Submitted by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,
Recently, my article on weak economic underpinnings led to an interesting exchange, via Twitter, with Steve Chapman regarding debt and the impact on economic growth.
The question is: Does rising debt cause slow growth or does slow growth cause debt to rise? https://t.co/CLDQnoyUBu
Wikileaks have released a series of secret documents by the US Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) that reveals their program of countering conspiracy theories by installing over 700 “American Spaces” abroad that are tasked with spreading anti-conspiracy propaganda. The goal of the program is to advance “U.S. policy priorities and goals” in foreign countries, employing propagandists in 700 different locations to protect Israel for any blame for the crimes it commits or its role in the 9/11 attacks.
Submitted by MiddleEastEye via TheAntiMedia.org,
Weapons imports by Saudi Arabia and Qatar have rocketed by over 275 percent over the past four years, a new report found on Monday.
Between 2011 and 2015, Gulf states were the most significant market for sales by the United States, the world’s biggest arms exporter, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) found.
Submitted by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog,
In a new poll conducted by Gallup, when asked what comes to their mind when they think of Hillary Clinton, the most common unprompted responses are "dishonest", "liar" or "dislike her."
Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Feb. 13-14, 2016, on the Gallup U.S. Daily survey, with a random sample of 1,014 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.