America

  • America expects a new world order to snap into place

    The hooha over Iran’s leader falling, only to be replaced by a new one, is jaded in the international scene by an insistence that free countries get behind America as soon as the order is given.

    It’s obvious in halls of power across Europe that Ali Khamenei had to be confronted at some point, liked only perhaps in his own country, and yet hated to increasing degrees elsewhere.

    The despotic way of thinking that had come to define his rule, and intrusive way of being alongside a political elite not prone to being assertive, didn’t win friends but alienated people.

    This is the argument for his demise, and against his continuation as a problem in everyone’s eyes.

    But America has a mentality that says we must rally behind its every move, seeking a new world order at every turn, and that it’s only a matter of time before every domino falls.

    There’s less enthusiasm for this than is believed in the White House, where internals are ignored at the altar of ultimate victory. European leaders see dark skies ahead, but not just for the reason America has in mind, and with worries that are different in kind to theirs.

  • Washington is gaining traction in new ways

    The White House is a different place these days. As quickly as the panic over a New Yorker taking power and usurping authority was over, its primary residence has turned into something completely different. These times are stranger than fiction, for sure.

    The communications strategy has epitomised much of this difference. It’s fresh, engaging and provides an array of content. It fits a new model of copious content in American culture, the posting and pressing generation being caught up with in a serious way.

    The engagement is changing the way American media is run. It’s a vibrant space, albeit some are still trying to find a Watergate scandal. The newness of news is coming through here and there, showing a different world everyday. It’s worth tuning in for sometimes.

  • US strikes are only one side of the story

    A unique situation engulfs Iran at present and while it doesn’t look like a war to many of us there are hallmarks of a rising conflict that may gel in time to come.

    The strikes by America target installations it says lend powerful weight to Iranian threats worldwide. This is in line with paranoia at the top over capability.

    The hits by Israel target what it sees to be imminent threats to its survival. While the motive to do so is there, the conjecture is in need of being trusted than followed.

    Iran’s response has been to avenge the assassination of its former Supreme Leader, since this has political implications in the region, just to start with.

    Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General, speaking yesterday about the potential for escalation in the Middle East.

    Iran’s top military figures are known as “masters of mayhem” by some, meaning they keep cool in chaotic circumstances. They’re not deterred by overlapping events.

    Their skill is to achieve objectives while the map looks like conditions are decidedly against it. The care for the prosperity of Iran is largely in their hands.

    They will be safeguarding the nation against attacks while following the outcomes of the units responsible for the life of the former leader as his memory fades.

    They also have to keep watch over the incoming units that will protect the new Supreme Leader from attempts that will come at all angles to destabilise him.

  • Iran suffers huge blows to its detriment

    If regime change were on the cards for Iran, a lot more would be presently underway than we’ve seen so far. In context, Israel and America have managed to nearly completely destroy the capability of the former Supreme Leader. This doesn’t imply the fall of Iran is on its way, and neither is it an indication of any sort of plan or purpose.

    Shots of explosions – purportedly in Iran – posted to the Internet in early March 2026 (Credit: ISRAEL gaza NEWS/Telegram).

    As things go in the Middle East it’s usually those defending and that which is being defended that is targeted. It can result in missiles falling in the wrong places, but it can also be the fault of a bad state actor who is trying to repel action to deescalate and dismantle their illegal, centralised form of power.

  • The tale of two cities is a compromising one

    The sudden emergence of Dubai onto the world scene is a story of our time in many ways. It’s a caution about the shrewd investment of Middle East decision-makers. It’s a warning about the enrichment process of other parts of the world. It’s a parable about the humility that’s needed to be a great example in the future.

    The twin, of course, is New York City and yet this one feels different. The promise – or expectation – is spread out across more than just the United Arab Emirates. The whole Muslim world is enraptured by this cityscape that is building itself out of foundations of hope and light.

    The cruel advantage much of New York City business is known for is not yet reflected in the open doors of the skyscraper megalith. In time to come this may develop but the rich culture starting to grow in its limits is a sign of more transparency and less guardedness in commerce. Trump epitomises this lack of ethic.

    The narrative is compromising for us because it teaches us the opposite of what we hear. We aren’t supposed to know that business goes well elsewhere. The truths are told to us in Western terms and concepts only. So, the word about Dubai is not comforting for the naysayers. They say it doesn’t ring true.

  • New York to host a Mamdani supermarket sweep

    It’s not certain, but a definite idea of Zohran Mamdani, the New York City Mayor, to provide cheaper if not free groceries at limited locations for local citizens is said to be nearing completion in its preliminary planning stages.

    It’s essentially the state of affairs in a City that has pelted its incumbents with the fruit and veg of public opinion as much as rocked the vote in recent years.

    The progress of any idea is not easy there, particularly considering “90% of it is b-ll”, so said a former City worker to me, tired of his career, even after twenty years out “and firmly retired”. He had the impression that old ideas were the best ones, in particular because they stayed around for long enough to still be considered.

    Anything ‘new’ has a to cut it first to then find a place later. Such may be Mamdani’s fate. He seeks to ‘pop up’ stores in quick time – to roll out a policy for the poorer or more disadvantaged locally before it gets buried in bureaucracy.

    It’s a tough ask. The local groceries business is brutal. Just ask the Jewish business owners, who say the City authority has not been in contact with them a single time since some of them opened.

  • JPMorgan Chase is doing well – for now

    The firm known as JPMorgan Chase is not just the owner of a swanky, large new corporate office located in New York City, handily on the same site as its former HQ.

    It’s also a behemoth in many people’s minds, and a growing influence in the finance world in America and beyond.

    Its merger into the giant it is today in 2000 marked an optimistic turn of events at the start of a new millennium, amid some hints it wasn’t going well.

    It had been criticised at the time as not being “wealthy enough” by some elites, who thought it would begin to die off in the 2010s, and cease to exist in the following decades.

    While such a prophecy is not yet known to be false, it’s begun to look as though it might be, with one insider hinting, “We have funds that are growing”, as well as other positive signs on its internal balance sheets.

    Its staff are said to be feeling more competitive, which was predicted at the time of its big spinoff as being a positive marker to reach in its evolution.

  • Prince Andrew is more innocent than you or I

    The idea that Prince Andrew has been involved in prostitution is less likely than the claim that Journalists and Politicians in London have been involved in prostitution.

    It’s not just the sexual urge.

    It’s also the type prostitution that is involved that determines if people are doing it and who.

    It’s believed in Jeffrey Epstein’s case that he was involved in “American Roulette”, a type that’s a lot more difficult to understand than others.

    This ring or racket involves participants as equally as those that run it. It’s also often difficult to work out if the girls involved are victims or if they are a type of investor in the activity.

    The spread of Epstein’s activity is not just to do with his role as a financial analyst. It has something to do with the random nature of this type of sexual activity and the behaviour of its customers.

    Prince Andrew has usually had a settled calendar or schedule in his public activities. It’s unlikely he was able to take part in this.

    The truth runs thinly however when it’s handled by those who are more willing to believe lies and suspicion and are prone to run with rumour rather than the facts.

  • Epstein irritated and appalled people in equal measure 

    Jeffrey Epstein is now a name that has gone down in infamy for association with soliciting prostitution and abusing people’s common trust. However, the whole matter is not that. He’s left a big hole in financial circles just by his absence because he tried to mean so much to so many other people.

    Jeffrey Epstein in an interview with American conservative commentator Steve Bannon, conducted in 2019.

    I spoke to an American citizen in London who had been working in the City and knew about figures in financial circles that had been encountering difficulty. It was just before the 2008 crash. After the name Epstein came up, he said, “Epstein is a classless act – with no future”. He left it at that. He was already an unpopular figure.

    The character of a man is often difficult to assess in finance because a lot is demanded of anyone. It’s also true that the same fault lines are found in both men and women equally. Epstein was known for being particularly deviant and this is what pushed him out and eventually pulled him down in the sphere of public opinion.

  • Epstein wasn’t dangerous, he just had the wrong ideas

    Jeffrey Epstein was known as somebody who had meticulous detail in every account of any issue that he looked over. Like many American men, he read plenty of journalistic material and he kept copies of it that he felt relevant to his cause. This cause, so-called, was finance but in particular financial markets.

    Jeffrey Epstein in an interview with American conservative commentator Steve Bannon, conducted in 2019.

    However, it was reported that the flaw in his thinking had been to over emphasise the agency of other people. It was said this meant his conclusions were flawed or at least skewed according to preference for or opposition to other people. It was felt he went off topic because of his interest in this angle.

    His own work was known to be generally accurate, but he also had a tendency to conflate issues and to make accusations that then led to a spiralling account of affairs that was inaccurate and often proved in hindsight to be incorrect. This wasn’t to the detriment of his employment but it did mean that personally he was often left confused.

  • Snowden is a human, not Intelligence, story

    Edward Snowden burst onto the international scene as a defector of some size and proportion, and most of it was due to a cultural burst of controversy that hit home relevantly in many different ways.

    It’s not understood fully, however, what his move meant technically to his home country, and how it benefited Russia, and may have took some of their advantage away, but not to a significant extent.

    Last days

    He had been known, according to insiders, as a prolific and habitual reviewer of his own activity. This went against his advice.

    He’s alleged to have spent increasing amounts of time looking over his work and attempting to delete, correct, and add to reports that he had made for his superiors.

    It was seen to be a sign he was “amiss” in his thoughts, and had been speaking to people outside his home agency, the CIA.

    Private doubts

    He was a very senior staff member, and had been promoted significantly in its ranks, and given sizeable projects to work with on his own.

    The increasing pattern of self-isolation was misinterpreted as an intellectual motivation to focus and seek self-awareness.

    He was in fact struggling to balance his long-time secret role to inform Russian agents – and girlfriends – and to keep to his desk in his American role as a professional advisor.

    Ideal moves

    Edward Snowden’s final and public defection drew international attention, but without much of the merit. Just like others, it’s believed he was not that interesting to Russia after his departure.

    As much as they’re a growing international community, choosing to be in Russia against their home States, their inclusions aren’t particularly noticeable, or useful, due to their junior status relative to the country as a whole.

    Snowden’s journey only made news because American officials saw him as “comfortable” in America, and “likely to rise higher”, according to one diplomat, so it was a surprise, but not a particularly bad one.

  • Russia won’t befriend America anytime soon

    It’s believed that a President of Russia cannot befriend an American President, no matter how convenient an opportunity it may be.

    The fact that he met President Trump in Alaska for talks about Ukraine is not seen as the start of a friendship, but as more of a layover.

    It’s like a connecting point on a chilled out international diplomatic scene, or a necessary meeting point but a quick one at that.

    The restriction of a Russian leader is not out of character, but it puts the nation out of sync. It cannot know things as well as others.

  • World exclusive: 9/11 “Ground Host” pair

    In a world exclusive for Conservative News Site, a pair of criminals each alleged of acting as a “Ground Host” for the 9/11 attacks in New York City have now been spotted.

    A “Duo” of suspects alleged of participation in the events of 9/11 in New York City in 2001 seen here in Reading, Berkshire.

    It’s believed they’re both well-connected criminals with a history of civil disturbance activities in some African states.

  • The deeper roots of crime need looking at

    I was in America when I learned about a particularly virulent form of criminality that’s more a subject matter than a real practice. However, its existence is indicative of deeply serious problems in the human psyche, even in a developed country like the United States of America.

    It’s a format I’d heard of before, and even heard said by those in the know needed to be investigated. In the months I spent in New England, it became clear that what I had discovered related directly to this. It explained what it was and why it had caused so much concern to people.

    I had already begun to suspect that something was amiss shortly after I stepped foot in the local town where I stayed. There was a suspicious feeling in the air that I had felt before in England. It was a sort of hint of a criminality that might come to the surface if I looked for it. I had also hoped it wouldn’t look for me, first.

    This sixth sense is something I’d used in other contexts. It helped me to begin a search in an unfamiliar environment, and I soon found what I was looking for. I discovered banks of laptops setup by ‘researchers’, so-called, all of whom looked like ex-Police and Military types. They were working on a secretive project.

    I knew it wasn’t top secret, and I probed around for information on what it was. The two words that came up were “Codex” and “Ledger”, and both related to terms used in crime circles to describe records. The former is a top-tier Database and the latter is a Dataset. They work by combing their mutual information and by training each other on it.

    I later found out that the data on each is compromised of original, self-authored tips and tricks for criminality and lawbreaking. It enables more realistic, concerted activity by criminals than random acts or the opportunistic chances that we’re used to hearing of in popular fiction or in the news media.

    This made me wonder at modern law enforcement and what it really needs to become. I knew that neighbourhood patrols achieve a limited set of results, but this showed much more is necessary to keep us all safe. The effort of some requires a serious response by the rest of us.

  • Gaza is not a New York issue

    The first New York City Mayoral debate is perhaps a chance to flesh out responses to any crisis that exists in the City.

    It’s a place of meeting for all types of creed and character. It produces its own problems and has taken in many more.

    This is the forum for that sort of tricky interaction with difficult and often controversial topics.

    Andrew Cuomo – an NYC Mayoral candidate – stipulates his position on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

    However, Gaza simply isn’t one of them. An example is Andrew Cuomo, who has already been challenged over his visits to Mosque’s during his campaign.

    He faced questioning about Gaza also, although the Strip is thousands of miles away.

    In last nights debate he stuck to an obvious line about Hamas, and denouncing the infrastructure of hate that supports it.

    This isn’t the point in New York politics, or America, but protests ship it in as if it’s a legitimate import and a product ready to sell.

    The sadness is that candidates like Mamdani can’t see the irrelevance of so much activity over the investment of time needed in the City he lives in and seeks to govern.