Nigeria’s Boko Haram Insurgency Spills Into Neighboring Countries -- Wall Street JournalMilitary Pursues Militants Into Niger, CameroonThe mud huts of Issa Abba's village in Cameroon collapsed as Nigerian warplanes flew into the neighboring country o…
Russia To Establish A Military Command For The ArcticRIA Novosti / Vitaliy AnkovRussia To Set Up Arctic Military Command By 2014 -- RIA NovostiMOSCOW, February 17 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will form a new strategic military command by the end of 2014 to protect its interests in the Arctic, a high-ranking …
Picture Of The DayU.S. Air Force Capt. Lauren Hoyt and U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Mark Benischeck prepare to land a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 23, 2014. Hoyt and Benischeck, pilots, are assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift S…
George Soros shorts S&P500 with $1.3 BILLION PUTOf course you can believe George Soroshttp://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2014/02/17/soros-doubles-a-bearish-bet-on-the-sp-500-to-the-tune-of-1-3-billion/ …
60 Best Shots Of Military Tech In Action (Photo Gallery)Jan 31, 2014: U.S. Marines with Bravo and Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, conduct rocket range outside of Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The Marines used the range to keep their knowledge sharp on the different …
The 9/11 Trials Continue Their Slow PaceSeptember 11 Court Case Taking Years Before Trial -- Voice of AmericaWASHINGTON — It has been six years since Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other detainees at the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were first charged with murder for the Septe…
An Interview With Victor Cha On North Korea And It's Implications For Regional SecurityFrom The Diplomat: North Korea is always the “x factor” in Northeast’s Asia regional security. In the wake of the surprising execution of Kim Jong-Un’s uncle, the potential for dangerous and unpredictable moves by the Kim regime has never been higher…
Are Army Women Better Chopper Pilots Than Army Guys?Army Women: Better Chopper Pilots Than the Guys? -- Mark Thompson, TimeReport suggests female aviators "may operate aircraft more safely"Ten out of every 100 Army helicopter pilots are women — but they account for only 3 out of every 100 accidents.Th…
This Is What A U.S. Policy Looks Like When It Dies And Goes To HellPete Souza/White HouseSlaughter In The Cities, Ineffectual Mumbling In The White House -- Walter Russell Mead & Staff, American InterestThis is what a policy looks like when it dies and goes to hell. The FT reports that violence is ramping up in Syri…
A Latin American Alliance?Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos, Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera and Peruvian President Ollanta Humala (from L to R) at a news conference after the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Cel…
Annual Housing Starts per Civilian EmployedClick to enlarge.What's Plan B?See Also:Real Yields: Why They Are Falling (Musical Tribute)Source Data:St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart…
Growing Personnel Costs In The U.S. Military Threatens The Rest Of The Pentagon’s Budget A Bad Omen For Pentagon Budget? -- Jeremy Herb, The HillThe swift work in Congress to repeal $6 billion in cuts to military pensions that passed just two months earlier is a bad omen for future efforts to curb military personnel costs, budget analyst…
NSA Director: We Do Not Spy On Everyone In The WorldPhoto: Official photographic portrait of the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), General Keith B. Alexander, United States Army.Outgoing NSA Director: ‘It’s Not Our Mission’ To Spy On Everyone In The World -- Ben Zigterman, Yahoo News/BGR…
U.S. Navy To Deploy Laser System This SummerUS Navy Readies To Deploy First Warfare Laser Onboard USS Ponce This Spring -- RTThe United States Navy is looking to finally make its highly-touted laser technology a reality this summer, when it will deploy its first laser weapon on a warship.In fa…
Food Stamp Use Among The U.S. Military Rises AgainFood Stamp Use Among Military Rises Again -- CNN MoneyMore military families used food stamps to buy milk, cheese, meat and bread at military grocers last year.Food stamp redemption at military grocers has been rising steadily since the beginning of …
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Why Did The U.S. Army Build A 'Fake U.S. City' For Combat Training?DvidsUS Army Builds Fake City To Shoot At During Training -- The TelegraphThe American army has built an entire fake city including a school, a mosque and a football stadium The US army has built a fake city designed to be used during combat training…
Even Tacos is BULLISH ON SILVER nowTacos' take on SILVERTacos is actually a wise investor and he has some personal strategies that he shares here. He will tell you straight up what he thinks about any of these sectors and will call out anyone who's pumping any bullshit on YOU TUBE:..…
Rick Rule examines the GOLD and SILVER market and mining stocks*****IMPORTANT INTERVIEW***** Rick Rule expects a BULL MARKET RECOVERY Published on Feb 17, 2014 IN THIS INTERVIEW:- Recovery in the precious metal sector is coming (1:28).- U.S. bonds are "return free risk." Gold, silver, platinum, & pallad…
WARNING: Asteroid passing Earth 0300 G.M.T.*****THIS IS NO LONGER A CONCERN*****UPDATE: According to Slooh LIVE BELOW there is no concern of this asteroid hitting Earth...SLOOH is MONITORING THE SITUATION LIVE BELOW:…
The collapse, the collapse, the collapse...it's coming!Economic and US DOLLAR collapse?http://www.coloradogold.com/archive/Collapse-1277.htmlAlso, keep your eyes on SYRIA for WORLD WAR III: ...developing...…
Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- February 17, 2014North Korea's Atrocities: What Is The World Going To Do? Not Much. -- Paul Whitefield, L.A. TimesSometimes — as with North Korea and its despot of the moment, Kim Jong Un — I hate to admit it, but I miss the good/bad old days when we could just threa…
Great Depressionary Quote of the 21st Century: "Massive Industrial Overcapacity"The following chart shows industrial capacity per capita (industrial production index adjusted for capacity utilization and population).Click to enlarge.That's a 0.998 correlation over 27 years of data (Jan 1967 to Jan 1994). And then... Boom! Trend …
World News Briefs -- February 17, 2014 (Evening Edition)UN Urges Probe Into 'Atrocious' N. Korean Crimes -- Voice of AmericaSEOUL — A new United Nations report accuses North Korea of “unspeakable atrocities," many of which amount to crimes against humanity. The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights …
Why Nigeria Cannot Defeat The Islamist Militant Group Boko HaramNigeria Islamists Better Armed, Motivated Than Army: Governor -- Reuters(Reuters) - Islamist militant group Boko Haram is better armed than the Nigerian military force fighting it, the governor of the region worst hit by the insurgency said on Friday…
Future Money Trends is invested in Brazil ResourcesBRIZFI'm going to start watching Daniel Ameduri's stock picks now and see how these guys make their money pumping stocks. These guys are starting to talk collapse of the U.S. DOLLAR again as losing its PETRO-DOLLAR status. Daniel Ameduri and Marin …
Baghdad Rocked By Multiple Bomb BlastsBomb Attacks Kill At Least 24 In Iraq Capital -- Reuters(Reuters) - At least 24 people were killed in bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital late on Monday, including blasts near two Shi'ite Muslim mosques and at a busy bus station, police and medics s…
The U.S.A. has NO DEBT LIMITThere is NO DEBT CEILINGYou cannot sink this economy "There is no such thing as a debt ceiling in this country cause it's never been not increased and that's why we're $17 TRILLION in debt, and I would dispel the rumor that is going around that you …
Iran Threatens To Invade Pakistan To Free Border Guards The deputy chief-of-staff of Iran's armed forces said he believed the five guards were still aliveIran 'May Send Forces To Pakistan For Captured Guards' -- BBCIran's interior minister has warned it may send forces into Pakistan to free five border gu…
Documentary Review: The Rise and Fall of Penn StationThe Rise and Fall of Penn Station directed and written by Randall MacLowryBased in part on the book Conquering Gotham: Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels by Jill JonnesPBS/American Experience, 2014For an architect the two most facinating things ab…
UN Report On North Korean 'Crimes Against Humanity' Released (Updated)The GuardianNorth Korean Human Rights Abuses Systematic And Unparalleled, Says UN -- The GuardianInquiry chairman writes to Kim Jong-un warning he could face trial at The Hague for crimes against humanityNorth Korea's leadership is committing systema…
Real Yields: Why They Are Falling (Musical Tribute)The following chart shows real GDP.Click to enlarge.Four exponential trend lines and their growth rates have been added.Note that each time an exponential trend fails, it is replaced with an exponential trend of lesser quality. What doesn't kill us, …
Veneuela On The Brink As Pro And Anti-Government Activists Take To The StreetsVenezuela President Calls Allies to Rival Opposition Protest -- BloombergVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called supporters to take to the street tomorrow, hours after an opposition politician sought by police urged his allies to march with him on…
Free Syrian Army Fire Their Military ChiefSyrian Rebel Army Fires Commander Many Considered Ineffective -- L.A. TimesBEIRUT--The head of the Free Syrian Army, the U.S.-backed assemblage of ostensibly moderate Syrian opposition forces, has been removed from his post, according to a statement …
6,000 Killed In Syria During The Geneva Talks A Syrian rebel grabs his head as the smoke subsides, during fighting between the two sides in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus. Jan. 13, 2013. VOAReport: Almost 6,000 Dead In Syria During Geneva Talks -- TimePast three weeks were the deadliest …
The Arab World Majority and EgyptConcerning the Middle East and foreign influence "...but I assure you the area will not be decided by Iran, or by Turkey, or by Russia, or by America, or Europe in the absence of the real power in this region which is the Arab World. We are the majo…
Recriminations Escalate Over The Failed Syrian Peace TalksU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures while speaking about climate change in Jakarta, Feb. 16, 2014.Kerry: Russia Enabling Assad 'Terror' Against Syrian People -- Voice of AmericaJAKARTA — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Russia is enabl…
Execution Videos Reveal The Brutality Of ISIS Rule In SyriaCNN Exclusive: Videos Show Brutality Of Syrian Opposition Group ISIS -- CNN(CNN) -- The video clip lasts a mere 35 seconds. It's night. Six men, illuminated by a flashlight, are sitting with their hands tied behind their backs and with various types …
Watch the MONEY VELOCITY*****TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC DANGER***** U.S. ECONOMY is slowingFalling GDP ProjectionsDisappointing Non-Farm Payroll NumbersDepreciating WAGES and BUYING POWERNO LENDING and NO SPENDINGThe danger of HYPERINFLATION LISTEN to Art Cashin who was recently i…
