Geopolitics

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• Top Obama Advisors Want More Troops In Afghanistan

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 573
  The New York Times reports on the march to perpetual war in Afghanistan occurring within the Obama administration: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are coalescing around a proposal to send 30,000 or more ...
  14 hours ago

• Just Tell Us The Truth

  
  Energy Bulletin - — Authority: 597
  At last we know...sort of. An article in the UK newspaper The Guardian for November 9, titled “ Key Oil Figures Were Distorted by US Pressure, Says Whistleblower ,” reveals what hundreds of analysts have been trying to convey to world leaders for years: The global oil supply situation is critical and getting ...
  19 hours ago

• The great global land grab

  
  Energy Bulletin - — Authority: 597
  The global food crisis has prompted various rich countries to start buying up land in the poorer world to secure their food supplies. As well as affecting domestic food supplies in the countries affected, Sue Branford says it could be a time bomb for the world’s ability to cope with climate change. read more
  21 hours ago

• On the Ruins of the Berlin Wall

  
  Economy and Society — Authority: 433
  From the Past to the Future Published on Global Research.ca , by Dmitriy Baklin , Nov. 9, 2009. … US president J. Kennedy said about the Wall quite philosophically that the solution, however disturbing, was still better than a war, and at that time almost anybody could subscribe to the point of view. Having ...
  1 day ago

• State Tax Revenues Plunge

  
  Fundmastery Blog — Authority: 488
  The fact that state tax revenues are falling should not be a surprise given that we have been in a recession.  Nor, should it be surprising that income taxes have fallen far more than sales taxes or property taxes.  Historically, the bulk of income tax revenues come from higher income folks whose income is far more ...
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• A Lack of Strategic Reassurance

  
  Greg R. Lawson's Blog — Authority: 123
  One of the main reasons a nation can become a "superpower", "hyperpower", "global hegemon", or whatever term you want to call a singularly important nation that is more powerful than others by several orders of magnitude, is that it offers strategic reassurance to other nations. The history of international ...
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• Indian Environment Minister to IPCC: Get lost

  
  Bore Patch — Authority: 141
  Seems India isnt willing to keep their population in poverty for Mother Gaia : Im not at all sure what to make of this report just out in the Guardian . Apparently, the Indian Environment Ministry has just issued a report ( here in PDF ) saying that they see no signal of a climate effect of greenhouse gas ...
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• A New World Order

  
  Managing The Dragon — Authority: 112
  When past U.S. presidents have visited China, discussions with their Chinese counterparts have been largely limited to trade and human rights. This time around, when President Barack Obama comes to Beijing, it will be different. Never has the agenda between China and the United States been so broad. The list of items ...
  2 days ago

• More Obama wheeling and dealing to screw the American public

  
  WanderingSalsero — Authority: 127
  Maybe you heard that the most recent Obama-care medical bill passed House scrutiny.  That seems kinda hard to believe, doesnt it?  I mean......considering the vocal response that many Democrats got in recent town hall meetings? So how did Obama pull it off? By making more deals with privileged interest groups like ...
  2 days ago

• Russia and Permanent Stuggle

  
  Greg R. Lawson's Blog — Authority: 123
  An insightful piece from Stratfor on the geopolitics of Russia.  Essentially, Russia is too large, too sparsely populated, and the victim of poor access to oceanic trading routes and without major navigable rivers.  This makes Russis inherently unstable despite periods when it comes under authoritarian leadership ...
  2 days ago

• Battlefield Preparation and Ft. Hood

  
  Bore Patch — Authority: 141
  All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved. - Sun Tsu Battlefield Preparation occurs before the first shot is fired. The obvious (and uninteresting) goal is to degrade the enemys assets - to destroy tanks, anti-aircraft sites, and command ...
  2 days ago

• Sending a Video

  
  Mark Byron — Authority: 125
  Were looking at the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall today . Whats wrong with the following passage? German Chancellor Angela Merkel was joined at the Brandenburg Gate by Russias Dmitry Medvedev, Frances Nicolas Sarkozy and UK PM Gordon Brown. In a special video address, US President Barack Obama ...
  2 days ago

• The Origins of World War III

  
  Uncensored Magazine — Authority: 133
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  2 days ago

• S&P gains while dollar loses

  
  Fundmastery Blog — Authority: 488
  If you are a U.S. investor, the S&P 500 is up over 20% this year.  Not bad all things considered.  However, investors in other countries have often not fared as well because the gain from U.S. stocks was offset by the decline in the dollar.  This table gives a sense of how that has worked out: Source: ...
  2 days ago

• Did David Hasselhoff End the Cold War?

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 573
  With the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall today, I found this story from the BBC in 2004 kinda funny. This headline also seemed to inspire the title of a book from a great publisher in the UK, Icon Books . If you don’t take Icon’s or the BBC’s word for it, watch the Hoff in action at the wall ...
  2 days ago

• The Fall Of The Berlin Wall: The Wider Historical Context

  
  Risk Watchdog — Authority: 124
  The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of Communism in Europe was probably inevitable, given the inability of the Communist system to compete economically with the West. We now hear that communism was ‘unsustainable’ and I largely agree, but at the same time I don’t think it was inevitable that the Berlin Wall ...
  2 days ago

• Beyond the Great Illusion

  
  Greg R. Lawson's Blog — Authority: 123
  I just hasd an opinion piece I submitted to Asia Times promoted by their editors to front page of the pay website. Here is the direct link , however, you have to pay to register at Asia Times.net (as opposed to their .com site). I will publish the full piece in the coming days.
  2 days ago

• China’s Wild West Force in East Turkistan

  
  Fourth World Eye — Authority: 124
  Uyghurs are a distinct people with their territories claimed by the Peoples’ Republic of China. They are largely practicing Muslims and speak their own language. For more than sixty years the Uyghurs have agitated against the growing domination of their territory by Han-the majority population in China. The Chinese ...
  2 days ago

• Chávez runs amok...again

  
  Venezuela and Europe — Authority: 121
  The president of Venezuela, Hugo of Sabaneta, announced yesterday that the nation should prepare for war with Colombia. He ordered 15000 soldiers to be transfered to the border. Our neighbours acted in a more civilized way and asked for a meeting of the United Nations Security council. They want observers on the ...
  2 days ago

• World economy

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 134
  The world and the financial crisis II ; G20 Summit ; China and the world economy ; Europe and the EU ; Global Economic Crisis and the Informal Economy ; Wednesday-Night.com - economy ; G20 (Pittsburgh): The World Is Watching And now for the G20’s next trick … (FP) On one level, the G20 seems to ...
  2 days ago

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