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The Nigerian Army said on Friday that its troops have rescued 1890 persons held captive by the Boko Haram terrorists at various locations within the last two weeks. Those rescued,…
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National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, is embarking on a 10-day vacation and has announced he would leave the running of the party to the…
Dead Piglet Inscribed With “Mother Merkel” Found At German Mosque
“In view of the circumstances it appears likely that this is a xenophobic act.” That’s from a police spokesperson who spoke to dpa after a dead pig with Angela Merkel’s…
“There’s A Feeling Of Bits Of Ice Cracking All At Once” – This Is The ‘Big New Threat’ To Oil Prices
One week ago, we reported that even as traders were focusing on the daily headline barrage out of OPEC members discussing whether or not they would cut production (they won’t)…
The Week in Review for Financial Markets 2 26 2016 (Video)
By EconMatters A positive week for risk assets, we consolidated recent gains and even finished the week higher in most risk assets. Gasoline had a stellar week, and points to…
Presenting America’s Own “Ghost Cities”
We’ve written quite a bit about the decline of America’s once proud manufacturing industry which is now but a shadow of its former self and long ago ceded its place…
How The Seeds Of Revolution Take Root
That the dramatic upheavals of war, pestilence and environmental collapse can trigger social disorder and revolution is well-established. Indeed, this dynamic can be viewed as the standard model of social…
Hypocrisy Defined: Hank Paulson Tells China “Let Failing Companies Fail”
“Do as I say, not as I do” is the clear message of hypocrisy spewed forth by former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson this week. Having presided over the largest…
“Democracy Is Overrated” Doug Casey’s Top 5 Reasons Not To Vote
Submitted by Doug Casey via InternationalMan.com, Democracy is vastly overrated. It’s not like the consensus of a bunch of friends agreeing to see the same movie. Most often, it boils…
Caught On Tape: U.S. Test Fires Nuclear ICBM, Warns “We Are Prepared To Use Nuclear Weapons”
Less than two years ago, news of Russia test-firing an ICBM just as the east Ukraine civil war was heating up, was sufficient to send the stock market into a…