In the 1990s, when Boris Yeltsin began privatizing vast swaths of Russia’s industrial output, he essentially permitted a group of thuggish entrepreneurs to purchase these state assets for a pittance. They in turn, turned their companies into behemoths with a guaranteed monopoly, thus allowing them to become vastly wealthy oligarchs in the process. They […]
The Delusions of Washington-Riyadh Ruling Elite and the Journalists Who Feed Them
In the aftermath of Trump’s disastrous recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the spin from Washington and Riyadh–and the journalists and think tank analysts only too eager be spun–has been outrageous. The level of sheer delusion is stupendous. This post will offer an anatomy of delusion and why it means only more suffering and bloodshed […]
BREAKING: IDF General, Meir Kahane’s Nephew, Stole Army Weapons, Vehicles, Household Goods
חשיפה: הקצין הבכיר שהחזיק מחסן נשק וציוד צבאי לשימושו הפרטי הוא תא”ל מרדכי כהנא שעות ספורות אחרי שחשפתי את שם החשוד בגניבת ציוד צבאי (תא”ל כהנא), פרסם צה”ל רשמית את שמו והודיע על השעייתו UPDATE: As a result of this report and my inquiries, the IDF spokesperson released the following statement (translated): …Today, 23 October […]
Media Reports About “First” Joint Israel-U. S. Military Base are False
Beginning with a misleading Defense News report on a new U. S. military facility located in an Israeli air base, world media have falsely reported that it is the first such joint operation in the country. Here’s what Barbara Opall Rome wrote: … The new U.S. base marks the first to be co-located within an […]
