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Publius Tacitus — Pieces of the Coup Puzzle Fall Into Place

Most people, including many of you, have the memory of an Alzheimer's patient when it comes to putting events into their proper historical context. So let me help.... Sic Semper TyrannisPieces of the Coup Puzzle Fall Into Place Publius Tacitus Soon the investigative crosshairs will settle on Brennan. He’d better have the right answers. The Unz ReviewIs John Brennan the Mastermind Behind Russiagate? Mike WhitneyRelated White House Chief of Staff John Kelly blocked Rep. Dana Rohrabacher,...

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Mother whose son, four, died from a brain tumour is amazed to be followed around his grave by a robin after asking for a sign from him

*Jack Robinson, four, died from an inoperable brain tumour on April 1st 2014 *Mother Marie, 45, asked him to give her a 'sign' on the anniversary of his death *She visited his grave to find a robin trying to land on her *Robins are considered by some to be a sign from recently deceased loved ones Why here, you may ask, well, because politics as serous as this can get pretty depressing at times, especially with the war stuff, but this really uplifted me today. It really is...

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Alexandros Alexandropoulos – Aristotle vs. the Troika

How Greek austerity and multinational mining companies have ravaged Aristotle's birthplace. Kevin, KV Micheal Hudson says how all the debt gets compounded and to pay it back the world gets stripped of its natural resources on an ever increasing scale. But what do the bankers do with all their money, why, reinvest it of course? But then their wealth gets compounded too and that also gets reinvested, but surely there will come a time when they run out of things to invest their  in money...

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Michael Hudson – Trump Privatizes America

Everything now has to be privatised, but this is pushing the cost of living up, say's Micheal Hudson, and making American companies less competitive abroad. He describes a world where once the government provided the infrastructure including the energy in Europe and the UK at cost to companies and consumers. Privatisation was supposed to make public companies more efficient when they became privatised, but prices have shot up instead. Micheal Hudson says it's a racket.The Chinese had six...

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Paul Craig Roberts, Dave Kranzler, Michael Hudson – Do Financial Markets Still Exist?

For many decades the Federal Reserve has rigged the bond market by its purchases. And for about a century, central banks have set interest rates (mainly to stabilize their currency’s exchange rate) with collateral effects on securities prices. It appears that in May 2010, August 2015, January/February 2016, and currently in February 2018 the Fed is rigging the stock market by purchasing S&P equity index futures in order to arrest stock market declines driven by fundamentals, and to push...

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Dennis J. Bernstein — Honduras Nearing Ten Years of Stolen Elections, Neo-Colonial Rule

Despite an organized and active grassroots movement, Honduran politics have been repeatedly steamrolled by the self-interests of international ruling elites, as journalist and filmmaker Jesse Freeston explained to Dennis J. Bernstein.  Consortium NewsHonduras Nearing Ten Years of Stolen Elections, Neo-Colonial Rule Dennis J. BernsteinRegime Change Fails: Is A Military Coup or Invasion of Venezuela Next? Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers

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Glenn Greenwald — Dutch Official Admits Lying About Meeting With Putin: Is Fake News Used by Russia or About Russia?

“Fake news” is certainly something to worry about when it emanates from foreign adversaries, but it is at least as concerning and threatening, if not more so, when emanating from one’s own governments and media. And there are countless, highly significant examples beyond today’s of such propaganda that emanates from within.... The Intercept Dutch Official Admits Lying About Meeting With Putin: Is Fake News Used by Russia or About Russia? Glenn Greenwald See also AntiMediaThe US Now...

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Tim Wallace — UK economy ‘must get more efficient’, says IMF

Britain must make sweeping reforms to pensions, the planning system, infrastructure, education and training, and research and development if it wants to boost economic growth in the years to come, the International Monetary Fund has warned. Productivity and GDP growth have been relatively weak since the financial crisis, compared to historical levels and relative to other rich economies. They will stay that way unless serious action is taken.... The TelegraphUK economy ‘must get more...

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Brad DeLong — Should-Read: Ian Morris (2013): The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations

…The Measure of Civilization presents a brand-new way of investigating these questions and provides new tools for assessing the long-term growth of societies. Using a groundbreaking numerical index of social development that compares societies in different times and places, award-winning author Ian Morris sets forth a sweeping examination of Eastern and Western development across 15,000 years since the end of the last ice age. He offers surprising conclusions about when and why the West...

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