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US dollar losing value, recipe for economic suicide

“ 'The dollar has lost more than 95 percent of its value since the Federal Reserve was created in 1913,' James Bovard, a policy adviser to the Future of Freedom Foundation, told Press TV on Thursday. He made the comments when asked to comment on remarks by American radio talk show host and political commentator Glenn Beck, who blamed the Federal Reserve for devaluing the US dollar into nothing but 'trust us money.' 'We have printed money and printed money and printed money and made money so cheap that none of it is really based in anything anymore,' Beck said earlier in a CNN interview.” “ In April, the US dollar value dropped to a two-months low. Back then currency strategist warned that the dollar weakness period was gaining momentum and would keep running for quite some time. The Federal Reserve was supposed to 'maintain a stable currency; instead it has destroyed the value of US dollar,' added Bovard.” “ 'This is one mor

Another dissident dies in Egypt's prison

“ Human rights activists said Khaled Zahran was pronounced dead on Thursday shortly after admission to a hospital in the central Egyptian city of Asyut, situated 375 kilometers (233 miles) south of the capital, Cairo. The prisoner, whose health condition had gravely worsened in recent days, died because of lack of medical services, rights activists noted. The death comes as 37-year-old Ahmed Hamed, father of three children, was pronounced dead on August 21 at a police station in the city of Faiyum, located 100 kilometers (62 miles) southwest of Cairo.” “ Two days earlier, a 40-year-old man who had been detained on charges of being a Muslim Brotherhood member also passed away in police custody 15 days after his arrest at a hospital in Matariya district in northeastern Cairo. Human rights activists in the Egyptian capital say the man was in a very critical condition due to torture when he was transferred to hospital.” “ Nearly 300 political prisoners have died i

Balkan countries may agree to extend Turkish Stream pipeline in Europe

“ Serbia, Macedonia, Greece and Hungary may sign a memorandum on the construction of a gas pipeline from Turkey to Austria, the Russian Vedomosti newspaper reported Wednesday, citing a source in the project. The Tesla pipeline, which is an extension of Russian energy giant Gazprom's planned Turkish Stream pipeline, would pass through Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, and Hungary to eventually reach the Baumgarten gas hub in Vienna. The foreign ministers of the Balkan states and Greece are expected to meet in September to make a final decision on extending the pipeline, according to the source.” “ Greece might also extend the pipeline to Italy, the newspaper said. The Turkish Stream will have an annual capacity of 63 billion cubic meters and will run from Russia to Turkey beneath the Black Sea. The pipeline will continue to a hub on the Turkish-Greek border, from where it could be extended to Southern Europe.” “ Turkish Stream was launched as a replacement to the

Ποτάμι και Θεοδωράκης: Λίγα πράγματα που δεν πρέπει να ξεχνάμε...

του Δημήτρη Παπαδημητρίου Το Ποτάμι είναι ένα κόμμα ενδομνημονιακό. Δημιουργήθηκε σε συνθήκες μνημονίων, πολιτικής και οικονομικής κρίσης, με σκοπό να συνδράμει στη διαχείριση μιας κατάστασης προς μια συγκεκριμένη φυσικά πολιτική κατεύθυνση. Το Ποτάμι επίσης αποτέλεσε και αποτελεί ακόμα μια «χρυσή εφεδρεία», μια εφεδρεία του καλοστημένου και ισχυρού αστικού πολιτικού κόσμου και συστήματος που ήρθε την κατάλληλη στιγμή και με τον κατάλληλο τρόπο για να καλύψει τα κενά που είχε αφήσει η ακροδεξιά ολίσθηση της Νέας Δημοκρατίας τα τελευταία χρόνια και η κατακόρυφη πολιτική πτώση του ΠΑΣΟΚ. Επιπλέον το Ποτάμι ήρθε και για να καλύψει πολιτικά έναν ευαίσθητο για τα ελληνικά πολιτικά και κοινωνικά δεδομένα υποτίθεται, τον χώρο της κεντροαριστεράς, τον χώρο που δεν κατάφερε να καλύψει μια άλλη προηγούμενη απόπειρα πολιτικής εισβολής στον ίδιο χώρο,όπως η απόπειρα των... 58 ή η απόπειρα δημιουργίας της ΕΛΙΑΣ. Η ΕΛΙΑ απέτυχε πολύ γρήγορα αφού χτίστηκε με τα «σάπια» πολ

What's behind GCHQ 'raid' on Guardian’s Laptops?

In July 2013, GCHQ, Britain’s equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency, forced journalists at the London headquarters of The Guardian to completely obliterate the memory of the computers on which they kept copies of top secret documents provided to them by former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden. However, in its attempt to destroy information, the GCHQ also revealed intriguing details about what it did and why. Two technologists, Mustafa Al-Bassam and Richard Tynan, visited The Guardian headquarters last year to examine the remnants of the devices. Al-Bassam is an ex-hacker who two years ago pled guilty to joining attacks on Sony, Nintendo, and other companies, and now studies computer science at King’s College; Tynan is a technologist at Privacy International with a PhD in computer science. The pair concluded, first, that GCHQ wanted The Guardian to completely destroy every possible bit of information the news outlet might retain; and se