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Bolton: Israel must make ‘fateful decision’ on Iran strike

World Net Daily Warns Jewish state running out of time as Tehran goes nuclear Israel does not have much time to make a “fateful decision” about whether to strike Iran’s nuclear sites, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said Sunday in a radio interview. “Israel, I think, now faces the fateful decision whether it will allow […]

The Saudis are engaged in a great gamble

The Telegraph - Con Coughlin To stave off Islamists and liberals at home, the royal family is willing to lose old allies The inhabitants of the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia are not renowned for their sense of humour. In a country where public executions by beheading are commonplace, and even relatively minor transgressions such as drinking […]

Nigel Farage: We must defend Christian heritage

The Telegraph - Cristina Odone Interview: Ukip leader Nigel Farage says he wants voters to see the real him as he puts his policies in spotlight The boardroom at the UK Independence Party offices at the top of a smart Mayfair town house has a flip chart showing the party’s agenda. The marching orders are […]

UK economy: it’s rebalancing – but not as we know it

The Telegraph - Andrew Sentance We should not give up on the idea of the rebalancing of the UK economy. It has been happening – but not in the way policy-makers originally expected When the UK economic recovery started in 2009, there were high hopes that growth would be led by a resurgence of manufacturing […]

The Fed is locked in a QE prison of its own making

The Telegraph - Liam Halligan US policymakers are caught in a trap – a seemingly inescapable dilemma that stems directly from the massive scale of QE Back in the spring, Ben Bernanke told the world that “tapering” would start “later this year”. The Federal Reserve Chairman was indicating, in other words, that America’s central bank […]

INTENT TO FAIL

By Marilyn M. Brannan - IRN/USA News October 30, 2013 Jonathan Strong of National Review reported on October 29 that one of the top Democrats—House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer—had conceded to reporters that day that Democrats knew people would not be able to keep their current health care plans under Obamacare. In response to a […]