Pursuing the Peace Prize with
Tariffs, Sanctions, and War Crimes?

Maybe the Donald is playing 5D chess in his quest for the peace prize. He has certainly brought the non-western world together like never before as they unite in an effort to cope with US bullying. Their unity was on display this week at the SCO, the China celebration of the end of WWII, and the Eastern Economic Forum. Meanwhile in the west there was an impotent meeting of the so called coalition of the willing in France. The US illegally blew up a suspected drug boat in its effort to stir up a war with Venezuela, and the big pharma shills in congress attack RFK and his reforms.

A New World Order is Evolving

Einar Tangen: China, Russia & India Build New Economic World Order

(55 min) Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow at Teihe Institute and a Senior Fellow at CIGI. China, Russia and India. Tangen discusses the significance of the SCO meeting. As the Western-centric international economic system implodes, a new international economic architecture is being built in the East. At the forefront are three of the four largest economies in the world (by PPP).
one of the comments below the clip:
As Finland's president said in a speech to Europe and US, he sees the SCO meeting in China as a reminder of what is at stake for the global west(quote): "We are trying to preserve the remnants of the old order and that´s what it´s all about".
Nothing about peace, nothing about win-win cooperation, nothing about future prosperity which would benefit all, just preserve the aggressive, hegemonic, imperialist, neocolonial order, that the rest of the world does not want anymore.

A New World Order Where The West Is Optional
Historical anniversaries often provide the backdrop for diplomacy to become spectacle. This week’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin was deliberately staged ahead of China’s grand parade marking 80 years since the end of World War II. Beijing, the host, made sure the symbolism landed. The timing also underscored the contrast with Washington: Donald Trump, who has long admired military parades, is already planning a lavish one next July for America’s 250th anniversary, after his low-key attempt last summer fell flat. For the SCO itself, the Tianjin meeting carried weight comparable to last year’s BRICS summit in Kazan. Documents were signed, but as always the road from declarations to implementation will be long. What mattered most was setting a benchmark. In international politics, the very act of gathering matters as much as the outcomes.
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Structures once mocked in the West as artificial, jealous imitations of Western clubs – BRICS and the SCO foremost among them – are now becoming indispensable. They are no longer simply ideological counters to hegemony, but practical platforms. This explains efforts to expand the BRICS New Development Bank and to set up an SCO Development Bank. These institutions will not rival the IMF or World Bank immediately, but the trajectory is clear: to build alternatives that bypass Western gatekeepers.
The West finds this almost impossible to digest. For Washington and Brussels, any institution outside their control looks like a threat, a conspiracy “against democracy.” In fact, the opposite is taking place. The West is retreating inward, shifting to a defensive crouch – sometimes aggressively so – and in the process cutting itself off from much of the world. The formula that has gained currency in Moscow – “not against the West, but without it” – is finally becoming reality.

Russia Never Turned Its Back On The US – Putin
Moscow remains open to economic cooperation with the United States, and American businesses could benefit from joint projects if Washington allows it, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.

Trump Unwittingly Shaping a New World Order? | BRICS & Global Power Shift

(22 min) Larry Johnson takes a sarcastic jab at how Donald Trump’s policies, alongside Biden’s, have fueled the rise of BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Dive into the surprising ways Russia, China, and India are forging a new economic and political era, challenging Western dominance. From sanctions to tariffs, explore the global shifts reshaping the world.

Trump's Strategy BackFires /Lt Col Daniel Davis & Jennifer Kavanagh

(15 min) Analyst Jennifer Kavanagh noted that while U.S. officials often frame China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran as an “axis” against America, there’s little evidence of deep coordination. Still, events like the Beijing parade, where leaders like Xi, Putin, and Kim appeared together, contrast with recent U.S.-European meetings and highlight shifting global power balances.
She argued U.S. foreign policy—sanctions and efforts to isolate rivals—actually pushes these countries closer. Despite claims of isolation, Putin appears well-connected internationally. Kavanagh suggested the U.S. should shift from punitive approaches toward normalization and coexistence: ending the Ukraine war, reopening talks with adversaries, and easing pressure on countries like India.
Putin also emphasized that major states such as China and India cannot afford to look weak under U.S. pressure due to domestic political realities. India, for example, resists Trump’s tariff threats and maintains close ties with Russia, even deepening them. This reflects the broader erosion of U.S. “unipolar” dominance, as more countries have alternatives and are less willing to yield to Washington.

What About the West?
Col Doug Macgregor: 'Coalition of the Willing' Strikes Again
Be sure to check out the comparison of parades at 46 min

(57 min) The discussion criticizes recent European and U.S. approaches to the Ukraine war, describing them as unrealistic and self-defeating. Colonel Doug McGregor argues that European leaders—Macron, Starmer, Tusk, von der Leyen—are “globalists” pursuing policies that worsen domestic crises while demanding a military victory in Ukraine that is impossible. He says Russia’s security concerns have been ignored, while Western governments escalate without prospects of success. Meanwhile, Europe faces economic insolvency and political instability.
Globally, McGregor notes a split into two blocs: the West (U.S. and Europe) becoming isolated, and the rest of the world (China, Russia, BRICS, Global South) building alternative financial and trade systems backed by commodities. He criticizes Washington for clinging to outdated hegemony and treating China’s Belt and Road as a threat rather than an opportunity.
Trump’s calls for Europe to stop buying Russian oil and to pressure China are dismissed as unrealistic. Zelensky continues to demand stronger sanctions on Russia and U.S. air cover for Ukraine, but McGregor views this as a prescription for escalation and potentially catastrophic war.

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...and then declare the result a guarantee for Kiev. It won't lead anywhere."

Fomenting War with Venezuela
Anya Parampil : US Murders on the High Seas

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Drugboat diplomacy - The Grayzone live
With the US military assembling a naval strike force off the coast of Venezuela, and the Trump administration leveling dubious charges of "narco-terror" at Caracus, The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews journalist Diego Sequera of Venezuela's Mision Verdad in the first hour. We also will speak Oscar Leon in the second hour of The Grayzone about Ecuador, the real base of narco-trafficking in the region, a country ruled by Trump loyalist and Miami-born billionaire Daniel Noboa, whose family stands accused of directing the drug trade under cover its international produce business.

COL. Douglas Macgregor : Trump and the Constitution

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“It’s a joke!” Vijay Prashad LAUGHS at Trump’s Venezuela Drug “Bust”

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Trump considering strikes in Venezuela

He claims it is about drugs. We all know it is about stealing oil.

Venezuela Starts Preparing for ‘Armed Struggle,’ In Case of Attack – Maduro

Over and over again, my friends...

On War, by U.S General Smedley Butler (1933)
I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.
I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all the members of the military profession, I never had a thought of my own until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service.
I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.
During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.

With the evolution of the CIA, the US developed more nefarious ways of regime change and puppet installation. Here's a good example...
Yugoslavia: The West's Playbook for Global Domination
Dr. George Szamuely reveals how the West's destruction of Yugoslavia in the 1990s became the blueprint for modern interventionism. From the illegal Badinter Commission to NATO's "humanitarian" bombing, Western powers violated international law to break up a sovereign state. This wasn't about human rights—it was about eliminating Russian influence in Europe and establishing total Western dominance. The precedents set in Yugoslavia directly enabled today's conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, and beyond. Szamuely exposes the hypocrisy of the "rules-based order" and shows how arbitrary legal interpretations serve geopolitical interests, not justice.
0:00 - Introduction
0:55 - Yugoslavia: Post-Cold War Blueprint for Intervention
5:55 - The Biased Badinter Arbitration Commission
13:55 - Western Aims: Dismantling Yugoslavia's Non-Alignment
16:38 - Demonizing Serbia & Promoting Separatist Leaders
22:00 - Bosnia: Ignoring Demography & Forcing Independence
31:02 - Arbitrary Rules: Humiliating Serbs & Divide-and-Rule
39:23 - Germany's Post-Reunification Aggression & Hypocrisy
48:56 - Selective Justice & Morality: ICTY vs. Nuremberg
53:02 - The Hubris of Western "Humanitarian" Wars
1:00:29 - Yugoslavia's Legacy: A Model for Total Geopolitical Dominance
1:09:07 - Conclusion

Many think Iran is also in the crosshairs.

The Duran discuss another possible attack and the Complicated relationship between Iran and Russia
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Big Pharma Shills Attack RFK

(70 sec clip)...When my uncle was President, it was 11%. In 1950, it was 3%... That’s why we have to fire people at CDC. They DID NOT do their job. This was THEIR JOB to keep us healthy. I need to fire some of those people to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”

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My committee has obtained over 8 million pages from HHS, and the evidence is damning. We have proof the CDC knew about the myocarditis signal and deliberately hid it from the public and doctors. This is a catastrophic breach of trust.
For years, the Biden administration and its allies censored anyone who dared to question the narrative. They touted VAERS as a gold-standard safety system, then attacked it when it began reporting 38,742 deaths worldwide post-COVID vaccination—with over 9,000 occurring within 48 hours of the shot.
The truth is, no one knows how many lives were truly saved or lost because the science was thoroughly corrupted. We were told to ‘follow the science,’ but that science was hidden from us.
Next week, we will expose another bombshell: a high-integrity, previously suppressed study comparing vaccinated vs. unvaccinated children. The results are clear and devastating, showing a significant increase in chronic illness among the vaccinated. This is what they didn't want you to see.
The era of censorship and corrupted science is over. We are holding these agencies accountable for the injection injured and for every American who was lied to."

Yes COVID was politized...by both parties.

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Grifters' Lament
What a gruesome spectacle it was to see HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. take on a conclave of vicious grifters on the Senate Finance Committee straining to warp reality in defense of their mighty patron, the nation-wrecking pharmaceutical companies. Do you understand how deep, convoluted, and grave the political sickness is? Over the years, the public health agencies and “big pharma” had evolved into a symbiotic vector driving the nation into chronic illness.
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Thus, you have that battery of US Senators all paid handsomely by Pharma to defend the industry with hysterical obfuscation against the lone figure, Mr. Kennedy, striving to correct all that fantastic corruption. He retorted to their malign nonsense honorably, revealing their conflicts of interest, their cupidity, the bales of dollars paid by pharma to the likes of Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and the rest over the years, and their longstanding silence on the afore-mentioned poisoning and drugging of America.

Vance Torches Hypocritical Dems for Targeting RFK
Vice President JD Vance called out the senators for “enriching big pharma” at the expense of Americans. The Big Pharma acolytes have their knives out for Kennedy right now, since he is actually trying to put Americans’ health ahead of corporate kickbacks and pressure. Democrats are particularly manic about the fact that Kennedy backed away from the controversial COVID-19 vaccines.
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One of the senators who almost exploded spontaneously from fury at Kennedy was Elizabeth “Fauxcahontas” Warren, who came in full war paint, ready to tomahawk Kennedy for no longer unequivocally recommending the COVID-19 vaccines to every age group. “If you don’t recommend then the consequence of that in many states is that you can’t walk into a pharmacy and get one. It means insurance companies don’t have to cover the $200 or so cost,” she said. “As senator — doctor Cassidy said, you are effectively denying people vaccines.” Kennedy countered, “We’re not going to recommend a product for which there’s no clinical data for that indication. Is that what I should be doing?” He later exposed exactly why Warren is beside herself. “And I know you’ve taken $855,000 from pharmaceutical companies, senator!”
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“We were lied to about everything — we were lied to about natural immunity,” he said. “We were told again and again the vaccines would prevent transmission, [that] they prevent infection. It wasn’t true. They knew it from the start.” In fact, Kennedy stated, “It wasn’t true because that’s what the animal studies in the clinical trial showed. We were told that there was science behind cloth masks. The CDC allowed the teachers unions to write the order closing our schools, which hurt working people all over the country, and then pretend it was science-based.” But it turned out that was very far from the truth. And how many children suffered because of it? Nor can any alleged vaccine benefit be quantified, Kennedy said, because of the “data chaos at CDC.” He bluntly asked, “Did it save a million lives? Well, there’s no data to support that, or … there’s no studies, …there’s faulty data. I’m not going to sign on to something if I can’t make it to a scientific certainty. It doesn’t mean that I’m, you know, anti-vax, it just means I’m pro-science.”

Big pharma is in freak out mode.

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Big Pharma isn't taking it lying down...

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It is working. There was a comment on C99 yesterday calling Bobby an anti-vax nut. You have to understand big pharma isn't going to tell you the truth about the dangers of their products.

JUST IN: FDA to release reports on how many people died from COVID vaccine.

The best defense of Bobby came from a Doctor I admire and have often featured, Aseem Malhotra.
Dr. Aseem Malhotra at the Reform party conference.

(18 worthwhile minutes) He does a good job explaining why the sick care system is so sick.

As usual there's much more news to discuss, but I rambled on long enough. I didn't cover the new Russia-China pipeline through Mongolia, and the threats already to blow it up (like we did the Nord Stream). Nor have we looked at all the ICE raids and deportations. Didn't get to my favorite topic of gardening and farming either. Oh well, there's always next week.

In the meantime, I hope you'll provide some insights and stories in the comments below. Have a great Sunday!