Last week, the Federal Reserve responded to Wall Street’s coronavirus panic with an “emergency” interest rate cut. This emergency cut failed to revive the stock market, leading to predictions that the Fed will again cut rates later this month.More rate cuts would drive interest rates to near, or even below, zero. Lowering interest rates punishes people for saving, thus encouraging consumers and businesses to spend every penny they make. This may give the economy a short-term boost. But, it...
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US, UK, Kiev in Violation of Minsk Agreement?
Since the Minsk II Agreement went into effect earlier this month, there have been many claims and counter-claims that both the Kiev government and the separatists in east Ukraine...
Ukraine’s Very Suspicious Weapons ‘Purchase’
Defense News, a defense industry trade publication, just released a report entitled, Ukraine Signs Defense Deal with UAE. It led with: ABU DHABI — Ukrainian President Petro...
State Department’s Jen Psaki as Baghdad Bob
RPI Director Daniel McAdams takes aim at State Department Spokesman Jen Psaki in this interview with RT. Why is the US determined to continue down the path of conflict while the...
Ukraine Year One, Syria Rebel Booster Changes Tune and More – RPI’s McAdams and Jay Taylor Week in Review
US-backed coup in Ukraine turns one year old. The destruction speaks to the folly of interventionism. Also, US ambassador to Syria and father of regime change policy admits...
Gen. Wesley Clark: ‘ISIS Got Started With Funding From Our Closest Allies’
Many remember General Wesley Clark as the man who almost started World War III by ordering the British to fire on Russian peacekeepers who landed in the Kosovo capital, Pristina,...
Upcoming: Ron Paul’s New Book on War
Ron Paul revealed Thursday that he is preparing for publication a new book he has written about war. Paul made the revelation at the conclusion of a wide-ranging foreign policy...
UK Supplies Saxon APCs to Ukraine…Which Promptly Sells Them!
There are times when even Jonathan Swift's sense of satire would be silenced by reality. After a lot of huffing and puffing by the "Arms for Ukraine Now!" neocons like General...
Andrew Napolitano: IRS Commissioner Apologizing for Seizing Bank Accounts Is Not Enough
Judge Andrew Napolitano, speaking with Neil Cavuto on Fox Business, explained that United States Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen‘s apology last week regarding...
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