Shaking Down Saudi Princes Is Harder Than You Think

"Is it not clear that as long as capitalist encirclement exists there will be wreckers, spies, diversionists and murderers in our country sent behind our lines by the agents of foreign states?"

Joseph Stalin, 1937

http://www.marx2mao.com/Stalin/MB37.html

“USSR still lives in antagonistic capitalist encirclement with which in the long run there can be no permanent peaceful coexistence.”

 Almanac: Calvin Coolidge on the character of politicians

“The political mind is the product of men in public life who have been twice spoiled. They have been spoiled with praise and they have been spoiled with abuse. With them nothing is natural, everything ... read more

“Ballsy Bidding”: My Storify on Leonardo’s (& Christie’s) $450-Million Jesus Superstar

That surely wasn’t the Getty or any other public (as opposed to single-collector) museum who plunked down a jaw-dropping $450-million after a dramatic 19-minute bidding war, the likes of which I’ve never seen, to acquire ... read more

LEAKED DOCUMENTS EXPOSE STUNNING PLAN TO WAGE FINANCIAL WAR ON QATAR — AND STEAL THE WORLD CUP Intercept

Industrial Strength: How the U.S. Government Hid Fracking’s Risks to Drinking Water Inside Climate News

The house that sold for nearly $800,000 over asking price speaks to the inequity of California Los Angeles Times 

Shaking Down Saudi Princes Is Harder Than You Think Bloomberg

On The Origins of Russia-gate (PDF) Joe Lauria (YY). This is the article that HuffPo instantly surppressed, as per Lauria’s petition: Tell the HuffPost to Restore My Censored ArticleChange.org. Yves: “Please urge readers to sign!”

3 takeaways from the Donald Trump Jr.-WikiLeaks revelations Mic

Secret Finding: 60 Russian Payments “To Finance Election Campaign Of 2016” Buzzfeed. Big if true.

60,000 join far-right march on Poland’s Independence Day Seattle Times