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False East/West Paradigm And The End Of Freedom

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– False East/West Paradigm And The End Of Freedom:

People are desperate for leaders and heroes. This is an undeniable condition of human life and of human civilization. Some historians and social observers, however, seem to think it is enough to simply point out this condition and pretend as if they have made some grand declaration; as if they have come to the root of the problem of mankind. In their laziness, they have mistaken a symptom for the cause.

Why do people so often demand leaders and heroic figures? What drives the institutionalization of hierarchy, celebrity and geopolitical idolization? I believe this condition is caused by three factors – fear, ignorance, and apathy.

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China Officially Sold A Quarter Trillion Treasurys In The Past Year (Unofficially Much More) And What This Means

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– China Officially Sold A Quarter Trillion Treasurys In The Past Year (Unofficially Much More) And What This Means:

While to many Quantitative Tightening is a novel concept, the reality is that China (+ Euroclear) have been dumping Treasurys and liquidating reserves since January when total holdings peaked at $1.6 trillion last summer, and have since declined to $1.38 trillion. It means that China has sold a quarter trillion dollars worth of Treasurys in the past year, in the process offsetting what would have been about 25% of the Fed’s QE3.

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The Humiliation Is Complete: ISIS Fighters Cut Off Beards And Run Away As Russia, Iran Close In

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– The Humiliation Is Complete: ISIS Fighters Cut Off Beards And Run Away As Russia, Iran Close In:

The thing about ragtag groups of militants that display a penchant for extreme violence is that in the absence of serious opposition, they can rack up gains at an alarming pace.

Of course there are plenty of (possibly credible) theories out there, which suggest that some of what you see in the videos released by ISIS is for show and we won’t endeavor to assess the degree to which the group’s brutality is real versus staged, but one thing is clear: regardless of who is funding, training, and/or supporting them, there are obviously fighters on the ground in the Mid-East waving the ISIS flag and committing atrocities in its name. 

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7/7 led to wars abroad and loss of freedoms at home … but do we know what really happened that day?

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– 7/7 led to wars abroad and loss of freedoms at home … but do we know what really happened that day?:

For the London media 7/7 is ‘done and dusted’, but for guest author, Tony Gosling, who helped cover the IRA London bombing campaign for the BBC, nothing could be further from the truth.

31-minute video:Ten years after 7/7: 13 holes in government & media account of 2005 London Bombings:

Monday 6th July 2015 BRISTOL – At lunchtime of 7th July 2005 the Guardian’s Mark Honigsbaum was in the London Hilton Hotel opposite Edgware Road underground station uploading an audio report to the Guardian website. Mark had been talking to dazed and injured passengers as they emerged from the smoke and chaos below and listening back to the Guardian’s first report of the day is unsettling.

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Caught On Tape: John McCain “Guarantees Russia Will Not Act” In Syria

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– Caught On Tape: John McCain “Guarantees Russia Will Not Act” In Syria:

Someone once asked Vladimir Putin what he thought of Senator John McCain’s suggestion that the Russian president would one day go the way of Muammar Gaddafi. Here’s what Putin said:

 “McCain sat in a pit in Vietnam for several years, anyone would go nuts after that.”

And while we’re not sure if we would go so far as to call McCain “nuts” – because that would effectively exonerate him and relieve him of any responsibility for what he says – we would certainly put him the category of “uber hawk” and we don’t mean he’s angling for an FOMC hike.

As you might recall, McCain pushed hard for the ouster of Russian-backed Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine.

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US Military Tank “Intrudes” Into Bombed ‘Doctors Without Borders’ Hospital, Destroys Potential Evidence

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– US Military Tank “Intrudes” Into Bombed ‘Doctors Without Borders’ Hospital, Destroys Potential Evidence:

If you’re the U.S. military and you killed 22 people while intentionally bombing a Doctors Without Border hospital in Afghanistan, what do you do next?

First, you deny all requests for an independent investigation. Check.

Second, you go to the scene of the war crime and destroy evidence. Check mate.

From NBC News:

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Full Metal Retard: US Launches “Performance-Based” Ammo Paradrop Program For Make-Believe “Syrian Arabs”

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– Full Metal Retard: US Launches “Performance-Based” Ammo Paradrop Program For Make-Believe “Syrian Arabs”:

On Monday, the Pentagon proudly announced that it had “successfully” delivered 50 tons (yes, tons) of ammo to rebels fighting the Assad regime in Syria.

Before going any further, it’s important to note that the move to publicly deliver ammunition to the groups fighting the Russians set off alarm bells even among the most mainstream of media with CNN running the following headline as though the notion that the conflict is just another proxy war were somehow “news”: “Syria’s ‘proxy war’ rages in towns near Aleppo, Syria.”

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Obamacare’s Latest Casualty: Largest Health Insurer On Colorado Exchange Abruptly Collapses

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– Obamacare’s Latest Casualty: Largest Health Insurer On Colorado Exchange Abruptly Collapses:

This wasn’t supposed to happen.

With the mainstream media, at least the majority that is left of center, flooded with story after story touting Obamacare’s success, the news coming this morning from Denver that Colorado’s largest nonprofit health insurer and participant in that state’s insurance exchange Colorado HealthOP is abruptly shutting down, forcing 80,000 Coloradans to find a new insurer for 2016, was a slap in the face for the Obama administration’s crowning achievement.

According to AP, the health insurer announced Friday that the state Division of Insurance has de-certified it as an eligible insurance company. That’s because the cooperative relied on federal support, and federal authorities announced last month they wouldn’t be able to pay most of what they owed in a program designed to help health insurance co-ops get established.

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Obama Withdraws Aircraft Carrier Support From Middle East Just As Russia Unveils Its Syrian Airbase

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– Obama Withdraws Aircraft Carrier Support From Middle East Just As Russia Unveils Its Syrian Airbase:

One glance at the map below, showing the current distribution of U.S. naval assets, reveals something that has almost never happened at any time in the past decade:

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As the map shows, US aircraft carrier, CVN 71 Theodore Roosevelt is currently on its way out of the Persian Gulf, leaving just the LHD-2 Essex Amphibious Warfare ship group to defend the Persian Gulf and more importantly, leaving the hotly contested middle east without U.S. carrier-based air support for the first time in years.

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The Loss of All Liberty Is Coming Faster Than You Imagined

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– The Loss of All Liberty Is Coming Faster Than You Imagined:

UK Prime Minister David Cameron reflects the serious problem we have with politicians. Politicians have zero respect for our human rights for they only think about how they are going to raid our wealth to pay for their families and retirements at our expense. Cameron actually asked, “In our country, do we want to allow a means of communication we [the government] cannot read? My answer to that question is: ‘No, we must not’.”

These people are highly dangerous. They only see government as the solution and do not grasp that we have rights. Government wants to eliminate all encryption because they are hunting money. You have a 1000 times greater chance of dying in a car crash than by a terrorist. They use terrorism as the great excuse to collect everything we do.

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ISIS In “Retreat” As Russia Destroys 32 Targets While Putin Trolls Obama As “Weak With No Strategy”

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– ISIS In “Retreat” As Russia Destroys 32 Targets While Putin Trolls Obama As “Weak With No Strategy”:

Perhaps the most amusing thing about Russia’s intervention in Syria is the degree to which it made the world wake up and question the West’s “anti-ISIS” strategy.

While everyone has been quick to characterize Moscow’s actions as the latest and perhaps greatest example of Vladimir Putin calling Washington’s bluff, it’s important to understand exactly why that’s an accurate characterization here. That is, this is more than just Moscow betting it could support Assad and Washington would simply move out of the way.

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China Says Military Will “Stand Up And Use Force” If US Sends Warships To Islands

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– China Says Military Will “Stand Up And Use Force” If US Sends Warships To Islands:

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“China mustn’t tolerate rampant US violations of China’s adjacent waters and the skies over those expanding islands. If the US encroaches on China’s core interests, the Chinese military will stand up and use force to stop it.”

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