2017

PETER KOENIG—If Switzerland accepts the change to digital money, a country where until relatively recently most people went to pay their monthly bills in cash to the nearest post office – then we, in the western world, are on a fast track to total enslavement by the financial institutions. It goes, of course, hand-in-hand with the rest of systematic and ever faster advancing oppression and robotization of the 99.9% by the 0.1%.

TED RALL—Clinton’s liberal supporters always glossed over her long history of hawkish, arguably far-right, approaches to military matters. Those who mourn her loss to Trump today have completely forgotten that she convinced Obama to back military coups against the democratically-elected leaders of Honduras and Egypt. She also successfully advised Obama to arm and fund radical Islamist militias in Syria and Libya…

STEPHEN LENDMAN—The Trump administration is continuing Obama’s policy of supplying heavy weapons to Kiev, for offense, not defense. Its regime breached Minsk I and II ceasefire terms straightaway. Overnight attacks on Donbass were reported in five areas. Agreed on yearend ceasefire was breached almost immediately.