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ObamaSwindleCare: The Final Payment
(by Anthony Freda via wendydavis @ flickr) From time to time, we must all read something related to government policy to which we act so viscerally that we double over in pain, nausea, rage…or all...
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Michael Hudson on crisis in Europe and the machinations of the rentier class...
(Sorry I can’t delete the stupid stuff from Lee Camp, but it’s mercifully short.) And from Paul Craig Roberts, a tongue-lashing analysis of how insanely stupid and risky current US policy is toward...
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Michael Hudson on trnn: Has the IMF Annexed Ukraine?
The Transcript is here. Hudson’s new column is here: ‘Ukraine denouement: The Russian loan and the IMF’s One-Two Punch’, including: “International finance as war The Ukraine-IMF debt negotiation...
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New Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: a Blow Against the Empire (and a...
(The BRICS development bank is capitalizing further as well; perhaps a multipolar world.) Good. (This is longish, but it’s not a short subject.) (The transcript) A few key highlights: “The World...
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Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble, or 1929 Starts to Rhyme
ohiobarbarian:“History never repeats itself but it rhymes.” –Mark Twain One of my very favorite American authors certainly got that one right. And it’s happening again. Our financial sector-dominated...
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Ukraine Out of the Rabbit Hole: an Open Thread
(sorry it’s so long, but whoosh, there was a hella lot to cover.) Ukraine had slipped out of the news recently (and obviously) in favor of ISIS, ISIL, Clinton, whatever, and after spending a few days...
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It’s Greek Debt ‘Crisis’ Showdown Time at the OK Brussels Corral
(or read the transcript if you’d rather.) At The Guardian: ‘Greece looks for political deal as creditors question progress – live updates now. Looks like it’s Showdown Time for Tsipris and...
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Is the US Empire Bat-shit Crazy or Just Simply Certifiably Insane re: The...
by anthony freda, bless him The original piece at RT concerning this madness was almost funny, given, well…McCain and Kiev. (briefly): “You really couldn’t make it up, could you? Serial warmonger and...
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C’mon Kids; Gather Round! It’s the G-7 Wrap- Up Jamboree!
First up is Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson’s take on the meetup of the Most Powerful Leaders of the World ™ (or, as per @theLemniscat ‘the US and its closest lapdogs’) at the awesomely luxurious...
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The Delphi Initiative & Crunch Time for Syriza and Greece’s Citizenry
Greek Asset Stripping Similarities; Michael Hudson’s speech The background: “Last weekend a group of us met in Delphi to discuss and draft the following Declaration of Support for Greece against the...
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What’s Next for Greece, the Future Harbinger of the EU Experiment and...
(the last Greek thread, ‘Crunch Time’ is here.) (the transcript; preferable, imo) a snippet: SPOURDALAKIS: Antonis Samaras–resigned, yeah. The leader of the opposition and the previous prime minister...
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Syriza Seems to Have Blinked…for Now
the parthenon from lycabettus hill From the Guardian, and it may or not be so: ‘Athens accepts harsh austerity as bailout deal nears; Greek cabinet reportedly backs a package of reforms and spending...
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Today’s European Union Summit Cancelled; Will Frau Merkel Rule the Day Today?
Or will she Rue the Day (as per French FM Michel Sapin’s dire warning to Her Frumpy Nibs)? (‘Syriza seems to have blinked’ is here; it was getting a bit long and unwieldy.) From RT: “A summit of all...
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Jumble Sale: Links, Stories, Essays, and Interviews in the News
euro cards Hoo, boy; there are so many new posts, explanations, opinions and new (damned) statistics on the current and continuing Greek debacle to read, much less absorb. Yves Smith is at work trying...
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Youch; Varoufakis reveals cloak and dagger ‘Plan B’ for Greece, awaits...
Via the Telegraph UK: ‘Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis claims he was authorised by Alexis Tsipras to look into a parallel payment system’ by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (I’m going to...
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Open thread on the twists and turns afoot in Greece
Juliania has been paying attention to events in the Hellenistic Republic, bless her heart, and although the Snap Election isn’t until Sept. 20, I thought I’d put up a shell that we can add to at will....
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Tsipras/Syriza pull it out
With only 30% of the vote yet to be counted: #Grélections 70.29% du total: Syriza 35.42% ND 28.30% Aube Tarée 7.02% Pasok 6.38% KKE 5.47% Potami 4.01% ANEL 3.65% U Ctre 3.38% — Olivier Drot...
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Forced Frenemies at the UNGA: Putin and Obama
(This will be a copy/paste post in the main, given the dueling voices and media narratives. And of course Obama finally reached the conclusion that ‘the coalition partners against ISIL need both...
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NATO’s Rampin’ It Up: will create new HQs in Hungary & Slovakia, Too!
From the horse’s mouth: #NATO Defence Ministers take further steps to enhance collective defence http://t.co/cY7feqKwFt #DefMin pic.twitter.com/10KNOfJ7KC — NATO (@NATO) October 8, 2015 “The Ministers...
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WikiLeaked Cables Demonstrate Attempts to Overthrow Elected Socialist...
From jacobin.org: ‘The Latin America WikiLeaks Files’; US diplomatic cables reveal a coordinated assault against Latin America’s left-wing governments’, authored by Alexander Main & Dan Beeton of...
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