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The Dalai Lama has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for his brave and relentless crusade against ISIS in the Middle East, saying that he believes that the U.S. government are responsible for their creation.  The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader urged the Obama administration to alter America’s catastrophic foreign policies in the Middle East before its too late. Awdnews.com reports: His remarks came at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre, where he inaugurated the 2nd Dalai Lama international festival dubbed “Tibet: Traditions, Art, Philosophy and Peace”.

If you thought that $80 billion a year would be a sufficient enough budget for the US government to systematically upgrade its computer systems, think again.

In a report released by nonpartisan congressional investigators found that about $60 billion of the government's $80 billion IT budget goes straight to maintenance just to keep the aging technology running, not to modernization according to ABC News.

Submitted by Michael Klare via TomDispatch.com,

Ron Paul talks with Alex Jones about how the Audit the Fed bill is making progress despite the continual backlash from globalists.

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,