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Lot of ground to cover, with major disruptions in Hong Kong after the jump, plus much more. We begin with the greatest bomb threast to global civilization, the debt bomb, via the Guardian: Record world debt could trigger new financial crisis, Geneva...

Unlike Spanish evangelism, US colonial machinery was geared to using the Philippines for thorough exploitation of the newly acquired territory, envisaging the eventual expansion of multinational corporations and ultimate global hegemony. This brief historical...

T-50 Golden Eagle (click to view full) South Korea’s T-50 Golden Eagle family offers the global marketplace a set of high-end supersonic trainer and lightweight fighter aircraft. They’re hitting the international market at a good time: just...

The Pseudo-War on Terror:  How the US Has Protected Some of Its Enemies Peter Dale Scott Vol. 11, Issue 40, No. 2 October 7, 2013 Before World War Two American government, for all of its glaring faults, also served as a model for the...

From Ian: Reflections on Gaza From an Israeli Mother This crisis, like others that preceded it, has united the Israeli people. In normal times we tend to be a contentious lot, neighbors arguing against neighbors, political parties bickering bitterly...