Yemen’s starving children ‘heart-breaking’: UN urges end to conflict amid Saudi strikes

Portugal’s former PM poised to succeed Ban Ki-moon as UN chief

US condemns Israel’s plan for new settlement

Instant Karma: Israeli fighter jet crash-lands after Gaza Strip bombing run

EU and US policies behind crisis behind Syria conflict: France’s Le Pen

The United States of America is a curious creature especially according to its presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.On the one hand it is an “exceptional nation,” “the last best hope of Earth” and “a shining city on a hill.” On the other, it is a pathetic plaything of Russia’s Dr. Evil, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Let’s recall. According to the Hillary Clinton campaign and the media only too happy to regurgitate its talking points: 1.) One of the two viable candidates for president of the US is in Kremlin’s pocket — either because he is a moron, or else a fully-blown Manchurian candidate. Washington Post: Trump proves he’s a … Continue reading →

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The United States of America is a curious creature especially according to its presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.On the one hand it is an “exceptional nation,” “the last best hope of Earth” and “a shining city on a hill.” On the other, it is a pathetic plaything of Russia’s Dr. Evil, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Let’s recall. According to the Hillary Clinton campaign and the media only too happy to regurgitate its talking points: 1.) One of the two viable candidates for president of the US is in Kremlin’s pocket — either because he is a moron, or else a fully-blown Manchurian candidate. Washington Post: Trump proves he’s a … Continue reading →

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Inside Track The stock market – where shares in profit-making companies are exchanged – went up again on Friday. Does this mean the outlook for making money is improving? Does this presage higher dividends for the stockholders? What, exactly, do investors expect? Partisan politics is for the most part a distraction, maintaining the illusion of choice for the public. Illustration by Ana Vlajcevic More of the same, is our guess. Hillary in her Heaven. Yellen on her throne. And now, Fed Governor Lael Brainard is said to have the inside track for the top job at the Department of the … Continue reading →

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Senator Tim Kaine and Governor Mike Pence squared off in the only vice presidential debate of this campaign season last night, and Lew and I evaluate the wreckage. Listen to the podcast For audio of the previous debates go to TomWoods.com.

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Twelve years ago, John Perkins published his book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, and it rapidly rose up The New York Times’ best-seller list. In it, Perkins describes his career convincing heads of state to adopt economic policies that impoverished their countries and undermined democratic institutions. These policies helped to enrich tiny, local elite groups while padding the pockets of U.S.-based transnational corporations. Perkins was recruited, he says, by the National Security Agency (NSA), but he worked for a private consulting company. His job as an undertrained, overpaid economist was to generate reports that justified lucrative contracts for U.S. … Continue reading →

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You would probably get a confused look in today’s world if you called someone ‘tarse’ or ‘nippy’, but it would have caused plenty of trouble centuries ago. That’s because the unusual terms are among Britain’s best long-lost swear words, which also include ‘bald-a***’ and ‘hollow-mouthed’ – indicating a lack of teeth. Dr. Todd Gray MBE has studied historic insults, with ‘gouty-legged’ and ‘copper-nosed’ – from the practice of treating syphilis with copper – among the others. The research fellow at the University of Exeter spent years trawling through 40,000 documents from the church and state courts in the 1500s and … Continue reading →

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Since it only takes seconds for someone to decide if they like you, and research shows that first impressions are very difficult to change, the pressure that comes with meeting new people is justifiably intense. Too many people succumb to the mistaken belief that being likable comes from natural, unteachable traits that belong only to a lucky few—the good looking, the fiercely social, and the incredibly talented. It’s easy to fall prey to this misconception. In reality, being likable is under your control, and it’s a matter of emotional intelligence (EQ). In a study conducted at UCLA, subjects rated over … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Matthew is slowly churning it way towards the U.S. with sustained winds of 140 mph or more, and the potential for major damage and loss of life exists for many coastal areas. Hurricanes can certainly be dangerous, but they don’t have to be life-threatening for those who prepare.  Unlike tornadoes, which can pop up suddenly, hurricanes are first identified when they are hundreds, if not thousands of miles away.  We can watch their development and have a good idea of how bad the situation might be and how much time we have to get ready. Even before it’s clear … Continue reading →

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Nick Giambruno: The migrant crisis is tearing Europe apart. What’s your take, Doug? Doug Casey: I’m all for immigration and completely open borders to enable opportunity seekers from anyplace to move anyplace else. With two big, critically important, caveats: 1) there can be no welfare or free government services, so everyone has to pay his own way, and no freeloaders are attracted 2) all property is privately owned, to minimize the possibility of squatter camps full of beggars. In the absence of welfare benefits, immigrants are usually the best of people because you get mobile, aggressive, and opportunity-seeking people that … Continue reading →

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Back in the days of the Cold War between the Communist bloc of nations and the Western democracies, the Communists maintained pervasive restrictions around Eastern Europe that were aptly called an “iron curtain,” isolating the people in its block from the ideas of the West and physically obstructing their escape. One of the few things that could penetrate the “iron curtain” were ideas conveyed on radio waves. “The Voice of America” network broadcast to the peoples of the Soviet bloc, so that they were never completely isolated, and hearing only what the Communist dictatorships wanted them to hear. Ironically, despite … Continue reading →

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