Infinite Unknown

- China Seals Off Yumen City After Outbreak Of Bubonic Plague (ZeroHedge, July 23, 2014):

With Colorado suffering from pneumonic plague, and the dreadfully sad report of Sierra Leone’s chief Ebola doctor contracting the virus, it appears China is taking no chances. As Yahoo reports, Chinese officials have blocked off parts of Yumen, a city in northwest China, preventing about 30,000 of the city’s people from leaving after one resident died from bubonic plague. About 150 people who had contact with the plague victim have been placed under quarantine but US experts are perplexed at the response, “there’s something here that we don’t know, because this seems a very expansive response to just one case.”

As Yahoo reports,

A city in China has reportedly been sealed off after one resident died from bubonic plague, but this way of trying to contain the disease is puzzling to infectious disease experts, who say the response seems extreme given the information released about the case. Continue reading »

Tags: Bubonic plague, China, Global News, Government, Health, Plague, Politics

-  The “Gates” Are Closing: SEC Votes Through Money Market Reform (ZeroHedge, July 23, 2014):

It was nearly five years ago when Zero Hedge first wrote: “This Is The Government: Your Legal Right To Redeem Your Money Market Account Has Been Denied” in which we predicted as part of the ongoing herding of investors away from every other asset class and into stocks, regulation will be implemented to enforce that “money market fund managers will have the option to ‘suspend redemptions to allow for the orderly liquidation of fund assets” or in other words implement redemption “gates.” The logic: spook participants in the $2.6 trillion money market industry with the prospect of being gated (i.e., having no access to ones funds) and force them to reallocate funds elsewhere.

Moments ago the gates arrived, when following a close 3-2 vote (with republican commissioner Piwowar and democrat Stein dissenting), the SEC adopted new rules designed to curb the risk of investor runs on money market funds, capping the end of a years-long heated debate between regulators and the industry dating to the financial crisis according to Reuters.

Among the changes, funds will have to switch to a floating share price instead of the current $1/share (hence the term breaking the buck). But the key part: “The SEC’s rule will require prime money market funds to move from a stable $1 per share net asset value, to a floating NAV. It also will let fund boards lower redemption “gates” and fees in times of market stress.” Continue reading »

Tags: Barack Obama, Global News, Government, Law, Money Market, Obama administration, Politics, U.S.

- Obama administration sending military advisers to Ukraine within weeks (RT, July 23, 2014):

The United States is reportedly preparing to send a team of military advisers into Ukraine to assist with revamping forces there in the midst of the ongoing crisis between government-loyal troops and an anti-Kiev militia.

On Tuesday this week, the Washington Times reported that a spokesperson for the US Department of Defense confirmed plans to put Pentagon advisers in Ukraine.

“Within the next few weeks, a group of Defense Department representatives who specialize in strategy and policy will head to Kiev to evaluate specific programs that the United States may want to help bolster,” reporter Maggie Ybarra wrote for the Times. Continue reading »

Tags: Barack Obama, Global News, Government, Military, Politics, Russia, U.S., Ukraine

Full article (photos and videos) here:

- Bogus photos of ‘Russian’ air-defense systems in Ukraine debunked by bloggers (RT, July 23, 2014):

Ukraine continues to concoct evidence of Russia’s air defense system’s involvement in the Boeing tragedy. This time Ukraine’s secret service has published as ‘proof’ month–old photos of Kiev’s own Buk-M missile system, claiming it is Russian.

Although even American officials have privately admitted that there is no evidence that Russia is involved in the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 disaster on July 17, Kiev has its own idea. Continue reading »

Tags: Bloggers, Blogs, Global News, Government, Military, Politics, Russia, Ukraine

- UK journalists could be labeled ‘terrorists’ for attempting to uphold public interest (RT, July 22, 2014):

British journalists who publish politically motivated content could be labeled terrorists if UK authorities deem the material to be a threat to public safety, according to Britain’s counter-terrorism watchdog.

In his annual report published on July 22, the UK’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation David Anderson QC emphasized the UK’s anti-terror laws were simply too broad. His comprehensive review was presented to parliament by Britain’s Home Secretary on Tuesday morning. Continue reading »

Tags: Global News, Government, Journalism, Law, Politics, U.K.

Maybe?

Palestinian girls walk amidst debris following an Israeli military strike in Gaza city, on July 23, 2014. (AFP Photo/MAHMUD HAMS)

- Israel maybe guilty of war crimes – UN Human Rights Chief(RT, July 23, 2014):

Israel maybe committing war crimes in Gaza, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says. Speaking in Geneva, Navi Pillay said house demolitions and the killing of children raise the “strong possibility” that Israel is violating international law.

Opening an emergency debate at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, she citied cases of Israeli air strikes and shelling hitting houses and hospitals in the coastal enclave: “These are just a few examples where there seems to be a strong possibility that international humanitarian law has been violated, in a manner that could amount to war crimes,” she said.

She hit out at both sides concerning their conduct during the conflict, which is now in its 16th day, having started on July 8. Some 643 Palestinians, many of them children and civilians have died in the conflict, including a seven-year-old hit by a shell in southern Gaza early on Wednesday, Reuters reports.

Smoke is seen after an Israeli strike over the Gaza Strip July 22, 2014. (Reuters/Baz Ratner)

The Israeli army has been accused of targeting civilian areas, as well as using flechette shells during its offensive in Gaza, which can cause widespread harm and death to civilians. Some 29 Israeli soldiers have been killed, including a tank officer shot by a Palestinian sniper early on Wednesday. Continue reading »

Tags: Gaza, Global News, Israel, Military, Palestine, Palestinians, Politics, U.N., War Crimes

- Report: Ukrainian Fighter Jets Hid Behind Passenger Plane, Pulled Away and Dropped Bombs, and Then Hid Behind Plane Once Again (Washington’s Blog, July 23, 2014):

Is THIS Why the Plane Was Shot Down?

Senior U.S. officials now admit that the Malaysian airlines passenger plane was likely accidentally shot down.

The Russian government claims Ukrainian fighter jets were flying very close to Malaysian Flight 17 when it was shot down.  Others claim that Ukrainian fighter jets were escorting the Malaysian plane through Ukrainian airspace.

However, a Youtube video made a month before Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down alleges that Ukranian fighter jets were hiding behind passenger planes, pulling away temporarily, dropping bombs on Ukrainian separatists, and then hiding again behind the plane (minor corrections of spelling and punctuation): Continue reading »

Tags: Global News, Government, Military, Politics, Russia, Ukraine

-  “The West’s Public Enemy Number One” (ZeroHedge, July 23, 2014):

Newsweek’s “triumphal” return to print with its expose on the wrong Satoshi Nakamoto (of “Bitcoin founder” fame) was less than, well, triumphal. So what is the eyeball starved media outlet seeking a second life to do? A screaming “grab me” epiphany of jingoist groupthink, in which we read that last week’s events in Russia was “Putin’s Lockerbie moment”, should certainly help (and indeed it’s very kind of Newsweek to have conducted all the forensic analysis and tests which confirm its magazine-selling allegations).

Which is ironic, considering just three months ago we got…

Perhaps the West needs bigger buttons then?

Tags: Global News, Government, Politics, Russia, Vladimir Putin

- ‘If I lived in #Gaza would I fire a rocket’ UK politician roasted for anti-Israel tweet (RT, July 23, 2014)

Tags: Gaza, Global News, Government, Israel, Palestine, Palestinians, Politics, U.K.

H/t reader squody:

“Surely not…..must be just coincidence.

I don’t think even the Bush’s were as bad as this.”

The Bush’s were as bad and still are.

Imagine a forest.

Now replace deer-hunting with naked-human-hunting.

The only difference is that a deer still has a slight chance to escape.

And what I heard about ‘DICK’ Cheney tops all of them.

- Clinton “Friends” Who Knew Too Much (The Patriot Post):

1 – James McDougal – Clinton’s convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr’s investigation.2 – Mary Mahoney – A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown. The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House.

3 – Vince Foster – Former white House councilor, and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock’s Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a suicide.

4 – Ron Brown – Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman who had a serious disagreement with Clinton. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown’s skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors.

5 – C. Victor Raiser II and Montgomery Raiser, Major players in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992. Continue reading »

Tags: Assassination, Bill Clinton, Crime, Global News, Government, Hillary Clinton, Politics, U.S.

- Putin Recalls State Duma From Vacation, “Planning Something” On Ukraine Situation (ZeroHedge, July 23, 2014):

In a somewhat disconcerting move, Russian President Vladimir Putin has recalled The State Duma from a planned vacation to participate in an unscheduled meeting because of the situation in eastern Ukraine. As Ukrinform reports, sources confirm “Something is being planned, because many deputies come, probably for a quorum.” Rumors are spreading that Putin is set to issue Kiev an ultimatum over recognizing separatists or face military intervention.

As Ukrinform reports,

State Duma deputies, who are currently on a planned vacation, urgently come to Moscow to participate in an unscheduled meeting because of the situation in eastern Ukraine, a source in the State Duma told Ukrinform on Wednesday.

“Maybe something will happen tomorrow. Now this issue is being solved. Something is being planned, because many deputies come, probably for a quorum. Many deputies arrive… and today they already have to be in Moscow,” he said. Continue reading »

Tags: Global News, Government, Politics, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

- UK Families living on ‘knife edge’, homeless charity says (RT, July 22, 2014):

Welfare cuts and pressures on household budgets is driving people to the brink of homelessness, a leading UK charity has warned.

Shelter, a charity that campaigns against homelessness, says it can no longer keep up demand for its helpline after calls increased by 20% since 2011. As a result, almost a third of phone calls go unanswered.

Last year, the charity received 7,600 calls from renters at risk of eviction, compared to 3,997 over the same period in 2011-12.

It warned that people were living on a ‘knife edge’ as losing a job or falling sick could tip them into homelessness. Continue reading »

Tags: Global News, Government, Homelessness, Politics, Poverty, Society, U.K.

- Rebels Shoot Down Two Ukraine Fighter Jets, Defense Ministry Reports (ZeroHedge, July 23, 2014):

At this point it is beyond any one (or countless number of) human beings to distinguish truth from lies from epic propaganda, so we won’t even try. Here is the latest relevant news that just crossed the stream from Ukraine’s defense ministry. From Bloomberg:

• REBELS DOWN 2 UKRAINIAN FIGHTER PLANES TODAY, IFX REPORTS
• REBELS DOWN SU-25 FIGHTERS IN DONETSK REGION: DEFENSE MINISTRY

More from Reuters: Pro-Russian rebels have shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets, a spokesman for Ukraine’s military operations said on Wednesday. The spokesman said the two were downed near Savur Mogila in eastern Ukraine. No details were known about the pilots.

And from the WSJ: Continue reading »

Tags: Global News, Government, Military, Russia, Society, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

Flashback:

- This Is The Government: Your Legal Right To Redeem Your Money Market Account Has Been Denied – THE SEQUEL

- Frontrunning: July 23 (ZeroHedge, July 23, 2014):

• Here come the gates which we predicted in 2010: SEC Is Set to Approve Money-Fund Rules (WSJ)
• Dick’s cuts 400 jobs as golf now less popular (MW)
• Kerry arrives in Israel, pushes for peace (Reuters) (Sure!)
• Pay Penalty Haunts Recession Grads as U.S. Economy Mends (BBG)
• Appeals Courts Issue Conflicting Rulings on Health-Law Subsidies (WSJ)
• Rebel Stronghold Donetsk Holds Breath as Shellfire Mounts (BBG)
• Business executive wins Georgia Republican runoff in U.S. Senate race (Reuters)
• Five held in China food scandal probe, including head of Shanghai Husi Food (Reuters)
• Jobs Hold Sway Over Yellen-Carney as Central Banks Splinter (BBG)

Overnight Media Digest

WSJ

* Two U.S. appeals courts issued conflicting rulings on subsidies for health coverage purchased on federal insurance exchanges, clouding a major part of Obama’s health law. (http://on.wsj.com/1pb81yo)

* The Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that Deutsche Bank AG’s U.S. operations suffer from a litany of serious financial reporting problems that the lender has known about for years but not fixed. (http://on.wsj.com/1jUoOXe) Continue reading »

Tags: Banking, Barack Obama, Blackstone, China, Chrysler, Deutsche Bank, Economy, EU, Europe, Gaza, Global News, Government, Hamas, Israel, John Kerry, JPMorgan, Microsoft, Money Market, Obama administration, Palestine, Palestinians, Politics, RBS, SEC, U.K., U.S.

-  With 1 Week Left Until Argentina’s ‘D’efault-Day, Judge Blasts “Judgments Are Judgments” (ZeroHedge, July 22, 2014):

Day after day, headlines from Argentina implore Judge Griesa to do the “fair, responsible” thing and lift his judgment that holdouts get paid before current bondholders receive their payments… and day after day Argentina’s demands are met with silence or denials. Today, though, with 1 week left until Argentina must put up or shut up, Judge Griesa has come out swinging…

• *U.S. JUDGE SAYS OF ARGENTINA RULINGS: ‘JUDGMENTS ARE JUDGMENTS‘
• *ARGENTINA’S ‘INCENDIARY` RHETORIC `UNFORTUNATE,’ JUDGE SAYS
• *U.S. JUDGE URGES ‘SENSIBLE STEPS’ TO AVOID ARGENTINA DEFAULT

While CDS spreads have surged once again, bonds trade with default probabilities around only 50% which, according to Jefferies “are expensive on underestimating the risk of default.” Continue reading »

Tags: Argentina, Bonds, cds, Collapse, Debt, Economy, Global News, Government, Law, Politics, U.S.

WTF!!!

From the article:

“Some are shamelessly accusing Israel of genocide and would put us in the dock for war crimes,” Dermer said. “But the truth is that the Israeli Defense Forces should be given the Nobel Peace Prize… a Nobel Peace Prize for fighting with unimaginable restraint.”

Dermer’s comments followed a statement issued by Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, who on Sunday said that the IDF is the “most humane and bravest army in the world.”

Now meet the ‘most humane and bravest army in the world’:

- Gaza Right Now: In Pictures

- Reporter Exposing Israeli War Crimes In Gaza Gets Pulled From NBC News (Video) – A Zionist General’s Son Shatters The Myths (Video):

80% of the killed and injured are civilians. Remember, there is no Israeli Iron Dome to protect Palestinian civilians and children ~ this is not war, it’s genocide.

- UN: Up To 80% Of Fatalities In Israel’s Bombing Of Gaza Are Civilians

- Israeli Interior Minister: ‘The Goal Of The Operation Is To Send Gaza Back To The Middle Ages’, ‘Destroying All The Infrastructure Including Roads And Water’

- Amnesty International: UN Must Urgently Investigate War Crimes In Israeli-Gaza Conflict

Ron Dermer forgot to mention that there are those who ‘shamelessly’ accuse Israel to be the ‘land of the thieves’:

We wonder how somebody could possibly come up with such an accusation.

-  As Gaza Death Toll Surpasses 600 Israel Ambassador Says IDF Deserve Nobel Peace Prize For “Unimaginable Restraint” (ZeroHedge, July 22, 2014):

The situation in Gaza has crossed beyond the rabbit hole (or perhaps in this case, tunnel) and has entered the surreal zone.

Consider, from Reuters: “Israel pounded targets across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, saying no ceasefire was near as top U.S. and U.N. diplomats pursued talks on halting fighting that has claimed more than 600 lives.“ On the other side, Israel’s military announced that the total number of army fatalities have risen to 29, three times as many as were killed in the last ground invasion of Gaza, in a 2008-2009 war.

Among the Gaza targets: five mosques, a sports stadium and the home of the deceased Hamas military chief. But why is Israel targeting what are clearly civilian locales? “Israeli military accuses Hamas militants of firing rockets from the grounds of Gaza hospitals and seeking refuge there.” Remember, this was supposed to be a “pinpoint military operation.” Continue reading »

Tags: Gaza, Global News, Government, Israel, Military, Palestine, Palestinians, Politics, War Crimes

From the article:

“In sum, the American police state is a multi-billion dollar boondoggle, meant to keep the property and the resources of the American people flowing into corrupt government agencies and their corporate partners. For those with any accounting ability, it’s clear that the total sum of the expenses being charged to the American taxpayer’s account by the government add up to only one thing: the loss of our freedoms. It’s time to seriously consider a plan to begin de-funding this beast and keeping our resources where they belong: in our communities, working for us.”

- The Stealing of America by the Cops, the Courts, the Corporations and Congress (The Rutherford Institute, July 21, 2014):

By John W. Whitehead

“What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else.”
- Author Tom Clancy

Call it what you will—taxes, penalties, fees, fines, regulations, tariffs, tickets, permits, surcharges, tolls, asset forfeitures, foreclosures, etc.—but the only word that truly describes the constant bilking of the American taxpayer by the government and its corporate partners is theft.

We’re operating in a topsy-turvy Sherwood Forest where instead of Robin Hood and his merry band of thieves stealing from the rich to feed the poor, you’ve got the government and its merry band of corporate thieves stealing from the poor to fatten the wallets of the rich. In this way, the poor get poorer and the rich get richer. All the while, the American Dream of peace, prosperity, and liberty has turned into a nightmare of endless wars, debilitating debt, and outright tyranny.

What Americans don’t seem to comprehend is that if the government can arbitrarily take away your property, without your having much say about it, you have no true rights. You’re nothing more than a serf or a slave. Continue reading »

Tags: Barack Obama, Dictatorship, Economy, Global News, Government, New World Order, Obama administration, Police State, Politics, Society, U.S.

- Instead of Providing Evidence for Russian Guilt in Plane Shootdown, U.S. Says: Just TRUST Us … Because Those Iraq War Lies Are Ancient History (Washington’s Blog, July 22, 2014):

Tags: Barack Obama, Global News, Government, MH-17, Military, Obama administration, Politics, Russia, U.S., Ukraine

“Ordo ab chao.”

Chaos comes first and the Illuminati have planned to create chaos, lots of it.

Prepare for the greatest fiancial collapse in world history.

- New World Disorder: Emerging Division Between East And West Threatens To Plunge The Globe Into Chaos (Economic Collapse, July 21, 2014):

 In general, over the last several decades the world has experienced an unprecedented era of peace and prosperity.  The opening up of relations with China and the “end of the Cold War” resulted in an extended period of cooperation between east and west that was truly unique in the annals of history.  But now things are shifting.  The civil war in Ukraine and the crash of MH17 have created an enormous amount of tension between the United States and Russia, and many analysts believe that relations between the two superpowers are now even worse than they were during the end of the Cold War era.  In addition, the indictment of five PLA officers for cyber espionage and sharp disagreements over China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea (among other issues) have caused U.S. relations with China to dip to their lowest point since at least 1989.  So could the emerging division between the east and the west ultimately plunge us into a period of global chaos?  And what would that mean for the world economy? Continue reading »

Tags: Barack Obama, China, Global News, Government, Obama administration, Russia, U.S., Ukraine

In London of all places!

You really can’t make this stuff up!

- MH17: Europe must hit Russia hard with sanctions, says David Cameron (Telegraph, July 21, 2014):

In his strongest intervention since the Malaysia Airlines disaster, which killed 298 people, the Prime Minister compares Russia’s aggression to that of Nazi Germany

…

- Flight MH-17 Black Boxes To Be Analyzed In “Impartial” London (ZeroHedge, July 22, 2014):

Now that the black boxes from flight MH-17 have been handed over by the Ukraine separatists to Malaysian authorities (somewhat denting the credibility of the fabricated Ukrainian YouTube clip in which the rebels were “instructed” by Moscow to hide the black boxes), there was one question: which impartial entity and/or country would be tasked with an objective retrieval and analysis of the contents. A little while ago we got the answer courtesy of none other than UK Prime Minister David Cameron:

We’ve agreed Dutch request for air accident investigators at Farnborough to retrieve data from #MH17 black boxes for international analysis.

— David Cameron (@David_Cameron) July 22, 2014

So the Dutch are incapable of analyzing black boxes on their own and needed London’s help? Curious.

AP has more: Continue reading »

Tags: David Cameron, Global News, Government, MH-17, Politics, Russia, U.K., Ukraine

- Turkish PM Cuts Ties With US, Mulls De-Dollarization With Russia (ZeroHedge, July 22, 2014):

As Turkey’s graft probe continues (which the Prime Minister believes is a conspiracy – fact or not – created by The West), AP reports that Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he no longer holds “direct” telephone conversations with U.S. President Barack Obama, suggesting a rift between the leaders who were once close. What is perhaps even more concerning is Turkey’s recent de-dollarization discussions with Russia to move to settlement in local currencies. It appears ‘allies’ are falling by the way-side quicker than many thought…

Turkey shuns Obama… (via AP)

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he no longer holds “direct” telephone conversations with U.S. President Barack Obama, suggesting a rift between the leaders who were once close.

In an interview with Turkey’s ATV television late Monday, Erdogan said that “in the past, I used to call him directly. Because I was not able to get direct results on Syria, now our foreign ministers talk to each other.”

Continue reading »

Tags: Barack Obama, Dollar, Global News, Government, Obama administration, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russia, Turkey, U.S.

- Venezuela’s Transformation To Socialist Utopia Is Nearly Complete As Its Factories Grind To A Halt (ZeroHedge, July 22, 2014):

Venezuela’s transformation to a socialist utopia has been well-documented on these pages. Recall:

• Venezuela Bolivar Devalues 89% in Start of New FX Market
• Venezuela Devalues Bolivar By Another 44% For Some, Still 600% Higher Than Black Market Due To 50% Inflation
• Venezuela’s Maduro Averts Military Coup, Arrests Three Air Force Generals
• Venezuela About To Run Out Of Food Despite Fresh All Time High In Its Stock Market
• Venezuela Sets New “Fair” Prices For Chicken, Sugar, Rice & Coffee
• Socialist Paradise Central Planning In Action: Venezuela Looting Edition
• Venezuela Plunges Into Darkness As President Maduro Lays Out Socialist Vision On National TV
• No Spaghetti For You: Venezuela Noodle Maker Halts Production Due To Lack Of Dollars
• No Drinking Water In Venezuela Until Bankers Get Paid Back
• Venezuela Runs Out Of Toilet Paper
• Breathing The Air In Venezuela? Prepare To Pay

In retrospect, one can only hope the same “socialist paradise” fate isn’t headed to the other “fairness doctrine” members such as the US and France, because with socialist utopias like these who needs capitalist hell? Continue reading »

Tags: Collapse, Economy, Global News, Government, Politics, Venezuela

- In Potentially “Lethal Blow” For Obamacare, US Appeals Court Finds Insurance Subsidies Invalid In Most States (ZeroHedge, July 22, 2014):

It may be back to square 1 for Obamacare.

Moments ago, in what NBC classified as a “potentially lethal blow to Obamacare” a federal appeals court has ruled that the federal government may not subsidize health insurance plans bought by people in states that decided not to set up their own marketplaces under Obamacare. The law clearly says that states are to set up the exchanges. But 34 states opted not to, and the federal government took over in those states. The court ruled that federal government may not pay subsidies for insurance plans in those states.

As the Hill reports further, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Affordable Care Act does not permit the IRS to distribute premium subsidies in the federal ObamaCare exchange, meaning those consumers must bear the full cost of their insurance. Continue reading »

Tags: Barack Obama, Global News, Government, Healthcare, IRS, Obama administration, Obamacare, Politics, U.S.

- Europe Agrees To Disagree Over New Russian Sanctions (ZeroHedge, July 22, 2 014):

As usual, Europe is talking out of both sides of its mouth (or other orifices). On the one hand, we are told:

• EU foreign ministers failed to agree new sanctions against Russia at a Brussels meeting

And on the other hand:

• Dutch minister says EU imposing new sanctions on officials over Russia

So – which is it Europe? Continue reading »

Tags: Economy, EU, Europe, Germany, Global News, Government, Holland, Politics, Russia, U.K.

- With ISIS Now Controlling 35% Of Syria And Most Of Its Oil Fields, Iraq Issues An Ultimatum To The US (ZeroHedge, July 21, 2014):

Remember when the extremist Al Qaeda spinoff ISIS (or, now known as Islamic State following the formation of its own caliphate in the middle of Iraq and Syria) was still a “thing” two weeks ago? In this case out of sight does not mean out of mind, and while the world has found a new story line to follow in the middle east with the war between Israel and Gaza, now in its 14th day – whenever it is not busy responding to emotional appeals about the MH 17 crash – ISIS has continued to expand and as Al Arabiya reports it “is now in control of 35 percent of the Syrian territory following a string of victories, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday.”

What’s more troubling is that ISIS holdings now include nearly all of Syria’s oil and gas fields. While these are hardly significant on a global scale, they certainly allow ISIS to preserve its self-sustaining and self-funding status. Continue reading »

Tags: Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaida, Barack Obama, Economy, Global News, Government, ISIL, ISIS, Middle East, Military, Obama administration, Politics, Syria, Terrorism, U.S.

- MH17: Are Pristine and Expired Passports a Smoking Gun for a False Flag? (21st Century Wire, July 21, 2014)

Tags: False flag, Global News, Government, MH-17, Military, Politics, Russia, Ukraine

- What the Media Won’t Report About Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 (Ron Paul Institute, July 21, 2014):

Just days after the tragic crash of a Malaysian Airlines flight over eastern Ukraine, Western politicians and media joined together to gain the maximum propaganda value from the disaster. It had to be Russia; it had to be Putin, they said. President Obama held a press conference to claim – even before an investigation – that it was pro-Russian rebels in the region who were responsible. His ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, did the same at the UN Security Council – just one day after the crash!

While western media outlets rush to repeat government propaganda on the event, there are a few things they will not report. Continue reading »

Tags: EU, Europe, Global News, Government, MH-17, Military, Obama administration, Politics, Russia, Syria, U.S., Ukraine

Relatzed info:

- Ukrainian Su-25 Fighter Detected In Close Approach To MH-17 Before Crash

- FINAL: Spanish Air Controller @ Kiev Borispol Airport: Ukraine Military Shot Down Boeing MH-17

- Why Did MH-17 Divert From Its Usual Flight Plan, Why Did It Fly Above Restricted Airspace?

- Ukraine’s Security Service Has Confiscated Air Traffic Control Recording

- Key Piece of Video “Evidence” for Russian Responsibility for Malaysian Plane Shootdown Debunked (Washington’s Blog, July 21, 2014):

Video of Rebel Buk Launchers Headed Back to Russia? No – Images From Ukraine-Held Territory Since May

Mish is a highly-respected financial blogger.   His Global Economic Analysis site routinely wins awards such as:

• New York Times: NYT 10th Annual Year in Ideas – #1 Idea of the Year ‘Do-It-Yourself Macroeconomics’

• Time Magazine: Best 25 Financial Blogs

• Bloomberg: Financial Blogs: The Best of the Bunch

• CNBC: Best Alternative Financial Websites

One of Mish’s trademarks is to speak with knowledgeable people in various subject areas, and report on what they said.

Today, Mish debunked one of the main pieces of video “evidence” claimed by the mainstream media to prove that Russia was behind the shootdown of the Malaysian plane over Ukraine: Continue reading »

Tags: False flag, Global News, Government, MH-17, Military, Politics, Russia, Ukraine

Relatzed info:

- Ukrainian Su-25 Fighter Detected In Close Approach To MH-17 Before Crash

- FINAL: Spanish Air Controller @ Kiev Borispol Airport: Ukraine Military Shot Down Boeing MH-17

- Why Did MH-17 Divert From Its Usual Flight Plan, Why Did It Fly Above Restricted Airspace?

- Ukraine’s Security Service Has Confiscated Air Traffic Control Recording

- China Blasts “One-Sided Western Rush To Judge Russia” Over MH17 (ZeroHedge, July 21, 2014):

“The West has successfully put itself in a position to dictate ‘political correctness’ in international discourse,” China exclaims via a Global Times editorial on MH17 on Monday, “those unwilling to work with Western interests will often find themselves in a tough position.” China’s first public statement that “The Western rush to judge Russia is not based on evidence or logic,” comes on the heels of Vladimir Putin’s address last night jabbing the West “no one should not have the right to use this tragedy to achieve selfish political objectives.” China appears to have crossed the line, siding very clearly with Russia as they conclude, “It is yet another example of the power of Western opinion as a political tool.” Continue reading »

Tags: Barack Obama, China, Global News, Government, MH-17, Military, Obama administration, Politics, Russia, U.S., Ukraine

- Israeli tank strikes on Gaza hospital kill 4, scores injured – medics (RT, July 21, 2014):

Four Palestinian’s have been killed and dozens wounded after an Israeli tank shell hit the third floor of Al-Aqsa hospital in central Gaza, according to a Health Ministry spokesman.

Ashraf Al-Qidra said that the third floor housed an intensive care unit and operating theaters. Other shells had fallen around the hospital, he added, with officials calling on the Red Cross to help evacuate patients.

A doctor at the hospital, Fayez Zidane, told the station that shells hit the third and fourth floor as well as the reception area.

“There is still shelling against the hospital,” he said speaking to AP. He said he found bits of a rocket, presumably from one of the projectiles.

Continue reading »

Tags: Civilians, Gaza, Global News, Government, Israel, Military, Palestine, Palestinians, Politics, War Crimes