July 19, 2014
MH17: Weathering the Propaganda Firestorm
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Hard hitting global and local news
Hard hitting global and local news
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Argentina "Determined to Default" Second Time Background: Argentina defaulted on bonds following a debt crisis in 2001-2002. 92% of the investors agreed to haircuts, but a vulture fund picked up an 8% share at rock bottom prices and refused to negotiate. In June, the US Supreme Court ruled that Argentina Cannot Selectively Default on the small group of hold-outs.
Follow this link: Stigma for fossil fuel companies, the reverse for the churches that dump them
Excerpt from: Did the Rebels Have a Buk System? How About a Working One? Flight Diverted Over Restricted Space?
click on chart for sharper image Questions of the Day Did the US dollar rise because of what Yellen said or in spite of what Yellen said? Was the move based on wholesale prices or other economic data, as opposed to anything Yellen said? What about none of the above?
They claim these initiatives are purely altruistic. Business Insider in its article, " A Miracle Rice Could Save Millions Of Lives ," claims:Â Golden Rice, once it is widely released, will be much more cost-effective, as agricultural economist Alexander Stein has shown
The same article, by the same author, appears on Yahoo!Finance as In U.S. Data, a Contradiction That Makes No Sense .
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UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s #1 Priority: Maintenance of Government Spying UK’s prime minister, David Cameron, is so in love with state monitoring of internet and phone calls that he supports an emergency data law to underpin security surveillance David Cameron is to push though emergency laws to allow police and security agencies to maintain access to phone and email data, amid warnings that vital security operations were about to be compromised without it. Telecoms operators and the security services told the prime minister they were on the cusp of having to curb some of their most important electronic eavesdropping activities after a European Court of Justice ruling struck down the legal framework that allowed telecoms companies to retain data for a year, according to government and industry figures. Operators were also threatening to delete details of UK customers’ data for fear of being sued by them, unless the coalition set down a clearer legal framework around intercepting terrorist and criminal communications.