China’s new canal, Baltimore’s new bridge, and NYC’s wheelchair ramps: The GDP problem
by Inside China Business [2-10-2026]. Purchasing Power Parity is a tool to standardize GDP measures across economies, to account for large differences in cost in different countries. China is opening a new $10 billion canal, that will transform trade routes in Southeast Asia. The project includes 27 new bridges, and capacity for 5,000-ton cargo vessels…
The AI War China is Winning: How Free Machine Cognition Is Undermining America’s Virtual Economy
by Mike Adams [2-26-2026]. (RAD: It is interesting that it was Claude Code from US firm Anthropic that automated IBM’s legacy Cobol & erased $30 billion in one day from IBM’s market capitalization. Pay close attention to how the top Chinese AI programs can now be run on PC & Mac computers with a reasonable…
SCOTUS Saves America from Trump’s Unconstitutional, Weaponized Tariffs
by Mike Adams [2-25-2026]. The Supreme Court’s Historic Rejection of Executive Tariff Power In a monumental decision delivered on February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court struck a vital blow for constitutional limits and economic liberty, ruling that former President Donald Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose sweeping tariffs was…
Larry Johnson: While Waiting for Armageddon, Watch Pepe Escobar’s New “Golden Corridor” Documentary on Iran
by Larry Johnson [2-25-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio). (RAD: The “Golden Corridor” video at the end is an absolute must to see that was produced by Pepe Escobar in cooperation with people from Iran. This is the only video in English that explains the importance of Iran in the norht/south & east/west trade corridors. Don’t pass…
Max Blumenthal, Nima Alkhorshid: Boasting of ‘deploying’ 200 Starlinks to Iran to create violence; Israel & Zionist pushing for war with Iran
by Dialogue Works [2-24-2026] Nima R. Alkhorshid(bio). (RAD: Trump has backed himself into a corner concerning Iran. He has deployed two aircraft carrier battle groups to the area, plus a large number of fighter jets and other military assetts. Israel, the neocons, and Zionists are pushing for a war to topple Iran. None of the…
Alastair Crooke – Trump Kabuki Theatre in Ukraine: Nothing of Substance Gets Resolved
by Alastair Crooke [2-23-2026] Alastair Crooke(bio). (RAD: Alastair Crooke sure puts a lot of things in perspective!!! Trump’s current approach with Kushner & Witkoff is guaranteed to FAIL because it doesn’t address the “root causes” of the Ukrainian conflict. – RAD) Ukraine bonds rally on hopes of imminent peace deal with Russia is not a…
Glenn Diesen: NATO’s War of Choice – The Sabotage of the Istanbul Negotiations by The West
by Glenn Diesen [2-24-2026]. (RAD: Professor Diesen lays out the timeline & actors in early 2022 showing that Russia & Ukraine had worked out a peace agreement shortly after Russia started the SMO to stop the killing of ethnic Russians in Donbass. Unfortunately, NATO, the British, and the US wanted a war against Russia to…
Jeffrey Sachs, Glenn Diesen: Four Years of War in Ukraine – Hegemony or Peace? Where has The West gone Wrong?
by Glenn Diesen [2-23-2026]. (RAD: This is another excellent overview of how The West got from the end of WW2 to now. The West has about 15% of the world population, yet the US keeps wanting to rule over the entire world. The other 85% is tired of being bullied by the US. The 20…
Media Manipulation in the Ukraine War & the trap of “Good vs Evil” negates Diplomacy: Glenn Diesen at the UN Security Council
by Glenn Diesen [2-22-2026]. (RAD: This is a 28 minute presentation that you don’t want to skip. Going all the was back to WW1, he explains with insights why formulating conflicts a “good vs evil” is a trap that always leads to disasterous conflicts that could have been better managed & resolved through diplomacy. –…
Alexander Dugin: The 5 Poles of the Trumped West
by Alexander Dugin [2-19-2026]. (RAD: Sometimes it takes a world class philosopher like Professor Alexander Dugin to see & articulate what others can’t or are unwilling to verbalize. Notice what he finally says about Trump. – RAD) Alexander Dugin argues that the “collective West” is no more. Thanks to Donald Trump’s sledgehammer, the former hegemonic…
Seyed M. Marandi, Glenn Diesen: “War for Survival” – Iran’s Strategy as War Is Imminent
by Glenn Diesen [2-21-2026] Mohammad Marandi(bio). (RAD: Professor Marandi lives in Iran & was originally from the US. He shares some very important insights about Iran and the way the US & Israel are acting. This discussion is very educational. – RAD) Seyed Mohammad Marandi is a professor at Tehran University and a former advisor…
Scott Ritter: War on Iran
by Scott Ritter [2-20-2026] Scott Ritter(bio). The Trump administration talks the language of diplomacy while posturing for a war on Iran which, if implemented, will be the end of the American democratic experiment. Iran and the United States are taking a two-week break from negotiations about Iran’s nuclear program while both sides return to their…