Monday, December 27, 2021

Links — 27 Dec 2021

Sputnik International
US LNG Cargoes to Europe Jumped by a Third Over Christmas Weekend - Reports
https://sputniknews.com/20211227/us-lng-cargoes-to-europe-jumped-by-a-third-over-christmas-weekend---reports-1091846306.html

Ukraine’s Former Prime Minister Reveals ‘European’ Gas Kiev Has Been Buying is Actually Russian
https://sputniknews.com/20211227/ukraines-former-prime-minister-reveals-european-gas-kiev-has-been-buying-is-actually-russian-1091840512.html

UK Reportedly Has 'Exit Strategy' for Its Troops From Ukraine if ‘Conflict’ With Russia Escalates
https://sputniknews.com/20211227/uk-reportedly-has-exit-strategy-for-its-troops-from-ukraine-if-conflict-with-russia-escalates-1091837804.html

AntiWar
Ray McGovern, co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, and retired 27-year career CIA whose tasks included preparing and briefing The President’s Daily Brief and leading the Soviet Foreign Policy Branch
https://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2021/12/26/what-no-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/

TASS
Lavrov says West seeks ‘small’ Ukraine ‘war’ to blame Moscow, stifle Russia economically
https://tass.com/defense/1381381

Gazprom sets new record for gas supplies to China on December 23 (China has almost twice the population as all Europe combined and more than US and Europe.)
AFP
https://www.euronews.com/2021/12/24/berlin-wants-eu-to-be-fourth-german-reich-says-poland-s-kaczynski

Eursasia Review
Is China An Existential Threat To US Or A Challenge To Its Hegemony? – Analysis
Manoj Kumar Mishra, Lecturer in Political Science, S.V.M. Autonomous College, Odisha, India
https://www.eurasiareview.com/27122021-is-china-an-existential-threat-to-us-or-a-challenge-to-its-hegemony-analysis/

Brave New Europe
Erik Reinert, Professor of Technology Governance and Development Strategies at Tallinn University of Technology
https://braveneweurope.com/erik-reinert-the-nobel-prize-winner-that-predicted-a-crisis-between-nature-and-capital

Common Dreams
The Pentagon Just Got $778 Billion, But USAID Is Running Out of Money for Covid-19 Vaccines?
Brett Wilkins
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/27/pentagon-just-got-778-billion-usaid-running-out-money-covid-19-vaccines

RT
China complains about near-misses with SpaceX satellites
https://www.rt.com/news/544541-china-spacex-starlink-danger

Real-World Economics Review Blog
A golden age of macro economic statistics 4. A Bank of England treasure trove.
Merijn Knibbe
https://rwer.wordpress.com/2021/12/27/a-golden-age-of-macro-economic-statistics-4-a-bank-of-england-treasure-trove/

Politico
The new rules of Monopoly
Leah Nylen
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/27/monopoly-antitrust-new-rules-tech-525161

Conversable Economist
Adam Smith: On the Disposition to Admire the Rich and Neglect the Poor
Timothy Taylor | Managing editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, based at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota
https://conversableeconomist.wpcomstaging.com/2021/12/27/adam-smith-on-the-disposition-to-admire-the-rich-and-neglect-the-poor/

Zero Hedge
Wal-Mart Faces Backlash From Chinese Consumers As Sams' Club Removes Items From Xinjiang
Tyler Durden
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/wal-mart-faces-backlash-chinese-consumers-sams-club-removes-items-xinjiang

Moon of Alabama
When China Does Great Question Its Cost
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/12/china-but-at-what-cost.html

CaitlinJohnstone.com
If You Haven’t Researched Arguments Disputing A Western Narrative, You Don’t Understand The Issue
Caitlin Johnstone
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2021/12/27/if-you-havent-researched-arguments-disputing-a-western-narrative-you-dont-understand-the-issue/


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