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Hahahaha US politics is as stupid as it gets. 19 Republican congressmembers just signed this open letter saying they're against impeachment because Putin wants it. Dems claim Putin installed Trump; the GOP claims Putin wants him out. They're all infantile This insane letter signed by 19 Republican members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee says, "Democrats are literally following the Russian president’s playbook" Everyone in US politics blames everything on Putin. The world is laughing...

Fed unexpectedly doubles repo size.

[embedded content] The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal discusses his reporting trip to Damascus in the aftermath of Syria's proxy war. He interviewed residents who were caught between Western and Gulf-backed extremist insurgents and the Syrian government’s war to retake territory, and who now struggle to recover under a US-led economic blockade. "They want to attack and intimidate people from the West who want to have cultural and personal contact with Syrians in the area where most Syrians...

Tumeric is an amazing herb with enormous health properties. In fact, it may be the most powerful health tonic you can take.It's a powerful antidepressant too, which is as good as SSRI's in some studies where inflammation was the cause of depression.Turmeric can also protect against all sorts of other diseases, including diabetes, cancer, and arthritis.But there's a problem, some of it has been found to contain too much lead. So it's best to pay more for it from a leading supplier, or buy...

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Jeremy Corbyn says party will create company to make cheap versions of drugs like Orkambi The British people will be told Labour can't work, and millions will vote Tory to remain being exploited and living in misery. They think the Tory Party is the party of the noble establishment, the Lords, the civility, the people who defend Britain to keep us safe and bring law and order, but nothing could be further from the truth. All they protect is their privileges and aquired wealth, even if it...

The Patriots failed again, it seems. Missile strikes that shut down a half of Saudi oil production not only marked a new round of escalation in the Persian Gulf, but also revealed the limitations of the Kingdom’s air defense. Over the past years, Saudi Arabia, the state with the third largest military budget in the world ($82.9bn), has spent billions of dollars building up six battalions of US-made Patriot surface-to-air missiles and associated radars. However, these seemingly sophisticated...

Only the government can afford to fund the New Green Deal, say the above authors. They add, forget about PPI  because just won't cut it. Some things are too important to be left to the market where the competition between companies would hinder progress.We contend that decarbonization technology is too important to humanity to hide it behind US patents and trade secrets. To confront the crisis equitably and efficiently, we should publicly fund  development and share the research with the...

A bit wonkish...DIME without the 'M' is DIE: A Case for Conventional Military Power in Modern Strategy Discourse | Geoff Hertenstein via @Strategy_Bridge https://t.co/jkC6fo20aL pic.twitter.com/7rIZ9Y4Nw5— RealClearDefense (@RCDefense) September 24, 2019