London Independent | ‘China is the largest coal consumer in the world, but it burns much lower quality coal, such as brown coal, which has a lower heat value’

Bizpac Review | It’s not the Confederate flag that has people talking in this Georgia city; a local business owner decided to make a statement by flying a WWII Nazi naval flag featuring a swastika.

Sputnik | North Korea has fired shells at a South Korean military base across the demilitarized zone, local media reported Thursday.

Mac Slavo | Officials from the Federal Reserve are beginning to acknowledge the colossal failure of their quantitative easing.

Karen De Coster | I thought the Vaccination Nation argument was entirely sound, and all else was anti-science?

New American | “There’s a place to find common ground between personal civil liberties and NSA doing its job.”

Michael Krieger | At this point, it almost feels like kicking someone while he’s down. Jeb Bush can’t even stand up to Donald Trump, let alone his own growing series of scandals.

RT | St. Louis police have been confronted by residents after officers fatally shot a black suspect.

Zero Hedge | It appears the deceitful imbroglio of Hillary’s campaign have begun to wear on her most admiring (“well everyone lies a little bit right?”) apologists and voters.

Paul Craig Roberts | Europe is being overrun by refugees from Washington’s, and Israel’s, hegemonic policies in the Middle East and North Africa.

Politico | Google has the ability to drive millions of votes to a candidate with no one the wiser.

Michael Snyder | Is September 2015 going to be a month that changes history?

Michael Snyder | Is the stock market going to crash by the end of 2015?