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Screenshot from YouTube Share on tumblr Trends Ukraine turmoil Tags Conflict ,  Politics ,  Russia ,  Ukraine A Ukrainian presidential hopeful and his supporters has abducted a regional MP over his opposition to the coup-imposed government in Kiev. A video of the action shows the MP being roughed up by a group of men and threatened. Oleg Lyashko reported secretly going to the Lugansk region on Sunday night and detaining Arsen Klinchev, a member of the local parliament from the Party of Regions. "The scum Klinchev will answer for his crimes. We detained him and handed him over to law enforcement. I am sincerely grateful to everyone, who helped with this deed. The video is coming shortly. The fight goes on,"  Lyashko wrote on his Facebook page. The promised footage followed soon. In it Lyashko is seen entering the office, as Klinchev later clarified, of local General Vladimir Guslavsky with a group of half a dozen men, whose faces a...

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3897164" alt="george zimmerman in court 2013" src="http://ioneglobalgrind.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/450573901.jpg?w=1024&h=684" width="1024" height="684" /> While most people who have been acquitted of murder try to keep a low profile afterwards, George Zimmerman  just can’t seem to stay out of the spotlight. After being spotted at gun shops, stopped by police multiple times , and criticized for attempting to raise money through a “celebrity boxing match”, Zimmerman is definitely on our radar whether we like it or not. Most recently – in a new interview with Univision – he’s claiming that he’s homeless and suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Zimmerman also claims that 17-year-old Trayvon Martin threatened to kill him before he shot him dead: “When he saw my handgun and looked at it and told me that he was going to kill me that night, uh...

Banker suicide Bloomberg  is reporting  this morning that former  Federal Reserve  economist Mike Dueker was found dead in an apparent suicide near Tacoma, Washington. Dueker, 50, a chief economist at  Russell Investments , had been missing since Jan. 29 and was reportedly having troubles at work. Normally HousingWire wouldn’t cover deaths in the industry, but what’s strange is that Dueker is the third prominent banker found dead since Sunday. On Sunday, William Broeksmit, 58, former senior manager for  Deutsche Bank , was found hanging in his home, also an apparent suicide. On Tuesday, Gabriel Magee, 39, vice president at  JPMorgan Chase & Co’s ( JPM )  London headquarters, apparently jumped to his death from a building in the Canary Wharf area. Please like subscribe comment and share this post. Also, check out our Facebook group: If you would like to start a discussion join the group and IM me. If you have tips on your elected o...

There's a lot of talk of Karl Marx in the air these days – from Rush Limbaugh  accusing  Pope Francis of promoting "pure Marxism" to a  Washington Times  writer  claiming  that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is an "unrepentant Marxist." But few people actually understand Marx's trenchant critique of capitalism. Most people are vaguely aware of the radical economist's prediction that capitalism would inevitably be replaced by communism, but they often misunderstand why he believed this to be true. And while Marx was wrong about some things, his writings (many of which pre-date the American Civil War) accurately predicted several aspects of contemporary capitalism, from the Great Recession to the iPhone 5S in your pocket. Here are five facts of life in 2014 that Marx's analysis of capitalism correctly predicted more than a century ago: 1. The Great Recession (Capitalism's Chaotic Nature) The inherently chaotic, crisis-prone nature o...

" Ghost Adventures " host  Zak Bagans  has taken on his most terrifying project yet -- he just bought a house in Indiana ... believed to be the site of one of the most terrifying demonic possessions ever ... a rumored "portal to hell." The house rose to fame in 2012 ... after a mother who lived there reported her 12-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son had been possessed.  Shockingly, there are even docs from child protective services that back up her claims. Among the many scary incidents ...  the mother says she witnessed her daughter levitating above her bed. She also said she saw her son walking on their ceiling ... an account corroborated by several other witnesses. The mother did everything she could to de-demonize the house -- including building an altar and hiring an exorcist -- but nothing worked and she eventually moved. Zak tells us, he caught wind of the horrifying tale and made an offer to purchase the home for $35,000 -- the owner was all too willing ...

Mario Tolliver Jr. Oakland shooting suspect   OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland police were asking for the public's help Friday as the search continued for an armed 14-year-old boy wanted for allegedly killing his sister Thursday afternoon. Mario Toliver Jr. remains at large the day after his sister, identified by family as 17-year-old Justice Toliver, was shot in their apartment at 801 Franklin St. at about 12:15 p.m. Thursday, police spokeswoman Officer Johnna Watson said. Friday morning, police officially named the teen as the suspect in the shooting. Authorities said they had additional concerns in the case because the weapon used in the case has not been recovered. Police warned the public to consider the teen suspect armed and dangerous. Police and family are asking Mario to surrender. Family said tension between Mario and his sister Justice erupted in gunfire Thursday afternoon. Justice was shot and killed in the fifth floor Chinatown apartment the two shared w...

                                                                            HIV virus (image from http://phil.cdc.gov, Photo Credit: C. Goldsmith) A revolutionary, free and crowd-funded HIV vaccine is in the works. Its creators use a machine learning algorithm to examine the cells of rare individuals naturally immune to the virus to then re-engineer the same biological process in others. The Immunity Project , as the team is called, is completely crowd-funded. Not only does it promise an effective vaccine this time around, it uses a revolutionary method to achieve its goals and vows to revolutionize how we look...