Geopolitical – Week of 10.04.13

Debt Cap Raise Until Nov. 22 Gains Support to Bar Default
Bloomberg | 10 October 2013
The White House endorsed a short debt-limit increase with no policy conditions attached…

Wendell Berry on His Hopes for Humanity


Vimeo | 04 October 2013
Wendell Berry, a quiet and humble man, has become an outspoken advocate for revolution…

Yellen to Be Named Fed Chairman, First Female Chief
Bloomberg | 09 October 2013
President Barack Obama will nominate Janet Yellen as chairman of the Federal Reserve…

“A Corporate Trojan Horse”: Obama Pushes Secretive TPP Trade Pact, Would Rewrite Swath of U.S. Laws
Democracy Now! | 04 October 2013
As the federal government shutdown continues, Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Asia for secret talks…

Australian Govt Talked PRISM Before Snowden Revelations
RT | 08 October 2013
Highly-redacted documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws show…

Water Scarcity by 2030: True for Every Second Person on Earth, UN Says
RT | 08 October 2013
About a half of the global population could be facing water shortages by 2030 when demand would exceed water supply by 40 percent…

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
Rasmussen Reports | 05 October 2013
The longer the federal government remains partially shut down, the more the partisan blame game escalates…

As F.B.I. Pursued Snowden, an E-Mail Service Stood Firm
The New York Times | 02 October 2013
One day last May, Ladar Levison returned home to find an F.B.I. agent’s business card on his Dallas doorstep…

A Brave New Transatlantic Partnership: The Social & Environmental Consequences of the Proposed EU-US Trade Deal
Corporate Europe Observatory | 04 October 2013
As the second round of negotiations on the EU-US trade agreement kick off in Brussels next week…

Search Engine Manipulation. Google and YouTube Suppress Controversial 9/11 Truth?
Global Research | 05 October 2013
With polls consistently showing that approximately 50% of Canadians and Americans…

Sisters of Woman Killed in DC Chase Question Police Actions
Fox News | 05 October 2013
To understand this story better, read Gloria Naylor’s 1996

Who Shut Down the Government?
Townhall.com | 04 October 2013
Even when it comes to something as basic, and apparently as simple and straightforward, as the question of who shut down the federal government, there are diametrically opposite answers…