Yearly Archives: 2013

Did China Just Fire The First Salvo Towards A New Gold Standard?

In a somewhat shockingly blunt comment from the mouthpiece of Chinese officialdom, Yao Yudong of the PBoC’s monetary policy committee has called for a new Bretton Woods system to strengthen the management of global liquidity. In an article in the China … Continue reading

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Rep. Chaffetz on embassy closings, Benghazi latest

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Edward Snowden’s Father’s Letter to Obama

July 26, 2013 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500 Re: Civil Disobedience, Edward J. Snowden, and the Constitution Dear Mr. President: You are acutely aware that the history of liberty is a history … Continue reading

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Kyle Bass Warns “There Is No Real Way Out”

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Public Service Announcement – Survival Expo

Public Service Announcement August 1, 2013 The New Bern area has suffered the effects of many hurricanes. There’s no reason to think we’ve finished dealing with them. In addition there’s always the possibility that we’ll have to deal with longer … Continue reading

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US Embassies … automated operation …

U.S. embassies go on automated systems today Chairman Meow 8/4/2013, 10:48 am As a precautionary measure due to terror-related concerns, the State Department closed all embassies today and went to an emergency automated system. Working in conjunction with a private … Continue reading

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Rep. Amash: Snowden Is a Whistleblower

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkWr8DPvzU0&#t=1s Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) said on Sunday that he believes National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is a whistleblower, not a traitor. “He may be doing things overseas that we would find problematic, that we would find dangerous,” Amash … Continue reading

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ABC: Embassy Closings Due to Planned al-Qaeda attack on ‘strategically significant’ location

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V36eWT5KSoM I wonder what Ronald Reagan would do in this situation? Is this a real threat? Is this a cover for a US attack in Syria? Or is this another attempt to overshadow the exposure of arms trafficking in Benghazi … Continue reading

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Thousands rally to support embattled Tunisia government

Tens of thousands of Tunisians came out in a show of force for the country’s Islamist-led government on Saturday, in one of the largest demonstrations since the 2011 revolution. Supporters of the ruling Ennahda party crowded into Kasbah Square next … Continue reading

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Riyadh, Ankara Call on Al-Qaeda to Declare War on Syrian Kurds

Saudi Arabia and Turkey aligning with al Qaeda? Obama will like that. But then this is probably just Iranian propaganda. David DeGerolamo From Fars News: The al-Qaeda-linked terrorist groups, the al-Nusra Front and the Sham and Iraq Islamic Emirate, have … Continue reading

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US Dollar Is No Longer Welcome in Syria

Assad has banned the US dollar in Syria. Most people would say “so what”. As Qaddafi found out in Libya, dictators are not allowed to challenge the supremacy of the US dollar. Does this mean that Al Qaeda must use … Continue reading

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Schizophrenic Elephant

Excerpts from a fine post: ” … It can be hard to remember sometimes while swimming in the media bubble that depicts the Republican Party as some offshoot of the John Birch Society, the KKK and the Confederacy, that it’s … Continue reading

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The Bear Knows When to Take Out the Trash

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d13xbdyPAU Russia’s national symbol is the bear: Amerika’s new symbol: The bear video foreshadows Putin taking out America’s trash.

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Obama: Following in Lincoln’s Footsteps

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Do Not Skip the Last Two Minutes

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