Jeff Bezos: 'I want Amazon to win an Oscar'
• http://www.theguardian.comFollowing Emmy and Golden Globe wins, CEO says ambition is to make 16 awards-contending feature films each year
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Why Janet Yellen is Betting on a Comeback for Inflation
• http://www.bloomberg.comFor Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, the current too-low inflation rate is not only "transitory," it's also "idiosyncratic."
The Year Nothing Worked: Stocks, Bonds, Cash Go Nowhere
• http://www.bloomberg.comThe idea behind asset allocation is simple: when one market struggles, it's OK because an investor can jump into another that is thriving. Not so in 2015.
In Sweden, a Cash-Free Future Nears
• http://www.nytimes.com, By LIZ ALDERMANParishioners text tithes to their churches. Homeless street vendors carry mobile credit-card readers. Even the Abba Museum, despite being a shrine to the 1970s pop group that wrote "Money, Money, Money," considers cash so last-century that it doe
India's Modi makes a surprise 'goodwill' visit to Pakistan
• http://www.globalpost.com, Agence France-PresseIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise "goodwill" visit to arch-rival Pakistan on Friday, with the first such trip in a decade seen as a step towards normalizing ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
With US help, Saudi Arabia is obliterating Yemen
• http://www.globalpost.com, Sharif Abdel KouddousAyman al-Sanabani beamed as he entered his family's home on his wedding day. He was greeting his new bride, Gamila, who was in a bedroom surrounded by friends. Ayman sat beside her for several minutes, receiving warm words of congratulations.
Confessions Of An ISIS Soldier: "The Training Took Place In Turkey"
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenOver the past five weeks, Turkey's role in facilitating the trafficking of illicit Islamic State crude has been exposed for the world to see.
In Sweden, a Cash-Free Future Nears
• New York TImesParishioners text tithes to their churches. Homeless street vendors carry mobile credit-card readers. Even the Abba Museum, despite being a shrine to the 1970s pop group that wrote "Money, Money, Money," considers cash so last-century that it doe
Selected Articles:
• globalresearch.caNATO Enlargement and the Transnational Trafficking of Oil
'Welcome back, baby': Elon Musk celebrates SpaceX rocket launch and landing
• http://www.theguardian.comFalcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, delivered communications satellites to orbit before its main-stage booster returned to a landing pad
'Almost too late': fears of global superbug crisis in wake of antibiotic misuse
• http://www.theguardian.comAntibiotic Research UK director says chances of salvaging most important drugs are 50-50 after resistant bacteria found in pigs and humans in England and Wales
Even A "Manhattan Project" Won't Make Foolproof, Terrorist-Proof Encryption Possible
• http://www.popsci.comBy design, encryption keeps secrets secret. Almost all the time, this is great, but it's vexing for politicians trying to campaign on their anti-terrorism credentials.
Dark Journalist & Catherine Austin Fitts - COINTELPRO 2.0 Media Manipulation & False Memes
• http://popularliberty.comJoin Dark Journalist (link is external) as he welcomes back popular guest Former Assistant Housing Secretary and Financial Expert Catherine Austin Fitts for her seventh visit to the show.
Germans Scramble To Buy Weapons Amid Nationwide Spike In Migrant-Driven Crime
• http://www.zerohedge.comThe scramble to acquire weapons comes amid an indisputable nationwide spike in migrant-driven crime, including rapes of German women and girls on a shocking scale, as well as physical assaults, stabbings, home invasions, robberies and burglaries --
Signing Notary Documents while Staying at Home? Completely Possible!
• http://cointelegraph.comOn December 15, Ubitquity LLC launched a new Blockchain-based notary platform BitNotarize in alpha. The platform will allow people to upload and keep their documents on the BlockChain. The platform can be used along with a traditional notary system,
As Pot-Growing Expands, Electricity Demands Tax U.S. Grids
• http://www.bloomberg.comPot's not green. The $3.5 billion U.S. cannabis market is emerging as one of the nation's most power-hungry industries, with the 24-hour demands of thousands of indoor growing sites taxing aging electricity grids and unraveling hard-earned gains
Morgan Stanley: Oil's Road Toward Rebalancing Could Take a Detour in 2016
• http://www.bloomberg.comThe year 2016 may prove a time in which the theoretical underpinnings of the old adage that "the best cure for low prices is low prices" is challenged, according to Morgan Stanley.
The Protesters Putin Is Reluctant to Crush
• http://www.bloomberg.comRussian officials haven't moved to shut down tax demonstrations by truckers.
Europe, Turkey Close Airspace To Russian Warplanes Flying Anti-ISIS Missions...
• http://www.zerohedge.com,Europe, Turkey Close Airspace To Russian Warplanes Flying Anti-ISIS Missions, General Says
Putin just gave his biggest signal yet that he intends 'to stay the course' in Syria
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Natasha BertrandThe Russian military can "train" in Syria "for a long time without any serious harm to Russia's budget," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his annual marathon press conference Thursday morning.
Turkey's Erdogan meets Hamas leader Meshaal in Istanbul: sources
• yahoo.comTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan met with Khaled Meshaal, leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas, on Saturday in Istanbul, Turkish presidential sources said, a day after Israel and Turkey said they were close to patching up five-year political ri
Wake-up time in Europe: Time to get armed
• http://www.wnd.com, Leo HohmannOf all the countries in Europe being overrun with Islamic refugees, Sweden may be the most vulnerable.
Ceasefire in Tatters as Pro-Saudi Forces Seize Yemen Cities
• http://news.antiwar.com,Military Touts Victory After 'Intensive Fighting'
IMF chief Lagarde to stand negligence trial in France
• bbc.comIMF chief Christine Lagarde is to stand trial in France for alleged negligence over a €404m ($438m; £294m) payment to a businessman in 2008.
ISIS is steadily gaining strength in another Middle Eastern country while everyone looks the ...
• Business InsiderMilitants affiliating themselves with the terrorist group ISIS are taking advantage of a power vacuum in Yemen to establish an increasingly strong foothold there as the government focuses on fighting other rebels, experts say.
Science Links Pesticides To Breathing Problems And Lower IQ In Childhood
• http://www.trueactivist.comA long-term study on the effects of chemicals on pregnant women and children has arrived at some worrying conclusions.
Climate Scientist: COP21 Deal Is "A Total Fraud"
• http://www.trueactivist.comAt last, an expert just admitted what so many of us were thinking...
The small farming toolkit includes everything one needs to start growing biodynamic, organic
• http://www.trueactivist.comfood off-grid. Self-sufficiency is a must in the modern age, which is why one California-based company is using shipping containers to create micro-farms.
Rumors fly as mystery shrouds buyers of Las Vegas newspaper
• http://hosted.ap.orgLAS VEGAS (AP) -- The ownership mystery surrounding the sale of the Las Vegas Review-Journal has captured the attention of the media industry as the newspaper's staff and some politicians demand to know the identity of the new boss.
Team led by Middle Eastern Woman Caught Surveilling U.S. Facility on Mexican Border
• http://www.judicialwatch.orgA Middle Eastern woman was caught surveilling a U.S. port of entry on the Mexican border holding a sketchbook with Arabic writing and drawings of the facility and its security system, federal law enforcement sources tell Judicial Watch.
