Все тихо на Западном фронте

"Russian intelligence has now reportedly obtained solid proof that Saudi Arabia was directly involved in the twin terror attacks on the city of Volgograd.
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This will come as no surprise to Putin. The Russian leader was warned by the Saudi intelligence chief Prince Bandar Bin Sultan during a heated four-hour private meeting back in July that Wahhabi-sponsored terrorists based in the North Caucasus region of Russia would be targeting the Sochi Winter Olympics.
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There are unconfirmed reports that Putin and his senior intelligence officers have already drawn up plans to “destroy Saudi Arabia” over its systematic sponsoring of terrorism on Russian territory.
http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/24509/53/

Dumb Fat Bastard

Evangelos Venizelos The leader of socialist party Pasok

PASOK is now dead last among the seven parties in the Parliament. The Communist party (KKE) is fourth with 4.9 percent, followed by the Independent Greeks at 4 percent, the Democratic Left (DIMAR) – a former partner in the coalition – at 3.1 percent and also in danger of disappearing as a party next, just ahead of PASOK.
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/01/16/syriza-killing-new-democracy-pasok-in-attica/

A Year in the Life of a Central Banker

NSA Collects Two Hundred Million Text Messages Daily

 

Obama's speech on the rampant NSA surveillance activities will be delivered fifty years to the day after Eisenhower made his prescient warnings.

“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.”

Later Eisenhower told his aides:
“I know those boys down at the Pentagon and worry that one day there’s going to be a president that knows less about the military than I do."

NSA Collects 200,000,000 Text Messages Daily

Shalom Ben

 

US Recovery: Part V

https://twitter.com/Not_Jim_Cramer

WASHINGTON, D.C. - More Americans, 42%, say they are financially worse off now than they were a year ago, reversing the lower levels found over the past two years. Just more than a third of Americans say their financial situation has improved from a year ago.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/166850/americans-worse-off-financially-year-ago.aspx