JAN 2 17 SIT EC
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ZERO HEDGE
ECONOMICS
The global context
While
most of the world is enjoying it last day off from the 2017 holiday transition,
with Asia's major markets closed for the New Year holiday, along with Britain
and Switzerland in Europe and the US and Canada across the Atlantic, European
stocks climbed to their highest levels in over a year on Monday after the Markit
PMI survey showed manufacturing production in the Eurozone rose to the highest
level since April 2011.
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Indian banks announced sharp cuts to their
lending rates after a recent surge in deposits, raising hopes that lower
borrowing costs will help spark credit growth in Asia's third-largest economy, at
the same time as the December PMI survey showed the first contraction in
India's manufacturing sector in one year, raising
doubts about the world's fastest growing economy.
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Iron Ore stocks at Chinese ports just hit a new record high
in the last week of 2016, even as the spot price of iron ore staged a dramatic
comeback over 2016, closing near the highs of the year. However, a Axiom
Capital notes, if history is any precedent, such record stocks "carry an
ominous sign for iron ore prices." Here's why.
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The debacle in America
by Phoenix Capital... Globally over $52 TRILLION in
debt is denominated in $USD. And Janet Yellen is talking about three rate hikes
in 2017?!?
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"I know that many people are still trying to convince themselves that the incoming
administration will govern normally, despite the obviously undemocratic
instincts of the new commander in chief and the questionable legitimacy
of the process that brought him to power... But let’s get real. Everything we know suggests that
we’re entering an era of epic corruption and contempt for the rule of law, with
no restraint whatsoever..."
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POLITICS
Proven Losers ...
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WORLD ISSUES and ME
As the Obama administration shunned Israel last week,
we warned that police were calling on Israeli
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to allow them to open a full criminal investigation
against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Today, as Channel 2 reports, Israeli police entered Bibi's home for
questioning. The prime minister was quick to react, blasting "don't celebrate too soon over
corruption probe."
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DEMOCRACY NOW
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GLOBAL RESEARCH
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INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE
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COL Inviting NATO to Fight “Organized Crime”, A
Menace for Latin America By
Peter Koenig
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Defying Donald Trump’s Kleptocracy By Chris Hedges
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COUNTER PUNCH
Mouin Rabbani Kerry’s
Eureka Moment on Israel and Palestine
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Thomas Knapp Russian
Hacking Report: All Hat, No Cattle
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SPUTNIK and RT SHOWS
Moscow-Ankara Cooperation in Syria Shows Turkey's
'Disappointment in NATO'
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201701021049203793-moscow-ankara-cooperation-syria/
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201701021049203793-moscow-ankara-cooperation-syria/
Related 1
'Best Thing Turkey Can Do Now is Talk to Assad and Withdraw
Forces' From Syria
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201701021049198974-turkey-syria-dialogue-assad/
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201701021049198974-turkey-syria-dialogue-assad/
Related 2
Syrian Ceasefire: Russia, Turkey, Iran 'Achieve What
Washington Couldn't Do'
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201612301049130232-syria-ceasefire-russia-turkey/
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201612301049130232-syria-ceasefire-russia-turkey/
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China Warns It Won’t Allow Anyone to Use Hong Kong for Rebellion
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201701031049206909-china-hong-kong-separatist-movement/
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201701031049206909-china-hong-kong-separatist-movement/
Related
Russian Su-35 May be Last Fighter Jet Imported by China as
Beijing Bets on J-20
https://sputniknews.com/military/201701021049201125-russia-china-fighter-jet/
https://sputniknews.com/military/201701021049201125-russia-china-fighter-jet/
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RT SHOWS
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WASHINGTON BLOG
Posted on January 2, 2017 by Charles
Hugh Smith
Many observers decry the loss of
national coherence and purpose, and the increasing fragmentation of the
populace into “tribes” with their own loyalties, value systems and
priorities.
These observers look back on the
national unity of World War II as the ideal social standard: everyone
pitching in, with shared purpose and sacrifice. (Never mind the war killed tens
of millions of people, including over 400,000 Americans.)
But few (if any) of
these nostalgic observers note that history has no rewind button or reverse
gear. It is impossible to recreate the national
unity of World War II, as modern war is either specialized or nuclear.
Neither enable mass mobilization.
Few observers note that World War
II set the template for the next 60 years: the solution is always to further centralize power, control and money
to serve the goals set by centralized authority.
The wartime economies
of every combatant were optimized not just for production of war goods but for
centralized command and control of that production.
We are now so habituated to
centralized decision-making, control and power that we don’t even
question the notion that a wildly diverse nation of 320 million people can be
well-served by a single healthcare system that requires thousands of
pages of regulations to function in a centrally managed fashion.
⇒ Keep Reading
⇒ Keep Reading
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NOTICIAS IN SPANISH
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Siria, la revolución y la izquierda
latinoamericana Atilio A. Boron
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Gramsci “Lo que distingue a Gramsci es la importancia
que asigna a la filosófica y su nexo político”
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La Economía Solidaria en España indicadores para su análisis
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El Pentágono insta a Corea del Norte
a que 'no lo provoque' Solo los del USA son beningnos?
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Cuba reitera reclamo por Guantánamo
y el 'No' al bloqueo en su aniversario
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Reportes
de VIENTO SUR: http://www.vientosur.info/spip.php?article12075
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PRESS TV
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