International Economics 101 “On a finite planet, endless economic growth is impossible.” 1) The US is built on a “capitalist growth economy” 2) A capitalistic growth economy is dependent on population growth 3) Inbreeding of ignorant racists is not a growth economy strategy (such as Germany did through World War II) 4) Immigration (such as […]
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A Capitalist Growth Economy
Posted in Business, Education, Finance, freedom, Government, History, International
Also tagged capitalism, capitalist growth economy, economy, Germany, population growth
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Torture = Enhanced Interrogation Techniques
The United States’ Senate Intelligence Committee released a 6,000 page report detailing how the CIA tortured prisoners at Bagram, Guantanamo Bay, and Abu Ghraib. A 480 page summary gives a troubling overview. The BBC reports: Were the interrogation methods – torture if you like – more extensive and more brutal than previously admitted? It looks […]
Posted in freedom, Government, International, Law, liberty, Politics, War And Peace
Also tagged Abu Ghraib, Bagram, CIA, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Guantanamo Bay, Senate Intelligence Committee, sexual torture, torture, United State, waterboarding
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Russia, Ukraine, Crimea and the USA
A couple of interesting facts: 1) On March 29, 1867, Stoeckl informed Secretary of State William Henry Seward that the Czar had agreed to sell Russian interests in Alaska to the United States. 2) In 1954, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev gave Ukraine a gift: Crimea.
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Also tagged Crimea, deomocrty, Russia, sovereignty, Ukraine
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War: Syria, Russia, Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan
Does the impending war with Syria leave you with a feeling of deja vu? Perhaps it is because we are about to repeat our mistake. In the 1980’s, Russia was fighting Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. The CIA aided Al-Qaeda: “During the anti-Soviet jihad Bin Laden and his fighters received American and Saudi funding. Some analysts believe […]
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Also tagged Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Bin Laden, CIA, jihad, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Soviet, Syria, United States, war
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Gun Control? We Need Bomb Control
PHILADELPHIA, PA — With all the uproar over the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shootings, ignorant and fearful Americans have been clamoring to take away the 2nd Amendment Rights. This makes no sense what-so-ever. The 2nd Amendment was put into place so U.S. citizens could protect themselves from government. However, instead of protecting themselves from the […]
Posted in children, Education, freedom, Government, International, Law, liberty, Opinion, Politics, Security
Also tagged 2nd Amendment, bomb control, civilian casualities, Government, gun control, military stirkes, murder, Sandy Hook Elementary School, school shootings, self control, social responsibility, United States
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Mortgage Bankers Paying for Fraud and Crimes
Even foreign companies have to pay for crimes committed in the good ole US of A. HUD, HUD INSPECTOR GENERAL AND U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCE $202 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH DEUTSCHE BANK AND MORTGAGEIT Civil Fraud case alleged reckless mortgage lending and false claims Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, […]
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Also tagged bad loans, civil lawsuits, crimes, criminal activity, DEUTSCHE BANK, economic crisis, enforcement, fraud, Government, MORTGAGEIT, mortgages, United States Of America
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Heavenly View of the East Coast
This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb […]
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Also tagged Earth, NASA, Philadelphia from space, space pictures, United States
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President Obama Signs Indefinite Detention Bill Into Law
by the American Civil Liberties Union WASHINGTON, DC – President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law today. The statute contains a sweeping worldwide indefinite detention provision. While President Obama issued a signing statement saying he had “serious reservations” about the provisions, the statement only applies to how his administration would use […]
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Also tagged ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, detention, freedom, Government, Law, liberty, military, Obama
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Free Friends Of Occupy Philadelphia
Sunday, December 11, 2011 Philadelphia, PA by Daniel Brouse Are there any parallels between the creation of Pennsylvania, the American Revolutionary War and the Occupy Wall Street Movement? Yes. It is quite interesting how the Quakers have been involved in all three movements. As a Quaker in England, William Penn had been arrested six times […]
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Also tagged American history, free, freedom, Friends, liberty, Occupy Philadelphia, Occupy Wall Street, Pennsylvania, Quakers, Religion, Revolutionary War, William Penn
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