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Will Mobocracy Triumph in Ukraine?
• http://original.antiwar.com, Patrick J. BuchananDespite our endless blather about democracy, we Americans seem to be able to put our devotion to democratic principles on the shelf, when they get in the way of our New World Order.
Thousands of anti-Putin protesters march in Moscow
• http://news.yahoo.com, Associated PressSeveral thousand protesters marched through central Moscow on Sunday to call for the release of 20 people who were arrested after clashes between police and demonstrators in May 2012.
Venezuela And Argentina: The Party Is Over
• http://www.businessinsider.com, The EconomistWHEN the euro crisis was at its height it became commonplace for struggling European economies to insist that they were not outliers like Greece. Whatever their woes, they declared, Greece’s were in a class of their own. In Latin America, by contrast
Footage released of Guardian editors destroying Snowden hard drives
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Luke HardingNew video footage has been released for the first time of the moment Guardian editors destroyed computers used to store top-secret documents leaked by the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Ukraine protests continue despite prime minister's resignation
• globalpost.comPrime Minister Mykola Azarov's resignation came as Ukraine's parliament voted to repeal anti-protest measures that it had passed just a few weeks back.
Ukraine Is The Center Of The Most Serious Crisis Since The Fall Of The Soviet Union
• http://www.businessinsider.com, John SchindlerAs I write this, Ukraine’s crisis continues to worsen, with the threat of serious violence rising, and today the justice minister hinted that martial law may be imminent.
Man fights off shark, stitches up own leg, goes to the pub
• The GuardianNew Zealander James Grant stabs predator with a knife to get free, swims ashore, sutures wounds and goes to pub for a beer.
The Nobel World
• Lewrockwell.comThis year, the Nobel Prize for economics went to two American professors and one British-Cypriot academic.
A ban on autos? Major cities consider going carless
• http://www.cnbc.com, Paul A. EisensteinGermany, home of the high-speed autobahn, is perhaps one of the few countries that has had as intense a love affair with the automobile as the U.S.
Nigel Farage on Britain's Political Demise and the Continued Rise of UKIP
• http://www.thedailybell.com, Nigel FarageNigel Farage is head of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) since 2010 and a Member of the European Parliament for South East England.
Tunisia adopts new liberal Constitution!
• http://www.dailypaul.com, by ss119This was the first country that went 'Arab Spring' a few years ago, sparked by a fruit vendor setting himself on fire in protest. Three years later, and they seem to have done it:
Ukraine protesters spurn president’s concessions
• globalpost.comProtesters in Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine have expanded their actions.
Kiev Truce Falls Apart, and Unrest Resurges
• nytimes.com, By DAVID M. HERSZENHORNJANWith President Viktor F. Yanukovych and antigovernment demonstrators at an impasse here, a cease-fire disintegrated on Friday night as the Ukrainian capital convulsed in renewed violence and fire bombs lit up the night sky.
Ukrainian Protesters Encircle US Embassy: ‘Yankees Go Home!’
• http://21stcenturywire.com, By 21wireWhile the pro-EU Soros rent-a-mobs continue stage their pseudo upheavals in Kiev, a new faction of intelligent Ukrainian protesters has sprung up this week.
Again, Argentina?
• Daily Paul.comAgain, Argentina? Printing their way into collapse and default like 2001? The IMF and Creditors have them by the short hairs now (sigh) say good-bye to your national assets. Greece 2.0... or can Chinese investment rescue them?
Your Front Row Seat To Argentina's (Latest) Currency Collapse
• http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler DurdenUPDATE: The Argentine Trade Balance missed surplus expectations by the most in 3 years (and 2nd most on record).
"Just Say Nyet" - Fedex, DHL Suspend Shipments To Russian Customers
• http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler DurdenIn the aftermath of earlier comments from White House spokesman Carney that the US is considering sanctions for Ukraine violence, a move aimed squarely at Putin, at least several US private sector companies have decided to take matters into their own
Poverty TV: Hit UK show stirs welfare debate
• http://www.myfoxdc.comIt's reality TV for austerity times.
In South Korea, US Special Ops Train to Help Overthrow North Korean Regime
• http://antiwar.com, John GlaserToday at Al Jazeera America I argue that the U.S. should stop occupying South Korea, not only because they don’t belong there but because the highly militarized alliance between the U.S. and South Korea doesn’t actually weaken North Korea, but helps
Swedes buy insurance to skip long health queues
• http://www.thelocal.seOne in ten Swedes now has private health insurance, often through their employers, with some recipients stating it makes business sense to be seen quickly rather than languish in national health care queues.
Shereen El Feki: A little-told tale of sex and sensuality
• ted.com“If you really want to know a people, start by looking inside their bedrooms," says Shereen El Feki, who traveled through the Middle East for five years, talking to people about sex. While those conversations reflected rigid norms and deep repression
State school kids to ‘hand over pocket money at school gates’, confirms Gove
• newsbiscuit.comMichael Gove has today announced that students at state schools who receive over £10 a week in pocket money will be ‘stopped at the school gates by monitors’, nicknamed ‘Gove’s Angels’, and forced to voluntarily donate the cash to school funds.
Russia hacked hundreds of Western, Asian companies: security firm
• ReutersA US. cybersecurity firm says it gathered evidence the Russian government spied on hundreds of American, European and Asian companies, the first time Moscow has been linked to cyber attacks for economic - rather than political - gains.
Reality Check: Feiglin may be controversial, but he doesn’t jump on any bandwagon
• http://www.jpost.com, By JEFF BARAKFar-right Likud MK Moshe Feiglin is one of the most dangerous men in Israeli politics.
Queen hands over the reigns to Prince Charles - historic step closer to a new king
• mirror.co.ukHer Majesty to hand duties over to Prince Charles in an historic job share which experts say marks a gentle succession
Secretly Filmed Video Shows North Koreans Dramatically Defying Authority
• Business InsiderNorth Korea is undoubtedly one of the most closed off countries on earth. Few Western reporters are on the ground in the country, and its own media efforts are rarely taken as anything other than propaganda.
GLPVCs TheRawFeedLive - Guest Ian Musgrave 1/14/14 at 11PM est
• http://therawfeedlive.comAstronomer Ian Musgrave joins the VCteam & Dr Astro to discuss the remnants of comet Ison & coming eclipses/occultations of Saturn/meteor shower.
US ambassador to Honduras offers tacit support of brutal crackdown
• http://america.aljazeera.com, by Lauren CarasikAmerican diplomat condemns campesino and indigenous groups for protesting land grabs for private development projects
Chechen Warlord Vows to Disrupt Winter Olympics
• http://news.antiwar.com,US Offers Military Help to Secure Games
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