America the Vulnerable

http://economicrisis.com/america-the-vulnerable/9198 America the Vulnerable For most people, the collapse of civilizations is a subject much more appetizingly viewed in the rear-view mirror than straight ahead down whatever path or roadway we are on. Jared Diamond...

Don’t Get Suckered Into The “Austerity” Argument

http://economicrisis.com/dont-get-suckered-into-the-austerity-argument/315 Don’t Get Suckered Into The “Austerity” Argument “Recovery Shows a Soft Spot,” declared a banner headline of a recent edition of the Wall Street Journal. “Soft spot” pretty much...

Why Scrivener's "OBAMA DEBATE ACE IN HOLE..." Story is nonsense!

Regrettably the good folks at NowPublic have broken their own comments feature and can't be bothered to respond toward why that is for some two weeks now and in lieu of walking away we must find new ways to communicate with other authors we normally discuss articles...

Yuri Gagarin Google Doodle, April 12, 2011: First Space Flight

The April 12, 2011 Google Doodle Is a Tribute To Astronaut Yuri Gagarin. April 12, 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first flight into space. As a tribute, Google put up a Google doodle that...

Putin's Last Days?

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited"I. Putin's Twilight   Putin is losing his grip on power. His allies – not least former KGB and current FSB operatives – are deserting him in droves, put off by his recent economic failures, the ...

Could Japan become a beacon for the World to follow?

By, Uwe Paschen. Is Japan’s change to be a beacon for a World to follow or merely an Isolated move by one bold Nation defying a super power? Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his Party (DPJ) won a historic...

Must Read: CIA Versus ISI

"Why CIA Is Engaged In Motivated Campaigns Against Pakistan’s ISI, Military? The American CIA almost killed Musharraf.  The ISI is familiar with terrorism inside Pakistan by the spy agencies of many countries. Even Libya’s Gaddafi once ordered a couple of bombings...

First French Female Astronaut in Hospital after suicide attempt.

By, Uwe Paschen. Claudie Haignere first French Astronaut and former Minister has been hospitalised.  Haignere is somewhat a hero of sorts to the French at large and to the Woman in particular, not only was she...

It's Yuri's Night, and the Feeling's Right

April 12th is Yuri's Night, in honor of the first human in space: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.Gagarin was an engineer and pilot of light aircraft who was amongst 20 finalists for the first manned mission to...

Dog Star: Laika Honored in Moscow

The first living thing in space (at least from Earth) has finally gotten her due: a statue has been erected in Moskow for Laika, the first Earthling in space. Laika began life as a street dog, and was later quite...

Russia in the Balance

Lots of bad things are going in the the (not so) former Soviet Union. Some of these things have been going on for some time now: crony “capitalism,” restriction of free speech, mysterious liquidations...

Happy Sputnik Day!

It looks like a silver ball with antennae sticking out of it, not unlike a child's drawing. Something out of  Flash Gordon or The Prisoner. October 4, 1957, Soviet scientist Sergei Korolyov and his team gazed...

State Capitalism in the USSR

"Well here is an interesting historical flashback from Time Magazine, I found on the web. We can officially date State Capitalism as being fully implemented under Stalin in the summer of 1931. Though it was already evolving from earlier decisions the Bolsheviks made. ...

Audio: The Kennedy KGB Connection Updated

"Sen. Kennedy offered to help the Soviet leadership mount a media public relations campaign in the United States that would do two things. First, it would convince the American people that the Soviets intended...

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