(2021-10-18). Report: Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Sold Millions Of Stock While Stock Market Was Crashing From Pandemic. moguldom.com Disclosure forms reveal that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sold up to $5 million worth of stock from his personal account on Oct. 1, 2020, shortly before the Dow Jones Industrial Average tanked significantly. Powell sold shares from a Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund that had not been previously reported, The American Prospect reported …
(2021-10-18). The National Debt and Patent/Copyright Monopolies. cepr.net Yeah, I know it's getting boring that I keep repeating this, but when there are many trillions of dollars at stake, it seems worth killing a few electrons. Any serious discussion of the burden of the debt must also talk about the trillions of dollars of patent and copyright rents that the government is committing …
(2021-10-18). Biden delivers on more arms to Ukrainian military to achieve "full NATO interoperability" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine receives second batch of U.S. security aid Besides the previously agreed $250 million worth of aid, Ukraine is receiving from American partners medical equipment, weapons, ammunition, high-precision weaponry, and radar surveillance worth another $60 million with cargoes arriving in several batches. Earlier it was reported that during President Volodymyr Zelensky's working visit to the …
(2021-10-18). To Avoid Armageddon, Don't Modernize Missiles—Eliminate Them. zcomm.org Land-based nuclear weapons are world-ending accident waiting to happen, and completely superfluous to a reliable deterrent…
(2021-10-18). Colin Powell: US general leaves behind a bloody legacy in the Middle East. middleeasteye.net 
Colin Powell: US general leaves behind a bloody legacy in the Middle East | The former secretary of state offered false information as he presented his case for the 2003 invasion of Iraq to the UN | Mon, 10/18/2021 – 17: 44 | US Secretary of State Colin Powell holds up a vial that he said was the size that could be used to hold anthrax, as he accused Iraq of developing weapons of mass destruction before the Un…
(2021-10-17). Saudi-led Coalition Claims It Shot Down Two Drone, Killed 165 Houthi Fighters. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | Early on October 17, the Saudi-led coalition announced that it had intercepted and shot down two suicide drones which were launched from Yemen, allegedly by the Houthis (Ansar Allah). | In a statement shared by the Saudi Press Agency, the coalition said that the two drones were heading towards Saudi Arabia's southern region."We are taking operational measures to protect civilians and civilian properties from hostile attacks," the statement reads. | The two drones were most likely shot down within Yeme…
(2021-10-17). Erdogan says Turkey in talks with Washington to buy F-16s. middleeasteye.net 
Erdogan says Turkey in talks with Washington to buy F-16s | Turkey was excluded from the F-35 programme over its purchase of Russia's S-400 missile defence system | Sun, 10/17/2021 – 13: 38 | A General Dynamics F-16 Solo Turk aerial aerobatic aircraft during the 5th Sivrihisar Airshow in Eskisehir, Turkey, on 13 September 2020 (AFP/file photo) | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said…
(2021-10-17). Iranian-Backed Forces Are Setting Up Weapons Workshops In Syria's Raqqa — Report. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | The Iranian-backed Iraqi group Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba is building a number of weapons workshops in the eastern countryside of Syria's Raqqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on October 16. | According to the London-based monitoring group, the workshops are being built in several farms located around the town of Madan. | The workshops will reportedly manufacture mortar rounds, rocket launch rails and bullets of different calibers for Iranian-backed forces. | Harakat Hezbolla…