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Ecuador does not recognize Ukraine’s ‘illegitimate’ govt – Correa

RT | March 30, 2014

Ecuador has said it will not deal with the coup-appointed government in Kiev and has called for fair elections. President Rafael Correa declared he would only negotiate with a “legitimate government” that represents the will of the Ukrainian people.
In his weekly address to the Ecuadorian people, Correa explained why Ecuador had abstained from the UN General Assembly vote Thursday that passed a resolution condemning Crimea’s union with Russia.

Canadians aren’t equal under the law, according to the Constitution itself

There is the common legal refrain and myth that we’re all equal under the law. Part 1, Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states: “15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination […]

Flashback: Alan Greenspan didn’t say the Federal Reserve was above the law

One of the misconceptions bandied about in the alternative media is that Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan claimed in 2007 that the Fed was above the law, as this popular video indicates. Here’s what he actually said: “The Federal Reserve is an independent agency, and that means, basically, that there is no other agency […]