Nusra and it's affiliated groups have become the "Army of Conquest" and have carved out a good bit of NW syria. I don't think it's the endgame for Assad yet, but it might be just the sign of weakness that the pentagram is looking for to go hot.

They're going to do it by raising the rate they pay interest on excess reserves. This is not only a pre-emptive bank bailout, it also will allow keeping T-Bills at 0 by monetizing debt and thus keeping the government solvent.

They get to have their cake and eat it too. Via the monetization and continued equity purchase programs, they are probably aiming at an environment of high rates simultaneous with rising inflation.

All it will accomplish is liquidating some distorted prices (housing in particular) whilst replacing it with more bubbles elsewhere.

I suspect the reason they want to raise rates in this fashion is because the data they claim to be making their decision based on isn't supporting rate-raising.

Kill a man by dehydrating and stressing him enough that sickle cell crisis kicks in? ...Or it could be the SWAT team dogpiling the guy. Which sounds more likely to you?

From the "Hole with no bottom" department.

If these bozos can see it, there may actually be something to it.

Looks like the range wars there turned into a bit more of a conflagration.

Of course, they are all defined as 'militants' in the west.

They really dislike protest there.

35 billion yen in stock purchases every 3 days. Good luck unwinding that.

They never leave an imperial outpost willingly, duh.

As if we really expected the wahabbis to keep their words.

Looks like they are saying the Minsk agreements should be honored. Sounds like the USA is just as delusional as Poroshenko to me, but Nuland left looking sad, so there's that.

The farce is complete

Deep cover Trolling

Tired of being trod under by the warlord culture the US has created there, they're trying to take back the city. It would be nice if civility made a comeback there, but I'm not holding my breath. It will be snuffed out the second the pentagram withdraws.

Most people become crazy by experience and the thought patterns thereby induced. Thinking is the most effective, but hardest way to fix the problem. Psych Drugs mask symptoms temporarily while creating very real life-threatening (and sometimes permanent) side-effects. Like with most chronic illness, you must look elsewhere from "official" medicine to find a cure.

I'm not too worked up about it, you don't really own your reputation. Also, teodesian.net does indeed suck.

I doubt it. The place to start is contesting all the BS laws the police use to rob us. That said, ignoring the idiotic regulation is already done on a massively widespread scale. See above dilbert strip.

Not great, but it is a reaction to Feds using such data as excuses to steal private property, which is worse. Author of the piece is a typical federal supremacist though -- doesn't care that data obtained by trespass isn't legal evidence.

Looks fun.

Enjoy the slavery, suckers. Sure was nice living high on the hog off of debt you kids have to pay for.

He was foolish to think he could sic the state on it's own propaganda organ. You'd think being Rothbardian this long would make you understand that the gang can't be trusted. Must be working in academia induced brain damage.

For printing a gun, of course. I am saddened by the interviewed creator's lack of hardcore-ness though:

Personally, I hope that no 3D printed firearm is ever used in a crime, or truly anywhere but a safe environment at a range with proper and full precautions taken.

Or, say to defend someone's life from aggression maybe? It's like hearing gun advocates say 'well if I could live in a world without guns at all...' Oh, the one where women and cripples were powerless against strongmen? Have fun with that.

Sorta like IVF from the other end. I guess the authoritarian technocrats can have their 100% gay utopia now???