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The Mother of all Jobs in the EU | Wolf Street
The Mother of all Jobs in the EU | Wolf Street. Ironically, the more Eurocrats try to integrate the EU through imposition of fiscal, monetary, banking, and political straitjackets, the closer the Union comes to disintegration. By Don Quijones, freelance writer, translator in Barcelona, Spain. Editor at WOLF STREET. Mexico is his country-in-law. Raging Bull-Shit is his modest attempt […]
EU reaches deal on CO2 emissions cut – Europe – Al Jazeera English
EU reaches deal on CO2 emissions cut – Europe – Al Jazeera English. The agreement adopts 27 percent targets for renewable energy supply and efficiency gains [EPA] European Union leaders have reached what they described as the world’s most ambitious climate change targets for 2030, paving the way for a new UN-backed global treaty next […]
Re Shootdown Of Flight MH-17—–German Intelligence Concludes Missile Was Ukrainian, Not Russian | David Stockman’s Contra Corner
Re Shootdown Of Flight MH-17—–German Intelligence Concludes Missile Was Ukrainian, Not Russian | David Stockman’s Contra Corner. The West’s case blaming Russia for the shoot-down of a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine last July appears to be crumbling as the German foreign intelligence agency has concluded that the anti-aircraft missile battery involved came from a Ukrainian military […]
Europe, or The 28 Stooges – The Automatic Earth
Europe, or The 28 Stooges – The Automatic Earth. Russell Lee Sharecropper mother teaching children in home, Transylvania, LA. Jan 1939 Europe is fast turning into a freak comedy show. Very fast. Or maybe we should say it’s always been one, and it’s just that the Larry, Curly and Moe moves are only now coming out in […]
French Unemployed Hits Record High, Hollande Demands EU Budget “Must Be Adapted” | Zero Hedge
French Unemployed Hits Record High, Hollande Demands EU Budget “Must Be Adapted” | Zero Hedge. France’s President Francois Hollande states confidently that “everyone should respeoct treaties,” then ‘Junckers’ it with this stunningly hypocritical bullshit, “budget rules must be adapted” to support growth and France “has done what it has to do” on its deficit… one […]
25 Banks Said To Fail European Stress Test, 10 In Talks On Capital Shortfall | Zero Hedge
25 Banks Said To Fail European Stress Test, 10 In Talks On Capital Shortfall | Zero Hedge. With the results of Europe’s annual AQR, aka Stress Test, due out on Sunday, most had been expecting that despite some rhetoric that various brand name banks may fail, that it would be largely more of the usual: […]
The Death Rattle of Europe’s Statist Dream |
The Death Rattle of Europe’s Statist Dream |. Europe’s all-too-predictable relapse into recession is gathering force, threatening not only the pipe dream of economic and political unity, but eroding grandiose illusions that have helped prop up the world’s financial house of cards. The unwillingness of France in particular to play by the EU’s — i.e., […]
Letter to the PM outlining how 2°C demands an 80% cut in EU emissions by 2030
Letter to the PM outlining how 2°C demands an 80% cut in EU emissions by 2030 Below is an open letter (22nd Oct. 2014) to both the UK’s Prime Minister and the Secretary of State at the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC). The letter summarises why the IPCC’s carbon budgets for a “likely” chance of not […]
George Soros Slams Putin, Warns Of “Existential Threat” From Russia, Demands $20 Billion From IMF In “Russia War Effort” | Zero Hedge
George Soros Slams Putin, Warns Of “Existential Threat” From Russia, Demands $20 Billion From IMF In “Russia War Effort” | Zero Hedge. If even George Soros is getting concerned and writing Op-Eds, then Putin must be truly winning. Here are the highlights from what the Open Society founder has to say about the “existential” Russian […]
EU Braces for Battle to Set Energy Goals for Next Decade – Bloomberg
EU Braces for Battle to Set Energy Goals for Next Decade – Bloomberg. European Union leaders face heated negotiations today on a deal to toughen emission-reduction policies in the next decade and boost the security of energy supplies amid a natural-gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine. The main challenge for the 28 heads of government will be […]
Sweden Deploys Army, Air Force, Navy Near Stockholm Over Reported Damaged Russian Sub; Moscow Denies | Zero Hedge
Sweden Deploys Army, Air Force, Navy Near Stockholm Over Reported Damaged Russian Sub; Moscow Denies | Zero Hedge. Over the weekend, while the world was focusing on the threat of Ebola contagion in the US and around the globe, Sweden’s otherwise sleepy capital Stockholm found itself the location of a blitz military operation involving the […]
