September 2017 archive

How The Military Defeated Trump's Insurgency Via Moon of Alabama blog, Trump was seen as a presidential candidate who would possibly move towards a less interventionist foreign policy. That hope is gone. The insurgency that brought Trump to the top was defeated by a counter-insurgency campaign waged by the U.S. military. (Historically its first successful …

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Scientists Say Italian Supervolcano Is "Becoming More Dangerous" As Magma Builds Beneath It After the long-dormant supervolcano Campi Flegrei awakened late last year, a team of scientists that has pinpointed the now-active volcano's magma source says a potentially devastating eruption could be just around the corner. Campi Flegrei is a volcanic caldera to the west …

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Which Countries Have The Most Economic Complexity? As Visual Capitalist's Jeff Desjardins notes, rvery country has an economy that is unique. In some places, such as the United States or Germany, economies are able to produce many different goods and services that get exported around the world. These countries tend to house world-class businesses in …

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The Gentleman’s Guide to Self-Defense Part 4: Inexpensive Self-Defense Tools Preface: Also take a look at the BulletProof Shirt and Knife-Resistant Clothing.   Here's a quick round-up of inexpensive but effective self-defense tools …   Hoffner Folding Knife In many "blue" states like mine, it's illegal to carry switchblades or even assisted-opening knives … A …

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A Glimmer Of Hope? Russia, US Officials Revive Dialogue On Arms Control Authored by Andrei Akulov via The Strategic Culture Foundation, The New Start Treaty was in focus of the talks held in Helsinki between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and US Undersecretary of State Thomas Shannon on September 11-12. The parties agreed that the treaty …

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Comparing Bitcoin, Ether, & Other Cryptos Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’re probably aware that we’re in the middle of a cryptocurrency explosion. In one year, the value of all currencies increased a staggering 1,466% – and newer coins like Ethereum have even joined Bitcoin in gaining some mainstream acceptance. And while people like …

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Paul Craig Roberts: "Behold, A Pale Horse, And Its Rider Is Washington" Authored by Paul Craig Roberts, Two of America’s most populous states, Texas and Florida, are in hurricane ruins, and Washington is fomenting more wars. The US national debt is now over $20 trillion, and Washington is fomenting more wars. The entire world is …

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Swedish Police "Cannot Cope" With Huge Numbers Of Rapes Since Migrants Arrived Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via InfoWars.com, A journalist investigating the rape of a 12-year-old girl in Sweden was told that police have not even interviewed the prime suspect two months later because authorities “cannot cope” with the sheer volume of cases since …

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Three Of Italy's Top Four Political Parties Seek A New Parallel Currency Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, In a bid to appeal to the growing anti-euro sentiment in Italy, three of Italy’s biggest political parties seek a dual currency. Italy’s leading opposition parties are calling for the introduction of a parallel currency to the …

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Israeli Jets Rattle Lebanon And Raise Tensions With Syria In what Lebanese media reported as a deeply provocative act, an Israeli jet did a high speed and low altitude flyover of the city of Saida in the country's South on Sunday. Lebanese citizens and security sources also reported sonic booms which broke windows and shook …

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