A pro-Russian separatist leader in eastern Ukraine has announced a “general mobilization” with the aim of bolstering separatist armed forces to as many as 100,000 fighters. Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, was quoted by the separatist DAN news agency Monday as saying that “the enemy” – meaning the Ukrainian government –…
A guide to the debt standoff between Greece and the eurozone | UTSanDiego.com
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Greece wants a break from the terms of its eurozone bailout loans, saying they’re suffocating its economy. Germany, the biggest backer of two bailouts worth 240 billion euros (currently $271 billion), says Athens must pay what it owes. The two sides, debtor and creditor, are dug in and posturing. Yet analysts…
Trial Begins for DSK in Alleged Prostitution Ring | Al Jazeera America
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief once tipped to become French president before a hotel worker in New York City accused him of sexual assault, went on trial in France on Monday in a separate case of allegedly procuring prostitutes. Strauss-Kahn, 65, settled a 2011 civil case filed in the United States by the hotel maid,…
Obama Budget Sets Up Battle With Republicans
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a $3.99 trillion budget for fiscal year 2016 that sets up a battle with Republicans over programs to boost the middle class that are funded by higher taxes on corporations and wealthy Americans. The budget foresees a $474 billion deficit, which is 2.5 percent…
FBI’s Cold War plans included martial law, rounding up American people
Documents show the FBI created a “Plan C” during the Cold War, which could have been triggered in the event the US underwent a nuclear attack. It included putting the nation under martial law, rounding up “subversives,” and interning enemy diplomats. The documents, acquired by transparency journalism organization MuckRock, detail the FBI plan created in…
Israel’s President Refuses To Meet With Obama | Zero Hedge
While Obama is doing everything in his power to show that when it comes to commiserating with the Saudis, he is first in line, the US relationship with that “other” US ally in the region, Israel, is in a fast and furious state of “crash and burn.” Recall, that it was yesterday when it was…
Top Russian Banker Warns of War with the USA, and the ‘Nuclear’ event is about to take place!
Andrei Kostin, the chairman of Russian state-controlled VTB Bank, states that the “Ties between the US and Russia will be severed if Russian banks were excluded from the Swift banking system due to tougher sanctions”. This comes as the Ukraine crisis worsens. The war in Ukraine has gotten a lot worse with 30 dead just…
PressTV-Sanctions lead US, Russia to brink of war
Further financial sanctions by the United States against Russia would lead Moscow and Washington to the “brink of war,” the head of a leading Russian bank has warned. Ties between the US and Russia will be severed if Russian banks were excluded from the Swift banking system due to tougher sanctions, said Andrei Kostin, the…
$28 cabbage, $65 chicken, and other insane food prices in Northern Canada | Grist
Nunavut is the edge of the world in a lot of ways — it’s the farthest-north part of Canada, a broken-up spray of frozen land coming off the top of the country like a very icy mohawk. In terms of land mass, it’s bigger than any other Canadian province or territory, with an area the…
BBC News – Geo-engineering: Climate fixes ‘could harm billions’
Schemes to tackle climate change could prove disastrous for billions of people, but might be required for the good of the planet, scientists say. That is the conclusion of a new set of studies into what’s become known as geo-engineering. This is the so far unproven science of intervening in the climate to bring down…
Mountain-size Asteroid 2004 BL86 Passes Earth on January 26-27 | Sky & Telescope
On Monday evening and early Tuesday morning, January 26-27, a relatively large asteroid will pass in the vicinity of Earth. This interplanetary visitor, designated 2004 BL86, is roughly a third of a mile across. By comparison, most near-Earth asteroids have diameters no larger than 50 to 100 feet. Fortunately, it is going by at a…
Donald Trump Tells Americans to Prepare for “Financial Ruins”
The United States could soon become a large-scale Spain or Greece, teetering on the edge of financial ruin. That’s according to Donald Trump, who painted a very ugly picture of where this country is headed. Trump made the comments during a recent appearance on Fox News’ “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.” According to…
