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  GM Mosquitoes Linked to Zika Outbreak posted by Claire Bernish via gail, 2016-01-29 22:40:51
The World Health Organization announced it will convene an Emergency Committee under International Health Regulations on Monday, February 1, concerning the Zika virus ‘explosive’ spread throughout the Americas. The virus reportedly has the potential to reach pandemic proportions — possibly around the globe. But understandingwhy this outbreak happened is vital to curbing it. As the WHO statement said: (full story)
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 Business is very simple -- benefits must be proportionate to all parties involved posted by jess, 2016-01-28 22:04:14
Today there exist two major competing interests in global business affairs, the Anglo-Zionist mercantile model, which is maintained and propelled by the military/police and the Eurasian model which needs no such costly enforcement as everybody wins. (full story)
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 Bankers Jailed in Representative Democracy Iceland posted by Maurice Bedard via james, 2016-01-27 22:03:51
Iceland shows the way by jailing criminal bankers responsible for economic crimes. Perhaps there is something other so-called democratic nations could learn, especially the USA. (full story)
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 Confirmed: Turnbull is a Lying, Vacuous Narcissist Devoid of Ability and Conviction posted by baz, 2016-01-27 02:53:16
Turnbull has recently proven the only thing he is really interested in is himself and his obsessive desire to become Australia’s PM, as though that is an end in itself. Turnbull has been given ample time to prove himself, which he did. He not only hasn’t repealed any of the harsh social policies that Abbott inflicted on the struggling Australian people -- while of course favouring the corporate/banker elite – he failed to make his mark in the international arena. However, prior to continuing I would simply state that government revenue problems and the obvious lack of funds are the result of the corporate sector not paying their due – the simple, fair and Australian rule is, ‘those that benefit most from the nation should return most to the nation, what is fairer than that? Those who can afford to pay should pay their due, which clearly is NOT occurring, as Turnbull, a former banker and lying lawyer, represents the interests of the UNREPRESENTATIVE minority elite and NOT the people. (full story)
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 Syria and Iraq: The US “Military Solution,” Naturally! posted by Bill Van Auken via claire, 2016-01-26 18:36:28
Analysts are aware that the so-called ‘peace’ talks in Geneva were designed to allow western interventionist, regime change forces to re-group in the face of rapid gains by the Syrian al-Assad government legally assisted by Russia. Well, this (regroup) they have achieved and now threaten the usual military ‘solution,’ which everyone should know is no solution at all, as every nation the US has illegally invaded and bombed over the past fifteen years has been destroyed and left in ruins and chaos. So more of the same destabilisation -- which is now impacting Europe -- from ‘peace loving,' interventionist America, which is in fact hell bent on precipitating WWIII due, not least, to its insane neocon pursuit/agenda of global hegemony. The greatest threat to world peace is in fact America, one need only review its 'peace policies' and destructive actions over the past fifteen years to confirm that REALITY -- the US retains the dubious 'honour' of the world's leading civilian killing nation, which cost does not bother the lunatic neocons! (full story)
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The Wall Street Sharktank: “A Whole Lotta Stealin’ Goin’ On” posted by Mike Whitney via jake, 2016-01-26 02:04:10
Let’s say you lend your brother-in-law, Pauli, 5,000-bucks so he can get his fledgling construction business off-the-ground. Then, you find out a week later that ‘good-old Pauli’ has shot the wad playing the horses at Long-acres and buying cocktails for his loafer-friends at Matt’s Mad Dog tavern? Would you feel like you’d been ripped off? (full story)
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 The BIG Oil/Power SCAM posted by F. William Engdahl via cyd, 2016-01-24 09:28:44
If there is any single price of any commodity that determines the growth or slowdown of our economy, it is the price of crude oil. Too many things don’t calculate today in regard to the dramatic fall in the world oil price. In June 2014 major oil traded at $103 a barrel. With some experience following the geopolitics of oil and oil markets, I smell a big skunk. Let me share some things that for me don’t add up. (full story)
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 Shame on Racist Australia - Indigenous Journalist's Speech Goes Viral posted by staff report via claire, 2016-01-23 21:37:25
A powerful speech by Indigenous journalist Stan Grant in which he says the "Australian dream is rooted in racism" has gone viral. (full story)
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‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’ – unless of course you are a member of the 1% posted by james, 2016-01-23 20:43:13
Laissez faire economist Milton Friedman, who promulgated the notion that ‘free’ markets would save the world, popularised that phrase/slogan, and that’s all it is, a meaningless slogan, similar to, ‘there’s light at the end of the tunnel,’ which simplistic metaphor/slogan conned an entire nation. (full story)
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 US Confronts Russia - Troops Illegally Invade Syria posted by Andrew Tilghman via max, 2016-01-22 22:29:29
U.S. special operations troops have reportedly taken over an airfield in northeastern Syria, potentially clearing the way to flow more American military support to friendly militias fighting the Islamic State group. (full story)
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Who is Putin Talking To? posted by Mikhail Khazin via james, 2016-01-22 09:46:02
An interesting analysis from a Russian perspective. (full story)
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 China’s central bank mulls issuing digital currency posted by staff report via max, 2016-01-22 01:50:10
The People’s Bank of China on Wednesday said it wants to issue its own digital currency to cut the costs of circulating traditional paper money, boost policymakers’ control of money supply and improve the efficiency of global transactions. (full story)
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Global Unemployment to Reach 200 Million by 2017 posted by jaxie, 2016-01-21 01:05:05
The International Labour Organisation has predicted the global unemployment rate will exceed 200 million by 2017, and that is a conservative figure according to the ILO. (full story)
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 Oz PM Turnbull in Washington – just another knee-walking Canberra Politician posted by mitch, 2016-01-20 09:04:14
It seems that whenever an Australian leader is beckoned to Washington knee-pads become essential accoutrements. Oz PM Malcolm ‘un-exciting’ Turnbull has been called to Washington along with other western lackey leaders to be briefed by the US ruling elite on the course they are obliged to take as obedient vassal States, of course the agenda is full of the usual criminal activity Washington is noted for, more illegal resource and regime change wars and other orders to participate in American crimes abroad. (full story)
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If the Truth be Known, WWIII -- and Washington is to Blame posted by darcy, 2016-01-19 23:32:36
After the demise of the Soviet Union the USA had a golden opportunity to pursue peaceful, harmonious, stable and PRODUCTIVE relations with the entire world and prove itself to be truly the leader of nations. But what did it do instead, embark on a now FAILED megalomaniacal ambition to rule the world via military force. The cost of this criminal enterprise, as the past fifteen years verifies, is now being extracted from vassal and lackey States that supported this historically impossible, lunatic dream. (full story)
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