Sunday, April 19, 2015
News Links, April 19, 2015
## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards ##
Signs the market is girding for a Greek default, in 4 charts
Signs the market is girding for a Greek default, in 4 charts
Australia Runs out of Luck, Now Needs a Miracle
Australia, you have officially run out of luck. While leveraged property investors in Sydney and Melbourne are desperately hunting for a senseless "net-yield" that makes the yield on a German 2-year bund look rewarding, the Australian mining sector is screaming towards what may be one of the greatest and colossal economic breakdowns in modern Western history.
Australia, you have officially run out of luck. While leveraged property investors in Sydney and Melbourne are desperately hunting for a senseless "net-yield" that makes the yield on a German 2-year bund look rewarding, the Australian mining sector is screaming towards what may be one of the greatest and colossal economic breakdowns in modern Western history.
## Airline Death Spiral ##
After Alps crash, some experts ponder flights without pilots
'Mindful' things: Airlines aim for friendlier skies
After Alps crash, some experts ponder flights without pilots
'Mindful' things: Airlines aim for friendlier skies
## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
Ethiopians talk of violent intimidation as their land is earmarked for foreign investors
## Energy/resources ##
Ethiopians talk of violent intimidation as their land is earmarked for foreign investors
Kiev's Reign Of Repression And Death
There seems to be a "suicide" epidemic afflicting opponents of the current Ukrainian government – eight opposition politicians and two journalists have mysteriously died since the beginning of the year.
There seems to be a "suicide" epidemic afflicting opponents of the current Ukrainian government – eight opposition politicians and two journalists have mysteriously died since the beginning of the year.
How Ukraine Commemorates the Holocaust
Pundit Thomas Friedman says the new Ukraine regime "shares our values" but – as much of the world marked the 70th anniversary of the Nazi Holocaust finally being ended by Russian and U.S. armies – politicians in Kiev were busy honoring Ukraine's Nazi collaborators.
Pundit Thomas Friedman says the new Ukraine regime "shares our values" but – as much of the world marked the 70th anniversary of the Nazi Holocaust finally being ended by Russian and U.S. armies – politicians in Kiev were busy honoring Ukraine's Nazi collaborators.
Vladimir Putin Raises Concerns Over Israel's Plans To Give Weapons To Ukraine
Bill to revise 'emergency-at-periphery' law aims at enforcement of Japan-U.S. security pact
Bill to revise 'emergency-at-periphery' law aims at enforcement of Japan-U.S. security pact
Making Unnecessary Enemies in Yemen
The Saudi-Israeli tandem is trying to pull the U.S. and other militaries into the Yemeni civil war by arguing that the Houthi rebels are Iranian proxies. But the reality is much more nuanced and the American interest may go in a different direction.
The Saudi-Israeli tandem is trying to pull the U.S. and other militaries into the Yemeni civil war by arguing that the Houthi rebels are Iranian proxies. But the reality is much more nuanced and the American interest may go in a different direction.
China Readies $46 Billion for Pakistan Trade Route
## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Thousands March Against Spain's Anti-Protest Laws in the World's First Hologram Protest (Video)
## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Thousands March Against Spain's Anti-Protest Laws in the World's First Hologram Protest (Video)
## Energy/resources ##
Cut, baby, cut! -- RF
Europe to draw up energy crisis contingency plans
Canadian oil producers' profit poised to tumble to decade low
## Environment/health ##
Canadian oil producers' profit poised to tumble to decade low
## Lifestyle Solutions ##
The Value of Learning To Cook
The Value of Learning To Cook
## Environment/health ##
An Associated Press investigation has revealed evidence that the spill is far worse than what Taylor - or the government - have publicly reported during their secretive, and costly, effort to halt the leak.
Five years after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, wildlife is still struggling
Five years after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, wildlife is still struggling
Dwindling bird populations in Fukushima
## Propaganda ##
NBC's Conduct in Engel Kidnapping Story is More Troubling than the Brian Williams Scandal
## US ##
Thirty years on, scientist who discovered ozone layer hole warns: 'it will still take years to heal'
## Intelligence/security/internet/cyberwar ##
TSA Trained Disney, SeaWorld to SPOT Terrorists
TSA Trained Disney, SeaWorld to SPOT Terrorists
Iris Scanner Identifies a Person 40 Feet Away
Millions of stolen IDs, credit card details found on seized web servers in Tokyo
Millions of stolen IDs, credit card details found on seized web servers in Tokyo
## Propaganda ##
NBC's Conduct in Engel Kidnapping Story is More Troubling than the Brian Williams Scandal
Syrian Rebels Caught in 'False-Flag' Kidnapping
In August 2013, when the U.S. government almost went to war in Syria over a Sarin attack, suspicions that it was a rebel "false-flag" were ridiculed. But new disclosures about a rebel role in kidnapping NBC's Richard Engel several months earlier show the rebels knew such propaganda tricks.
In August 2013, when the U.S. government almost went to war in Syria over a Sarin attack, suspicions that it was a rebel "false-flag" were ridiculed. But new disclosures about a rebel role in kidnapping NBC's Richard Engel several months earlier show the rebels knew such propaganda tricks.
## Systemic breakdown/collapse/unsustainability ##
The Retro Future (The Archdruid Report)
The Retro Future (The Archdruid Report)
Increasingly, it's the military/police vs. the hoi polloi. -- RF
## Japan ##
How Wall Street Is Exporting Toxic Junk Loan Waste To Yield-Starved Japan
## Japan ##
How Wall Street Is Exporting Toxic Junk Loan Waste To Yield-Starved Japan
Summons of Japanese media raises complaints of interference
Japan's ruling party summoned executives from two leading television networks Friday, the latest in a series of actions that opponents say endanger press freedom and intimidate the media.
Japan's ruling party summoned executives from two leading television networks Friday, the latest in a series of actions that opponents say endanger press freedom and intimidate the media.
## China ##
## US ##
Retail Sales And Unemployment—–The Underlying Trends Aren't Good
Agency Overseeing Obama Trade Deals Filled With Former Trade Lobbyists
Agency Overseeing Obama Trade Deals Filled With Former Trade Lobbyists
Prisoners Inside America's Raging Storm
America's obsession with meting out long prison sentences for drug offenses and various non-violent crimes has produced a vast population locked inside a prison-industrial complex and assigned to work for pennies an hour.
America's obsession with meting out long prison sentences for drug offenses and various non-violent crimes has produced a vast population locked inside a prison-industrial complex and assigned to work for pennies an hour.
Students in debt and professors barely getting by all the while tuition soars.
## Hillary Clinton ##
