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With the Vatican increasingly endorsing new “how to live” rules for their followers and society, they have clearly become more political than they’ve been in a long time. Pay attention.
In the video below, YouTube reporter RedsilverJ explains how the Pope appears to be pushing the agenda that’s etched into the mysterious Georgia Guidestones. Continue reading “Pope Pushing Depopulation Agenda of the Georgia Guidestones?”
![](In%20Ukraine, major battles have broken out over the past couple weeks. Mainstream media has widely ignored the story because of Greece, then Charlie, and then the Swiss Franc. And of course Western media has no interest in reporting news the rebels are winning. However, ignoring the story does not make it go away. Major Rebel Advance On November 9, 2014, I posted Ukraine Split in Two; Expect Major Rebel Advance. That advance came later than I expected. But it is here in full force. Max Keiser provided this accurate headline two days ago: Ukraine Lurches to Full Scale War as Russia Drastically Reduces Gas Supply to EU. Reader Jacob Dreizin, a US citizen who speaks Russian and reads Ukrainian sent a few emails and videos recently worth posting. From Jacob ... Hello Mish Here's a video that shows a military "cemetery" in Dnepropetrovsk region, Ukraine. Note especially seconds 33 through 51. There are literally hundreds of empty holes in the ground here, waiting for bodies. I read in another source that these graves were dug very recently, probably right before this video was posted on January 8th. Looks like Kiev had been planning an offensive, presumably the one that was just broken up by the rebels in the last few days. I guess it's cheaper to have the graves dug all at once than to keep calling the backhoe crew over and over. Link if video does not play: Mass Graves in Ukraine. Dreizin writes ... The last few weeks have seen a significant escalation of fighting, which really boiled over in the last 5-6 days. I can't say for sure who "started" it, but it's clear from those hundreds of holes in the ground that the Ukrainians anticipated something. Donetsk Airport Battle is Over Dreizin also informs me that "The battle for the Donetsk airport is over. The rebels expelled Ukraine's most elite units from their last redoubts in the new terminal building." More reports coming up, none of them pretty for Kiev. Mainstream media ... silence. But some things are impossible to hide. Here's one of them. USD/UAH - US Dollar Ukrainian Hryvnia image: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9jrliJYKX88/VLxqbsPpBeI/AAAAAAAAb_c/7VPW01soW3s/s400/UAH3.png Since November 30, 2013, the Hryvnia has collapsed from 8.24-per-US$ to 15.86-per-US$. That's a decline of 48 percent. Everything Ukraine imports costs nearly double what it did just over a year ago! Ukraine is bankrupt. It needs another bailout, but so far there are no offers. See Ukraine Needs Second Bailout, Currency Reserves Drop to Critical Level; Another IMF Visit; Where's the Love? In 5 Weeks, Ukraine Out of Money Please consider Foreign Currency Reserves in Ukraine Plunge 63 Percent in 2014 Ukraine's foreign currency reserves were down to just over $7.5 billion last year, the lowest level for 10 years and barely enough to cover five weeks of imports, pressured by external debt repayments including to the IMF and to Russia for gas. Repayment of $14 billion of external debt falling due in 2014 took its toll. War Marches On From a "grave" perspective, the war marches on, and will do so until the IMF steps in with another bailout or every penny is gone, whichever comes first. Philosophically speaking, the war is actually over. Ukraine is already split in two even if international recognition of that event comes years later. Addendum: The report from Dreizin that rebels took the airport was from Saturday. Reuters reported Sunday afternoon that Ukrainian troops retake most of Donetsk airport from rebels. Ukrainian troops recaptured almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine they had lost to separatists in recent weeks, as thousands gathered in Kiev for a state-sponsored peace march on Sunday. Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said the army's operation had returned battle lines near the airport to the previous status quo and thus not violated the 12-point peace plan agreed with Russia and separatist leaders last September in Minsk. With its runways pitted and cratered, Donetsk airport has long since ceased to function. But its control tower and extensive outbuildings, battered by shelling and gunfire, have taken on symbolic value, with government soldiers and separatists hunting each other, often at close range, in a deadly cat-and-mouse game among the ruins. What we don't know is "what costs" and to which side. Also, I strongly suspect that this surge for Kiev to the previous status quo may mean Ukraine forces are really thin somewhere else of more strategic importance, such as the area around Mariupol. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Read more at http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/01/graves-waiting-for-bodies-major-war.html#DlDK35fupJWT0zOV.99)
Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis – by Mike “Mish” Shedlock
In Ukraine, major battles have broken out over the past couple weeks.
Mainstream media has widely ignored the story because of Greece, then Charlie, and then the Swiss Franc. And of course Western media has no interest in reporting news the rebels are winning.
However, ignoring the story does not make it go away. Continue reading “Graves Waiting For Bodies: Major War Escalation in Ukraine; In 5 Weeks Ukraine Out of Money”
Even if the S does not HTF, in our society, if you are out and about, there is a small but real possibility you could be shot (see my last post). If S DOES HTF, the potential for death and disability, which could lead to death, increases dramatically. Shot folks continue to die with the finest, state of the art trauma care, even if they make it to a level 1 center in that critical first “golden hour”. Continue reading “What to do if you are shot”
The recent collapse in oil prices has taken pundits and oil producers by surprise. It was only six months ago that prices were over $100/bbl and at that time they had been above $100/bbl for three and a half years. In fact the stability had become uncanny, so perhaps we should have seen the collapse coming. I would like to claim I had been prescient but sadly I wasn’t.
There are lots of conspiracy theories on offer, but it seems to me the root of Saudi Arabia’s refusal to defend the oil price lies in its fear of a repetition of the loss of market share that OPEC suffered in the early eighties. But there are good reasons why the 2010’s are not the 1980’s. Continue reading “Be Prepared For An Oil Price Spike”
A black swan event is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise and has major consequences.
Today, such an event occurred causing the Swiss franc to soar as much as 30% and gold to jump to 4-month highs in chaotic trading after The Swiss National Bank (SNB) abandoned the cap on the currency’s value against the euro. Continue reading “A Black Swan Event Rocks Gold And The Swiss Franc Today”
Parent company’s stock has underperformed Delta, where there is less union representation.
United Airlines is assessing whether to outsource jobs at airports around the country in a cost-cutting effort that could affect some 2,000 workers.
The Chicago-based carrier, an arm of United Continental Holdings Inc UAL -3.55% , informed employees Monday that jobs up for review included baggage handlers and gate and customer service agents at 28 airports that are not hubs, ranging from Atlanta to Anchorage. It has yet to make any decisions. Continue reading “2,000 jobs threatened as United mulls outsourcing at US airports”
I have a suggestion for “The Trenchers,” JD has been calling the dollar the “ZOLLAR.” So I was thinking the trenchers could make a statement by: writing on the dollars bills with a maker “Zionist Dollar The Zollar.”
This is crazy I know but it could open some eyes.
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Independent – by Adam Withnall
Around 40 world leaders joined more than one million people in a march to honour the victims of the Paris shootings on Sunday.
But while the image of Francois Hollande, David Cameron, Angela Merkel and others linking arms was hailed in a New York Times editorial as showing “unity in outrage”, the display has not been without its own controversies. Continue reading “Paris march: TV wide shots reveal a different perspective on world leaders at largest demonstration in France’s history”
Buckeye Firearms Association – by Jeff Knox
Advocates for gun control are liars. They specialize in taking some little snippet of fact and presenting it in a way that totally misrepresents reality. Statements like “3000 children are killed with guns every year,” don’t inform people that most of those “children” are late-teen gang-bangers who are actually killed by adults, or that accidental firearm deaths among children and youths have been falling for decades and are currently at historic lows, despite the fact that guns and gun ownership are up dramatically. The claim that “gun deaths exceed traffic deaths” in this or that state, conceals the fact that two thirds of those deaths are suicides, and that suicide rates in “gun friendly” states are comparable to rates in “gun restrictive” states. Still these misleading “factoids” are unquestioningly parroted by “journalists” based solely on press releases from professional anti-rights lobbyists. Continue reading “Anti-Gun Groups: Even Their Names Are Lies”
ProPublica – by Michael Grabell
A state judge has ordered the New York City Police Department to release records on a secretive program that uses unmarked vans equipped with X-ray machines to detect bombs.
The ruling follows a nearly three-year legal battle by ProPublica, which had requested police reports, training materials, contracts and any health and safety tests on the vans under the state’s Freedom of Information Law. Continue reading “Judge Orders NYPD to Release Records on X-ray Vans”
CNBC News – by Krystina Gustafson
J.C. Penney said Thursday it will close about 40 stores over the next year.
The closures, which represent nearly 4 percent of the 1,060 Penney U.S. stores, will affect about 2,250 employees, according to spokesman Joey Thomas.
Penney’s stock was down 1.8 percent in morning trading Thursday. Continue reading “JC Penney to close 40 stores in 2015”
Of Two Minds – by Charles Hugh Smith
To question money-printing as the one-size-fits-all solution to every economic problem is to question the power structure of the status quo.
It is tiresomely obvious that we live in an era dominated by the idea that virtually all economic difficulties can be fixed by printing more money. There are various means of distributing the new money, but the dominant ideology is really very simple:whatever the problem might be, the solution is to print more money and/or issue more credit. Continue reading “2015: Everything Can Be Fixed By Printing More Money”
Mike Rivero at What Really Happened posted:
The absence of blood is curious, but if you look closely at the slow motion at 1:03 you will see that the gunshot fired at the cop on the ground (who happens to be Muslim) actually misses him and strikes the pavement several inches past him.
But the main reason I wanted to post this is that it confirms that an Israeli media deputy editor “just happened” to be there to get the scenes on video. Continue reading “Charlie Hebdo – Where’s the Blood?”
The economic “recovery” has been harsh, especially for the former hedge fund manager of Paron Capital Management, James Crombie and his family of 4 including. So, as a result Crombie decided to continue living the good life: he did so by squatting in someone else’s Maryland house listed in May 2014 for over $1 million.
Crombie’s fall from grace had been quick and violent as described by ABC: Continue reading “Former Hedge Fund Manager Arrested After Squatting In Million Dollar Home”
Business Insider – by Haley Peterson
Coca-Cola is cutting up to 2,000 jobs in the coming weeks as part of a plan to shave $3 billion from its annual budget, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The impact of the cuts is expected to be most significant at Coke’s Atlanta headquarters and global regional offices, “where more than 10% of corporate staff could lose their jobs,” according to the report.
Employees will receive notice of the cuts by Jan. 15. Continue reading “Coca-Cola Is Reportedly Cutting Jobs, Canceling Parties, And Telling Executives To Stop Taking Limos”
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Oil Price – by Steve Brown
INO – by Adam Hewison
Fortune – by Geoffrey Smith
Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden