The Ukrainians continue to try to defend against the Russian propaganda that pictures them as fascists to justify invasion. But facts do not really matter in the game of world politics. A Russian invasion of Ukraine seems to be increasing in likelihood. With the Russian economy turning down, the economic pressure will continue to increase […]

The world’s most valuable stamp is going up for sale at Sotheby in New York. It is the only surviving example of the ‘emergency’ stamps issued by the British Guiana postmaster in 1856. This specimen was discovered in a stack of papers in 1873 and sold for just six shillings. It was later purchased by a Liverpool stamp […]

  Perhaps it is fate, but Spain was united with the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella and in 1492, they not merely funded Christopher Columbus, they also began the expulsion of the Jews and Muslims. Christopher Columbus’s diary begins: “In the same month in which their Majesties [Ferdinand and Isabella] issued the edict that all Jews […]

Boy – the difference a year makes. Previously, the claim for Scottish Independence stood at about an expected 7% vote. Now, the landmark ICM survey revealed Sunday a decline of the No vote from 46 per cent to 42 percent over the past month alone. At the same time the Yes vote remained steady at […]

The Ukrainian soldiers have nothing. People were donating money to support them. However, the West’s injection of career politicians only replaced the head – Yanukovich. What is going on now is the corruption the people were revolting against is still in place. The people may have won the battle, but they did not win their […]

COMMENT:  Marty, This is a European reply to the Ukraine / CIA coup etc. discussion. For me, you now hit the nail on the head for we are experiencing both: revolutions AND coups ! Yes, there is global uprising by people against their corrupt government. By the way this is happening in every country, if you […]

QUESTION: You say there was no CIA plot in Ukraine and I can see that not even Britain was willing to send troops to Ukraine because of this popular story of a CIA instigated revolution. The feeling in Europe is precisely that. To defend Ukraine would be another Iraq and America cannot be trusted. Whilst […]

Barry Rosenstein, the hedge fund manager of Jana Partners, is paying $147 million for a property on exclusive Further Lane, Long Island, New York. This now sets the record for the most expensive house sold illustrating that the top end of the market is still booming into new highs while the low-end falls and the middle […]

COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong; You are the only person who seems to understand our true crisis in Ukraine. Thank you so much for defending our people against the Russian propaganda that we are some sort of fascist CIA plot. I am writing to you because people I know have been kidnapped, tortured, and murdered for being […]

  The story about the CIA conspiracy is seen in Ukraine as Russian propaganda to disarm any support for the Ukrainian Revolution. In the West, the conspiracy people have loved this CIA plot and they have been seen as the pawns of Russia from the Ukrainian point of view. Here is the joke about the […]