By James Pethokoukis The Week It’s one thing for North Korea — a country that hasn’t fought a war since 1953 — to saber rattle with its small nuclear arsenal (the nation’s “treasured sword,” according to dictator Kim Jong-un). It’s quite another when Vladimir Putin does it. Russia […]
By Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger Quillette Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine will be remembered as one of the great crimes of the 21st century. The ensuing humanitarian crisis has already caused more than two million refugees to flee their homeland. With the imposition of sanctions, policymakers will […]
She may be crazier than other politicians, but she’s just like the rest by saying war is bad while profiting off of it.
Looks like she studied “unintended consequences” and made a good argument based on rational logic.
If Western countries really wanted to scare war criminals around the World, perhaps even enough to make them stop their crimes, we could simply prosecute our own war criminals. Nothing would scare them more, than seeing such powerful proof that we really, truly mean business about international law […]
Krystal and Saagar introduce a Breaking Points collaboration with Marshall Kosloff that will feature long form interviews with Marshall and leading thinkers across the political spectrum starting with Michael Shellenberger on the west’s green energy delusions as war breaks out in Ukraine
Krystal and Saagar introduce the new collaboration with Kyle Kulinski where clips from his show will be posted onto the Breaking Points channel on a weekly basis with this week’s covering Laura Ingraham’s defense of oligarch yachts
By Peter Zeihan Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine is now in its second week. The rage that swept the Western world — particularly acute in Europe — has not abated, with all talk about how to punish Moscow more thoroughly. New sanctions are under discussion. Goals range from […]
By Peter Zeihan on March 9, 2022 The Biden administration is shopping around with some less than savory potential partners in order to lessen the blow of energy sanctions against Russia. Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and Iran – all well known and fairly maligned regimes from right, left, and center […]
By Matt Taibbi Long before controversies in Canada and Russia saw financial services politicized, porn star Cheri Deville warned about payment processors having too much power over speech. Over the last few years, you may have read stories explaining that Visa and Mastercard were imposing new rules to […]
Bryan Caplan, March 02, 2022 Ukraine is offering amnesty plus five million rubles to anyone who deserts from the Russian army and agrees to go to a Ukrainian prison. That’s about $48,000, probably several years’ pay for a young Russian worker. On the surface, this sounds like a […]
By Eli Clifton, The Nation Follow the money fomenting conflict on the Korean Peninsula, and all roads lead to Honolulu. To President Moon Jae In and the US Congress: True peace Can Only Come from True Freedom,” flashed the three-story-high digital advertisement in Times Square. “Hold the North […]
The Signal How is Russia’s war on Ukraine affecting global politics? Tim Sayle on economics, ideology, and the specter of a new Cold War. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the United States was for a time the world’s lone superpower, until the 2003 Iraq […]
By Michael Hudson Empires often follow the course of a Greek tragedy, bringing about precisely the fate that they sought to avoid. That certainly is the case with the American Empire as it dismantles itself in not-so-slow motion. The basic assumption of economic and diplomatic forecasting is that […]
Russian fuel makes up less than 8% of fuel imports…. so now we watch as the cost of gasoline doubles.
Saagar compares the present moment in America with high gas and food prices to a similar time in the 1970s when geopolitical instability and domestic unrest also had dramatic effects on American politics
Krystal and Saagar are joined by gas and energy prices expert Rory Johnston to take a deep look at the surge in gas prices across the west and how much higher they will go for Americans nationwide
Krystal and Saagar cover the breaking news this morning that gas prices have reached an all-time high as President Biden has decided to ban imports of Russian oil as punishment for the invasion of Ukraine
By Peter Zeihan on March 8, 2022 Russia is finding it increasingly difficult to sell its oil in Europe and other traditional markets, as a mixture of sanctions, market pressures and consumer choice are shifting against Moscow. It’s not that Russia is barred against selling oil. It’s that shippers, […]
By Peter Zeihan on March 8, 2022 The London Metals Exchange halted nickel trades today after prices approximately tripled. Nickel is a metal that surrounds us in our daily lives, primarily as an alloy component in stainless steel: bridges, cutlery, appliances. But nickel’s importance in our future lives may […]
She’s crying about (arguably) the only good thing that has come from this war. These Russian billionaires are some of the vilest creatures roaming this earth.
Krystal and Saagar are joined by corruption expert Jeff Hauser to go through the deep ties Biden’s new FDA commissioner has to the big pharma companies he is tasked with regulating
Krystal and Saagar cover the spike in oil prices happening due to geopolitical turmoil and other domestic factors as Biden and Pelosi consider banning imports of Russian oil
Krystal and Saagar respond to the comments by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin about the sanctions imposed by the west as he looks towards China for an economic boost.
By Clint Siegner, Money Metals Exchange Money Metals The dishonest fiat Federal Reserve Note “dollar” is slowly dying and will eventually need to be replaced with something more trustworthy. Perhaps it will be presented to Americans as a series of dramatic monetary reforms. Maybe people will be using […]
Sounds like someone wants to buy a yacht at a government surplus at a discount
Krystal and Kyle Kulinski of Krystal Kyle and Friends talk with Bernie Sanders foreign policy adviser Matt Duss about Biden’s response to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
Krystal and Saagar have economic policy expert Matt Stoller break down the Russian invasion of Ukraine’s revealing of US economic vulnerability as part of an ongoing collaboration
Krystal and Saagar are joined by Love is Blind star Nick Thompson to hear about how he plans on using his platform to support Julian Assange and call out exploitative industries
There’s a lot to talk about: the State of the Union address, Kanye, the future of Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine. We try to get to it all on this episode of KK&F. And we’re helped by our special guest, Matt Duss, a foreign policy expert who’s worked […]
By Natalie Sherman, Business reporter, New York A raft of actions by the West is aimed at choking Russia’s economy and banking system, and punishing Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. What more sanctions could they impose? In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US, UK, EU and more […]
Few things in are more complex than energy logistics, and the world is about to get a masterclass. Different crude grades with different chemical make-ups with different reliabilities lead to different refining dependencies. Some crudes are thick (heavy). Others thin (light). Still others are laden with impurities (sour), […]
Katie Halper argues that Democrats aren’t taking Americans’ views of the economy seriously enough. WATCH HERE
Krystal examines the economic consequences of the west’s wartime sanctions on Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine and how they could backfire in terms of stopping Putin
Krystal and Saagar look at the western decision to seize the assets of Russian oligarchs including superyachts after the invasion of Ukraine by Putin
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave weigh in on President Biden’s statement that fighting inflation is a “top priority.”
Host of the Bad Faith Podcast, Briahna Joy Gray, reacts to Senate Democrats’ failed push to invoke cloture on the codification of Roe v. Wade.
Ryan Grim breaks down the opaque funding behind the bipartisan dark money group, No Labels.
Krystal and Saagar are joined by Daily Poster founder David Sirota to uncover how Wall Street’s fight for lax transparency laws helps protect Russian oligarchs from US sanctions
The last time wheat exports from the former Soviet space were limited, it was due to a poor Siberian harvest in 2010. Within a few months wheat prices doubled globally, tripling in the markets heavily dependent upon Russia’s low-quality output. The region most affected was North Africa and […]
Peter Zeihan predicting the oil supply shock of 2022 back in 2018.
LA Progressive As if killing the Child Tax Credit, blocking voting rights, gutting key climate legislation, and refusing living wages wasn’t enough, West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin is now promoting legislation that further punishes the poor and marginalized. Along with Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio, he’s introduced the PIPES Act, which undercuts key […]
By Asaf Shalev Jewish Telegraphic Agency Russia’s Jewish oligarchs and their donations come under threat of Western sanctions amid Ukraine war. (JTA) – Jewish communities in Ukraine received a $10 million gift from a perhaps unlikely source Monday: a charitable organization founded by three Russian Jewish oligarchs who […]
Visit the archives to re-read and share WEBINAR: The Ukraine War: Energy Edition The ins and outs of the major oil and natural gas suppliers is a favorite topic of ours here at Zeihan on Geopolitics, and it forms a cornerstone of our expertise; my team and I have decades […]
The American Prospect’s David Dayen breaks down his New York Times’ op-ed on inflation and rising prices.
Ryan Grim makes the case that now, more than ever, the U.S. should return all seized funds to the Afghan Central Bank.
Russia-based socialist writer, Egor Kotkin, discusses how Vladimir Putin’s class interests affect Russia’s invasions of Ukraine.
Krystal takes an in depth look at the economic failures pushed by Wall Street playing a major role in the current domestic and global political instability that have not been discussed as war rages on
The EU has said it point blank, the Oligarchs in Russia cannot fly over EU airspace. The more countries that get into this no fly zone issues, the worse it will be for these rich people who want to go where they want to go and can’t because […]
Business consultant, Pamela Denise Long, Ryan Grim, and Robby Soave discuss President Biden’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown-Jackson.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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