By Ellen Brown Illinois is teetering on bankruptcy and other states are not far behind, largely due to unfunded pension liabilities; but there are solutions. The Federal Reserve could do a round of “QE for Munis.” Or the state could turn its sizable pension fund into a self-sustaining public bank. […]
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Is this really the future of healthcare in America? The Press25 Jul 2017NICK ALLEN PHOTOS: REUTERS People wait to receive medical and dental care at the Remote Area Medical Clinic in Wise, Virginia. “This organisation was designed to parachute into the most God-awful places. I expected to see stuff like […]
Another grim anniversary for Gaza Efforts to end the Gaza blockade must go hand in hand with the wider Palestinian right to self-determination.By Sharif Nashashibi Sharif Nashashibi is an award-winning journalist and analyst on Arab affairs. July 8 marks the anniversary of last year’s Israeli onslaught against Gaza. Commonly and […]
Yes, Bill Clinton ASKED Russia to interfere in a US presidential election by Jon Rappoport July 18, 2017 Press outlets are now reminding us that President Bill Clinton interfered in the 1996 Russia election that brought Boris Yeltsin to power for a second term. This is by way of saying, […]
16.07.2017 Author: Steven MacMillan https://journal-neo.org/2017/07/16/brzezinski-wanted-nato-to-become-the-hub-of-a-globe-spanning-web-of-security-pacts/ The end of May marked the death of a man who had been at the center of global affairs for decades. Zbigniew Brzezinski, born in Warsaw in the 1920s, was one of the most influential foreign policy advisers in the US, who also played a pivotal role in […]
More than 20 million people are at risk of starving to death. Will the world step up? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/more-than-20-million-people-are-at-risk-of-starving-to-death-will-the-world-step-up/2017/07/17/c7d7703c-6b14-11e7-b9e2-2056e768a7e5_story.html?utm_term=.812be9058c88 A severely malnourished child lies in the hands of her mother in March as she waits to be processed into a UNICEF-funded health program in Baidoa in southwestern Somalia. (Tony Karumba/Agence France-Presse […]
Times Change Out From Under Us Paul Craig Roberts He had lugged the 50 lb. bag of Milorganite into the garden in order to discover, as on many prior occasions, that he had nothing with which to open it. He blamed this on the war on terror and the TSA. […]
Glenn Greenwald Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the founding editors of The Intercept. His recent piece for The Intercept is headlined “As Momentum Grows to Remove Brazil’s President, New Pressure Campaign Sparks Rage.” Transcript This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: […]
Jul 14 Robots are inventing their own languages The programming and design of artificial intelligence by Jon Rappoport July 14, 2017 Along with assurances that we’re facing an imminent takeover of industrial production by robots and other artificial intelligence (AI), we’re also being told that AI can develop its own […]
ESSENTIAL VIEWING! Fascinating new presentation From Chomsky. What kind of world are we leaving for our children? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL4J0T7pQkQ