http://thesantosrepublic.com The Voice of the 21st Century Generation Wed, 23 May 2012 00:08:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/are-americans-catching-on-waking-up-unplugging/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/are-americans-catching-on-waking-up-unplugging/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 00:08:24 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=124006 by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, Chairman of The Institute for Political Economy and Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy under Reagan Administration May 22, 2012 (TSR) - In response to the question in the title I can report that most of my readers are. Almost everyone got the point of the last column. They [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/are-americans-catching-on-waking-up-unplugging/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/west-seems-sending-soothing-signals-to-syria-by-excluding-military-action/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/west-seems-sending-soothing-signals-to-syria-by-excluding-military-action/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 22:14:43 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=124001 May 22, 2012 (TSR) - Recent world assurances that there would be no military intervention in Syria, coupled with consensual statements by UN officials and observers about the performance of the Syrian government, has to some extent raised optimism that Syria will not be caught in a similar Libyan scenario. After nearly 15 months of unrest [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/west-seems-sending-soothing-signals-to-syria-by-excluding-military-action/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/ring-of-fire-nevada-got-the-lion-share-of-the-best-viewing-locations-for-annular-solar-eclipse/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/ring-of-fire-nevada-got-the-lion-share-of-the-best-viewing-locations-for-annular-solar-eclipse/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 19:43:44 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=123973 ]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/ring-of-fire-nevada-got-the-lion-share-of-the-best-viewing-locations-for-annular-solar-eclipse/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/era-of-total-surveillance-zooms-in-usa-cia-reads-dishwashers-and-refrigerators-in-american-homes/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/era-of-total-surveillance-zooms-in-usa-cia-reads-dishwashers-and-refrigerators-in-american-homes/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 22:48:39 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=123985 May 21, 2012 (TSR) - Ever evolving high-tech gadgets and the Internet have given Big Brother a peep hole into the lives of everyday Americans. Now, without the hassle of planting bugs or breaking and entering, the government can monitor virtually anything it wants. The CIA has recently claimed it would be able to “read” devices [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/era-of-total-surveillance-zooms-in-usa-cia-reads-dishwashers-and-refrigerators-in-american-homes/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/nato-confirms-european-missile-defense-shield-up-and-running/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/nato-confirms-european-missile-defense-shield-up-and-running/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 21:39:46 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=123980 May 21, 2012 (TSR) - The European missile shield is up and running, says NATO Secretary-General Fogh Rasmussen, who announced its “interim capability” to shoot down incoming missiles. Earlier Russia voiced strong concern over the issue. The “interim operational capability“declared by Rasmussen at the NATO summit in Chicago on Sunday is the first step to fulfilling [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/nato-confirms-european-missile-defense-shield-up-and-running/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/russian-president-putin-names-new-cabinet-of-ministers/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/russian-president-putin-names-new-cabinet-of-ministers/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 21:23:16 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=123974 May 21, 2012 (TSR) - Russian president Vladimir Putin announced the new cabinet on Monday that retained some of the outgoing government’s key figures but added a few fresh faces, cementing his grip on power as he begins his third presidential term. Putin kept the foreign, defense and finance ministers, but replaced some of the most unpopular [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/russian-president-putin-names-new-cabinet-of-ministers/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/israel-spy-butterfly-indoor-surveillance-drone-us-donates-680-million-to-iron-dome/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/israel-spy-butterfly-indoor-surveillance-drone-us-donates-680-million-to-iron-dome/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 01:51:46 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=123958 May 19, 2012 (TSR) - The future is here and this is not a butterfly on your wall, as Israeli drones are getting tiny. Their latest project – a butterfly-shaped drone weighing just 20 grams – the smallest in its range so far – can gather intelligence inside buildings. The new miniscule surveillance device can take [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/israel-spy-butterfly-indoor-surveillance-drone-us-donates-680-million-to-iron-dome/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/from-g8-to-nato-russia-and-china-may-be-on-the-same-side/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/from-g8-to-nato-russia-and-china-may-be-on-the-same-side/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 00:51:47 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=123954 May 19, 2012 (TSR) - With Putin opting not to attend the ongoing G8 summit at Camp David and Obama passing on an upcoming APEC summit in Vladivostok, much has been made of the bilateral snub. But Russian expert Martin McCauley told RT critics have missed the plot. As President Obama greeted leaders of seven other [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/from-g8-to-nato-russia-and-china-may-be-on-the-same-side/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/a-flurry-to-the-right-direction-u-s-states-pass-new-anti-trafficking-laws-to-fight-sex-slavery/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/a-flurry-to-the-right-direction-u-s-states-pass-new-anti-trafficking-laws-to-fight-sex-slavery/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 19:11:04 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=123950 May 19, 2012 (TSR) - Holly Austin Smith was 14 years old when she was forced into prostitution. A stranger approached her at a local shopping mall and said he could help her become a model, meet celebrities and live a glamorous life. After two weeks of phone conversations, he persuaded her to run away with [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/a-flurry-to-the-right-direction-u-s-states-pass-new-anti-trafficking-laws-to-fight-sex-slavery/feed/ 0 http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/lies-distortion-and-hypocrisy-pentagons-annual-china-military-report-exposes-u-s-cold-war-mentality/ http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/lies-distortion-and-hypocrisy-pentagons-annual-china-military-report-exposes-u-s-cold-war-mentality/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 18:44:02 +0000 TSR Team http://thesantosrepublic.com/?p=123946 May 19, 2012 (TSR) -The U.S. Defense Department on Friday published its annual report on China’s military and security developments in a continued Cold War-style practice once adopted by the United States toward then Soviet Union. The report, though claimed “objective” and “factual” by the Pentagon, is ridden with speculative descriptions and even distorts the [...]]]> http://thesantosrepublic.com/2012/05/lies-distortion-and-hypocrisy-pentagons-annual-china-military-report-exposes-u-s-cold-war-mentality/feed/ 0