Geopolitical – Week of 08.03.14
Russia Bans All U.S. Food, EU Fruit and Vegetables in Sanctions Response; NATO Fears Invasion
Reuters | 06 August 2014
Russia will ban all imports of food from the United States and all fruit and vege…
Russia Bans All U.S. Food, EU Fruit and Vegetables in Sanctions Response; NATO Fears Invasion
Reuters | 06 August 2014
Russia will ban all imports of food from the United States and all fruit and vege…
World War I: 100 Years Later- The U.S. Confiscated Half a Billion Dollars in Private Property During WWI
Smithsonian Magazine | 28 July 2014
Stop! Thief! Stop!
Lew Rockwell | 30 July 2014
Kiev’s…
WHITE HOUSE PETITION: President Obama, Please Reverse USDA Coup Undermining Organics
The Cornucopia Institute | 16 July 2014
When Congress passed the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (OFPA)…
Uk…
Tory Child Abuse Whistleblower: ‘I Supplied Underage Rent Boys for Margaret Thatcher’s Cabinet Ministers’
Mirror | 13 July 2014
Whistleblower and former Conservative party activist Anthony Gilberthorp…
Latest Snowden Leaks: FBI Targeted Muslim-American Lawyers
Wired | 07 July 2014
At least five Muslim-Americans, including prominent lawyers, a civil rights leader and academics, were targeted…
Germ…
Government Stops Glenn Greenwald from Publishing His Big Snowden Revelation … But Others to Release ALL of the Snowden Docs
Zero Hedge | 01 July 2014
It’s been a dramatic day for whistleblowing ne…
Pope Francis: Mafiosi are Excommunicated from the Church’
Independent.ie | 21 June 2014
Pope Francis on Saturday took on one of Italy’s most dangerous organised crime groups…
US is Militarizing Ukr…
Haven’t We Already Done Enough Damage in Iraq?
The Daily Bell | 16 June 2014
In 2006, I invited the late General Bill Odom to address my Thursday Congressional luncheon group…
Empty Wallets Expla…
How Bill Gates Pulled Off the Swift Common Core Revolution
The Washington Post | 07 June 2014
The pair of education advocates had a big idea, a new approach to transform every public-school classroom …
The Secret Service is Purchasing Software to Watch Users of Social Networks in Real Time
Nextgov | 02 June 2014
The Secret Service is purchasing software to watch users of social networks in real time…
Ukraine: The Real Energy Crisis Starts in June
Naked Capitalism | 28 May 2014
Yves here. Readers are likely to beg to differ with this post’s assessment of the newly elected president of Ukraine…
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Obama Seizes N.M. Land for National Monument in Bundy-Like Showdown
The Washington Times | 19 May 2014
President Obama on Wednesday will declare a national monument in southern New Mexico…
US Charg…
IEA: ‘Radical Change of Course’ Required on Road to Low Carbon Economy
The Carbon Brief | 12 May 2014
We’re all used to the idea of flicking a switch to turn on the lights…
Harvard Student Grou…
Swearing Off Bad Language: Russia Bans Cussing in Films, Books, Music
CNN | 06 May 2014
Thinking about making a film? Better leave out the foul language…
The End Of Democracy As We Knew It
Informat…
Louie Gohmert Says Obamacare Will Leave ‘People On Lists’ To Die
The Huffington Post | 30 April 2014
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) explained Tuesday why the Affordable Care Act…
China Takes On Pollu…
F.C.C., in a Shift, Backs Fast Lanes for Web Traffic
The New York Times | 23 April 2014
The principle that all Internet content should be treated equally as it flows through cables and pipes to consu…
Leaflet Tells Jews to Register in East Ukraine
USA Today | 17 April 2014
World leaders and Jewish groups condemned a leaflet handed out in the eastern Ukrainian city…
Regulator Without Peer
The Wal…
State Department Misplaces $6b Worth of Contracts Under Hillary
Hang the Bankers | 05 April 2014
The US State Department is unable to explain how it spent billions of dollars worth of contract funds …
US Food Aid Is Already Being Sold on Black Market Websites in Ukraine
Motherboard | 02 April 2014
About a month after Russian troops invaded and annexed Crimea…
Russian Duma Denounces Black Sea Fle…
Ukraine Faces Hard Road to Economic Recovery with Moscow Pushing Back
Reuters | 28 March 2014
Smarting from Ukraine’s U-turn towards Europe, Russia is likely to employ every weapon in its economic ars…
Video: Insurance Companies Will Receive $5.5 Billion in Bailouts in 2015
Ben Swann | 18 March 2014
Insurance companies such as WellPoint and Humana will receive $5.5 billion in bailouts…
Russia Tak…
Deadly Warning for Detroit Thugs: Police Chief Cheers on Armed Citizens
BizPac | 08 March 2014
Detroit’s police chief knows 911 can be too late…
CIA: We Only Spied On Senate Intelligence Committe…
Russia Sinks Ship to Block Ukrainian Navy Entry to Black Sea
The Sydney Morning Herald | 07 March 2014
An anti-submarine ship may have been the first casualty of the Russian incursion into Crimea…
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Ukraine Accuses Russia of ‘Military Invasion’ as Gunmen Seize Airports
Fox News | 28 February 2014
Armed forces were blocking the two main airports in the strategic peninsula…
Peter M. Flanigan, Ba…
Scientists Warn of Environmental Threat in Chemical Arms Disposal
Space War | 20 February 2014
An international operation to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile…
Documenting Darkness: How a …
Did 5 Banksters and 1 Journalist All Fake Their Deaths?
Before It’s News | 08 February 2014
We outsiders can only speculate about how 5 prominent banksters and a journalist were wiped off…
German H…
Timeline of redevelopment dispute involving Christie and Hoboken Mayor Zimmer
NJ.com | 22 January 2014
July 2010: The Rockefeller Group announces it is putting the finishes touches on plans for what w…
Uzbek Terror Suspect Challenges U.S. Surveillance Program
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty | 30 January 2014
An Uzbek man living in Colorado has become the first defendant to challenge the constitution…
Whistleblower: Google Chrome Can Listen To Your Conversations
Infowars | 23 January 2014
Programmer goes public four months after company failed to fix exploit…
ObamaCare – The Lies Continue
Forbes…
China Confirms New Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Test-Flight
RT | 15 January 2014
China confirmed conducting a test flight of a new hypersonic missile delivery vehicle capable of delivering nuclear warhead…
India Election Commission says No to Google
The Brics Post | 09 January 2014
India’s Election Commission on Thursday decided against a tie-up with global internet giant Google over security concerns…
Chinese President Orders PLA To Prepare For War
Infowars | 30 December 2013
“Major changes” in Beijing’s national security situation…
Whither Net Neutrality?
Slate | 23 December 2013
The new …
Obama Repeals ObamaCare
The Wall Street Journal | 22 December 2013
It seems Nancy Pelosi was wrong when she said “we have to pass” ObamaCare to “find out what’s in it.”
Bars Hit With Huge Bill After …
Iran Nuclear Sanctions Bill Draws White House Veto Threat
Bloomberg | 19 December 2013
President Barack Obama would veto Iran sanctions legislation introduced in the Senate yesterday…
The 6,000-Pag…
Iran Quits Nuclear Talks After US Expands Blacklist Sanctions
Zero Hedge | 13 December 2013
“We are evaluating the situation and will make the appropriate response,”…
Government Spies Are Forcing P…
India’s Stand Prevails in Bali
The Hindu | 07 December 2013
India has had its way on the Bali Package at the Ninth Ministerial of the World Trade Organisation here…
Angry Self-Insured Voters Dim …
France Sends in Troops to Central African Republic to Stop ‘Another Rwanda’ as Conflict Threatens to Explode Into Muslim-Christan War
The Independent | 27 November 2013
France is to send 1,000 soldie…
Fuel Rod Removal: Fukushima’s Most Dangerous Operation Yields First Successes
RT | 21 November 2013
Workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plant have successfully removed the first nuclear fuel rods…
Germany Halts Purchase of Armed Drones
The Local | 14 November 2013
Members of the next German government have agreed to postpone the country’s purchase of armed drones indefinitely…
Why JFK’s De…
China’s Inevitable Changes
Stratfor | 05 November 2013
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will convene its Third Plenum meeting Nov. 9…
Saudi Nuclear Weapons ‘On Order’ from Paki…
U.S. Navy Cancels Notice on Possible F/A-18 Fighter Jet Order
Yahoo! Finance | 31 October 2013
The U.S. Navy on Thursday canceled a notice about a possible order of up to 36 more Boeing Co…
Food St…
Closer Look: Travels of Xi and Li Show Beijing Has New Approach to ASEAN
Caixan Online | 25 October 2013
The president and premier hit the trail to start a fresh diplomatic effort in the region…
Fu…
Michigan Walmart Worker Says He was Fired for Helping Assaulted Woman
Fox News.com | 17 October 2013
A Michigan man says he was fired from his job at Walmart after he tried to help a woman being assau…
Debt Cap Raise Until Nov. 22 Gains Support to Bar Default
Bloomberg | 10 October 2013
The White House endorsed a short debt-limit increase with no policy conditions attached…
Wendell Berry on His H…
France Makes it Illegal to Close Your Company
Armstrong Economics | 04 October 2013
Only in France is something so Socialistic-Draconian even possible…
Wild Car Chase Ends With Suspect Shot to Deat…
China’s Maritime Disputes
Council on Foreign Relations | 27 September 2013
The East and South China Seas are the scene of escalating territorial disputes between China and its neighbors, including J…
Linus Torvalds Admits He’s Been Asked To Insert Backdoor Into Linux
Slashdot | 19 September 2013
At the Linuxcon conference in New Orleans today, Linus Torvalds joined fellow kernel developers…
Mat…
Snowden Leaks Only Tip of the Iceberg
DW | 05 September 2013
A former NSA technical director tells DW that the revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden do not reveal the full extent of NSA …
Senators Authorizing Syria Strike Got More Defense Cash Than Lawmakers Voting No
Wired | 05 September 2013
Senators voting Wednesday to authorize a Syria strike received…
Most in U.S. Oppose Syria …
No Charges Laid Over GCSB’s Illegal Spying of Dotcom
TVNZ | 29 August 2013
Police have found that the GCSB broke the law by eavesdropping on Kim Dotcom…
Incredibly Detailed Map Shows Race, Segregat…
Eric Holder Owes the American People an Apology
Bloomberg | 11 August 2013
The Justice Department made a long-overdue disclosure late Friday…
Has Eric Holder Found Wall Street’s Nightmare?
Bloomb…
Unease at Clinton Foundation Over Finances and Ambitions
The New York Times | 13 August 2013
Soon after the 10th anniversary of the foundation bearing his name…
America’s Nation-Building at Gunpoin…
Snowden’s E-mail Provider is Closing, Cannot Legally Say Why
The Washington Post | 08 August 2013
The e-mail service used by National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden is suspending operat…
Brazil Refused to Back New IMF Aid for Greece, Says Billions at Risk
Reuters | 31 July 2013
Brazil’s executive director at the IMF refused to back the Fund’s move this week…
Obama’s Master Class…
Homeland Security’s Future Home: A Former Mental Hospital
Bloomberg Businessweek | 25 July 2013
Chris Mills frequently gives tours of St. Elizabeths Hospital…
Police Set to Get New Dispersal Powers…
Obama Ponders Canceling Moscow Talks With Putin
Associated Press | 19 July 2013
The White House is considering canceling a fall summit between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Put…
Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano Resigning
Yahoo! Finance | 12 July 2013
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who led the burgeoning Department of Homeland Security…
U.S. Posts Wides…
Effort to Oust Attorney General Eric Holder Gains Momentum
The New American | 02 July 2013
Last month, more than 75 Republicans in the House of Representatives…
Keith Alexander: NSA’S Prince of Dar…
Obama Takes on Power Plants as Part of New Climate Plan
Reuters | 25 June 2013
President Barack Obama tried to revive his stalled climate change agenda…
The 9 Largest Private Armies In The World. W…
Michael Hastings’ Wife Obliterates New York Times For Dismissive Obituary
The Huffington Post | 19 June 2013
In the 24 hours since the tragic death of journalist and author Michael Hastings…
‘KKK…
Long-Dormant Civil Liberties Board to Meet on NSA’s PRISM
Federal Times | 13 June 2013
A long dormant and little known presidentially appointed panel…
Why ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’ Is the Wrong …
Saudi Arabia’s Quiet Transition
AL Monitor | 05 June 2012
In the last year, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has transitioned its top security posts…
NSA Collecting Phone Records of Millions of Verizo…
Switzerland Proposes Allowing Banks to Resolve U.S. Tax Evasion Cases
Journal of Accountancy | 29 May 2013
The government of Switzerland would allow its banks to disclose data about account holders to…
So It’s Come To This: Seven High School Students Arrested For Throwing… Water Balloons
Tech Dirt | 22 May 2013
The weather’s (mostly) hot. School’s almost out. And what better way to celebrate summe…
Elizabeth Warren Confronts Eric Holder, Ben Bernanke And Mary Jo White On Too-Big-To-Jail
Zero Hedge | 16 May 2013
Elizabeth Warren is one of the few Senators out there pushing to understand why the f…
Air Force Strips 17 Officers Of Authority To Control And Launch Nuclear Missiles
Business Insider | 08 May 2013
The Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control…
Ob…
Q&A: The FBI’s Role in ‘Manufacturing’ Terrorism
Yahoo! Finance | 02 May 2013
In his new book, The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism…
‘Killer Robots Should Not Have Pow…
Ron Paul Fans Furious Over Rand Paul’s Drone Flip-flop
Information Clearing House | 24 April 2013
Ron Paul’s vibrant fan base is in open rebellion today over Rand Paul’s perceived reversal…
The Ris…
Huge Grant County Farmland Sale Linked to State Law on Foreign Ownership
The Cap Times | 12 April 2013
One of the largest farmland sales in state history is fueling new speculation…
What Is In The …
Elizabeth Warren Shocked by Obama CPI Proposal
Buzz Flash | 11 April 2013
Elizabeth Warren is defying party allegiance…
Fukushima Remains a Huge Problem
Undernews | 11 April 2013
Increasingly, expe…
MLK Killed by Government, Jury Finds: Special Report
YouTube | 05 April 2013
A jury finds government conspiracy involvement with the slaying of MLK…
North Korea Says Military Cleared to Wage Nucle…
North Korea Orders Rockets on Standby to Hit US Bases – State Media
RT | 28 March 2013
Pyongyang has ordered rocket units be put on standby to fire on US bases…
Who Cut Egypt’s Internet?
The Huffin…
Congress Clears Legislation to Avoid Government Shutdown
Bloomberg | 21 March 2013
Congress gave final approval to legislation to avert a partial government shutdown…
Bullet Points — Paying for A…
Democratic Guest To Hannity: Solution To Rape Is Not Arming Women, But ‘Training Men To Not Rape’
YouTube | 06 March 2012
During a heated debate on Hannity last night on Fox, Democratic strategist Ze…
Homeland Security Drones Designed to Identify Civilians Carrying Guns
Breitbart | 05 March 2013
Recently uncovered government documents reveal that the U.S. Department…
Russia Carries Out its ‘Bigg…
Congress Heads Out as the Sequester Blows In
The Washington Post | 28 February 2013
One day before automatic spending cuts were due to hit the Pentagon…
Judge Accepts Bradley Manning’s Guilty Pleas…
Papal Resignation Linked to Inquiry Into ‘Vatican Gay Officials’, Says Paper
The Guardian | 21 February 2013
A potentially explosive report has linked the resignation of Pope…
Supreme Court Appears…
Two Naperville, Illinois Women Arrested Defending Homes From Smart Meter Installation
Youtube | 25 January 2013
China Bans Television Ads for Bling
CNN | 08 February 2013
China has banned adverti…
New Scandalous Emails Put JP Morgan In Hot Water
Yahoo! Finance | 07 February 2013
No matter how many times corporate apparatchiks tell employees not to say…
City in Virginia Becomes First to Pas…
2 Reported Dead in Blast Near U.S. Embassy in Turkey
The New York Times | 01 February 2013
Turkey’s Interior Minister Muammer Guler says a suicide bomber…
Doctors Kill 2,450% More Americans Than …
Feinstein Rolls Out Draconian Attack on Second Amendment
Info Wars | 24 January 2013
Senator Dianne Feinstein unveiled her promised attack against…
PA State Representative Introduces Legislation …
U.S. Republicans Weigh Short-Term Debt Limit Increase
Reuters | 17 January 2013
The move, described as under consideration by House…
U.S., Japan Review Defense Guidelines Amid Tension with China
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U.S. Government Increases National Debt—and Keeps 128 Million People on Government Programs
The Heritage Foundation | 08 January 2013
Between 1988 and 2011, the amount of the U.S. population that r…
Bigger Fights Loom After “Fiscal Cliff” Deal
Reuters | 03 January 2013
President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans face even bigger budget…
San Bernardino Judge Plans to Reject Calpers B…
“Fiscal Cliff” Efforts in Disarray as U.S. Lawmakers Flee
Reuters | 21 December 2012
Efforts to avoid the looming U.S. “fiscal cliff” were thrown into disarray on Friday…
Benghazi report leaves l…
Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops
Washington Post | 08 September 2000
A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high…
For Corporate Tax Overhaul, Big Risks, Bi…
Quebec Going it Alone With Gun Registry
The Globe and Mail | 06 December 2012
Quebec is pressing ahead with plans for its own gun registry…
Electronic Handcuffs: More Warnings From Law Enforcem…
Supreme Court Inaction Boosts Right To Record Police Officers
Huffington Post | 27 November 2012
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a decision by…
U.N. General Assembly Votes to R…
Student Expelled for Refusing to Wear Location Tracking RFID Badge
The Rutherford Institute | 20 November 2012
Andrea Hernandez is being expelled from John Jay High School in San Antonio, Texas on N…
Constitutional Sheriff Tony DeMeo
MORPHcity | 30 July 2010
In this 3-part video interview with Tony DeMeo, Sheriff of Nye County, Nevada, he explains that he is a Constitutional Sheriff and that aut…
Obama Re-Election Makes Muni Tax Cap More Plausible, Posner Says
Bloomberg | 08 November 2012
President Barack Obama’s re-election makes his proposal to cap the tax-exemption for interest on municip…
Joe Klein’s Sociopathic Defense of Drone Killings of Children
Common Dreams | 23 October 2012
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe program this morning, which focused on Monday’s night presidential debate, the form…
Putin Flexes Muscle in Big Test of Russia’s Nuclear Arsenal
Reuters | 20 October 2012
President Vladimir Putin took a leading role in the latest tests of Russia’s strategic nuclear arsenal
Syria: An Energy-Based Proxy War in the Making?
Casey Research | 16 October 2012
The Vietnam war wasn’t really about Vietnam.
Loophole Allows Saudi Arabian Businesses to Spend Freely in Our Election
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Nobel Peace Prize 2012: European Union Wins For Role In Uniting Continent
Huffington Post | 12 October 2012
The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to promote peace an…
Pat Caddell Says: Media Have Become an “Enemy of the American people”
YouTube | 27 September 2012
Everything is Illegal in America
YouTube | 28 February 2012
Bill Moyers on the United States of ALE…
JESSE VENTURA – Every War Starts With A False Flag Operation!
Vimeo | 20 September 2012
Needed, Now! A United Anti-Fascist Opposition Front — No Wimps Need Apply
OpEdNews | 28 September 2012
Cut th…
Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story
YouTube | 4 November 2011
9/11: A Conspiracy Theory
The Corbett Report | 11 September 2011
Romney/Obama the Same?
YouTube | 23 April 2012
SECRET VIDEO: Romney Te…
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): 14th Round of TPP Negotiations Set for Leesburg, Virginia — September 6-15, 2012
Office of the United States Trade Representative | September 2012
The next negotiatin…
Porter Report – After Dempsey Warning, Israel May Curb War Threat
YouTube | 30 May 2010
6 Songs Used to Torture & Intimidate
Mental Floss
Playing an annoying song over and over to get someone to sp…