The following letter to the editor of the Washington Post pretty much sums up part of the mess in the Middle East from a US perspective. If you are still confused, then look at some maps of potential pipelines. How about those Russian Pipelines! And it’s always interesting to see who might hurt the […]

As US Fed Chairperson Janet Yellen meandered and dribbled uncomfortably through her press conference this week the response was immediate. Corporate media trots out news on how good the economic recovery is, how everything is fixed thanks to the wonderful economic management of the almighty Central Bank but economic risks and unemployment remain stubbornly high […]

Again, Bizzaro World markets can be summarised with headlines following the move in US equities last Friday night. “Stock markets rises to record highs as economic and unemployment numbers continue to disappoint”. Sometimes we forget, in this modern Bizarro World of Central Banking largesse, bad news is good news and really bad news is absolutely […]