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The sense of entitlement, the overwhelming pomposity of Mike Farrell imbues this video like a metastasized malignancy. Out with democracy and in with aristocratic rule, where the enlightened shall, forthwith, decide the leaders of our great nation. All of the learned men shall preside over the working class. Glasses brimming with the very best champagne will be distributed, liberally, as these fine men of letters decide our next leader.

While there have been signs of a recent thawing in the diplomatic freeze between the Philippines and the US, after president Rodrigo Duterte - who has repeatedly called president Obama "son of a whore" - congratulated Donald Trump on his election, and moved to bury the hatchet with Washington last week, when he said "I would like to congratulate President Trump. Long live!" adding "now we're here, I don't want to ...

A CIA-led Coup Against American Democracy Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes

Paul Craig Roberts

This article by Moon of Alabama is not conspiracy theory: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46056.htm Read it carefully. Check out the links.

"Not in my back yard..."

San Francisco is one of the most progressive cities in the nation, especially when it comes to national immigration, notes San Francisco Chronicle's Vincent Woo.

We believe so much in the natural right of people to join us here in America that we fought to keep our status as sanctuary city even in the face of being federally defunded for it. We pride ourselves on our rejection of plans to tighten immigration controls and deport undocumented immigrants.

Barron's Asia: When you look ahead to 2017, what keeps you awake at night?

 

Amando Tetangco: Short term, the Fed rate hikes -- the timing and the magnitude. Of course, this would be related to the policies that the new U.S. administration will adopt. Medium-to-long term, the retreat from multi-lateralism. That is related to the performance of the global economy - the major and various economies, and emerging markets like China.