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Mike Whitney
An Amrican writer who runs his his own landscape company in Snohomish, Wa, U.S., Mike Whitney regularly features on ukurnet and other websites
By Mike Whitney on February 20, 2008
Bernanke’s State of the Economy Speech
Posted in Economics
By Mike Whitney on February 8, 2008
Despite the lack of media coverage, tensions are mounting in the Gulf and the probability of an attack on Iran is still quite high
Posted in Iran
By Mike Whitney on December 22, 2007
Mike Whitney on the Collapse of the Modern Day Banking System
Posted in Economics
By Mike Whitney on December 13, 2007
The free lunch is over. Now comes the hangover
Posted in Economics
By Mike Whitney on July 25, 2007
Two columns of black smoke can be seen rising over Wall Street and disappearing into the ice-blue New York sky. Terrorism? Not quite. The plumes of smoke are all that’s left of two major hedge funds which blew up just weeks ago leaving nothing behind but a few smoldering embers and a mound of black [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous
By Mike Whitney on July 8, 2007
Many financial observers think that a global financial slump – rivalling the Great Depression – may be imminent. Mike Whitney explains why
Posted in Current Affairs
By Mike Whitney on June 24, 2007
“Never had I fathomed, not even in my remotest imagination, that a day will come when God’s houses will be attacked and destroyed. The way they are today, in Iraq… Never”
Posted in Iraq
By Mike Whitney on June 22, 2007
In less than 24 hours of fierce street-fighting, Bush’s proxy-army in Gaza was routed by armed units of Hamas. It was a stunning defeat for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and for US-Israeli policymakers who have done everything to overthrow Hamas
Posted in Current Affairs
By Mike Whitney on February 26, 2007
The bombing of the Golden Mosque was staged to create the impression of deep sectarian divides in Iraq. All in an effort to foment civil war and to fragment the country along ethnic lines
Posted in Iraq
By Mike Whitney on February 4, 2007
Just like the bombed-out wedding party in Anbar Province, or the Jessica Lynch fiasco; the official version is “always right”. Now we have another chapter to add to this litany of lies over Iraq
Posted in Controlling the News
By Mike Whitney on February 1, 2007
The Fed’s plan to reshape American democracy: “One bubble after another”, is about to become a painful reality for many ordinary Americans, writes Mike Whitney
Posted in Behind The "News"
By Mike Whitney on February 1, 2007
Israeli observes are talking with certitude about a clash next summer between the IDF, Hezbollah and maybe Syria too. Mike Whitney looks at the prospect and how the west has been helping Lebanon build up a military ready for a showdown with Hezbollah
Posted in Current Affairs
By Mike Whitney on February 1, 2007
The world is backing away from the US dollar and dollar-based assets while the Federal Reserve attempts to conceal the fact. The end result will shift wealth to the top 1% and drive a wooden stake into the heart of the US middle class, writes Mike Whitney
Posted in Behind The "News"
By Mike Whitney on February 1, 2007
Every facet of the occupation has been an unmitigated disaster, writes Mike Whitney; that much is becoming more and more apparent with each passing day
Posted in Iraq
By Mike Whitney on February 1, 2007
The U.S. Dollar is kaput, writes Mike Whitney. Confidence in the currency is eroding by the day
Posted in Miscellaneous
By Mike Whitney on February 1, 2007
Putin’s name already features prominently in the register of American enemies along with Ahmadinejad, Chavez and Morales. A list that now includes any leader who defends their national interests over the prevailing system of global feudalism
Posted in Current Affairs
By Mike Whitney on February 1, 2007
Israel is planning to step up its bombing campaign in the hope that it will root-out and destroy the resistance. This explains why a UN outpost was “deliberately” targeted by an Israeli missile. Clearly, Israel wants to conceal its crimes
Posted in Current Affairs