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Reuters reports How China’s Official Bank Card is Used to Smuggle Money .
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Crimea: Democracy Is Not Democracy…Unless Obama Says It Is… Source: Flickr March 12, 2014 (Eric Draitser – New Eastern Outlook ) – As Crimea prepares to vote on Saturday March 16 th  in a crucial referendum on its future, the rhetoric coming from the West and its propaganda machine has hit a new and ridiculous low. Not only has US President Barack Obama and his administration done everything to undermine democracy in Ukraine, they have now resorted to the most naked forms of hypocrisy in an attempt to delegitimize the democratic process. On Thursday March 6 th  President Obama spoke at the White House on the referendum and the issue of Crimea.
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The EPI had an interesting chart and comments in its report The Vast Majority of the 5.8 Million Missing Workers Are Under Age 55 . Since the start of the Great Recession over six years ago, labor force participation has dropped significantly. Most of the drop—roughly three-quarters—was due to the lack of job opportunities in the Great Recession and its aftermath.
Links US-Turkish Relations: In Search of a Comfortable Footstool March 11, 2014 (Tony Cartalucci – New Eastern Outlook ) – It began in Istanbul’s Gezi Park where we are excepted to believe protests over 2.5 million strong (.pdf ) stemmed from opposition to a development project. AFP would report in its article, “ Turkish protesters have long list of complaints ,†that: What started as a small group opposed to a development project in Istanbul has become an outpouring of national anger over how the Islamist-rooted government treats its citizens, testing Ankara’s quest to be a model country in its neighborhood. Turks are increasingly frustrated about what they see as restrictions on their freedom after a series of last-minute reforms were rushed through parliament by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which enjoys an overwhelming majority. “This is a movement which is a result of growing frustration and disappointment among secular segments of society who could not influence politics over the last decade,†said Sinan Ulgen, visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe. “This is an unprecedented, abrupt and unplanned public movement that has not been manipulated by any political party.
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