The US message was clear enough: “North Korea’s actions are a threat to our allies, partners and homeland,” Gen. Terrence O’ Shaughnessy, Pacific Air Forces commander, said in a statement. “Let me be clear, if called upon we are trained, equipped and ready to unleash the full lethal capability of our allied air forces.”
Read MoreThere really is no true market for gold, just a rigged game consisting of physical gold and paper gold trading side by side as if they were one and the same. They’re not. And the result? More and more paper gold is poised on top of on an inverted pyramid with less and less physical gold at the base distorting the actual price of physical gold.
Read MoreMany hold to a nostalgic view of the United States as a single nation once unified by a common culture. This was never true.
Read MoreAmerican auto OEMs are panicked about the coming wave of lease returns and they’re apparently colluding with auction houses to help keep used prices higher for longer.
Read MoreViolent protests continued in Hamburg for the second day as the G20 summit kicked off in the city. According to local press, at least 159 police officers have been wounded in clashes. For the second day, police had to resort to water cannon to disperse protesters while dozens of were set on fire in the suburb of Altona, where stores were vandalized and banks were burned.
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