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Submitted by Jesse via Jesse's Cafe Americain blog,

"The crash has laid bare many unpleasant truths about the United States. One of the most alarming, says a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is that the finance industry has effectively captured our government—a state of affairs that more typically describes emerging markets, and is at the center of many emerging-market crises.

 

Assad of Syria Tells the Truth that Washington and Its Presstitutes Will Not Tell

http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160214/1034745285/syrian-president-interview.html

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In case you haven’t noticed, Iran is on a roll.

Much to the chagrin of Israel and any number of GOP lawmakers in the US, the nuclear accord is a done deal and creates a $100 billion windfall for Tehran.

And that’s just the beginning of the story.

President Putin has said that Donald Trump predicted the murder of US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia two days ago in a private letter dated 12 February.  In the letter, the American billionaire predicted the death of Scalia, suggesting it was going to be a politically motivated murder.