A NEW CLASS OF MAFIA-TYPE DONS (emerging from the matrix of today’s oligarchic mobs) In almost every part of the world, including our own, there is a new class of mafia-type Dons emerging from the matrix of today’s oligarchic mobs.
Russia
RESETTING THE NORMS FOR INTERNATIONAL DEAL-MAKING… (…by threats of economic blunderbuss blasts and corrosive quick-lime invectives for emphasis) President Trump’s executive order to withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal has reset the norms for international deal-making. Rather than applying conventional
MOVING EVER CLOSER TO A FUTURE WORLD CALLED RUSSINIA (as the unintended consequence of present-day actions) The current punitive diplomatic and trade imbroglios with Russia and China are further evidence that the structure of the post-WWII world order, established to
A PARTIAL LIST OF PROFILES… (…of some key international players from today’s news headlines) We should never believe that the subject of -international affairs- is either dull or un-intriguing. Far from it because it seems to be a never-ending soap
CLOSING OUT ANOTHER…ANNO HORRIBILIS… (and hoping that this next one will be slightly less so…) Not much we can say about this past year of 2017 other than…we’re glad we’re able to be closing out another…anno horribilis…and hoping that this
IT’S OFF TO ASIA WE GO… (hi…ho…hi…ho…to dealie-oh…it’s off to Asia we go…) Despite growing rumbles of more troubles to come from the investigation into his campaign’s connections with Russia’s meddling in the 2016 elections, the President is off on
USING CALCULATED HISSY FITS… (…as a way to play hardball diplomacy…) He may be a new style oligarch and latter-day Czar of all the Russia’s, but Vladimir Putin still operates and retains the mindset and perspectives of a Soviet KGB
IF YOU’RE UNCERTAIN ABOUT WHERE WE’RE HEADED… (that’s because right now…we’re nowhere) There doesn’t seem to be any kind of coherence with the Administration we have in Washington. Everything seems to be an ad hoc approach to governance. So, if
EVER MORE REVELATIONS… (…of possible Russian connections of the venal kind) The latest news disclosing the President’s young son’s positively responding to contacts initiated by Russian operatives, resembles a dripping faucet, which no plumber’s spin-work can fix. It’s just ever