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Friday, January 29, 2016

Let's Ask Obama to Give This Speech Next

Let's Ask Obama to Give This Speech Next

Life in the Gray Zone

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Life in the Gray Zone

by John Feffer
In the 13th century, the Italian town of Lucera was a Muslim island in a sea of Christendom. Here Frederick II, the head of the Holy Roman Empire, established his own shadow cabinet of scholars and advisors from among the Arabs that he invited to live in this walled city near the eastern coast of Italy.
It was a bold, unconventional move during a precarious time in Christian-Muslim relations. The Fifth Crusade had failed to retake Jerusalem. In Iberia, however, Christians had nearly taken back all of al-Andalus from the Muslims by mid-century. And in Sicily, Christians were persecuting the Muslims who remained from what had once been a thriving emirate before Norman mercenaries destroyed it in 1071.
Lucera was thus both refuge and reservation. Writes religion scholar Karen Armstrong inHoly War:
Yet though Frederick certainly enjoyed Lucera and his Arab friends there, this was a policy not of toleration but of exploitation. Lucera was certainly a city where Islam was tolerated and protected: Frederick would not allow papal missionaries there to harass the Muslims. But Lucera was also a refugee camp and a reservation. The Muslims had to live there and had no choice but to be loyal to Frederick because he was their only protector.
Lucera, in other words, was the very definition of a gray zone. It was an enclave of Muslims in Europe who were more or less prospering. It had official support from the authorities in the person of Frederick II. But many Christians considered the city an outpost of the enemy.
A gray zone, according to the Islamic State (ISIS or IS), is a place where Muslims have rejected an “us-versus-them” world of belief and unbelief that puts the caliphate in the right and the “crusader coalition” in the wrong. From the perspective of ISIS, the Muslims who live in predominantly Christian realms have to make a choice: They can drop everything, travel to Raqqa, and take up arms on behalf of ISIS. Or they can stay in the enemy camp. ISIS intends its bombings to make it more and more difficult for Muslims to choose the second option, because they’ll find their stay in “crusader countries” increasingly inhospitable.
A year ago, before the coordinated attacks in Paris, an article called “The Extinction of the Gray Zone” appeared in the English-language newsletter of ISIS. It lays out the stark choice available to Muslims in Europe:
Muslims in the crusader countries will find themselves driven to abandon their homes for a place to live in the Khil?fah, as the crusaders increase persecution against Muslims living in Western lands so as to force them into a tolerable sect of apostasy in the name of “Islam” before forcing them into blatant Christianity and democracy.
ISIS, in other words, views all forms of Islam that don’t correspond to its own peculiar Salafist interpretation as not only apostasy, but as way stations on the road toward the ultimate abandonment of the religion.https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/1528faee33081d39

Modern Grief ·Digital Ephemera and Coping with Loss

Modern Grief · thewalrus.ca

Modern Grief: Digital Ephemera and Coping with Loss

Nancy Westaway | The Walrus | Jan. 28, 2016 | 10 minutes (2,509 words)
At The Walrus, Nancy Westaway finds comfort in the digital footprints
left behind by her husband Jonathan, who died of esophageal cancer at
the age of 50.
http://thewalrus.ca/modern-grief/?mc_cid=6a16a4b9e8&mc_eid=9528811089

How Smart Do You Have to Be to Raise a Child? -- The Cut

How Smart Do You Have to Be to Raise a Child? -- The Cut

Who Knows Best

Who Knows Best

Lisa Miller | New York Magazine | Jan. 25, 2016 | 30 minutes (7,564 words)
The story of 19-year-old woman who had her daughter taken away from her because the state had decided her intellectual disability made her unfit to be a mother. http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/01/how-intelligent-to-be-a-parent.html?src=longreads&mc_cid=6a16a4b9e8&mc_eid=9528811089

Saudi Arabia’s Sale Of Foreign Assets Accelerates: Marketfield - Emerging Markets Daily - Barrons.com

Saudi Arabia’s Sale Of Foreign Assets Accelerates: Marketfield - Emerging Markets Daily - Barrons.com

Sanders surge panics Washington establishment | TheHill

Sanders surge panics Washington establishment | TheHill

Bernie Sanders just hit back at the Washington Post with the most perfect jab

Bernie Sanders just hit back at the Washington Post with the most perfect jab

Susan Sarandon backs Bernie Sanders for president instead of Hillary Clinton | Daily Mail Online

Susan Sarandon backs Bernie Sanders for president instead of Hillary Clinton | Daily Mail Online

Saudi Arabia's Enemies Are No Longer Just Knocking at Its Gate | VICE | United States

Saudi Arabia's Enemies Are No Longer Just Knocking at Its Gate | VICE | United States

Flint: Let Them Drink Pollution? | naked capitalism

Flint: Let Them Drink Pollution? | naked capitalism

Wolf Richter: Inadequate Corporate Investment Falls Even Further | naked capitalism

Wolf Richter: Inadequate Corporate Investment Falls Even Further | naked capitalism

Low-Income Housing Shows How Tax Credits Funnel Dollars to the Wealthy Under the Guise of Benefits to the Poor | naked capitalism

Low-Income Housing Shows How Tax Credits Funnel Dollars to the Wealthy Under the Guise of Benefits to the Poor | naked capitalism

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Fraud


The Trans-Pacific Partnership Fraud
Jomo Kwame Sundaram
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), negotiated in Atlanta in October 2015 and to be signed in Auckland in February 2016, privileges foreign investors while imposing substantial costs on partner countries. Touted as a ‘gold standard’ 21st century trade deal, it is critical to ascertain ... MORE > > http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/01/the-trans-pacific-partnership-fraud/

Report: US starting to think North Korea might have tested hydrogen-bomb components - Business Insider

Report: US starting to think North Korea might have tested hydrogen-bomb components - Business Insider

US defense budget graphic - Business Insider

US defense budget graphic - Business Insider

Researchers Weigh Risks of Zika Spreading at Rio Olympics - The New York Times

Researchers Weigh Risks of Zika Spreading at Rio Olympics - The New York Times

U.S. Pick for Afghanistan Commander Urges Caution in Withdrawing Troops - WSJ

U.S. Pick for Afghanistan Commander Urges Caution in Withdrawing Troops - WSJ

Bank of Japan Adopts Negative Rates, Keeps Asset-Buying Target

Bank of Japan Adopts Negative Rates, Keeps Asset-Buying Target

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-29/bank-of-japan-adopts-negative-interest-rates-by-vote-of-5-4 

Abenomics and the Japanese Economy - Council on Foreign Relations

Abenomics and the Japanese Economy - Council on Foreign Relations

Pentagon: US Forces in Libya, Looking for ‘Worthy’ Partners

Pentagon: US Forces in Libya, Looking for ‘Worthy’ Partners

Opening a New Front Against ISIS in Libya - The New York Times

Opening a New Front Against ISIS in Libya - The New York Times

More Is Needed to Beat ISIS, Pentagon Officials Conclude - The New York Times

More Is Needed to Beat ISIS, Pentagon Officials Conclude - The New York Times

Among the Settlers

Phil Weiss tours Israeli settlements with Airbnb.  In two parts::

http://mondoweiss.net/2016/01/among-the-settlers?utm_source=Mondoweiss+List&utm_campaign=a0a199e24b-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b86bace129-a0a199e24b-398543233

http://mondoweiss.net/2016/01/the-world-the-settlers-made

Let’s Talk About Bernie Sanders and the Middle East

http://lobelog.com/bernie-sanders-and-the-middle-east/#more-32799

Let’s Talk About Bernie Sanders and the Middle East

by Derek Davison
Foreign policy has taken a backseat to domestic issues in the Democratic primary thus far. There are two explanations for this. One is that the Democratic base simply doesn’t see foreign policy—apart from “terrorism,” which at least has a foreign policy component to it—as a key issue. The other is that neither of the party’s two realistic contenders (in other words, let’s leave Martin O’Malley out of this) has much to gain from any kind of detailed scrutiny of their own policies and records.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as Eli Clifton pointed out in this blog several days ago, is a hawk. Although she often touts her foreign policy experience in general terms and has been increasingly comfortable attacking Senator Bernie Sanders from the right on foreign policy issues in recent weeks, her overall foreign policy views are substantially to the right of the average Democratic primary voter. This stance will do little to hurt her (and may even help) in the general election against a Republican nominee who will surely be more hawkish. But for now, at a time when she can’t afford to alienate any potential primary voters, she has little to gain from a thorough foreign policy debate.
For Sanders, the issue is more straightforward. Foreign policy simply isn’t an area in which he’s particularly comfortable. Nor has he paid much attention to the matter until his candidacy really began to gain at the polls. When he comments on foreign policy at all, Sanders often steers the discussion to topics like inequality, which he frequently discusses in a domestic context, or to questions of judgment rather than specific policies. He has, for example, cited Clinton’s 2002 Senate vote to authorize the invasion of Iraq (Sanders, then in the House, voted against the authorization) as an example of her poor judgment (the same issue that played such a large role in Clinton’s 2008 primary loss to Barack Obama). He has even gone so far as to compare her to former Vice President Dick Cheney. Clinton’s usual response to this attack—that then-President-elect Obama obviously trusted her judgment enough to ask her to become his secretary of state—is somewhat blunted by an examination of her record in that office, which includes a disastrous intervention in Libya, a failed surge in Afghanistan, the now-defunct “reset” with Russia, and a muddled (at best) response to the Arab Spring. http://lobelog.com/bernie-sanders-and-the-middle-east/#more-32799

Layers of confusion choke internal Palestinian affairs

Layers of confusion choke internal Palestinian affairs

Sam Bahour's picture
Disarray traps all Palestinian life, from President Mahmoud Abbas to youth on the streets, in dealing with the Israeli occupation
The starting point to understand today’s reality in Palestine is as crystal clear now as it always has been. Over 4 million Palestinians are approaching their 50th year of living under Israeli military occupation; it should be noted that these Palestinians comprise less than half of all Palestinians worldwide.
The Israeli occupation seeps into every aspect of life, including our internal affairs. This is not an excuse for our state of affairs, but rather a fact that has always been there and must be understood and taken into consideration as we plan our actions. It is these desired “actions,” or lack thereof, where lack of clarity enters.
First, there is President Mahmoud Abbas. Positioned more as a king governing by presidential decree, than president of an operating political system, President Abbas is at a loss as to how to address the multiple fronts imposed upon him.http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/layers-confusion-internal-palestinian-affairs-1792283242
The Lesson from Davos: No Connection to Reality
Roberto Savio
The rich and the powerful, who meet every year at the World Economic Forum (WEF), were in a gloomy mood this time. Not only because the day they met close to eight trillion dollars has been wiped off global equity markets by a "correction". But because no leader could be in a buoyant mood. ... MORE > > http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/01/the-lesson-from-davos-no-connection-to-reality/

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Pro: Nuclear power is our safest, most efficient energy form

Pro: Nuclear power is our safest, most efficient energy form - See more at: http://www.gazettextra.com/20160128/pro_nuclear_power_is_our_safest_most_efficient_energy_form#sthash.trZFrUDO.dpuf
Pro: Nuclear power is our safest, most efficient energy form 
http://www.gazettextra.com/20160128/pro_nuclear_power_is_our_safest_most_efficient_energy_form

WATCH: Absolutely INSANE Israeli beach scene | The Jewish Standard

WATCH: Absolutely INSANE Israeli beach scene | The Jewish Standard

Hillary Clinton: The Bride of Frankenfood | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Hillary Clinton: The Bride of Frankenfood | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

War News Updates: Will The U.S. Air Force's New Planes Bankrupt The Pentagon?

War News Updates: Will The U.S. Air Force's New Planes Bankrupt The Pentagon?

Manufacturing Matters | Zero Hedge

Manufacturing Matters | Zero Hedge

Pope Francis: World's powerful are 'slaves to sin' who risk hell by ignoring the poor | National Catholic Reporter

Pope Francis: World's powerful are 'slaves to sin' who risk hell by ignoring the poor | National Catholic Reporter

Bishop Barron's Top 10 Resources on St. Thomas Aquinas | Word On Fire

Bishop Barron's Top 10 Resources on St. Thomas Aquinas | Word On Fire

Does China Think America Is in Decline? | The National Interest

Does China Think America Is in Decline? | The National Interest

Will the 2016 Primaries Be Electronically Rigged?

Will the 2016 Primaries Be Electronically Rigged?

The Strange Campaign to Secure the Release of Convicted Spy Jonathan Jay Pollard | WRMEA

The Strange Campaign to Secure the Release of Convicted Spy Jonathan Jay Pollard | WRMEA

Pando: Why political operatives taking over Silicon Valley should scare the shit out of you

Pando: Why political operatives taking over Silicon Valley should scare the shit out of you

The Five Lamest Excuses for Hillary Clinton's Vote to Invade Iraq - FPIF

The Five Lamest Excuses for Hillary Clinton's Vote to Invade Iraq - FPIF

Florida mayors to Rubio: We’re going under, take climate change seriously | Ars Technica

Florida mayors to Rubio: We’re going under, take climate change seriously | Ars Technica

The U.S. was supposed to leave Afghanistan by 2017. Now it might take decades. - The Washington Post

The U.S. was supposed to leave Afghanistan by 2017. Now it might take decades. - The Washington Post

The War on ISIS Expands to Libya | The American Conservative

The War on ISIS Expands to Libya | The American Conservative

The U.S. Intervention in Libya Was Such a Smashing Success That a Sequel Is Coming

The U.S. Intervention in Libya Was Such a Smashing Success That a Sequel Is Coming


https://theintercept.com/2016/01/27/the-u-s-intervention-in-libya-was-such-a-smashing-success-that-a-sequel-is-coming/

ISLAMIC STATE AND WMD: A FUTURE NIGHTMARE?

http://www.ozy.com/pov/islamic-state-and-wmd-a-future-nightmare/67538
ISLAMIC STATE AND WMD: A FUTURE NIGHTMARE?
BY  JAN 28 2016
When it comes to the intelligence profession, surprise is the ultimate enemy — and surprise just happens to be the Islamic State’s specialty. The IS has delivered one after another with wanton brutality, from dramatic, border-busting early successes to urban conquests, and the attacks it’s planned or inspired around the world. As much as we should resist mongering fear, it behooves us to imagine what surprises are yet to come, and whether the IS could take it up yet another notch.
One clue worth pondering comes from U.S. military reports, which show that the IS twice used a chemical agent called sulfur mustard – once with Kurdish forces and another with rival rebel groups in August. It’s unclear whether the IS was able to manufacture the agent, or whether they grabbed Syrian agent at some point. Were the IS to acquire and use unconventional weapons on a broader scale, or branch out into biological agents or nukes, it would, of course, be a real game changer.
Counterterrorism specialists have long anticipated some group trying this.http://www.ozy.com/pov/islamic-state-and-wmd-a-future-nightmare/67538

UN chief redoubles criticism of Israel’s ‘stifling’ occupation

UN chief redoubles criticism of Israel’s ‘stifling’ occupation

‘You can count on me’ to speak up, achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace Ban Ki-moon says, but Palestinians ‘losing hope’



http://www.timesofisrael.com/un-chief-redoubles-criticism-of-israels-stifling-occupation/

China, U.S. should jointly promote solutions to more global issues: Xi - Xinhua

China, U.S. should jointly promote solutions to more global issues: Xi - Xinhua Xi spoke about existing coordination and cooperation, spanning issues including trade, military relations, culture, people-to-people exchange, cyber security, climate change and the Iran nuclear issue. When China and the United States work together, they can make big things happen that is good for the world, Xi said. He urged the two sides to implement consensus reached between their leaders, adhere to the principle of "no conflict or confrontation, win-win cooperation and mutual respect," expand their cooperation at bilateral, regional and global levels, and push forward Sino-U.S. relations by a big step. // CCTV Evening News on Xi-Kerry meeting  [视频]习近平会见美国国务卿克里

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/27/c_135051266.htm?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a88fb7dd2c-Sinocism01_27_161_27_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-a88fb7dd2c-29615013&mc_cid=a88fb7dd2c&mc_eid=5935182a65 

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

The Forgotten Benefits of Offshore Balancing

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The Forgotten Benefits of Offshore Balancing

by Paul R. Pillar
Discussions of grand strategy often are too abstract and general to be of significant practical use in formulating sound decisions about specific foreign policy problems, but sometimes a concept drawn from such discussion points to an overlooked and fundamentally better way to approach such decisions. Such a concept is offshore balancing, which involves the United States not trying to do everything itself but instead exploiting rivalries between other states to prevent any one of them from acquiring hegemonic power and regional dominance. Scholars such as Christopher Layne and Stephen Walt have elaborated on the concept, and in the not-too-distant past the principles involved were applied to some actual U.S. policies with major regional import. During the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s, for example, the United States was officially neutral. When it appeared that Iraq would have difficulty keeping up the fight, the Reagan administration tilted toward Baghdad—a tilt that, in light of history that would unfold two decades later, made for strange bedfellows. Saddam Hussein’s role as the original aggressor, his use of chemical weapons, and humanitarian considerations involving the enormous costs of the war to both sides took a back seat to the idea that the United States would not benefit from either side being a clear winner. It would be better from the standpoint of U.S. interests and the prevention of anyone gaining regional hegemony to have both sides suffer from an exhausting stalemate. The idea was valid, although the same U.S. policymakers later mishandled policy toward the war with what became the Iran-Contra scandal. http://lobelog.com/the-forgotten-benefits-of-offshore-balancing/#more-32775

A U.S. Blueprint for Syria - The American Interest

A U.S. Blueprint for Syria - The American Interest

Look Homeward, Democracy Promoter

http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/01/27/look-homeward-democracy-promoter/it91?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRovu67AZKXonjHpfsX66e0pX6Sg38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YsJSct0aPyQAgobGp5I5FEIQ7XYTLB2t60MWA%3D%3D

Look Homeward, Democracy Promoter

Thomas Carothers
Op-Ed January 27, 2016 Foreign Policy

Deficiencies of democratic governance in the United States raise questions about its efforts to promote democracy abroad. U.S. democracy aid organizations should begin working to strengthen democracy at home.http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/01/27/look-homeward-democracy-promoter/it91?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRovu67AZKXonjHpfsX66e0pX6Sg38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YsJSct0aPyQAgobGp5I5FEIQ7XYTLB2t60MWA%3D%3D

US Hawks Ignore Top Israeli Official on Iran

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US Hawks Ignore Top Israeli Official on Iran

by Ali Gharib
Last week, Israel’s top military official made some staggering comments during the course of a security conference in Tel Aviv. Here’s how The Forward‘s JJ Goldberg reported the comments of Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot, Israel’s chief of staff, which seem as of yet to be unavailable in a full English translation from the original Hebrew:
Eisenkot said there were two “existential threats” to Israel, and both are currently “declining.” One was the threat of nonconventional weaponry, including both Iran’s nuclear program and Syrian chemical weapons…
First, he said Israel faces no existential threats right now, because Obama’s Iran nuclear deal has removed the greatest threat to Israel’s existence…
As for the Iranian nuclear agreement, he said it is “a strategic turning point” that includes “many risks but also opportunities.”
These comments should be unremarkable, since Israel’s security establishment has long given support, if cautious support, to diplomacy with Iran and the accord reached as a result. But Eisenkot’s remarks are still worth pointing out because of the sad state of affairs in the American discourse about Iran.
The Silence of the Hawks http://lobelog.com/us-hawks-ignore-top-israeli-official-on-iran/#more-32769

How the FBI Could Force DOJ to Prosecute Hillary Clinton

How the FBI Could Force DOJ to Prosecute Hillary Clinton


http://www.nationalreview.com/article/430343/hillary-clinton-email-scandal-fbi-director-james-comey-resign-protest

Why the Justice Department Won’t Work with the FBI on Clinton’s E-mail Case

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/430211/hillary-clinton-email-fbi-department-justice-obama?target=topic&tid=4571

Hillary Clinton’s E-Mail Scandal: Far Graver than First Thought
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/430157/hillary-clinton-email-server-classified-state-secrets?target=topic&tid=4571

The Sustaining Knock on the Door

The Sustaining Knock on the Door

Netanyahu says UN chief Ban Ki-moon 'encouraging terror' - BBC News

Netanyahu says UN chief Ban Ki-moon 'encouraging terror' - BBC News

Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine form alliance in response to Russia’s rise

http://rbth.com/international/2016/01/27/lithuania-poland-ukraine-form-alliance-in-response-to-russias-rise_562903

Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine form alliance in response to Russia’s rise

January 27, 2016 Yekaterina Zgirovskaya, Gazeta.ru

3 countries to launch joint brigade of 4,000 troops.

military cooperation
Defence ministers, of Lithuania Juozas Olekas, left, of Poland Tomasz Siemoniak, center, and of Ukraine Lt. Gen. Valeriy Heletei shake hands after signing an act forming a joint military unit, during a ceremony in Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 19, 2014. Source: AP
Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine are planning to launch a joint brigade of 4,000 troops by January 2017, Defense News has reported. The multinational military unit, with its headquarters in the Polish city of Lublin, is being formed amid concerns over the development of Russia's military might.
The three countries signed an agreement in September 2014 in Warsaw to form the so-called LITPOLUKRBRIG (Lithuanian–Polish–Ukrainian Brigade) brigade, which will mainly participate in peacekeeping operations.
The defense ministers of the three countries – Juozas Olekas (Lithuania), Antoni Macierewicz (Poland) and Stepan Poltorak (Ukraine) – attended the opening ceremony of the headquarters in Lublin on January 25.v

Note to Hillary: Clintonomics Was a Disaster for Most Americans | The Nation

Note to Hillary: Clintonomics Was a Disaster for Most Americans | The Nation

China accuses George Soros of 'declaring war' on yuan | Business | The Guardian

China accuses George Soros of 'declaring war' on yuan | Business | The Guardian

The Rise of the Artificially Intelligent Hedge Fund | WIRED

The Rise of the Artificially Intelligent Hedge Fund | WIRED

Andrew Bacevich: Six National Security Questions Hillary, Donald, Ted, Marco, etc., Don’t Want to Answer and Won’t Even Be Asked | naked capitalism

Andrew Bacevich: Six National Security Questions Hillary, Donald, Ted, Marco, etc., Don’t Want to Answer and Won’t Even Be Asked | naked capitalism

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Pope to the proud and powerful: Help the poor, or you’ll go to hell | Crux

Pope to the proud and powerful: Help the poor, or you’ll go to hell | Crux

Greed is Clinton's Achilles Heel


Greed is Clinton's Achilles Heel



http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/01/26/greed_is_clintons_achilles_heel_129443.html

Climate change: Ocean warming underestimated: Ocean warming plays a bigger role than previously believed -- ScienceDaily

Climate change: Ocean warming underestimated: Ocean warming plays a bigger role than previously believed -- ScienceDaily

Facebook Announces Newest 100% Renewable Data Center To Be Built In Ireland

Facebook Announces Newest 100% Renewable Data Center To Be Built In Ireland


http://cleantechnica.com/2016/01/26/facebook-announces-newest-100-renewable-data-centre-built-ireland/

US Could Cut Energy Production Emissions By 78% In 15 Years, Says NOAA

US Could Cut Energy Production Emissions By 78% In 15 Years, Says NOAA

Buying Hillary Clinton: The Courting of Wall Street

Buying Hillary Clinton: The Courting of Wall Street

Hillary Clinton Doing Finance Industry Fundraiser Just Before Iowa

Hillary Clinton Doing Finance Industry Fundraiser Just Before Iowa

Failed States and States of Failure

http://lobelog.com/failed-states-and-states-of-failure/#more-32748

Failed States and States of Failure

by Tom Engelhardt
One of the charms of the future is its powerful element of unpredictability, its ability to ambush us in lovely ways or bite us unexpectedly in the ass. Most of the futures I imagined as a boy have, for instance, come up deeply short, or else I would now be flying my individual jet pack through the spired cityscape of New York and vacationing on the moon. And who, honestly, could have imagined the Internet, no less social media and cyberspace (unless, of course, you had read William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer 30 years ago)? Who could have dreamed that a single country’s intelligence outfits would be able to listen in on or otherwise intercept and review not just the conversations and messages of its own citizens — imagine the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century — but those of just about anyone on the planet, from peasants in the backlands of Pakistan to at least 35 leaders of major and minor countries around the world?  This is, of course, our dystopian present, based on technological breakthroughs that even sci-fi writers somehow didn’t imagine. 
And who thought that the Arab Spring or Occupy Wall Street were coming down the pike or, for that matter, a terror caliphate in the heart of the former Middle East or a Donald Trump presidential run that would go from success to success amid free media coverage the likes of which we’ve seldom seen? (Small career tip: don’t become a seer. It’s hell on Earth.)
All of this might be considered the bad but also the good news about the future.  On an increasingly grim globe that seems to have failure stamped all over it, the surprises embedded in the years to come, the unexpected course changes, inventions, rebellions, and interventions offer, at least until they arrive, grounds for hope.  On the other hand, in that same grim world, there’s an aspect of the future that couldn’t be more depressing: the repetitiveness of so much that you might think no one would want to repeat.  I’m talking about the range of tomorrow’s headlines that could be written today and stand a painfully reasonable chance of coming true.
I’m sure you could produce your own version of such future headlines in a variety of areas, but here are mine when it comes to Washington’s remarkably unwinnable wars, interventions, and conflicts in the Greater Middle East and increasingly Africa.http://lobelog.com/failed-states-and-states-of-failure/#more-32748

The Iraq War’s Known Unknowns

https://consortiumnews.com/2016/01/26/the-iraq-wars-known-unknowns/

The Iraq War’s Known Unknowns

January 26, 2016

Exclusive: In September 2002, as the Bush-43 administration was rolling out its ad campaign for invading Iraq because of alleged WMD, the Joint Chiefs of Staff received a briefing about the paucity of WMD evidence. But the report was shelved and the war went on, as ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern explains.
By Ray McGovern
There is a lot more than meets the eye in the newly revealed Joint Chiefs of Staff intelligence briefing of Sept. 5, 2002, which showed there was a lack of evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (WMD) – just as President George W. Bush’s administration was launching its sales job for the Iraq War.
The briefing report and its quick demise amount to an indictment not only of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld but also of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Richard Myers, who is exposed once again as a Rumsfeld patsy who put politics ahead of his responsibility to American soldiers and to the nation as a whole.
In a Jan. 24 report at Politico entitled “What Donald Rumsfeld Knew We Didn’t Know About Iraq,” journalist John Walcott presents a wealth of detail about the JCS intelligence report of Sept. 5, 2002, offering additional corroboration that the Bush administration lied to the American people about the evidence of WMD in Iraq.
The JCS briefing noted, for example: “Our knowledge of the Iraqi (nuclear) weapons program is based largely – perhaps 90% – on analysis of imprecise intelligence.”
Small wonder that the briefing report was dead on arrival in Rumsfeld’s in-box. After all, it proved that the intelligence evidence justifying war was, in Rumsfeldian terms, a “known unknown.” When he received it on Sept. 5 or 6, the Defense Secretary deep-sixed it – but not before sending it on Sept. 9 to Gen. Richard Myers (who he already knew had a copy) with a transparently disingenuous CYA note: “Please take a look at this material as to what we don’t know about WMD. It is big. Thanks.”
Absent was any notation such as “I guess we should tell the White House to call off its pro-war sales campaign based on Iraq possessing WMD since we don’t got the goods.” Without such a direct instruction, Rumsfeld could be sure that Gen. Myers would not take the matter further.https://consortiumnews.com/2016/01/26/the-iraq-wars-known-unknowns/

The China Shock: Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade

The China Shock: Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade

Free Trade With China Wasn't Such a Great Idea for the U.S.

Free Trade With China Wasn't Such a Great Idea for the U.S.


http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-01-26/free-trade-with-china-wasn-t-such-a-great-idea?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b039757ba7-Sinocism01_26_161_26_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-b039757ba7-29615013&mc_cid=b039757ba7&mc_eid=5935182a65

Why Does the U.S. Demand Innocent Passage in the South China Sea, But Not in the Persian Gulf?

Why Does the U.S. Demand Innocent Passage in the South China Sea, But Not in the Persian Gulf?


https://www.lawfareblog.com/why-does-us-demand-innocent-passage-south-china-sea-not-persian-gulf?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b039757ba7-Sinocism01_26_161_26_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-b039757ba7-29615013&mc_cid=b039757ba7&mc_eid=5935182a65

Why Are Liberals Bashing Sanders in Favor of Clinton?

Why Are Liberals Bashing Sanders in Favor of Clinton?

D.C. Bar Goes After Whistleblower Who Exposed Illegal Spying

D.C. Bar Goes After Whistleblower Who Exposed Illegal Spying

Americans Really, Really Hate The Government

Americans Really, Really Hate The Government

Parts Of California Are Actually Falling Into The Ocean

Parts Of California Are Actually Falling Into The Ocean

Pacifica Erosion - Photo from YouTubeWhy would anyone want to live in the state of California at this point?  Not only do you have to deal with unbearable traffic, insane politicians and unchecked illegal immigration, but now the weather itself seems to be going crazy.  A very strong El Nino has been sending destructive storm after destructive storm barreling into the west coast, and this is causing tremendous flooding, dangerous landslides and unprecedented erosion in coastal communities all over the state.  As I mentioned the other day, a state of emergency has just been declared in the coastal city of Pacifica due to the incredible amount of erosion that is happening there.  Now, incredible footage has been released that actually shows the coastline crumbling.  Small parts of California really are falling into the ocean, and meteorologists are warning that the worst may be yet to come.

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/parts-of-california-are-actually-falling-into-the-ocean

It is still 3 minutes to midnight.


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  It is still 3 minutes to midnight
 
 
In the past year, the international community has made positive strides in regard to humanity’s two most pressing existential threats: nuclear weapons and climate change. In July 2015, at the end of nearly two years of negotiations, six world powers and Iran reached a historic agreement that limits the Iranian nuclear program and aims to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weaponry. And in December of last year, nearly 200 countries agreed in Paris to a process by which they will attempt to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide, aiming to keep the increase in world temperature well below 2.0 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level.
But the diplomatic successes on Iran and in Paris have been offset, at least, by negative events in the nuclear and climate arenas. The members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board find the world situation to be highly threatening to humanity—so threatening that the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock must remain at three minutes to midnight, the closest it has been to catastrophe since the early days of above-ground hydrogen bomb testing.
North Korea’s nuclear test, vastly expensive nuclear modernization programs in the United States and around the globe, the world’s collective inability to effectively deal with nuclear waste, and the drumbeat of continued climate change remain very serious challenges. And as the Board writes in the 2016 Doomsday Clock Statement, “When we call these dangers existential, that is exactly what we mean: They threaten the very existence of civilization…”
The video recording of the Doomsday Clock international news conference will be posted on our website within a few hours of the conclusion of the program. Board members Thomas Pickering, Lawrence Krauss, Sivan Kartha, and Sharon Squassoni were joined via a live, two-way link from Stanford University by California Governor Jerry Brown, former Secretary of State George Shultz, and former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry.
As the signatories to 2016 Doomsday Clock Statement make clear, the Earth remains perilously and inexcusably close to metaphorical midnight. You can read the full report on the Bulletin’s website at www.thebulletin.org.
It is still 3 minutes to midnight.

Melting Greenland ice sheet may affect global ocean circulation, future climate

Melting Greenland ice sheet may affect global ocean circulation, future climate Tampa FL (SPX) Jan 26, 2016 - Scientists from the University of South Florida, along with colleagues in Canada and the Netherlands, have determined that the influx of fresh water from the Greenland ice sheet is "freshening" the North Atlantic Ocean and could disrupt the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), an important component of global ocean circulation that could have a global effect. Researchers say it co ... morehttp://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Melting_Greenland_ice_sheet_may_affect_global_ocean_circulation_future_climate_999.html

China warns George Soros against 'war on the renminbi' - Business Insider

China warns George Soros against 'war on the renminbi' - Business Insider

US toughens background check process after major hack

US toughens background check process after major hack

Out of Bounds, Off-Limits, or Just Plain Ignored Six National Security Questions Hillary, Donald, Ted, Marco, et al., Don’t Want to Answer and Won’t Even Be Asked

Out of Bounds, Off-Limits, or Just Plain Ignored
Six National Security Questions Hillary, Donald, Ted, Marco, et al., Don’t Want to Answer and Won’t Even Be Asked
By Andrew J. Bacevich
To judge by the early returns, the presidential race of 2016 is shaping up as the most disheartening in recent memory. Other than as a form of low entertainment, the speeches, debates, campaign events, and slick TV ads already inundating the public sphere offer little of value. Rather than exhibiting the vitality of American democracy, they testify to its hollowness.
Present-day Iranian politics may actually possess considerably more substance than our own. There, the parties involved, whether favoring change or opposing it, understand that the issues at stake have momentous implications. Here, what passes for national politics is a form of exhibitionism about as genuine as pro wrestling.
Click here to read more of this dispatch.http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176095/tomgram%3A_andrew_bacevich%2C_how_to_avert_real_change_in_election_2016/#more

China and the United Arab Emirates: Sustainable Silk Road Partnership? | The Jamestown Foundation

China and the United Arab Emirates: Sustainable Silk Road Partnership? | The Jamestown Foundation

China’s First Overseas Base in Djibouti, An Enabler of its Middle East Policy | The Jamestown Foundation

China’s First Overseas Base in Djibouti, An Enabler of its Middle East Policy | The Jamestown Foundation

In a Fortnight: Xi Jinping’s Middle East Diplomacy | The Jamestown Foundation

In a Fortnight: Xi Jinping’s Middle East Diplomacy | The Jamestown Foundation

Bernie Sanders could be the next Ronald Reagan - Salon.com

Bernie Sanders could be the next Ronald Reagan - Salon.com

U.S. & Allies Make bin Laden Admirer a Negotiator in Syria Peace Talks

U.S. & Allies Make bin Laden Admirer a Negotiator in Syria Peace Talks

Brain-Shrinking Zika Virus Bound for U.S. -- NYMag

Brain-Shrinking Zika Virus Bound for U.S. -- NYMag

Bill Black: Wall Street Declares War Against Bernie Sanders | naked capitalism

Bill Black: Wall Street Declares War Against Bernie Sanders | naked capitalism

Former BIS Chief Economist Warns of Massive Debt Defaults, Need for Debt Jubilee; Fingers Europe as First in Line | naked capitalism

Former BIS Chief Economist Warns of Massive Debt Defaults, Need for Debt Jubilee; Fingers Europe as First in Line | naked capitalism

When Conversions Take a First-Class Miracle

When Conversions Take a First-Class Miracle: If you have been reading Discover Hope With Us, you couldn’t have missed the fact that yesterday was the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. Saul had been a zealous, young, impetuous person who was determined to fulfill the law perfectly. He began to pursue “followers of the Way,” putting them into prison, but the Lord met him on the road to Damascus. Later St. Paul said that because of his sincerity of heart and ignorance, the Lord had been merciful to him and showed him ...

Are Jihadis Reaching their Limits of Nihilism? | Graham E. Fuller

Are Jihadis Reaching their Limits of Nihilism? | Graham E. Fuller

The Surge in U.S. Mansion Prices Is Now Over - Bloomberg Business

The Surge in U.S. Mansion Prices Is Now Over - Bloomberg Business

One Salmon Costs More Than Barrel of Oil as Slump Deepens: Chart

One Salmon Costs More Than Barrel of Oil as Slump Deepens: Chart


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-26/one-salmon-costs-more-than-barrel-of-oil-as-slump-deepens-chart

Monday, January 25, 2016

[Video] Bishop Barron on the Conversion of St. Paul | Word On Fire

[Video] Bishop Barron on the Conversion of St. Paul | Word On Fire

FBI Investigates Hillary Clinton Aides For 'Cut and Paste' Of Classified Intel - Breitbart

FBI Investigates Hillary Clinton Aides For 'Cut and Paste' Of Classified Intel - Breitbart

Francis to other Christians: Sorry we mistreated you

Francis to other Christians: Sorry we mistreated you


http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2016/01/25/francis-to-other-christians-sorry-we-mistreated-you/?s_campaign=crux:rss

Is There A "Fourth Revolution" On The Horizon In America?


Is There A "Fourth Revolution" On The Horizon In America?


Is There A "Fourth Revolution" On The Horizon In America? | Zero Hedge
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-25/there-fourth-revolution-horizon-america

U.S. Relies Heavily on Saudi Money to Support Syrian Rebels

U.S. Relies Heavily on Saudi Money to Support Syrian Rebels


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/world/middleeast/us-relies-heavily-on-saudi-money-to-support-syrian-rebels.html?_r=1

Is Climate Change Supercharging Storms Like Jonas And Sandy More Than We Thought? | ThinkProgress

Is Climate Change Supercharging Storms Like Jonas And Sandy More Than We Thought? | ThinkProgress

President Obama's Legacy of Red Ink | RealClearPolicy

President Obama's Legacy of Red Ink | RealClearPolicy

Citigroup, Davos Fear Popular Backlash to Neoliberal Order

Citigroup, Davos Fear Popular Backlash to Neoliberal Order

America Should Stop Reassuring Saudi Arabia

America Should Stop Reassuring Saudi Arabia


http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/america-should-stop-reassuring-saudi-arabia-15013

Flooding Damage From Jonas Will Cost Billions And Is Being Described As ‘Worse Than Hurricane Sandy’

Flooding Damage From Jonas Will Cost Billions And Is Being Described As ‘Worse Than Hurricane Sandy’


http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/flooding-damage-from-jonas-will-cost-billions-and-is-being-described-as-worse-than-hurricane-sandy

Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and Wall Street

Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and Wall Street


http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34537-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-and-wall-street

As King Salman enters second year, Riyadh looks to China - Al Arabiya English

As King Salman enters second year, Riyadh looks to China - Al Arabiya English

China's Middle East Ambitions | Foreign Affairs

China's Middle East Ambitions | Foreign Affairs

China Deepens Its Footprint in Iran After Lifting of Sanctions - The New York Times

China Deepens Its Footprint in Iran After Lifting of Sanctions - The New York Times

China tilts to Iran as Xi caps visit with 17 accords

China tilts to Iran as Xi caps visit with 17 accords


http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/25/china-tilts-to-iran-as-xi-caps-visit-with-17-accords.html

Russia, Japan and North Korea’s Nuclear Test | The Diplomat

Russia, Japan and North Korea’s Nuclear Test | The Diplomat

MINA Breaking News - Russia to Reap While Others Weep for Misdeeds Towards Iran

MINA Breaking News - Russia to Reap While Others Weep for Misdeeds Towards Iran

Some anti-IS partners do 'nothing at all': Pentagon chief

Some anti-IS partners do 'nothing at all': Pentagon chief Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2016 - Several members of the US-led coalition attacking the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria are doing "nothing at all" to help destroy the jihadists, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Friday. His comments mark a departure from the Pentagon's typical depiction of the 65-member coalition, which carries the slogan "One mission, many nations," and is frequently touted to highlight global r ... morehttp://www.spacewar.com/reports/Some_anti-IS_partners_do_nothing_at_all_Pentagon_chief_999.html

Scientists urge world to stop killer robots

Scientists urge world to stop killer robots Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 22, 2016 - The world must act quickly to avert a future in which autonomous robots with artificial intelligence roam the battlefields killing humans, scientists and arms experts warned at an elite gathering in the Swiss Alps. Rules must be agreed to prevent the development of such weapons, they said at a January 19-23 meeting of billionaires, scientists and political leaders in the snow-covered ski res ... morehttp://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Scientists_urge_world_to_stop_killer_robots_999.html

Speakers Added to Doomsday Clock Announcement

Speakers Added to Doomsday Clock Announcement
 
 
We have exciting news: California Governor Jerry Brown, former Secretary of State George Shultz, and former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry will be joining the Doomsday Clock international news conference tomorrow--Tuesday, January 26--at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., via a live, two-way link from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
The Stanford portion of the news conference will kick off an event inspired by the Doomsday Clock and the existential threats it represents. Stanford students and faculty, as well as students from local high schools, will gather at the Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall, to participate in a program that examines the global events and trends that drive the time on the Clock.
You can see the entire news conference on the Bulletin's website. And if you haven’t taken our Doomsday Clock Survey, we invite you to do so now. Survey results are not taken into account by the Science and Security Board, whose decision on the 2016 time of the Clock has already been made, but we would like to know your thoughts about the existential threats of our time. The poll will close at 12 p.m., EST, tomorrow.
It is now 3 minutes to midnight. Watch the live-stream on Tuesday, January 26th, as we announce the time for 2016.
News event speakers at the National Press Club event are:
· Rachel Bronson, executive director and publisher, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;
· Lawrence M. Krauss, chair, Bulletin Board of Sponsors, foundation professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration and Physics departments, and director, Origins Project, Arizona State University.
· Thomas R. Pickering, member, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Science and Security Board, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, the Russian Federation, India, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, and Jordan;
· Sharon Squassoni, member, Bulletin Science and Security Board, senior fellow and director, Proliferation Prevention Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC; and
· Sivan Kartha, member, Bulletin Science and Security Board, senior scientist and climate change expert, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), and co-leader of the SEI research theme “Reducing Climate Risk.”
Speakers at the Stanford University event are:
· Jerry Brown, Governor of the State of California;
· George P. Shultz, Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford distinguished fellow, Hoover Institution, and former U.S. Secretary of State; and
· William J. Perry, senior fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute, and former U.S. Secretary of Defense.

When replacing your Windows 7 PC: Should you switch to Windows 10 -- or a Mac? | ZDNet

When replacing your Windows 7 PC: Should you switch to Windows 10 -- or a Mac? | ZDNet

Prepare for an Earthquake in the Jewish World - Opinion - Haaretz - Israeli News Source Haaretz.com

Prepare for an Earthquake in the Jewish World - Opinion - Haaretz - Israeli News Source Haaretz.com

Google spent way more on lobbying than any other tech company in 2015

Google spent way more on lobbying than any other tech company in 2015



http://www.businessinsider.com/google-leads-lobbying-expenditures-in-2015-2016-1?nr_email_referer=1&utm_content=COTD&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20%28sai%29:%20Google%20spent%20way%20more%20on%20lobbying%20than%20any%20other%20tech%20company%20in%202015&utm_term=Tech%20Chart%20Of%20The%20Day

Continuation of a failed foreign policy: US-Iran Agreement #FeinWisdom | Michael D. Ostrolenk

Continuation of a failed foreign policy: US-Iran Agreement #FeinWisdom | Michael D. Ostrolenk

New York Review of Books on How Oligarchs Use Philanthropy to Advance Their Social Agendas (and a Shout Out to NC) | naked capitalism

New York Review of Books on How Oligarchs Use Philanthropy to Advance Their Social Agendas (and a Shout Out to NC) | naked capitalism

Sanders, Clinton, Their Ads, and the Politics of Trench Warfare | naked capitalism

Sanders, Clinton, Their Ads, and the Politics of Trench Warfare | naked capitalism

New York Review of Books on How Oligarchs Use Philanthropy to Advance Their Social Agendas (and a Shout Out to NC) | naked capitalism

New York Review of Books on How Oligarchs Use Philanthropy to Advance Their Social Agendas (and a Shout Out to NC) | naked capitalism

Will Clinton's Flailing Protect Her Glass Jaw? | naked capitalism

Will Clinton's Flailing Protect Her Glass Jaw? | naked capitalism

How Europe Will Fail to Address the Migration Crisis in Early 2016 | naked capitalism

How Europe Will Fail to Address the Migration Crisis in Early 2016 | naked capitalism

Sanders, Clinton cool to Bloomberg's possible entry into 2016 race | Reuters

Sanders, Clinton cool to Bloomberg's possible entry into 2016 race | Reuters

What Does China’s Anticorruption Campaign Mean for Africa? | GAB | The Global Anticorruption Blog

What Does China’s Anticorruption Campaign Mean for Africa? | GAB | The Global Anticorruption Blog

Donald Trump Is Not the Only One Demonizing China

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ivan-eland/donald-trump-is-not-the-o_b_9068380.html

Donald Trump Is Not the Only One Demonizing China

01/25/2016
  • Ivan Eland Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty, The Independent Institute
One day recently, the New York Times, following Donald Trump's lead, ran two articles that demonized China--although the elite newspaper did so much more subtly than the crudities of "the Donald." One article talked about how China, through its trade with and investment in Iran, had allowed Iran to survive Western economic sanctions and now had the advantage over Western companies now that most such measures had been lifted. The article stated that China, to fuel its rapid economic growth, was thirsty for the cheaper oil from Iran (discounted to sell during the sanctions regime) and is also interested in a "silk road" strategy to extend its economic influence westward. The other article reported that the economies of poor African countries, whose exports of raw materials to the growing Chinese economy had allowed them to begin to grow out of poverty, were now crashing because of China's slowing growth. As usual, both of the Times' articles had a subtle odor unfavorable to China.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ivan-eland/donald-trump-is-not-the-o_b_9068380.html

Where can you buy a mansion for $400,000? Detroit. - The Washington Post

Where can you buy a mansion for $400,000? Detroit. - The Washington Post

Real Estate Where can you buy a mansion for $400,000? Detroit.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/in-detroits-mansion-districts-the-houses-are-in-hot-demand/2016/01/20/444d58ba-9a02-11e5-b499-76cbec161973_story.html?wpisrc=nl_draw2

Sunday, January 24, 2016

The Enduring Lessons of the Gulf War – Kettle | SaudiBrit

The Enduring Lessons of the Gulf War – Kettle | SaudiBrit

Failed States and States of Failure

Failed States and States of Failure
“We Destroyed the Cities to Save Them” and Other Future Headlines
By Tom Engelhardt

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176094/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_tomorrow's_news_today/#more

Colossal Nor’easter Dumps Record Snow from Maryland to New York | Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog

Colossal Nor’easter Dumps Record Snow from Maryland to New York | Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog

What’s Really Going on with Oil? | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

What’s Really Going on with Oil? | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Hillary Clinton Seeks Neocon Shelter | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Hillary Clinton Seeks Neocon Shelter | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Why the Black Hole of Deflation Is Swallowing the Entire World ... Even After Central Banks Have Pumped Trillions Into the Economy Washington's Blog

Why the Black Hole of Deflation Is Swallowing the Entire World ... Even After Central Banks Have Pumped Trillions Into the Economy Washington's Blog

Articles: The Case for Ted Cruz

Articles: The Case for Ted Cruz

On the Corrupting Influence of Money in Politics, Bernie Sanders Is Dead Right

On the Corrupting Influence of Money in Politics, Bernie Sanders Is Dead Right

Saudi Executions: Beyond the Numbers

Saudi Executions: Beyond the Numbers

Silicon Valley braces itself for a fall: 'There'll be a lot of blood' | Technology | The Guardian

Silicon Valley braces itself for a fall: 'There'll be a lot of blood' | Technology | The Guardian