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Today’s compendium of notable headlines from the realms of economics, politics, and their impacts on the rest of the planet begins with the latest of Banksters Behaving Badly via Reuters: Deutsche, Citi feel the heat of widening FX investigation...

November 30 In History 1215: The Fourth Lateran Council which had been led by Innocent III came a close. The Fourth Lateran Council made first official use of the term "transubstantiation," with reference to the Eucharist (Lord's Supper). The adoption...

From Ian: Eugene Kontorovich: The Problem With Using the Tax Code to Punish Israeli Settlements J Street and like-minded progressives are campaigning to eliminate U.S. tax exemptions for charitable groups that provide support to Jewish communities...

“Israel Strikes 34 ‘Terror Targets’ in Gaza After Bodies of Israeli Teens Found” July 1, 2014- ABC News Headline [1] “Human Animals’ Murdered Eyal, Gilad and Naftali” July 1, 2014, BreakingIsraelNews Headline [2] “’ They were abducted and murdered in...

The Rwandan Hutu militia FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation if Rwanda) in DRC has offered to disarm voluntarily, the states of the region have set an ultimatum and the clock is ticking. The UN mission in DRC (MONUSCO) has an intervention force...