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Links Ebola and the Absent “Humanitarians†August 18, 2014 (Ulson Gunnar – NEO) - The US spent over two billion dollars  during NATO’s armed assault on Libya both in ordnance used during months of aerial bombardment and in covert support for terrorists used as proxy ground forces in the overthrow of the Libyan government. The United Kingdom is estimated to have spent even more.
See the article here: ‘ISIS a pretext for US-sponsored regime change in Iraq’
What States are the Biggest Job Winners and Losers in the Recovery? The Deloitte University Press has a very interesting, and comprehensive study on job gains and losses, by type of job, and state by state. The biggest winners are states involved in energy production, finance, or healthcare
The Wall Street Journal calls it The Great Chinese Exodus . Today, China’s borders are wide open. Almost anybody who wants a passport can get one.
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Read the original post: Rebels Inflict Heavy Damage on Ukrainian Military Vehicles; Anti-Putin Sanction Alliance Crumbles
Let’s Play "Telephone"! Anyone recall the campfire game Telephone ? In the game of Telephone, someone, typically sitting around the campfire, whispers a phrase to the next person who in turn whispers the phrase to the next person until the message is passed to the final person who reports what he heard. Inevitably, the final result is nothing like what the first person said.
Here’s the unbelievable claim of the day: Ukraine Attacks Russian Military Convoy, Says President . Moscow’s stand-off with Kiev intensified dramatically on Friday night after the Ukrainian government said it had blown up a Russian military convoy inside its territory, news that sparked a flurry of diplomatic activity to try to defuse the deepening crisis
Rethink capitalism Every country should become like the fetid U.S.
