April 13, 2025
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China, Artificial Intelligence and the fear of the West
Almost no one expected it, yet it was predictable: China has entered the global AI competition and intends to win. Continue reading
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US, Iran take a leap forward in trust building
With the foreplay over and US-Iranian talks commencing in Muscat on Saturday, a constructive engagement has begun in right earnestness. The sure sign of it is that Iran’s currency rose nearly 6 percent on Sunday. The Tehran bazaar, the weathervane of Shia politics, has spoken. Continue reading
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It’s Offical: UN Accuses Israel of Genocide in Gaza
On March 22nd, this journalist detailed the findings of a UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on “Israel’s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since 7 October 2023.” That investigation focused primarily on the hideous, industrial scale rape and sexual abuse of male and female Palestinian detainees in Zionist Occupation… Continue reading
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IT’S THE BOND MARKET STUPID. TRUMP MEETS HIS MAKER
This is the final article for what was one of the most eventful weeks in the financial markets since the onset of the pandemic. At least then it was known the virus could kill, now nothing is known about what the Trump virus is up to. Trump has a proud record. Of the last ten… Continue reading
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Why China won’t call a ‘tariff-wielding barbarian’
The Toddler Temper Tantrum-style Trump Tariff Tizzy (TTT), now accelerated to 145% – and counting – is yet another thunderous trademark pigeon smashing the chessboard gambit. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 