September 30, 2014
"Come Hell or High Water" Promise Morphs Into "Infinity and Beyond"
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Vial translation from El Economista, Manufacturers and Retailers Warn of Another Consumption Slowdown . After a slight recovery in the first months of the year, stagnation set in since June, according to almost all employers and associations of producers and distributors
The "elephant in the room" is debt. Try as they might, central bankers have not been able to spur credit, hiring, or much business expansion because of the elephant.
A Gallup Poll in Crimea following the referendum shows overwhelming support. More than eight in 10 (82.8%) say the referendum reflects most Crimeans’ views. About three-fourths of Crimeans (73.9%) say Crimea’s becoming part of Russia will make life better for themselves and their families, just 5.5% disagree
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Wasted Money: Delegation of Governors Make Surprise Trip to Afghanistan Ways to waste money in Afghanistan are endless. Here’s another case in point: Cuomo Makes Surprise Trip to Afghanistan .
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Turkey in particular has served as a safe haven for ISIS terrorists for the past 3-4 years . In fact, maps showing ISIS’ territory across the Western media have clearly defined corridors leading directly from Turkish territory. The billions in cash, weapons, equipment, and even vehicles used to build what is now a mercenary force contesting power simultaneously in three nations – Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq – were provided by nations like Saudi Arabia and Qatar and funneled into terrorist hands by US CIA agents operating along Turkey’s border with Syria. Despite the rhetorical shell game of renaming this mercenary force to confuse an unwitting public, no other explanation accounts for the scale of ISIS’ operations beyond concerted multinational state-sponsorship
In a  2007 West Point Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) report  and a 2011 CTC report, " Are Islamist Extremists Fighting Among Libya’s Rebels? ," AQIM is specifically mentioned as working closely with the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) in NATO-backed efforts to overthrow the Libyan government.