December 2017 archive

Paul Craig Roberts Rages Against Trump's National Security Speech Authored by Paul Craig Roberts, What do we make of Trump’s national security speech? First of all, it is the military/security complex’s speech, and it is inconsistent with Trump’s intention of normalizing relations with Russia. The military/security complex, using Trump’s position as President, has defined Russia …

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Syria's Assad Calls US-Backed Kurdish Militia "Traitors" Under Foreign Control On Monday Syrian President Bashar al-Assad described US-backed forces in eastern Syria as “traitors” during a meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. "When we talk about those referred to as 'the Kurds', they are in fact not just Kurds," Assad said in remarks released through …

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Poland's New PM Wants To "Make Europe Christian Again" Authored by Andrew Korybko via Oriental Review, Poland’s new Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki shared his dream to make Europe Christian again. The newly appointed premier replaced Beata Szydlo and symbolizes that Poland is taking a more combative posture towards the West than in the past. While …

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Trump Attorney Quashes Rumors Of Impending Mueller Firing An Attorney for President Trump has vehemently denied rumors that special counsel Robert Mueller will be fired over revelations of politically motivated malfeasance by the FBI towards Hillary Clinton and against Donald Trump, including disturbing text messages which were sent between top FBI investigators implying the Trump-Russia …

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What Bitcoin "Deserves" From the Slope of Hope: I will preface this by saying I don’t have a dog in this fight. Whether Bitcoin plummets to its intrinsic value of $0.00 and makes people look like idiots, or whether it goes to a trillion dollars per Bitcoin, it doesn’t matter to me. But I want …

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Banks Demand 11th-hour Reprieve On Key Part Of MiFID II The clock is ticking down and there are only about three weeks to go before the dreaded MiFID II regulatory structure is implemented on 3 January 2018. While it’s been difficult to judge the industry’s preparedness for the change, several aspects of the new regulations …

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Mapping World War In Syria & Iraq Via GEFIRA, For some time now Syria and Iraq have been a place where interests of many players are clashing. The region is being devastated by civil war or a war by proxy, fought by a number of participants, where the borderline between friend and foe is sharp …

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UBS Is Using Ethereum Technology To Soften The Impact Of MiFid II After devising blockchain-based systems to help facilitate equity and bond trading (remember Goldman’s cryptocoin?) as well as derivatives clearing, some of the leading banks in the blockchain space are banding together to build a system that they hope will help banks streamline another …

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Yes, The FBI Is America's Secret Police Authored by James Bovard via TheHill.com, Politifact delivered a “pants on fire” slam to Fox News on Friday because one of its commentators asserted that the Federal Bureau of Investigation “has become America's secret police.” The FBI has legions of new champions nowadays among liberals and Democrats who …

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FRee BiTCoiN ORNaMeNT //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Greenwald: The U.S. Media Just Suffered Its Most Humiliating Debacle in Ages Authored by Glenn Greenwald of The Intercept, Friday was one of the most embarrassing days for the U.S. media in quite a long time. The humiliation orgy was kicked off by CNN, with MSNBC and CBS close behind, with …

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