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Today Gallup reported Unadjusted unemployment climbs to 8.7% (The seasonally adjusted rate is 8.6%). Even if there is a huge jump of half a percentage point in unemployment, there will still be a major difference of opinion as to what the rate is
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Wikipedia has the answer in Foreign rebel fighters in the Syrian civil war There have been a number of foreign fighters that have joined the Syrian civil war in opposition to Assad. While some are jihadists, others, such as Mahdi al-Harati, have joined to help the Syrian revolution.[59] Some fighters have come from as far away as Chechnya and Tajikistan.[60] Another group, the Al-Nusra Front, is headed by Abu Muhammad al-Julani[61] The group includes some of the rebellion’s most battle-hardened and effective fighters
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Delong-in-Wonderland Preposterous economic proposals from economists living in academic wonderland are the norm.
Eric Tillberg, writer on Policy Mic says The War On Terror is Over, and the Terrorists Won .
India in Serious Trouble (and Gold at the Heart of It) Last week India’s trade minister, Anand Sharma, came out with a laughable suggestion: RBI should consider monetizing gold . India’s central bank should look into the possibility of monetizing gold holdings, trade minister Anand Sharma said on Thursday, in the latest proposal aimed at combating a yawning current account deficit that has hammered the rupee. It was not immediately clear whether Sharma was referring to the 557.7 tonnes of gold the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) holds in its own reserves, or gold in private hands