Dear Russia: An Enemy Is Not A Partner – PaulCraigRoberts.org

KW: It’s clear to any thinking person that Russia is the designated enemy irrespective of what it does diplomatically Dear Russia: An Enemy Is Not A Partner Paul Craig Roberts Russians are concerned about Washington’s arbitrary closing of their San Francisco consulate and Source: Dear Russia: An Enemy Is Not A Partner – PaulCraigRoberts.org

Australia Mortgage Market Is Now A $1.7 Trillion “House Of Cards” | Zero Hedge

KW: So just how close is the NEw Zealand market to Australia? Very close as advertised daily now (on TV) by a mortgage stacking company called Propeller Property Investments “This approach allows lenders to report the cross-collateral security of one property which is then used as collateral against the total loan size to purchase another…

Putin warns ‘hysteria’ over North Korea threatens ‘global catastrophe’

KW: Correspondent Mike Whitney writes ‘What the media fails to mention was that,  for the last three weeks, Japan, South Korea and the US have been engaged in large-scale joint-military drills on Hokkaido Island and in South Korea. Known as ‘operation decapitation’ these needlessly provocative war games are designed to simulate an invasion of North…