2024
If Donald Trump’s “America First” focused foreign policy means anything at all, it’s that the current $1 trillion national security budget is double the size that a muscular homeland defense shield actually ……………………..
Russia Strikes Back and Turkey Invades Northern Syria
13 December 2024 by Larry C. Johnson
Russia wasted no time in responding to the failed Ukrainian attack inside southern Russia this week with six ATACMs. I anticipated Russia was going to use another hypersonic Oreshnik missile. I was wrong. ……………………….
https://sonar21.com/russia-strikes-back-and-turkey-invades-northern-syria/
Russia Retaliates For ATACMS Strike – Improves Trolling
Those who were waiting for another Oreshnik strike, in response to the U.S. ATACMS attack on a strategic air plane factory in the Russian city of Taganrog, will be disappointed by this:
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Energiewende ins Dunkeldeutschland
Der Begriff „Dunkeldeutschland“ bekommt eine völlig neue Bedeutung – im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes. Vorgestern ist Deutschland wieder haarscharf an einem Zusammenbruch der Stromversorgung vorbeigeschlittert. Unsere Nachbarländer müssen die Zeche mitbezahlen und sind stinksauer.
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https://www.achgut.com/artikel/energiewende_ins_dunkeldeutschland
Wird uns Putin angreifen? Die Antwort des wichtigsten deutschen Generals macht Angst
14.12.24
„Bloß nicht mit den Grünen“, heißt es bei der CDU. Aber vielleicht sollten sie das dort noch mal überdenken. Wem an der Verteidigung des freien Europa liegt, darf sich keine Koalition mit der korrumpierten SPD wünschen.
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Stakeholder Capitalism and the Corporate KPI Cult
12/12/2024 Thomas J. DiLorenzo
In private business “[t]here is no need to limit the discretion of subordinates by any rules or regulations other than that underlying all business activities, namely, to render their operations profitable.”—Ludwig von Mises, Bureaucracy, p. 46
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https://mises.org/mises-wire/stakeholder-capitalism-and-corporate-kpi-cult?
The Fight against the Left Is an Ideological One
12/11/2024 Ryan McMaken
With their profoundly mediocre new book Unhumans: the Secret History of Communist Revolutions, ……………
https://mises.org/mises-wire/fight-against-left-ideological-one?
Matthias Berger: „Ich traue mir das zu!“
Von Olaf Opitz Sa, 14. Dezember 2024
Grimmas Ex-OB und direkt gewählter Kandidat der Freien Wähler im Sächsischen Landtag, Matthias Berger, wird, wie TE vorab berichtet hat, gegen den Noch-Ministerpräsidenten Michael Kretschmer ……………………….
https://www.tichyseinblick.de/daili-es-sentials/matthias-berger-ich-traue-mir-das-zu/
Ein überparteilicher Ministerpräsident für Sachsen?
Matthias Berger, fraktionsloser Abgeordneter im Landtag, kandidiert gegen den CDU-Amtsinhaber zur Wahl des Ministerpräsidenten. Er hat Chancen, könnte die Brandmauer-Politik durchbrechen. Und keiner ………………………
https://www.achgut.com/artikel/ein_ueberparteilicher_ministerpraesident_fuer_sachsen
The Big Shining Lie: We’re Better Off Now–No, We’re Poorer, Much Poorer
December 11, 2024
This is proof-positive we’re not just poorer now than we were 40 years ago, we’re much, much poorer.
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https://www.oftwominds.com/blogdec24/big-lie-prosperity12-24.html
Cicero Podcast Gesellschaft: „Wehe dem, der über Impfschäden spricht!“
Der Kardiologe Jörg-Heiner Möller spricht im Cicero Podcast Gesellschaft über ein Tabu: Schädigungen durch die Corona-Impfung. Obwohl Politik und Medien an dem Problem nicht mehr vorbeikommen, fühlen sich die Betroffenen im Stich gelassen. VON RALF HANSELLE am 13. Dezember 2024
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Iran Threatens Jordan, Smuggles Arms to Palestinian Terrorists in Israel
by Lawrence A. Franklin December 13, 2024
Iran appears determined to destabilize Jordan, and is thus trying to drag the kingdom into its regional maelstrom by manipulating Jordanian national and terrorist substate entities to do its bidding.
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https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21209/iran-threatens-jordan
Did Erdgogan Win in Syria? Or Will His ‚Win‘ Become His Nightmare?
By Eric Zuesse Eric’s Substack December 13, 2024
Anyone who has been following for years the actions and plans of Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan in Syria knows that he has heavily propagandized that Kurds and especially the PKK Kurds in Turkey are ……………….
Russiagate Remnants
It would be a crime to abandon investigations into Russiagate, both because it’s ongoing and because of the cost to those of us who were victims of it
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https://www.racket.news/p/russiagate-remnants?
Die FDP wird noch gebraucht
Wer den Rund-um-sorglos-Vollkasko-Staat als Ideal anstrebt, kann es kaum erwarten, dass die FDP aus dem Bundestag fliegt. Denn es ist ihre originäre Aufgabe, Alternativen zur Regulierungswut von Rot-……………………..
https://www.cicero.de/innenpolitik/zukunft-der-liberalen-die-fdp-wird-noch-gebraucht
HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WEAPONIZED THE BANK SECRECY ACT TO SPY ON AMERICANS
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Warum ist eigentlich der Strom in China so billig?
Während Deutschland unter prohibitiven Strompreisen ächzt, zahlt man in China nur ein Drittel davon. Grund: China nutzt pragmatisch alle Energieformen, Deutschland entleibt sich durch ideologische Vorgaben selbst und verjagt Industrie und Arbeitsplätze.
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https://www.achgut.com/artikel/warum_ist_der_strom_in_china_eigentlich_so_biillig
Can Trump Save the Dollar?
12/11/2024 J.R. MacLeod
During his 2024 presidential campaign Donald Trump repeatedly and in grave terms highlighted the possibility of the US dollar losing its world reserve currency status. This occurred at summits with business leaders at the New York and Chicago Economic Clubs.
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https://mises.org/mises-wire/can-trump-save-dollar?
Death of Syria
By Eric S. Margolis December 13, 2024
What is clearly a joint US-Israeli plan to remake the Mideast map is now well underway. Changes will be seismic.
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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/eric-margolis/death-of-syria/
Al-Qaeda Rides Again… in Syria
By Daniel McAdams The Ron Paul Institute December 13, 2024
As Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Christmas, a hell has been unleashed inside Syria with the seizure of the country by the re-named “al-Qaeda in Syria” now called Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Its leader is a former deputy commander of ISIS, Abu Mohammed al-Julani.
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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/daniel-mcadams/al-qaeda-rides-againin-syria/
After US ATACMS Strike on Strategic Target Russia Announces To Retaliate
Moon of Alabama December 13, 2024
Just five days ago I postulated that the U.S. Has Stopped Ukrainian ATACMS Strikes On Russia.
Today that claim turned out to have been premature:
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The Geopolitics of Elite Insanity: Teetering on the Brink of Armageddon, The Danger of Nuclear War
By Robert J. Burrowes Global Research December 13, 2024
As the world simultaneously teeters on the brink of nuclear war in Central Asia, shatters any remaining sense of ‘international justice’ by taking no effective action to halt the televised genocide in Palestine (let ……………………..
A Dramatic Change in the Correlation of Forces
By Paul Craig Roberts PaulCraigRoberts.org December 13, 2024
“There is a genuine question whether Syria actually exists anymore.” — former UK Ambassador Craig Murray. The Israelis are taking more and more of Syria.
Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey are complaining about Israel’s occupation of parts of what was ……………………..
Death of a Nation: Black Flags, Masscres, Land Grabs as Vultures Feed on the Carcass of Syria
By Pepe Escobar Strategic Culture December 13, 2024
Will the collective West rise to defend the remaining Syrian Christians when the Black Flags come to …………………….
Collapse of the $ 5 Trillion Green Energy Scam
By Doug Casey International Man December 13, 2024
International Man: Governments worldwide have spent over $5 trillion in the past two decades to subsidize wind, solar, and other so-called renewables.
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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/doug-casey/collapse-of-the-5-trillion-green-energy-scam/
The Second Trump Term and the “Sanctions Industrial Complex”
12/12/2024 Hekmat Aboukhater
As the Washington drawbridge lowers for a second Trump administration, the world attempts to glean any insights that might indicate the direction of his second term. At the top of the list of concerns is the ………………..
https://mises.org/mises-wire/second-trump-term-and-sanctions-industrial-complex?
In Europa wächst der Ärger über Deutschlands Energiemangel
Von Holger Douglas Fr, 13. Dezember 2024
Die aktuelle Dunkelflaute wirkt sich auch negativ auf andere europäische Länder wie Schweden und Norwegen aus. Die Kritik an der deutschen Energiepolitik nimmt zu. Schwedens Energieministerin Ebba Busch ist „wütend auf Deutschland“, weil das Land seine Atomkraftwerke stilllege und dadurch die …………………..
https://www.tichyseinblick.de/daili-es-sentials/dunkelflaute-deutschland-widerstand-europa-schweden/
Beware Last 2 Weeks of December – Something is Not Right
You said the computer does not support a bullish view of Trump taking office. Do you know why the computer is showing so many indexes are rolling over to the downside?
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