miércoles, 5 de agosto de 2015

AUG 5 SIT EC y POL



AUG 5 SIT EC y POL

ZERO HEDGE




[ I wanted to buy a new computer last week.. but on Monday the prices were doubled. I decided not to buy.. What choices I have?  First, get in amazon a used one with warrantee for 2 years with return label attached;  and/ or go to a repair center or warehouse to  buy one, same warrantee.  2nd choice: wait until prices collapse and store offer 75% discount because of getting out of business .. soon ]
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"What can we do?"
The Road to Peace is Difficult
The implication of the Wolfowitz Doctrine is that Russia must be destroyed.
This implies our own destruction.
What can be done to restore peace? Obviously, the EU must abandon NATO and declare that Washington is a greater threat than Russia. Without NATO Washington has no cover for its aggression and no military bases with which to surround Russia.
In order to restore peace, the neoconservatives must be removed from foreign policy positions in the government and media. This means that Victoria Nuland must be removed as Assistant Secretary of State, that Susan Rice must be removed as National Security Adviser, that Samantha Power must be removed as US UN ambassador.

The warmonger neoconservatives must be removed from Fox ‘News,’ CNN, the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal, and in their places independent voices must replace propagandists for war.

Clearly, none of this is going to happen, but it must if we are to escape armageddon.
The prescription for peace and prosperity is sound. The question is: Can we implement it?
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Surprise! In what must be the most predictable geopolitical event in recent days, WSJ reports that Iran has refused to let United Nations inspectors interview key scientists and military officers to investigate allegations Tehran maintained a covert nuclear-weapons program.

[ Not surprise at all: the hidden agenda in the US plan was to neutralize Iran with the diplomatic bla bla. Get info about their capacity to respond to the current attack on Syria and in this way,  to facilitate their next attack on Iran .. So, everything goes according to plan= no surprise .. US & NATO allies are now destroying Syria.. Does Iran have the right to say that such inspection violates the Pact? YES .. eso es lo que los latinos llamamos derecho al pataleo .. cuando al reo lo cuelgan de un árbol.. el reo tiene derecho a patalear, a mover la patas .. NO a defender su vida ni a romper la cuerda.. In my view, Iran has this right to get out from the rope & defend their life under threat, .. a menos que siga creyendo que el imperio es su amigo, su aliado, su partner.. in such case, it deserves  its “destiny” ]
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There are so many parallels between the current period since 2007 in the U.S. (The Great Recession), the period since 1990 in Japan (Japan’s 2+ lost decades), and the period after 1929 in the US (The Great Depression) because they are all periods of a ‘balance-sheet recession’ (or similarly, ‘secular stagnation'; that it is next to impossible to dismiss the comparison. Using this, there is an important lesson for the Fed to consider now in weighing whether to raise rates.
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In many instances, the killings took place in "less than ordinary course", usually involving the police officer making a rash judgment that cost the victim their life, and in many cases shooting without a clear cause. But the worst example of what is increasingly, and broadly, referred to as "police brutality", are cases such as that of Alexander City officer Troy Middlebrooks, was, as NBC reports, was "caught on a secret recording discussing ways to kill a black man and cover it up."
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"The United States is on the brink of making another grave mistake under the name of protecting cyber security... If it stubbornly implements retaliatory measures against China in cyber space, it will be known for being a cyber bully and will have to shoulder responsibility for escalating confrontation and disrupting the peaceful order in the cyber space."
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Six Warning Signs That The Economy Is In Trouble.   by Tony Sagami via MauldinEconomics.com, Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/05/2015

[The neoliberal system cannot increase more.. this is a cul d’sac ]

The best time to prepare for trouble... is before trouble arrives.
On July 14, I wrote about the danger developing in the transportation sector, and things are looking even worse today. Here’s what I mean:

Look Out Below #1: Royal Dutch Shell reported its quarterly results last week—$3.4 billion, down from $5.1 billion for the same quarter a year ago—and warned that “today’s oil price downturn could last for several years.”

Look Out Below #2: UPS is a very good barometer of the consumer end of our economy: It’s the largest component of the Dow Jones Transportation Average both by sales and market valuation.

Look Out Below #3: Rolls Royce may be best known for its luxury limousines, but the heart of its business is making engines for jet airplanes. Along with General Electric, the company dominates the aerospace engine business.

Look Out Below #4: The reason Rolls Royce is suffering is that the airborne freight market is shrinking. While the passenger cabins you and I sit in may be full, the belly of the plane where the cargo freight is held is growing increasingly empty.

Look Out Below #5: The trans-ocean freight business isn’t doing any better; the number of idle container ships has increased two months in a row.

Look Out Below #6: The reason why all these transportation companies are struggling is that global trade is simply shrinking.

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Boeing, whose Chairman Jim McNerney says the demise of the Export Import bank amounts to "craziness", lost a contract worth several hundred million dollars last month, after the buyer backed out citing credit concers related to the expiration of the Depression-era institution's charter. Now, Boeing and GE alike are threatening to move American jobs overseas if Congress fails to renew the authorization for what some commentators call "a vast, well-funded network of consultants, lobbyists and big-government interest groups."  
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Dear Fed: behold another example of why your ludicrous rate hike ideas will crush the economy. Moments ago the BEA reported that the June international trade deficit spiked by 7.1% from $40.9 billion in May (revised) to $43.8 billion in June, as exports decreased and imports increased.  The previously published May deficit was $41.9 billion. The goods deficit increased $2.9 billion from May to $63.5 billion in June. The services surplus decreased less than $0.1 billion from May to $19.7 billion in June.
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Disney is down over 8% from post-earnings highs for its biggest drop sicne at least Oct 2014 and back at 2-month lows... The Happiest Place On Earth... isn't...
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Jay Powell reminded investors that September is not guaranteed and a dismal ADP print confirmed that there's maybe enough bad news that we get one or two more months of ZIRP... so stocks surge on algo eagerness. Bonds are also rallying and the dollar fading...
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/05/2015 - 07:39
  • Turkey says coalition to launch 'comprehensive battle' against Islamic State (Reuters)
  • Buffett’s Celebration Tempered by 50th Anniversary Stock Slump (BBG)
  • SEC Set to Approve CEO Pay-Gap Disclosure Rule (WSJ)
  • Greece wants full bailout, not bridge loan, ruling party says  (Reuters)
  • Stocks Rise Fueled by Strong European Corporate Earnings and Chinese Data (WSJ)
  • JPMorgan Reclaims Place Among U.S.'s Top 10 Biggest Stocks (BBG)
  • Eurozone retail sales fall sharply in June (MW)
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Curious why after its massive drubbing yesterday, which led to the second highest volume day for AAPL stock in 2015, the phone market is down another 1.3% this morning? The reason: Wall Street's momentum chasing penguins have re-emerged, and moments ago Bank of America, right on time as in just after the stock broke its 200 DMA and entered a correction, decided to downgrade AAPL from Buy to Neutral, lowering its price target from $142 to $130.
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GLOBAL RESEARCH

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NEWS IN SPANISH

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RT-SPUTNIK & LATEST SHOWS

Islamic State sex slave price list authentic, $165 for a child - UN  http://www.rt.com/news/311612-un-isis-sex-slave/
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PRESS TV

No moderate militant for US to back: Syria. Wed Aug 5, 2015 Syria’s Muallem slams the US for making a distinction between what it calls 'moderate' militants and other Takfiri groups.
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Israel will be hit if US attacks Iran: Obama. Wed Aug 5, 2015 Obama has warned American Jewish leaders that Tel Aviv would be possibly struck by rockets in case of a US military strike on Iran.
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ISIL 'sex slave menu' authentic: UN. Wed Aug 5, 2015 The UN verifies the authenticity of a price list the ISIL Takfiri group uses to trade the people it has captured as sex slaves.

[ Behind ISIL are the US-UK mercenaries .. this nasty business may belong to them too ]
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US urges China to halt problematic actions. Wed Aug 5, 2015 Kerry has called on his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to stop “problematic actions” in the South China Sea.

[ Most problematic action is the US interference in foreign affairs based on arrogant bullsh.. supremacism ]
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