Archive for March 17th, 2014

Nomi Prins RINF.com Mar. 17, 2014 Inequality is endemic to the core structure of an America that operates more as a plutocracy than a democracy. There’s been a lot of discussion about the historically high levels of income and wealth inequality lately — mostly from people on the shorter end of that stick —... »

WashingtonsBlog.com March 17, 2014 After Giving Mea Culpas for Horrible Iraq Coverage, Media Does the Exact Same Thing On Ukraine We noted last year that – despite all of the mea culpas for horrible Iraq coverage – the American media was doing the exact same thing in Syria. In reality, it’s not just Iraq... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 03/17/2014 So much for de-escalating: RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SIGNS ORDER ON RECOGNITION OF CRIMEA AS SOVEREIGN STATE – RIA Surely to precede Putin’s own executive order recognizing Crimea as the latest member of the Russian Federation. And as for those “crippling” sanctions, via the FT, here is the locals... »

Wants to criminalize questioning of the science on global warming Steve Watson Prisonplanet.com March 17, 2014 A professor with Rochester Institute of Technology has called for the incarceration of any American who actively disagrees that climate change is solely caused by human activity. Lawrence Torcello, a philosophy professor with a Ph.D. from the University... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 03/17/2014 Just a few short hours after Obama issued an executive order declaring sanctions against a select group of Russians and Ukrainians, here comes the EU, whose unelected leaders have just slammed not only those Crimeans and pro-Russian Ukrainians who dared to organize and execute the Crimean referendum vote in... »

KingWorldNews.com March 17, 2014 Today a man who has been involved in the financial markets for 50 years spoke warned King World News readers that the West is controlling markets in order to keep confidence from collapsing. He also discussed gold, and the dangerous situation facing China, Russia, and Ukraine. Below is what John... »

By: CAPTAINHOOK GoldSeek.com Monday, 17 March 2014 What if I were to tell you not owning gold or silver makes you a monkey – a silly monkey to global elitists and their ilk. Would you believe me? Would you be mad at me? I hope so, as this is exactly what I intended. Because... »

By Henry Langston Vice.com How does a country that has, by its own admission, only 6,000 combat-ready troops face down the might of a Russian military that has stationed some 200,000 soldiers along its borders? This was a question Ukraine’s new interim government had to start answering pretty quickly when Russia invaded the Crimean... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 03/17/2014 Tensions around the North-Korea-flagged tanker that “illegally” obtained oil from rebels who hold a Libyan port have been escalating for the last week. However, The BBC reports that overnight US forces, at the request of both the Libyan and Cypriot governments, boarded and took control of the commercial tanker... »

Kyivpost.com March 17, 2014 In the wake of a March 16 referendum in which Crimeans voted to join the Russian Federation, Ukrainian leaders refused to cede any part of the peninsula, calling on their troops to prepare for war. “Crimea was, is, and will be our territory,” said Defense Minister Ihor Tenyukh in a... »