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Some 22 US nuclear weapons are stored on Dutch territory, the ex-PM of the Netherlands, Ruud Lubbers, says. Mr Lubbers, prime minister from 1982-94, said they were stored underground in strong-rooms at the Volkel air base in Brabant, Dutch media report. He made the revelation in a documentary for National Geographic – saying: “I would never have thought those silly things would still be there in 2013.” The presence of nuclear weapons on [...] Obama orders US to draw up overseas target list for cyber-attacks Exclusive: Top-secret directive steps up offensive cyber capabilities to ‘advance US objectives around the world’ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/07/obama-china-targets-cyber-overseas Security Expert: Cyberwar with China Is the New Cold War The United States should treat the growing cyberthreat from China as the new Cold War, recommends John Pescatore, director of emerging security trends at the [...] The Federal Reserve began QE3 last September 2012, then QE4 in December 2012. Last March countries Brazil, India, Russia and China agreed to stop using the U.S. Dollar as the global reserve currency. I am retired and was living in the country of Costa Rica in 2011 when the U.S. Dollar devalued 53 times and local Costa Rican merchants stopped accepting the U.S. Dollar from tourists because it was deemed unstable. [...] By Michael If someone were to ask you for an example of a “totalitarian society”, how would you respond? Most Americans would probably think of horribly repressive regimes such as the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Communist China, East Germany or North Korea, but the truth is that there is one society that has far more rules and regulations than any of those societies ever dreamed of having. In the United States [...] 56 million dead In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million —————————— Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total During the nuclear honed days of the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed a uniquely dangerous missile able to strike anywhere in the U.S.
Loaded with multiple maneuverable warheads (MIRVs), while carrying decoys and chaff to keep from getting struck down, the technology undermined the entire balance of power between the two superpowers and struck fear into hard hearts at the Kremlin and the Pentagon alike. It was a difficult era, fraught [...] Scientists were hoping for giant flash on the moon that would intimidate the Soviet Union Plan was later scrapped due to possible danger to people on Earth It may sound like a plot straight out of a science fiction novel, but a U.S. mission to blow up the moon with a nuke was very real in the 1950s. At the height of the space [...] Alyona Korolyova thought she had seen everything – the lifting ofRussia‘s ban on homosexuality after the Soviet Union fell, the slow appearance of mainstream gay clubs, and even, once, a young gay couple on a TV sitcom. Then last week, Korolyova, 48, was forced to stand pressed against the wall of a gay-friendly club and watch as a group of burly men, their faces hidden with surgical masks, repeatedly kicked her [...] In the days of the Soviet Union a tourist in Moscow could pay for his or her entire trip by selling a suitcase full of smuggled Levi’s jeans. Now, one could make substantially more sneaking a handbag full of the latest Apple products into Russia. In this image conscious city, where Bentleys are so common that many owners simply curb park them, plenty of people are willing to plunk down some [...] “It’s coming down like a boulder rolling down hill, there’s nothing you can do to stop it.” John Moore in his August 31st show, video below. The story below from Wired.com’s Danger Room confirms this information. During the Cold War, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, watched out for a potential nuclear attack from the Soviet Union. But times have changed. Now NORAD is inviting members of the Russian [...] John Kerry: Obama being ‘swiftboated’ August 17, 2012 | 4:43 pm Paul Bedard Washington Secrets The Washington Examiner @SecretsBedard Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential candidate on Friday charged that critics are trying to “swiftboat” President Obama with false and “ridiculous” claims and that Mitt Romney is a foreign policy rookie who embarrassed himself during a recent trip to London. In a letter to Obama’s supporters, he railed on the charges Obama [...] Seventy members of an Islamist sect who have been living in an underground bunker without heat or sunlight for nearly a decade have been discovered living on the outskirts of the city of Kazan in Russia. The sect members included 20 children, the youngest of whom had just turned 18 months. Many of them were born underground and had never seen daylight until prosecutors discovered their dwelling on August 1. A 17-year-old [...] LONDON — US NBA stars routed Argentina 126-97 Monday to remain unbeaten and set up showdowns in Wednesday’s Olympic quarter-finals, with the alluring chance of a US-Russia gold medal final on Sunday. The Americans could meet Russia 40 years after a US squad lost to the Soviet Union in a controversial Olympic final where the last seconds were played three times before the Soviets won, the first US defeat in Olympic [...] From bclund: If you were around and old enough to remember 1980 (I was), then you know that the “mood” in America back then was terrible. Mortgage rates were at 20%, gas prices adjusted for inflation were near all-time highs, unemployment was at historically record highs, and we were in a recession. But worse than that, as Americans we felt pretty bad about ourselves. The Soviet Union had built up its military as ours [...] Michael Phelps stands alone. Less than an hour after tying the record for most career medals, Phelps became the most-decorated Olympian of all-time by anchoring the U.S. 4×200-meter freestyle relay to a resounding victory today and winning his first gold medal of the London Olympics. The Baltimore swimmer now has 19 medals (15 gold, two silver and two bronze), surpassing gymnast Larisa Latynina of the Soviet Union. She won 18 medals during the 1950s [...] North Korea has recently deployed dozens of attack helicopters near its disputed sea border with South Korea, media reports said on Tuesday, as both sides strengthen their military presence in the area. The North has posted some 50 helicopters to Taetan and Nuchon airbases near the Yellow Sea, Yonhap news agency and other media reported, citing unidentified Seoul officials. They include upgraded versions of the North’s Mi-2 helicopters as well as Mi-4 [...] https://twitter.com/OmarJaabari Is Russia Finally Inching Away From Syria’s Assad? Why the Syrian leader’s most important international backer might start looking for a way out. The Interfax news agency reported Tuesday that a Russian naval squadron, including an antisubmarine ship and three marine-landing craft, left Severomorsk in the Arctic for the Mediterranean. Several more ships will join it en route. Together, they will pay a call to Tartus, Syria, Russia’s only naval facility outside of the [...] by John Galt
If you read the mainstream media, pro-Obama websites like “Business Insider” or “CNBC.com,” you might be under the idea that this past Friday’s unemployment report was no big deal, housing has bottomed, and the transportation industry is indicating that growth is back in this anemic economy if you read the headlines and did not do your own research.
Well hell, I’m here to do the [...] YNet Russian technicians played a key part in the interception and shooting down of a Turkish warplane by Syria’s anti-aircraft defenses 10 days ago, Britain’s Sunday Times reported Sunday. Diplomatic sources in the Middle East told the paper that destroying the F-4E Phantom II was a split-second decision intended as a warning to NATO to stay out of Syria’s civil war. A source in Israel’s Air Force was quoted as [...] Russian President Vladimir Putin reassured President Shimon Peres on Monday evening that his country is interested in preserving peace for the Jewish State. The two presidents met for the second time that day at a state banquet held in Putin’s honor at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. Putin is visiting Israel as his first Middle East stop since returning to the presidency in March. On Tuesday he is to go to Bethlehem, [...] From Pragmatic Capitalism: Now here’s some commentary that will catch your eye. Longtime bear David Rosenberg says there is light at the end of the tunnel and that he might be bullish as early as Thanksgiving of this year. In yesterday’s note, he wrote: “The future is brighter than you think. This does not mean we will not have another recession, by the way — we had a doozy within the first [...] (Reuters) – U.S. pop singer Madonna has promised to defy a recent law against homosexual “propaganda” in Vladimir Putin’s hometown of St. Petersburg on her upcoming tour through Russia this summer. Calling the legislation, which imposes fines for promoting homosexuality among minors, a “ridiculous atrocity” on her Facebook page, she said she would address the issue during her show. “I will come to St Petersburg to speak up for the gay community, to support [...] Richard Silverstein Just when you thought it was safe to come out from your air raid shelter after Bibi returned from his U.S. foray to stoke up war fever, Maariv raises the temperature to a boiling point. Ben Caspit reports (Hebrew) that the cabinet now has, for the first time, a majority (eight votes for, six votes against) favoring the measure. This means that theoretically Bibi can begin an [...] A proposed law in Arizona could give employers the right to fire women who use birth control. The bill, which sailed right through the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee, grants employers the right to ask for proof that contraceptives are being taken for non-contraceptive reasons. Arizona House Bill 2625, authored by Majority Whip Debbie Lesko, R-Glendale, would permit employers to ask their employees for proof of medical prescription if they seek contraceptives for non-reproductive [...] By Wendy Gittleson A proposed law in Arizona could give employers the right to fire women who use birth control. The bill, which sailed right through the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee, grants employers the right to ask for proof that contraceptives are being taken for non-contraceptive reasons. Arizona House Bill 2625, authored by Majority Whip Debbie Lesko, R-Glendale, would permit employers to ask their employees for proof of medical prescription if they seek contraceptives for [...] While he does have a new philosophy (at X% off MSRP of course, coming to a Kindle near you) to peddle, Nassim Taleb’s re-emergence from the darkness of the media spotlight starts with a bang: “I realized that something wrong is going on, and only one candidate ‘Ron Paul’ seems to have grasped the issues and is offering the right remedies“. He was given quite a lengthy period to proselytize [...] http://news.yahoo.com/hungary-seeks-15-20-billion-euro-imf-eu-121926484…. Hungary is seeking an international credit line of 15 to 20 billion ($20 to $26.3 billion) euros, the secretary of state heading the prime minister’s office, Mihaly Varga, was quoted on Saturday as saying. And don’t count on China… http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Wen_says_China_has_no_intention_to_buy… Wen says China has no intention to ‘buy Europe’ And Russia is planning the biggest military buildup since the Soviet Union… http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20120202/171099357.html Russia will start producing six submarines and one aircraft carrier annually starting in 2013, Deputy [...] Adam Curtis Everybody is always remarking about how stuck our society feels these days. The music doesn’t change, the political parties are all exactly the same, and films and TV dramas are almost always set in the past. We are also stuck with an economic system that is not delivering the paradise that it once promised – but is instead creating chaos and hardship. Yet no-one can imagine a better [...] Kurt Nimmo Liberal TV personality Phil Donahue went on Piers Morgan’s CNN television show to defend Ron Paul’s foreign policy. Donahue said the only candidate opposing the march to war against Iran is Ron Paul. Newt Gingrich, Donahue noted, has characterized Paul’s opposition as dangerous. “What I’ve noticed about Americans and America when it comes to this kind of thing, is that anybody that dare speak up against a war instantly [...] |
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