17 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How Government Buys Your Support
How Government Buys Your Support
Submitted by James Brovard via The Mises Institute,
In Iraq and Afghanistan, US military officers routinely handed bundles of cash to local residents to buy influence and undermine resistance to the American occupation. Such payments came in especially handy after US troops inadvertently killed innocent civilians or sheep. Billions of dollars were shoveled out with little or no oversight as part of the Pentagon’s “Money as a Weapon System” program.
17 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on More from fed’s Bullard (yes, again): December rate hike not a mistake
More from fed’s Bullard (yes, again): December rate hike not a mistake
Federal Reserve’s Bullard still coming, this from more Reuters headlines:
Bullard responding to media questions here
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17 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Forget The Hindenburg Omen – Here’s Another Possibility To Consider
Forget The Hindenburg Omen – Here’s Another Possibility To Consider
Five days of Armageddon Does the British market still lead the US market
Five Days of Armageddon For some time, I have been drawing your attention to the fact that many intermediate indicators have been flashing buy signals that even in primary bear markets have triggered some kind of a rally. I still subscribe to the rally scenario. However, this week I saw an intriguing…
17 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Boeing Beats Airbus (With a Stick) as 2016 Gets Underway
Boeing Beats Airbus (With a Stick) as 2016 Gets Underway
Will 2016 be Boeing’s year to (finally) shine?
17 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Venezuela Devalues Currency By 37% As Maduro Announces 62-Fold Increase In Gasoline Prices
Venezuela Devalues Currency By 37% As Maduro Announces 62-Fold Increase In Gasoline Prices
Maybe because between the specter of defaulting in under three months, the threat of handing over its gold to Deutsche Bank, or the reality of rampant hyperinflation and a collapsing society, the already c
17 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on ISIS Stops Handing Out Snickers Bars, Gatorade As Cash Crunch Deepens
ISIS Stops Handing Out Snickers Bars, Gatorade As Cash Crunch Deepens
Late last month, we reported that ISIS has cut its fighters’ salaries in half due to “exceptional circumstances the caliphate is facing.”
Those “exceptional circumstances” include Russia’s unrelenting aerial campaign against the group’s illicit oil trafficking business in Syria. The US-led “coalition” likes to take credit for helping to cripple the oil trade, but in reality it was Vladimir Putin (and Zero Hedge) that put the issue in the spotlight in November.
17 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Did Verizon Communications Inc. Violate Net Neutrality?
Did Verizon Communications Inc. Violate Net Neutrality?
Does the company’s decision to zero-rate its Go90 app violate net neutrality rules?