You're Under Arrest: How The Police State Muzzles Our Right To Speak Truth To Power Authored by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “History shows that governments sometimes seek to regulate our lives finely, acutely, thoroughly, and exhaustively. In our own time and place, criminal laws have grown so exuberantly and come to cover so …
Category: Economy
Jun 07
Today’s News 7th June 2019
STDs On The Rise In England New figures from Public Health England have revealed a jump up in the sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis rates in the country in 2018. As Statista’s Martin Armstrong points out, when compared to 2017, the overall number of diagnoses per 100,000 population went from 763.6 to 804.9, representing a rise of 5.4 percent. …
Jun 06
Today’s News 6th June 2019
Israeli Navy Deploys Drone Boat To Hunt Submarines During War Exercise Seagull, Elbit Systems‘ groundbreaking autonomous vessel recently participated in an Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) exercise conducted by the Hellenic and Israeli Navy. <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> The multi-mission drone ship deployed dipping sonar sensors initially designed to be carried by helicopters. “The Seagulls’ performance …
Jun 05
Today’s News 5th June 2019
Fake Saudi Who Swindled Millions From Investors Sentenced In Fraud Scheme Miami fraudster Anthony Gignac, 48, who spent several decades impersonating a Saudi prince was sentenced last week to 18 years in prison for defrauding investors out of $8 million, reported the SCMP . The ruse reportedly fell apart when a victim saw him eating …
Jun 04
Today’s News 4th June 2019
Mysterious Version Of US Main Battle Tank Spotted In Romania U.S. Army Soldiers and Romanian Armed Forces held an opening ceremony for Justice Eagle 19 at Smardan Training Area, Romania, May 29. During the ceremony, several photos show an advanced version of the U.S. Army M1 Abrams tank with a new armor system on its …
Jun 03
Today’s News 3rd June 2019
The UK Dominates The Most Damaging Tax Havens New analysis by the Tax Justice Network has revealed the UK to be biggest enabler of corporate tax dodging in the world. <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> As Statista’s infographic below shows, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies dominate the list of places allowing multinationals to avoid paying tax on their …
Jun 02
Today’s News 2nd June 2019
Clubs, Cartels, And Bilderberg Authored by Binoy Kampmark via Oriental Review, “After decades of neoliberalism, we are at the mercy of a cluster of cartels who are lobbying politicians hard and using monopoly power to boost profits.” Joseph Stiglitz, The Price of Inequality (2012) The emergence of think tanks was as much a symptom of liberal progress …
Jun 01
Today’s News 1st June 2019
The Limits Of American Destructiveness Authored by Dmitry Orlov via Club Orlov blog, US foreign policy has always been directed at wrecking anything that wasn’t deemed sufficiently American and replacing it with something more acceptable – especially if that something allowed wealth to flow into the US from the outside. Compromises were reserved for the …
May 31
Today’s News 31st May 2019
Putin Has Rejected Iran's S-400 Missile Request Over Soaring Gulf Tensions Bloomberg reports that Russia’s President Putin has rejected a controversial Iranian request to buy S-400 missile defense systems on the basis of current soaring tensions between Tehran and Washington following accusations of “sabotage” attacks on oil tankers and a pipeline in the gulf region. The …
May 30
Today’s News 30th May 2019
US Troops To Be Based In Saudi Arabia, Qatar Against "Iran Threat" Just hours after US National Security Advisor John Bolton formally accused Tehran of conducing the May 12 tanker “sabotage” attacks near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s foreign ministry has responded that “we are ready for war” amid fears that Washington could still be …
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