financial

Merkel: ‘Germany Will Not Back Down’ on Nord Stream 2 Despite US Threats

(BERLIN) – German leader Angela Merkel issued a harsh rebuke to Washington DC over the new US Senate bill which sanctions German firms for working on the Nord Stream 2 joint venture with Russia to deliver natural gas to the continent.
“We are against extraterritorial sanctions,” Merkel said to her parliament during a Q & A yesterday about legislation passed in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.

The Next Pearl Harbour? China’s Gold-backed Crypto Currency Will Blindside US Dollar

“A date which will live in infamy.” Indeed, today marks the 78th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, which opened the door for the United States to enter World War II. urn on your TV and you will see military mavens rambling on, pontificating about ‘the defense of the realm’, all the while completely aloof and unaware of the American empire’s real Achilles heel.

LIBRA: Facebook Now Wants to Control Your Money

CONTROL ISSUES: Through the accumulation of too much power, Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg have lost touch with reality in global society and must be uprooted.
Tony Cartalucci
21st Century Wire
Facebook – backed by some of the largest banks and corporations on Earth – seek to create a global digital currency and reassert Western dominion over the global economy.

Not So Fast: China’s $400 Billion Iran Investment May Be Problem for U.S. War Planners

In the wake of the Saudi Aramco Attack, and even before any data or evidence had been gathered, US President Donald Trump and his bellicose Secretary of State Mike Pompeo immediately blamed Iran, going so far as to call it “an act of war” against Saudi Arabia and the “international economy,” and have