In English there is the beautiful expression of the “elephant in the room”, which is very big, but seemingly not discovered by anyone. People talk about all kinds of things that are in the room, only the elephant does not appear. Even if in a china store with an elephant – to use a German elephant image – the cups just tumble off the walls, people tend to believe in an earthquake rather than in the role of the elephant.
National Politics
Politico: Pope says NATO may have caused Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Francis says transatlantic military alliance was ‘barking’ at Russia’s door. Read Here
Economics
Germany’s dirty little Nordstream 2 deal with the USA
Germany’s offer to support US liquid natural gas if they could have their Nordstream 2. Nordstream 2 has been hailed as an EU project, so why is the EU not doing the negotiating and bribing? […]
Economics
George Kerevan: How Modern Monetary Theory could help indy Scotland – in the short term
As in Catalonia, in Scotland the independence movement is plagued by a nationalist neo-liberal bourgeoisie trying to usurp power via an independence movement. George Kerevan belongs to the left of the Scottish Natiional Party (SNP) and […]
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