Morning Journal---The complicity of the GOP

Economics

   This Week’s Data

            January new home sales jumped 9.6% versus expectations of a decline of 3.3%

            http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2014/02/new-home-sales-dont-read-too-much-into.html

                Weekly jobless claims rose 14,000 versus estimates of a 1,000 decline.

            January durable goods orders fell 1.0% versus forecasts of -1.6%; however, the December reading was revised down from -4.3% to -5.3%.

   Other

Politics

  Domestic

            How we treat criminals in the US (medium):

            http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-26/fabrice-fabulous-fab-tourre-teach-economics-class-university-chicago

The complicity of the GOP (medium):

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/371716/debt-ceiling-surrender-andrew-c-mccarthy

  International

            Latest on Ukraine:

            http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-26/putin-launches-military-drill-western-central-russia-ruble-drops-lowest-2009

                        http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-26/russian-lukoil-halts-oil-supplies-ukraine-odessa-refinery

                        http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-26/nato-responds-russian-military-drill-backs-inviolability-ukraine-frontiers

            http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-26/us-warns-russia-over-provocative-actions-ukraine

                http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-27/pro-russian-gunmen-seize-ukraine-crimean-parliament-russia-puts-jets-high-alert-hryv

                This one is a must read:

                http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-26/russia-responds-us-warning-expands-military-presence-globally

            Latest on Turkey (medium):

            http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-26/turkish-lira-blows-out-graft-scandal-comes-back-vengeance