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French news organization Le Monde obtained internal memos from the US National Security Agency (NSA) detailing a program known as “Genie” costing the US Taxpayer $652 Million US Dollars. A document dated August 2010 suggests intelligence stolen from foreign embassy computers ensured the US knew ahead of time the positions of other Security Council members, […]
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Intentionally or not, HR2775 passed late last night provides the US Treasury with the authority to ‘suspend’ the debt ceiling to avoid a default if the situation should arise. This has been picked up by a small amount of journalists and market participants. The NY Times notes: Did Congress just accidentally kill the debt ceiling? […]
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While US politicians grapple with how to reopen their shuttered government and avoid a potentially disastrous default on their debt, the world should consider ‘de-Americanising’, a commentary on China’s official news agency said Sunday. “As US politicians of both political parties (fail to find a) viable deal to bring normality to the body politic they […]
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The general in charge of the US Air Force’s long-range nuclear missiles has been sacked due to “loss of trust and confidence”, officials have said. The Air Force said Maj Gen Michael Carey’s removal was for “behaviour during a temporary duty assignment”. The sacking was not linked to the operation of the nuclear arsenal, which […]
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The article below is the most comprehensive analysis available of “Obamacare” – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The author, a knowledgeable person who wishes to remain anonymous, explains how Obamacare works for the insurance companies but not for you. Obamacare was formulated on the concept of health care as a commercial commodity and […]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — OK, gridlocked politicians we’re used to. But why padlock the Statue of Liberty? You don’t see other democracies shuttering landmarks and sending civil servants home just because their political parties can’t get along. Belgian civil servants, for example, carried on nicely for a year and a half while their politicians bickered over […]
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Following Nomura’s estimate of a 40% chance of government shutdown yesterday, thanks to the pending vote for the Republican’s “Obamacare-Delay” bill, Democrats note the odds of a shutdown of the government are now at 90%. A Democratic congressional aide added, “the only reason I’m not putting it at 100 percent is because nothing’s certain in […]
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If you want to understand the potential damage of a debt-ceiling showdown, you can start by looking at how much damage it caused last time. The University of Michigan released its monthly report on consumer sentiment this morning, and in an odd coincidence, it reported that consumers are almost exactly as confident as they were […]
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I have argued that what has just happened in Egypt is a bloodbath that is not a bloodbath, conducted by a military junta responsible for a coup that is not a coup, under the guise of an Egyptian “war on terror”. Yet this newspeak gambit – which easily could have been written at the White […]
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Aug 08, 2013 – 06:15 PM GMT There’s the old saying that if the government fears the people, there is liberty, but if the people fear the government there is tyranny. The criminals in Washington not only do not fear us, they do not respect us. Washington looks upon Americans as stupid sheeple. Washington believes […]
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