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on February 6, 2015 in World News

Is Russia Planning a Gold-Based Currency?

Is Russia Planning a Gold-Based Currency? East is moving away from U.S. Dollar The “perfect-storm” of geopolitical instability, diplomatic isolation, severe currency depreciation, and economic decline now confronting Russia has profoundly damaged Moscow’s international standing, and possibly for the long-term. Yet, it is precisely such conditions that may push the country’s leadership into taking the radical step that will secure its world-player status once and for all: the adoption of a gold-exchange standard. Though a far-fetched idea at first glance, many factors suggest that remonetization in gold may be a logical next step for Moscow. First, for years Moscow has… View Article

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on February 6, 2015 in World News

Palestinian civil society condemns Canadian government disinformation

Palestinian civil society condemns Canadian government disinformation and repression against boycott movement The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition of Palestinian civil society organisations that leads the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, has condemned the Canadian government’s ramped up disinformation campaign and repressive measures against the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. BDS is a global, Palestinian-led nonviolent human rights movement that aims to apply pressure on Israel, as was done on apartheid South Africa, to fully comply with its obligations under international law. Canada and Israel signed a series of cooperation agreements recently,… View Article

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on February 6, 2015 in World News

WTF? Teacher Arrested for Attacking First Grader for Eating Too Much at Lunch

WTF? Teacher Arrested for Attacking First Grader for Eating Too Much at Lunch: “He Only Needed One Taco” And I thought the story of a nine-year-old kid getting suspended for bringing his magical hobbit one ring to school and saying he could make another kid disappear because that’s a terroristic threat was the dumbest story I had heard come out of a public school this week. When that happened I had to ask, “How much more pathetic do public schools in America have to GET before they just start imploding from the sheer level of STUPID?” Well, now this has… View Article

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on February 6, 2015 in World News

Where Is Germany’s Gold?

Courtesy: Federal Reserve Bank of New York Where Is Germany’s Gold? Almost half of Germany’s gold is stored in vaults under the streets of Manhattan. Or is it? Gold at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Peter Boehringer hates the word “conspiracy.” It implies something crazy, and if you spend even a little time with the 45-year-old German, it becomes clear he’s driven by a desire for order. On a recent morning in Munich, he’s dressed in a cobalt blue shirt that matches his blue tie and blue eyes. His black hair is cropped close above his receded hairline. In… View Article

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on February 6, 2015 in World News

Your Samsung SmartTV Is Spying on You, Basically

Your Samsung SmartTV Is Spying on You, Basically You may be loving your new Internet-connected television and its convenient voice-command feature—but did you know it’s recording everything you say and sending it to a third party? Careful what you say around your TV. It may be listening. And blabbing. A single sentence buried in a dense “privacy policy” for Samsung’s Internet-connected SmartTV advises users that its nifty voice command feature might capture more than just your request to play the latest episode of Downton Abbey. “Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that… View Article

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on February 6, 2015 in World News

Canada top court allows doctor-assisted suicide

Canada top court allows doctor-assisted suicide The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday struck down a ban against doctor-assisted suicide, while suggesting that it should be available only for competent adults suffering from an incurable disease. Its decision, however, was suspended for one year to allow lawmakers an opportunity to enact new rules surrounding the divisive issue. A legal challenge to the existing law was brought by the families of two women in westernmost British Columbia province who have since died, and was supported civil liberties groups. One of the women, Gloria Taylor, died of an infection after suffering from… View Article

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on February 6, 2015 in World News

Brian Williams’ comments about dead bodies, Hurricane Katrina

Brian Williams’ comments about dead bodies, Hurricane Katrina starting to gain attention, draw scrutiny NBC News anchor Brian Williams, who apologized on the air Wednesday night for lying about an experience covering the Iraq War, is now facing scrutiny over his gripping accounts of Hurricane Katrina, the disaster that burnished his nightly news bona fides almost a decade ago. Related story: Brian Williams’ credibility questions after fake Iraq story Williams’ account of seeing a body float by in the French Quarter — which remained largely dry — and even a claim of catching dysentery from drinking Katrina floodwaters have raised… View Article

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on February 6, 2015 in World News

4th Grade Reading Assignments: Black Panthers, Police Brutality, Need for Amnesty

4th Grade Reading Assignments: Black Panthers, Police Brutality, Need for Amnesty Fourth graders in Wake County, North Carolina have been assigned one book that involves the Black Panthers and racism, and another involving a father’s murder, police crackdowns on Mexican unions, and immigration to the United States. According to Stop Common Core North Carolina, a parent reported 4th graders have been told to read the book One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia, in which three sisters are sent by their negligent mother to a camp run by the Black Panthers. A description of the book at Amazon.com states it is… View Article

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on February 6, 2015 in World News

Obama: Christianity’s Past Makes Criticism Of Islamism Untenable

Obama: Christianity’s Past Makes Criticism Of Islamism Untenable On February 5, President Obama spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast and made clear his belief that events in Christianity’s past–particularly “the Crusades”–make criticism of other faiths, particularly Islamism, difficult if not impossible. Approaching the matter in this way, he was able to disapprove of ISIS and other terrorists without uttering one negative word about the Islamism that forms the theocratic system under which they operate. The White House posted the text of Obama’s remarks, and at one point he spoke of the world around us by saying: We…see faith being twisted… View Article

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