Posted by seumasach on February 11, 2014
Rather than rabble-rousing in Ukraine and throwing in their lot with the CIA and US lobby representatives the EU should concentrate on overcoming its own, notorious, democratic deficit.
Voice of America
10th February, 2014
The European Union has called for the formation of a new government in Ukraine, to be followed by free and fair presidential elections. But it stopped short Monday of calling for sanctions. Anti-government protests erupted in November after President Viktor Yanukovych backed out of signing a trade deal with the European Union.
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Posted by seumasach on February 11, 2014
Examiner
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on H. Res. 447, a resolution supporting Ukraine‘s protesters in a move to swing the Eastern nation toward the West.
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Posted by seumasach on February 10, 2014
Doug Noland
Asia Times
Global markets have turned highly unsettled. … Currency markets have turned treacherous. Those short the commodity currencies abruptly found themselves on the wrong side of a squeeze.
Overall, global markets these days convulse between “risk off” and “risk on” – in bloody trench warfare between market bulls and bears. Greed and fear vacillate between the two camps. …
Bill Gross’ February piece, “Most ‘Medieval'”, provides an insightful read. …”The days of getting rich quickly are over, and the days of getting rich slowly may be as well.”
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Posted by seumasach on February 9, 2014
Résumé de la Conférence du Professeur Belpomme, Fillinges, 17 janvier 2014
Mieux Prevenir
8th february, 2014
Voici résumé l’essentiel du propos du Professeur Belpomme : « Dès qu’on parle d’appliquer le système de précaution, on nous répond : « Tout va très bien Madame la Marquise, c’est pas grave puisqu’on a des moyens pour mieux soigner les cancéreux ! »
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Posted by seumasach on February 7, 2014
Hans Schreuder
Principia Scientific
7th February, 20124
As ever more scientists affirm Earth is now into a natural cooling cycle, some mainstream media outlets are still stuck on the discredited imaginary man-made global warming narrative. In response to reader request, we outline below the scientific evidence in an open letter intended for those ill-informed journalists. Feel free to share.
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Posted by seumasach on February 6, 2014
Follow the money! There is now an unstoppable momentum behind Iran’s reintegration into the “international community”. Amidst reports of an official Iranian presence at the next round of Geneva talks, Kerry is careful not to appear to eager to embrace America and Israel’s long term bogeyman and continues to talk with forked tongue.
Yahoo
5th February, 2014
AFP: A visit to Iran by a 116-strong delegation of French business figures is “a bet” on the future and not “business as usual”, France’s finance minister said Wednesday, brushing off US criticism of the trip.
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Posted by seumasach on February 6, 2014
Thomas L.Friedman
New York Times
4th February, 2014
RAMALLAH, West Bank — For a while now I’ve wondered why there’s been no Third Intifada.
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Posted by seumasach on February 5, 2014
Licensed Opposition Parties Stress Need for All National Opposition Forces to Be Represented in Geneva Conference
FNA
5th February, 2014
TEHRAN (FNA)- Licensed national opposition parties held a press conference on Tuesday at Dama Rose Hotel in Damascus, in which they said that the absence of internal opposition from Geneva 2 conference was a weak point and deficiency that should be remedied.
The parties said that certain sides’ adoption of the Doha coalition as the sole representative of the opposition at the conference was the primary cause of the lack of results during the first stage of the conference, SANA reported.
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Posted by seumasach on February 3, 2014
Karzai sees ‘no good’ with US presence in Afghanistan
PressTV
3rd February, 2014
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he has seen “no good” with the presence of American forces in his country, prompting further speculations of a breakdown of trust between Kabul and Washington.
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Posted by seumasach on February 2, 2014
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
2nd February, 2014
The year is 1979. The streets of Tehran heaved with the passions let loose by the revolutionary fervor. Imam Khomeini had just arrived from Paris a few days ago and the ten-day run-up began leading to the momentous turning point on February 11 when the armed forces switched loyalty from the Shah to the revolutionaries. By tradition, February 1 is the day Iran celebrates the return of Imam Khomeini from exile and this year is the thirty-fifth anniversary of the revolution. There is much symbolism that the first tranche of the frozen assets of Iran amounting to $4.2 billion was deposited in the Swiss banks on last Friday the eve of ‘Ten-Day Dawn’ ceremonies of the Iranian Revolution.
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