June 23, 2015
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June 20, 2015 ( Tony Cartalucci – NEO ) – The Bangkok Post has recently featured an AFP report titled, " Suu Kyi dodges Rohingya issue again ," which claims: Â In rare comments on Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslims, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi urged caution on granting citizenship to minorities, saying the sensitive issue must be addressed "very, very carefully." The report then added: But in an interview published online late Tuesday, Suu Kyi dodged a direct question on whether the Rohingya – who have triggered international outcry as they flee the country on rickety boats in their thousands – should be given citizenship. "The protection of rights of minorities is an issue which should be addressed very, very carefully and as quickly and effectively as possible, and I’m not sure the government is doing enough about it," she said. "It is such a sensitive issue, and there are so many racial and religious groups, that whatever we do to one group may have an impact on other groups as well," she stressed."So this is an extremely complex situation, and not something that can be resolved overnight." If it appears Suu Kyi is attempting to argue against granting the Rohingya people citizenship, most of whom have lived in Myanmar for generations, that is because she is.
It was reported by the London Telegraph in its article, " Saudis offer Russia secret oil deal if it drops Syria ," that: Saudi Arabia has secretly offered Russia a sweeping deal to control the global oil market and safeguard Russia’s gas contracts, if the Kremlin backs away from the Assad regime in Syria. It also stated, in addition to the offer, there was also an implicit threat: As-Safir said Prince Bandar pledged to safeguard Russia’s naval base in Syria if the Assad regime is toppled, but he also hinted at Chechen terrorist attacks on Russia’s Winter Olympics in Sochi if there is no accord.
See the original article here: What Catholic opinion on the death penalty tells you about the encyclical’s future effect
UN’s 2011 Homicide Study – .pdf available here . When comparing two nations, the United Kingdom and Japan, whose populations are for all intents and purposes "disarmed," we still find immense, seemingly inexplicable disparity in the number of homicides. Despite both nations being disarmed and having almost no "gun-related homicides," according to UN statistics , Japan and the UK still have an astronomical gap in homicide rates
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Mal Adapted said… I suppose I’ll acknowledge that not everything 8c says is ranty, strictly speaking (although I’d like to know how to work that click-and-ignore trick). As an atheist I have no personal use for the Pope’s theology either
The Wall Street Journal reports Fed Signals Rate Hikes at a Gradual Pace The Federal Reserve signaled it was moving toward interest-rate increases later this year now that signs of a slowdown in economic activity are waning, but the path of rate increases could be less steep than officials anticipated. The last time the Fed made such projections, its consensus appeared to be building around two rate increases this year
Today we also learned the Syriza Left Demands ‘Icelandic’ Default as Defiance Stiffens .
Housing Starts Decline 11.1%, Underperform Economists’ Expectations, Still Labeled "Solid"; GDPNowcast Ticks Down 0.1% Housing starts underperformed the Bloomberg Econoday Economists’ Consensus Estimate enough for the Atlanta Fed GDPNow Forecast to give back the 0.1% it gained yesterday, yet the report is still considered "solid". Don’t let the headline fool you, the housing starts & permits report points to solid strength for the housing sector.