March 3, 2014
Amazonian in the Martian sense of the word
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Hard hitting global and local news
Hard hitting global and local news
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View article: Kerry Heads to Ukraine; McCain Proposes U.S. Missiles in Czech Republic
Read the article: Colour Revolutions – Opium of the People
Flash Forward March 2, 2014 : States Make End Run Around Food Stamp Cuts . Connecticut and New York have found a way around federal budget cuts that played a central role in the massive farm bill passed this month: bump up home heating assistance a few million bucks in return for preserving more than a half-billion dollars in food stamp benefits. The moves by Connecticut Gov
More: Tighter Capital Controls in Ukraine, Transaction Limit About $100; New Head of Ukraine’s Navy Defects After 1 Day
The New York Times reports Ukraine Forces Are Ill Equipped to Take Crimea Back From Russia Crimea has always been a vital base for the Soviet and then Russian Navy, serving as the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet, which has controlled the waters off southern Russia since 1783. After a period of tension following Ukraine’s independence when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Russia got to keep its base in Crimea on a lease, extended until at least 2042 by the now-ousted president, Viktor F. Yanukovych
More: Russian Troops Seize Crimea; UN Security Council Meets; Russian Flag Raised in Kharkiv
Kevin O’rourke on the Irish Economy blog comments Class divides and European Integration, Yet Again.
Tweet The news from Crimea is unsettling , partly because it’s not entirely clear to me whether it’s bad to have Crimea reattached to Russia in some form. From a utilitarian perspective, removing the most eastern-oriented portion of Ukraine from its electoral politics would pretty much guarantee a western-oriented political outcome.