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Sunday, August 5, 2012 Saudi-Drafted Syria Resolution Mocks UN At UN, More Than One Third of the World Refuses to Endorse the Saudi-Qatari Call for Open Season on Syria; Mass Strikes in Saudi and Bahrain; Still No Sign of Bandar. Webster G.
Saturday, August 4, 2012 Massacres in Aleppo, Syria "Responsibility to Protect" crumbles as Western-armed terror front slaughters civilians while foreign sponsors attempt to tie hands of Syrian security forces. by Tony Cartalucci August 4, 2012 – For the people of Aleppo, their only hope is Syria’s security forces restoring order. In the pockets of Syria’s largest city the so-called "Free Syrian Army" (FSA) has dug into, a campaign of systematic detention, torture, and mass murder has been carried out against "enemies of the revolution." Demonized as either "Shabiha" or "government supporters," men have been rounded up, lined up against walls, and gunned down en mass . Others await barbaric " drumhead trials " where FSA warlords deal out arbitrary justice under the guise of "Sharia law." Image : The Western media is covering – or more accurately, "spinning" – an unfolding sectarian genocide in Syria’s largest city Aleppo
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Headline Jobs +163,000, But Household Survey Shows -195,000 Jobs; Unemployment +.1 to 8.3% ADP got the headline job number correct, I certainly didn’t. However, one look beneath the surface shows this was actually an anemic jobs report
Fearing action by creditors, San Bernardino, California, Files Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Petition San Bernardino, California, after disclosing a $46 million shortfall in the city’s budget, filed for municipal bankruptcy.
Here are a few snips from the Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey . Texas factory activity continued to increase in July, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey. The production index, a key measure of state manufacturing conditions, fell from 15.5 to 12, suggesting slightly slower output growth.
Reuters reports Global factories struggle as growth fears rise U.S. and euro zone factory activity slumped again in July while Chinese manufacturing hit an eight-month low, surveys showed on Wednesday, as economies worldwide showed signs of slowing
Reuters reports Global factories struggle as growth fears rise U.S. and euro zone factory activity slumped again in July while Chinese manufacturing hit an eight-month low, surveys showed on Wednesday, as economies worldwide showed signs of slowing