Archive for March 18th, 2014

John K White RINF.com Mar. 18, 2014 Many argue that our increasingly globalized economy cannot keep up with the speed at which financial systems are changing – because of differing national laws, unregulated financial practices, or the still-prevalent unequal living and labor standards throughout the world – which simply postpones asking the hard questions... »

SilverDoctors.com March 18, 2014 The Australian state of Victoria has just passed an extremely anti-democractic law criminalizing protest (recall Japan and Spain moved to do the same late last year). For those of you unfamiliar with Australian geography, Victoria is one of Australia’s five states. It is the second most populous and includes the... »

By Ariella Brown FoodDive.com March 17, 2014 Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated that retail food prices will rise between 2.5% and 3.5% this year, up from 1.4% last year. The inflation comes despite sharp decreases over the past year in grain prices, which includes corn, after a big U.S. harvest. Federal... »

Deborah Dupre GovtSlaves.com Did Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with 239 people aboard tragically disintegrate in mid-flight, as official investigators postulate? Or has it been disappeared with electronic weaponry used inelectronic warfare that at least twenty passengers’ employer is contracted by the Department of Defense to make, as this reporter posits? While four passengers who... »

Michael Kelley BusinessInsider.com Mar. 18, 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea to be a part of Russia on Tuesday and signed a treaty to make it so. In a defiant speech, arguably “the most significant of his 14-year rule,” Putin refused to recognize the interim government in Kiev and... »

Governor in Eastern Ukraine announces funds to construct trenches and other defences to show Russia that an incursion would be resisted By Damien McElroy TelegraphUK 17 Mar 2014 Ukraine despatched tanks into the rolling terrain of the Donbas basin on Monday, putting its biggest guns back on the scene of the biggest armoured clash... »

FinancialSense.com 03/17/2014 Last week, towards the end of a very lively and comprehensive roundtable discussion on gold, Financial Sense Newshour host Jim Puplava asked his guests whether they thought the gold market was being manipulated. Of the three responses, CPM Group’s Jeff Christian was the most interesting. Here’s what he had to say: “hort-term... »

Secession by Transnistria and Gagauzia threaten EU Borg Hive Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com March 18, 2014 Vice President Joe Biden set the stage for the next phase of the economic war on Russia Tuesday when he announced from Poland the U.S. will impose a new round of sanctions following a vote in Crimea over the... »

UkrainianPolicy.com According to diplomatic sources, Turkey has threatened Russia with a blockade of the Bosphorus Strait The threat to close the Bosphorus to Russia comes from a report by Hvylya, citing a Turkish diplomatic source. According to the source, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan yesterday spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 03/18/2014 So, “supporters” of one side that has promised not to escalate (but believes the region belongs to them based on an overwhelming vote) has killed a soldier from the other side (which has promised to respond) as he defended a military base for his country… *UKRAINE DEFENSE MINISTRY SPOKESMAN... »