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And The Country Posing The Greatest Threat to Peace as 2013 Ends is …

December 31, 2013
By Patrick Goodenough
(CNSNews.com)

The
 past year witnessed bloodshed in Syria and Iraq,  turmoil in Egypt,
anarchy in Central Africa, threats by a nuclear-armed North Korea and
Chinese military posturing, but as 2013 ends a global  poll finds that
the country seen as representing the greatest threat to peace today is
... the United States.
Not only did the U.S. top the list with an aggregate of 24 percent, 
but the runner-up threat country, Pakistan, was way behind at eight 
percent. China was third at six percent, followed by North Korea, Iran 
and Israel at five percent each.
The survey of opinions across 65 countries by pollster Win/Gallup 
International recorded some of the strongest anti-American sentiment, 
predictably, in countries widely regarded as rivals, led by Russia 
(where 54 percent of respondents said the U.S. was the greatest threat 
to peace) and China (49 percent).
But the view that the U.S. poses the greatest threat to peace was 
also
 strongly held in some purported U.S. allies – such as NATO partners
Greece and Turkey (45 percent each), and Pakistan (44 percent),
which  is also a top recipient of U.S. aid.
Two other countries where strongly negative opinion of the U.S. was 
found were Bosnia, a candidate for European Union membership (49 
percent), and, closer to home, Argentina (46 percent).
Elsewhere in Latin America the U.S. topped the list of threats to 
peace for a significant number of respondents in Mexico (37 percent), 
Brazil (26 percent) and Peru (24 percent)......
- See more at:
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/and-country-posing-greatest-threat-peace-2013-ends#sthash.CDyy2Mdk.dpuf

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These 13 Tax Increases Hit in 2013

Curtis Dubay
December 31, 2013
The Foundry

It’s about time for us to uncover our eyes and take a hard look at what 2013 did to our finances.
Did you feel the pinch of the 13 tax hikes that hit Americans this year?
Before you review the list below, put these two on your watch list for 2014:
    * Obamacare’s individual mandate. Beginning in 2014,
it’s mandatory to purchase health insurance. If you don’t, you’ll pay a
penalty that dramatically increases over time. It starts at $95 or 1
percent of your income (whichever is greater). It rises to $325 or 2
percent of income in 2015, and $695 or 2.5 percent of income in 2016.
    * Obamacare tax on insurance companies. If you liked
seeing your premiums go up, you’ll love this new tax on health
insurers—which they are most likely to pass on to you.
As you start reviewing your tax information for 2013, here’s what you’re contending with.

http://blog.heritage.org/2013/12/31/13-tax-increases-hit-2013/

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Privacy Advocate Exposes NSA Spy Gear at Gathering

LONDON December 30, 2013 (AP)
By RAPHAEL SATTER
Associated Press/ABC News

A
 well-known privacy advocate has given the public an unusually explicit
peek into the intelligence world's tool box, pulling back the curtain
on the National Security Agency's arsenal of high-tech spy gear.
Independent journalist and security expert Jacob Appelbaum on Monday
told
 a hacker conference in Germany that the NSA could turn iPhones into
eavesdropping tools and use radar wave devices to harvest electronic
information from computer even if they weren't online.
Appelbaum told hundreds of computer experts gathered at Hamburg's Chaos
Communications Conference that his revelations about the NSA's
capabilities "are even worse than your worst nightmares."
"What I am going to show you today is wrist-slittingly depressing," he said.
Even though in the past six months there have been an unprecedented
level
 of public scrutiny of the NSA and its methods, Appelbaum's claims —
supported by what appeared to be internal NSA slideshows — still caused a
 stir.
One of the slides described how the NSA can plant malicious software
onto Apple Inc.'s iPhone, giving American intelligence agents the
ability to turn the popular smartphone into a pocket-sized spy.
Another slide showcased a futuristic-sounding device described as a
"portable
 continuous wave generator," a remote controlled device which — when
paired with tiny electronic implants — can bounce invisible waves
of energy off keyboards and monitors to see what is being typed even if
the target device isn't connected to the Internet.
A third slide showcased a piece of equipment called NIGHTSTAND, which
can tamper with wireless Internet connections from up to 8 miles away......

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/hacker-pulls-curtain-back-nsa-spy-gear-21372219

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Volgograd Bombings: NATO, Bandar Bush main suspects

Posted by Corbett Report
30 Dec 2013
video

The
 back-to-back bombings in Volgograd come on the heels of Saudi intel
chief Bandar bin Sultan’s reported threats to Putin earlier this year to
 sponsor terror attacks around the Sochi
Olympics if Russia refused to allow military intervention in Syria. The
suicide
 bombings also follow the pattern of NATO Operation Gladio B, and fall
in line with NATO protection of Chechen terrorists. James Corbett joins
RT to discuss these developments.
http://www.corbettreport.com/volgograd-bombings-nato-bandar-bush-main-suspects/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CorbettReportRSS+%28The+Corbett+Report%29&utm_content=Yahoo!+Mail






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