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RUSSIA’S TRACK-AND-FIELD BANNED FROM RIO

by | Jun 19, 2016

Reacting to the International Olympic Committee’s [IOC] ban of Russian track-and-field athletes for violating anti-doping rules, Russian President Vladimir Putin decried the ruling as excessive. “Of course that is unjust and unfair,” said Putin at a press conference...

STEINMEIER ACCUSES NATO OF WARMONGERING

by | Jun 18, 2016

Accusing NATO of “warmongering,” 60-year-old German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier flashed his hand of seeking to end U.S. and European Union economic sanctions on Russia. EU buys some 35% of petroleum and 30% of natural gas from Russia, giving the EU a...

STATE DEPARTMENT BUCKS OBAMA’S SYRIA POLICY

by | Jun 17, 2016

Slapping President Barack Obama in the face June 16, a confidential State Department memo called for air strikes against the Shiite regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. What’s so striking about the secret memo is how off-the-wall the suggestion to bomb the...

GOP FINALLY ACQUIESCES TO TRUMP

by | Jun 16, 2016

Showing clear signs that the GOP is finally acquiescing to real estate mogul and nominee Donald Trump, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a failed 2016 candidate, gave Trump some reluctant praise for agreeing to talk to the National Rifle Assn. about preventing suspected...

YELLEN REVERSES COURSE ON RATE HIKES

by | Jun 15, 2016

Holding the Federal Funds Rate steady at 0.25%, 69-year-old Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman Janet Yellen switched gears after the June 3 Labor Department report showing the nation only added 38,000 non-farm payroll jobs in May. Yellen sang a different tune April 27,...