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September 08, 2011
As expected, the German constitutional court ruled yesterday that Chancellor Angela Merkel's bailouts of Europe were constitutional but that a Parliamentary subcommittee needs to approve Merkel's moves in the future. The Treaty clearly states such bailouts are ...
September 08, 2011
It is fashionable in certain places to blame what has happened to America and Europe on Germany and the Nazis, but we didn't expect to see this meme presented at the Alex Jones sites, Infowars, et al. Paul Joseph Watson, who has written many good and brave arti ...
September 08, 2011
Staff Reports: Phony Depression Brought by Elites. End of Free Speech as the West Knows It. FBI Anthrax Cover UP? Mark Steyn Josef Ackermann Daniel Hannan Robert Mueller Amerithrax Task Force Timothy McVeigh Liberty Dollars Central Banks National Review ...
September 07, 2011
Switzerland is one of those rare European countries that are doing relatively well in a time of international economic crisis. But doing well is not something that can be tolerated in the "new" Europe. The Swiss have come under enormous pressure on a variety of ...
September 07, 2011
It is interesting that Europeans and US media as well are suddenly demanding a narrative of CIA renditions. At the very least, it gives the idea that these programs are finished, when in fact, they have expanded in scope until they take in much of the so-called ...
September 07, 2011
Staff Reports: Kotlikoff on NPR Hits US US$211 TRILLION Debt. US Government Incensed by Wall Street Corruption, Attacks Wall Street. Iraq War – Declare Victory and Leave? ...
September 06, 2011
Presumably Gerhard Schroeder couldn't stand it anymore. The corrupt and failing European Union, which has not delivered on a single promise made by its founders and enablers, is in serious trouble and Schroeder was ready to move ahead with a long-planned script ...
September 06, 2011
Staff Reports: Rick Perry Exposed as a Globalist.Chinese and US Officials Have Unusually Close Relationship. Cameron Wants Rendition Inquiry. ...
September 05, 2011
More and more is being written about the anti-Indian corruption movement, which is led in part by Anna Hazare (see above article excerpt). We've commented on this movement in the past, which is gathering momentum in India and may in fact partake of the austerit ...
September 05, 2011
Staff Reports: German Court Set to Trip Up EU? China's Leaders Attempt to Gag Internet, but Problems are Fundamental. Atlantic Questions Work Habits of US Leaders. ...
September 02, 2011
This would be funny if it weren't so sad. The economic crisis of the past few years has shaken the confidence of middle-class American investors, weaned on dysfunctional investment magazines and TV tout shops; but the result seems to be a clamor for different s ...
September 02, 2011
Staff Reports: Great Men Run the World, Especially Politicians and Bankers. Greece Is OK Now and Recovering From Its Problems. FEMA Federal Family. ...
September 01, 2011
Reporter Ambrose Evans-Pritchard has discovered a white paper (see excerpt above) from the Bank for International Settlements that argues debt levels are too high – apparently both privately and publicly. Evans-Pritchard believes easy interest rates are behin ...
September 01, 2011
Staff Reports: September Looks to Be a Terrible Market Month. Solar Power to Go the Way of the Dodo? Is the Federal Reserve Political? ...
August 31, 2011
This article in the UK Telegraph takes a dim view of the "recovery" that the West is supposed to be enjoying. In fact, it cites a good deal of evidence to show the West's economic situation is about to get even worse. In doing so, it all but predicts the EU it ...
August 31, 2011
Staff Reports: Undermining Bitcoin and the American Justice System. Desperate Bankers Damp Lending in China. Does a Clean Environment Preempt a Healthy Economy? ...
August 30, 2011
Written as is this LA Times article, such articles shall adopt a tone of oracular omnipotence. They shall assume that the directed history of the recent past represents an actual reality when it does no such thing. They shall treat 9/11 as a crux event, turning ...
August 30, 2011
Staff Reports: The Deflationary Hurricane Of Deteriorating Social Mood. China's Shifting Economic Sands. Is Bank Recapitalization the Answer? ...
August 29, 2011
So US-based Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has decided to warn investors about gold and mining stocks. It had to happen. The powers-that-be don't like gold and silver at all. This is a well-established fact and a fundamental dominant social the ...
August 29, 2011
Staff Reports: EU Hits a German Wall. USA – Food Stamps for All ... For Now. Hurricane Irene's Fear-Based Politics Surge to the Fore. ...
August 26, 2011
How many wars are too many? Unnoticed in the press of larger events and obviously downplayed by the controlled Western media, the US and its allies are pursuing yet ANOTHER aggressive, illegal war – this one in Yemen. How aggressive is it? It is a full-on con ...
August 26, 2011
Staff Reports: Warren Buffett Invests $5bn in Bank of America. Bailout for Greece Falters Over Demand for Collateral. China's Biggest Banks Post Record First-Half Profits as BofA, RBS Stumble. ...
August 25, 2011
Staff Report: Slim Increases His Stake in NY Times. NYPD CIA Anti-Terror Operations Conducted In Secret For Years. France and Partners Prepare New Libya U.N. Resolution. Fools Gold: Some Gold Bulls Say Now's Time to Cash In. ...
August 24, 2011
Staff Reports: 'Very Muted Growth' Coming for Next 10 Years: Faber. New Home Sales Fall, 2011 Could Be the Worst Year Yet. Head of S&P Rating Agency Steps Down. Obama in Close Race Against Romney, Perry, Bachmann, Paul. ...
August 23, 2011
Staff Reports: Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion from the FED. Bernanke May Have to Go for 'Shock and Awe'. Biden: China's U.S. Assets Are Safe Despite Downgrade. ...
August 22, 2011
9/11: al-Qaeda Didn't Act Alone. Zero Hour For Gaddafi. Nations Race to Defuse Crisis Between Egypt and Israel. Trouble in Paradise – Strength of Swiss Franc Roils Saint-Tropez and Other Cities Across Europe. ...
August 19, 2011
Staff Reports: U.S. and Allies Say Syria Leader Must Step Down. A Shaken Europe Looks for Bolder Fixes. Gold Jumps to Record in Longest Rally Since 2007. ...
August 18, 2011
Whoa! Hold the US dollar horses, folks... the global reserve currency game just got a whole lot more interesting. There is, in our humble opinion, a whole lot more to this story than just the repatriation of gold being held at foreign central and commercial ban ...
August 18, 2011
Staff Reports: Perry Says He Doesn't Believe in Global Warming. Obama's Dilemma: Should He Take a Vacation Now? Price-Gougers Hike Costs of Vital Drugs During Shortage. ...
August 17, 2011
Staff Reports: AT&T Purchase of T-Mobile May Spur Regulation. In Rick Perry's World Without a Fed, He Can Barter for U.S. Votes. Asia Inflation May Rise With Thai Rice Price. ...
August 16, 2011
Staff Reports: Despite Bachmann's Success, the Real GOP Race Is Now Perry vs. Romney. Iowa Straw Poll Damages Republican Prospects: Margaret Carlson. Addiction Now Defined As Brain Disorder, Not Behavior Issue. ...
August 15, 2011
Staff Reports: SEC Investigating S&P's Downgrade of U.S. Debt. Robert Zoellick: Global Markets Face a New 'Danger Zone'. Syria Unrest: 'Deadly Military Attack' on Latakia Port. Starved State Budgets Inspire New Look at Web Gambling. ...
August 12, 2011
Staff reports: Four European Nations Ban Shorters as Markets Bounce Back. Paul Krugman: The Hijacked Crisis. C.I.A. is Disputed on Civilian Toll in Drone Strikes. ...
August 11, 2011
This Bloomberg article is just another in a long line of disappointing mainstream financial reports that does nothing to address the real issues causing the crisis and, in fact, does everything to try to misinform the public into believing that the experts have ...
August 11, 2011
Staff Reports: London Riots: David Cameron Approves Water Cannon. Tripoli Says NATO Strike Kills Dozens of Civilians. A Credit Rater that Overreacted and Overreached. ...
August 10, 2011
Staff Reports: End in Sight for Housing Slump? Reid Taps Sen. Murray to Co-Chair Debt Committee. Tough Decisions Ahead to Get AAA Rating Back. ...
August 09, 2011
Staff reports: Amid Near-Meltdown in Monday Stock Markets, Advisers Urge Investors to Stay the Course. Cheating Report Confirms Teacher's Suspicions. Danger in the Lunch Bag. NASA Awards for Bright Ideas. ...
August 08, 2011
Staff Reports: S&P Downgrades US Credit Rating to AA-Plus. Asian Markets Slip On U.S. Credit Downgrade. China Blasts U.S. Debt Problems, Urges New Global Reserve Currency. ECB Says Will "Actively Implement" Bond-Buying. ...
August 05, 2011
Ground Turkey Recall: Why Did It Take So Long? Pentagon Chief Warns Won't Accept Extra Spending Cuts. New York Unveils $127 Million Bid to Help Minorities. BLITZER'S BLOG: Hunger in America Growing at Staggering Pace ...
August 04, 2011
Staff Reports: Countries Brace for The Code War. How Washington Took the U.S. to the Brink. Army Hiring More Counselors for Alcohol Abuse. Bed-ridden, Caged, Egypt's Mubarak Goes on Trial ...
August 03, 2011
Staff Reports: China Joins Russia in Blasting U.S. Borrowing. Debt Fight Over, Obama Promises Action on Jobs. Markets Tumble on Fears for US Growth and Eurozone Debts. Trial of ex-President Hosni Mubarak opens in Egypt ...
August 02, 2011
Staff Reports: Global Confidence in U.S. Treasuries Has 'Slightly Eroded,' Lagarde Says. Osama Bin Laden: Mission Was to Shoot to Kill From the Start. IMF Criticises EU Proposals for Basel III Implementation. Biden Says Tea Party Republicans Acted Like Terroris ...
August 01, 2011
All along we have been saying that the semantics and hype surrounding the debt ceiling debate would be for not and that "business as usual" would prevail. This celebratory piece, published by the NY Times on Sunday (excerpted above), is just the kind of propaga ...
July 29, 2011
We have been predicting in these humble pages that the current crises sweeping through the world's financial marts would be used to galvanize support for an even greater consolidation of globalist power. And now, here comes Christine Lagarde, speaking at the Co ...
July 28, 2011
The debate over the debt ceiling is anything but trivial for the poweres-that-be. Political pundits on both sides of the dialectic, along with their media confidants, would like us to believe that there is a real concern over the "acceptable level" of debt. Wel ...
July 27, 2011
The horror of Anders Breivik's actions cannot be explained away. To shoot 70 or so young people at point blank range using dum-dum bullets for nearly two years to make a rhetorical point (he issued a 1,500 page manifesto on line which now has been taken down) i ...
July 27, 2011
The world is run by Anglosphere power elites with tactical arms in Israel, Washington and perhaps the Vatican. It is abetted by corporate, political and military enablers. Its enemy is classical liberal sociopolitical stances and free-market thinking. Conservat ...
July 26, 2011
With nary a ripple in the mainstream press, the US Government Accountability Office has released an "audit" of the Federal Reserve loan program in 2008 that, according to the Washington Post (see above excerpt) highlights possible conflicts of interest in the i ...
July 26, 2011
Why does an article like this appear in the Telegraph? It is a "Tory" paper that supports the royal family and serves as a foil to papers like the leftist Guardian in the UK. The elites evidently and obviously control both papers, but the Hegelian Dialectic bei ...
July 25, 2011
The US is struggling with US$200 trillion in unredeemable commitments to the world and its own population; the Eurozone is gradually sinking under the weight of the PIGS sovereign debt; and China, the third pillar of the world's economic façade is likely facin ...
