In Stunning Rebuke, UN Votes To Investigate Israel For Gaza Mass Shootings | Zero Hedge

KW: The United Nations’ top human rights body has voted to send a team of international war crimes investigators to probe the deadly shootings of Gaza protesters by Israeli forces. A resolution calling on the UN Human Rights Council to “urgently dispatch an independent, international commission of inquiry” was backed on Friday by 29 members. The members – United States…

The War on Cash and the Future of Cryptocurrencies: Casey Research

KW: I thought folk might like this insightful discussion The War on Cash and the Future of Cryptocurrencies by Nick Giambruno | Financial repression is a devious tactic, and at some point, every heavily indebted government uses it. It’s inevitable. And no entity on the planet is more indebted than the US government. The Financial Times defines financial repression…

Putin & Assad hold ‘extensive’ talks in Sochi, discuss political settlement – Kremlin — RT World News

KW: This is how international diplomacy ought to occur. No bombs, plenty of talk to get agreement. Compare this to the American way Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a meeting with the Syrian leader Bashar Assad in Sochi, the acting presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. The two leaders conducted “extensive” negotiations, he added. Source:…

Russian economy under Putin: Quality of life tripled, foreign debt fell 75% — RT Business News

KW:Amongst friends in discussion about Russia nearly all say the same thing, that Russia can’t afford a prolonged war in the middle east. This is a commonly held beleif that compared to the U.S. Russia is financial basket case. This report says something completely different. Putin doesn’t want war, that is a fact, but the…