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Choosing to let its banks fail, Iceland chose to help its people and had a surprising economic recovery. So, how did Iceland beat the banks?
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Excerpts: Iceland's Oddsson
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122418335729241577
"Last week, Iceland's central bank chief, David Oddsson, a former prime minister and Reykjavik mayor, appeared on RUV, the state-owned public-service broadcaster."
After Crisis, Iceland Holds a Tight Grip on Its Banks
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/after-crisis-iceland-holds-a-tight-grip-on-its-banks/?_r=0
"An angular glass building on the waterfront here used to be the headquarters of a banking giant with operations in Europe, North America and the Middle East."
From Boom To Bust: The Iceland Story
https://www.aeaweb.org/aea/2011conference/program/retrieve.php?pdfid=311
"This chapter tells an Icelandic saga, albeit not one of the classic kind with more embellished heroes than villains."
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,1,What Are The CIA’s Biggest Failures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz2iDeIIeKw
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WashingtonPost: FBI and CIA give differing accounts to lawmakers on Russia’s motives in 2016 hacks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-and-cia-give-differing-accounts-to-lawmakers-on-russias-motives-in-2016-hacks/2016/12/10/c6dfadfa-bef0-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.c1c9f1eef3be
How does the FBI differ from the Central Intelligence Agency?
https://www.fbi.gov/about/faqs/how-does-the-fbi-differ-from-the-central-intelligence-agency
Slate: Spooks vs. Suits
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_best_policy/2002/10/spooks_vs_suits.html
Key GOP senators join call for bipartisan Russia election probe, even as their leaders remain mum
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/12/11/key-gop-senators-join-call-for-bipartisan-russia-election-probe-even-as-their-leaders-remain-mum/?utm_term=.d2432374023e
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,1,What Is The Illuminati? http://bit.ly/2aPYsBX
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The Bilderberg Group gathers CEOs, politicians, and Wall Street moguls for secretive meetings. So what do we know about this conference?
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The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/12/bilderberg-2016-dresden-press-conference-meeting-silence
Bilderberg Meetings: About Bilderberg Meetings
http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/
Mirror: Bilderberg: 5 top conspiracy theories surrounding the secret group including corruption, Nazis and lizards
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/bilderberg-5-top-conspiracy-theories-3636750
RT: Bilderberg 2016: US Election and refugee top of agenda at secret invite-only conference
https://www.rt.com/news/346253-bilderberg-conference-2016-germany/
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,1,People from all sides of the political spectrum are protesting at the Republican National Convention. So who are they, what are they protesting against, and how is it different from what we expected?
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New York Times: Who’s Taking a Soapbox to Cleveland? Trump Backers and Critics (and Nude Women)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/us/politics/rnc-protests-cleveland.html
CNN: Security fears mount ahead of GOP convention
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/13/politics/republican-national-convention-protests/
Fox: Schedule released of protesters during Republican National Convention
http://fox8.com/2016/07/13/schedule-released-of-protesters-during-republican-national-convention/
USA Today: Black Lives Matter in Cleveland refuses RNC protest regulations
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/11/black-lives-matter-republican-national-convention-protests/86956550/
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An unprecedented investigation revealed 11.5 million documents linking several world leaders to crimes. So what exactly did the 'Panama Papers' uncover?
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The Panama Papers
http://panamapapers.icij.org/
What are the Panama Papers? A guide to the biggest data leak in history
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/03/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-panama-papers
“The Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world’s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.”
About the Panama Papers
http://panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/articles/56febff0a1bb8d3c3495adf4/
“Over a year ago, an anonymous source contacted the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and submitted encrypted internal documents from Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm that sells anonymous offshore companies around the world.”
Panama Papers The Power Players
https://projects.icij.org/panama-papers/power-players/
Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite's tax havens
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-35918844
“A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth.”
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Choosing to let its banks fail, Iceland chose to help its people and had a surprising economic recovery. So, how did Iceland beat the banks?
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Excerpts: Iceland's Oddsson
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122418335729241577
"Last week, Iceland's central bank chief, David Oddsson, a former prime minister and Reykjavik mayor, appeared on RUV, the state-owned public-service broadcaster."
After Crisis, Iceland Holds a Tight Grip on Its Banks
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/after-crisis-iceland-holds-a-tight-grip-on-its-banks/?_r=0
"An angular glass building on the waterfront here used to be the headquarters of a banking giant with operations in Europe, North America and the Middle East."
From Boom To Bust: The Iceland Story
https://www.aeaweb.org/aea/2011conference/program/retrieve.php?pdfid=311
"This chapter tells an Icelandic saga, albeit not one of the classic kind with more embellished heroes than villains."
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