Geopolitical – Week of 09.22.13

China’s Maritime Disputes
Council on Foreign Relations | 27 September 2013
The East and South China Seas are the scene of escalating territorial disputes between China and its neighbors, including Japan, Vietnam, and the Philippines…

China ‘To Rent Five Per Cent of Ukraine’
Telegraph | 24 September 2013
It would be the biggest so called “land grab” agreement, where one country leases or sells land to another…

NSA Planted Bugs at Indian Missions in D.C., U.N.
The Hindu | 25 September 2013
India announced that it intends to build the biggest solar power plant in the world in Rajastan…

Poland and Germany Should Unite, says Lech Walesa
The Telegraph | 24 September 2013
The Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Polish president, whose Solidarity trade union played a key role…

A Postal Savings Bank: Infrastructure That Doesn’t Cost Taxpayers a Dime
Truth Dig | 23 September 2013
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is the nation’s second largest civilian employer after WalMart…

Exclusive: Pipeline Safety Chief Says His Regulatory Process Is ‘Kind of Dying’
Inside Climate News | 11 September 2013
With ‘few tools to work with,’ PHMSA’s Jeffrey Wiese says he is creating a YouTube channel to persuade industry to voluntarily improve safety…

Common Core Curriculum: A Look Behind the Curtain of Hidden Language
The Christian Post | 18 March 2013
Conservatives are in an uproar over Common Core…

Parent Arrested at Public Meeting for Asking Unscripted Questions About Common Core
Activist Post | 21 September 2013
Last week the Baltimore County School district held a public meeting to go over the “Common Core” curriculum now being taught in Maryland schools…

Merkel Wins Big in German Election
The Wall Street Journal | 23 September 2013
Angela Merkel’s conservatives won a resounding victory in Germany’s elections on Sunday…

NSA Spying, Swift, And How Not to Run a Breakaway Civilization
Giza Death Star | 21 September 2013
Regulars at this site will be aware that I have previously blogged about the implications of the Snowden-NSA revelations…

US Al Qaeda Founders/Controllers Exposed
Veterans Today | 20 September 2013
Al-Qaeda was established under the authority of President Reagan on March 27, 1985…

Brzezinski Admits Alternative Media Stalling War With Syria
Hang the Bankers | 01 September 2013
During a short interview with Germany’s DW News last Monday…

Afghanistan Stores 40,000 Tons of Opiates – Russia’s Drug Watchdog
RT | 20 September 2013
Some forty thousand tons of opiates are stockpiled in Afghanistan, Russian authorities revealed…

Cyber Attack: Belgians Angered by British Spying
Spiegel Online | 20 September 2013
The hacking attack by Britain’s GCHQ intelligence service on Belgian telecoms provider Belgacom has angered politicians in the country…