June 2018 archive

The United States Withdraws From The World Authored by Philip Giraldi via The Strategic Culture Foundation, The United States has decided to no longer participate in the United Nations 47-member Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The number one reason cited by U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley was that the council is unfairly critically focused on Israel. The …

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Visualizing The Economic Impact Of Violence When you regularly buy goods or services, it helps fuel the economy at both the local and national level. But, as Visual Capitalist’s Jeff Desjardins asks, what if you live in a place like Syria, that is torn apart by a seven-year long civil war? Aside from the obvious …

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Watch: Missile Accident On German Navy Frigate Causes Massive Explosion According to Joseph Dempsey, a defense analyst for the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), footage has emerged of a severe missile accident involving the frigate SACHSEN (F219) of the German Navy. The accident occurred on June 21 off the Norwegian coast. A Standard Missile-2 was …

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Sweden's 'Neo-Nazi' Party Support Surges As Immigrant Gang Violence Soars Many Swedes were horrified in early 2017 when U.S. President Donald Trump linked immigration to rising crime in Sweden, but an increasing number now agree with him. Amid soaring crime rates, gang violence, complaints about education, and pregnant mothers even being turned away from maternity wards …

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Where The Rich Park Their Money The amount of global offshore wealth held in 2017 was around $8.2 trillion – 6% higher than in the previous year in US dollar terms (a growth rate considerably lower than that of onshore wealth). According to the Boston Consulting Group, Switzerland is still the prime destination for offshore …

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Americans Now Own 40% Of The World's One Billion Guns At the end of 2017, there were approximately 1 billion firearms in over 230 countries around the globe, 84.6 percent of which were held by civilians, 13.1 percent by state militaries, and 2.2 percent by law enforcement agencies – with Americans the dominant owners, according …

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Atrocity Porn And Hitler Memes Target Trump For Regime Change Authored by James George Jatras via The Strategic Culture Foundation, American and global audiences have been bombarded with media images of wailing children in holding facilities, having been separated from adults (maybe their parents, maybe not) detained for illegal entry into the United States. The …

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The Eagle, The Dragon, And The Bear Authored by Robert Gore via Straight Line Logic blog, Does Trump recognize the limits of US power? Trump’s new world order comes straight from The Godfather. There are three global powers: the US, Russia, and China. None of these powers can militarily defeat either of the other two, …

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Germany Has Made Over 3 Billion Profit From Greece's Crisis Since 2010 Germany has earned around 2.9 billion euros in profit from interest since the first bailout for Greece in 2010. As KeepTalkingGreece reports, this is the official response of the Federal Government to a request submitted by the Green party in Berlin. The profit …

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Russia Raises Retirement Age Above Life Expectancy For 40% Of Men An estimated 40% of Russians may never live to retire, after Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced that the age to receive a Russian state pension would be raised from 60 to 65 for men by 2028, and from age 55 to 63 by 2034 …

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