The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
SPECIAL FROM OUR SOURCES IN ASIA Gold could be about to get disorderly also as it approaches the key $1200 call option strike. The strong rumour is the large $1200oz Dec call owner is the Peoples Bank of China. Gold traders increasingly believe that China will force physical delivery of 2.8moz of gold instead of …
A Doctor Walks into the ER. The Punchline? A $5,000 Bill He needed 29 stitches to patch up a two-inch cut, and was in and out of the ER in two hours. The nearly $5,000 price of the bill was only one aspect that disgusted Dr. Budris: It listed something called “M/S SUPPLY GENERAL,” which came …
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Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government By EDMUND L. ANDREWS WASHINGTON — The United States government is financing its more than trillion-dollar-a-year borrowing with i.o.u.’s on terms that seem too good to be true. But that happy situation, aided by ultralow interest rates, may not last much longer. Treasury officials now face a trifecta …
Afghans say poverty, not Taliban, main cause of war Jonathon Burch – Wed Nov 18 “ Half our people have been driven mad–always in fear.” KABUL (Reuters) – Most Afghans see not Taliban militants but poverty, unemployment and government corruption as the main causes of war in their country, according to a report by a …
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What If We Fail in Afghanistan? Steve Coll The New Yorker November 16, 2009 What would be the consequences of a second Islamic Emirate? My scenarios here are intended analytically, as a first-draft straw-man forecast: The Nineties Afghan Civil War on Steroids Momentum for a Taliban Revolution in Pakistan Increased Islamist Violence Against India, Increasing …
Corruption threatens global economic recovery, greatly challenges countries in conflict Berlin, 17 November 2009 As the world economy begins to register a tentative recovery and some nations continue to wrestle with ongoing conflict and insecurity, it is clear that no region of the world is immune to the perils of corruption, according to Transparency International’s …
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EDIT: See alsoJournal: Wall Street Scam Collateral Damage II From a Source in Moscow (First Two Paragraphs Only) Russian trade ministry officials are reporting to Prime Minister Putin today that China is preparing to plunge the United States and European Union into the “dustbin of history” as major World economic powers over their, the West’s, …
