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(Photo Credit: AP Photo/Mikhail Klimentyev) By Vladimir Isachenkov Russia has ratcheted up pressure on Ukraine, with President Vladimir Putin saying in a letter released Thursday

“I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.” ~Eartha Kitt By Catherine Austin Fitts On Coast to Coast AM the other

By Dr. Tony Lima For quite a few years my lovely wife has refused to believe any economic data from the U.S. government. Until recently,

By Stacy Mitchell Even as their big competitors are awash in capital, many locally owned businesses are struggling to secure the financing they need to

By Six Pixels of Seperation This is probably one of the most eye-opening perspectives on the digital age that you will see. We have new

By Sam Ro There are no perfect stock market indexes that’ll give you a complete picture of the state of the market. Most market-watchers prefer

(Photo Credit: Reuters/Stringer) By RT The idea of traveling between the United States and China without flying might seem ridiculous to virtually everyone, but if

By The Mind Unleashed Gregory Kloehn goes dumpster diving, but not for the reason that most people would think. He isn’t homeless. In fact, he

(Click image to view larger) By Catherine Austin Fitts The news today is mapping out a picture. In the first quarter of 2014, the US

By Annalyn Kurtz There are two economic trends that Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen told Congress this week she finds “very disturbing.” Unfortunately, the Fed