Most people fail to understand basic mathematical concepts such as exponents and ratios as they apply to everyday life. We usually “get it” when it comes to the mathematical facts that are taught in school (if we passed through basic Algebra) but nobody in our government schools ever teaches how these functions apply to the real world by Karl Denninger […]
We live in an age of epithets, apartheid, racism, ethnic cleansing, discrimination, bigotry and hatred. Unlike previous times of hate, the boundaries are instituted via interest rate policies (not actual apartheid walls like Israel built recently) by Max Keiser If you live on one side of the interest rate apartheid wall, your cost of capital is zero, and in some […]
While GBP jumped and the world celebrated the UK’s recent avoidance (for now) of a triple-dip recession (defined on GDP as opposed to reality), the situation in the island nation appears to be going from bad to worse. As Carney takes over the reigns of this once mighty nation he faces a country deeply divided by Tyler Durden As the […]
What is it that makes young men, reasonably well educated, in good health and nice looking, with long lives ahead of them, use powerful explosives to murder complete strangers because of political beliefs? by William Blum I’m speaking about American military personnel of course, on the ground, in the air, or directing drones from an office in Nevada. Do not […]
When visiting a self-proclaimed feminist (non-vegan) friend’s home, she offered me cow’s milk with my tea. At that moment I made the profound connection that we can not truly be a feminist while consuming dairy (or any animal products). A feminist could not participate in the commodification and exploitation of the reproductive system of sisters of another species. For this […]
UN Has Testimony That Syrian Rebels Used Sarin Gas – Investigator by Reuters (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Tom Pfeiffer) U.N. human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria’s civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel forces have used the nerve agent sarin, one of the lead investigators said on Sunday. The United Nations independent commission of […]
Syria says Israel has effectively declared war after its planes bombed targets in Damascus, the second airstrikes in as many days. Egypt has condemned the Israeli airstrikes on Syria, with the Arab League also demanding action from the UN Security Council. For more on this RT speaks with Asia Times Online correspondent Pepe Escobar.
Israel used “a new type of weapon”, a senior official at the Syrian military facility that came under attack from the Israeli Air Force told RT. “When the explosion happened it felt like an earthquake,” said the source, who was present near the attack site on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday morning. “Then a giant golden mushroom of fire […]
By Tony Cartalucci Once again, Israel is “leaking” information about alleged airstrikes it claims it has conducted against Syria along the Lebanese-Syrian border. According to CNN’s “Sources: U.S. believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria,” it was stated that: The United States believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria, two U.S. officials tell CNN. And: The Israelis have […]
Afghanistan’s Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade Washington’s Hidden Agenda: Restore the Drug Trade by Prof Michel Chossudovsky Author’s Note In the course of the last three years, there has been a surge in Afghan opium production. The Vienna based UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reveals that poppy cultivation in 2012 extends over an area of more than 154,000 hectares, […]
The next Great Depression is already happening – it just hasn’t reached the United States yet by The Economic Collapse Blog Things in Europe just continue to get worse and worse, and yet most people in the United States still don’t get it. All the time I have people ask me when the “economic collapse” is going to happen. Well, […]
Bomb thrown at Al-Baraka police station destroys what remained of building, causes no casualties by MEO A bomb destroyed a police station in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi early on Thursday but caused no casualties, a security source said, in a second attack targeting the building. “An explosive device was thrown at Al-Baraka police station in Benghazi, destroying what […]
