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

What! No Russian Invasion of Ukraine? - Antiwar.com Original

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.)

https://tass.com/economy/1381459

NATO geopolitical project to colonize post-Warsaw Pact/ex-USSR nations, says Lavrov

https://tass.com/politics/1381481

EuroNews
Berlin wants EU to be 'Fourth German Reich', says Poland's Kaczynski

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

The Nobel Prize winner [Fredrick Soddy] that predicted a crisis between nature and capital

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/