By Daniel Hannan DailyMailUK 10th November 2011 Watching the cost of servicing Italy’s debt surge past the level that triggered bailouts in Greece, Ireland and Portugal, I found one of Kipling’s verses forming in my mind: This is midnight — let no star Delude us — dawn is very far. This is the tempest... »
Archive for November 10th, 2011
Compared to this, Greece was just a sideshow. Italy could blow Europe to pieces
Japanese Debris to Start Hitting Western U.S. and Canada THIS WEEK
by WashingtonsBlog November 11, 2011 I noted in June that debris from carried out to sea in the Japanese tsunami would hit the Western U.S. and Canada within a year or so, and that nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen urged us to demand testing of radioactivity from the American government. It turns out that scientists... »
UK Treasury prepares for ‘economic armageddon’ if euro falls apart
Bank of England helps draw up British contingency plans after European commission slashes growth forecasts Patrick Wintour, David Gow and Nicholas Watt Guardian.co.uk Thursday 10 November 2011 The Treasury and Bank of England are making contingency plans for an “economic Armageddon” if the euro falls apart, business secretary Vince Cable said on Thursday as... »
Taxpayers in Revolt, State Bankster System in Europe is Collapsing, Next Stop USA
By: Gary North Market Oracle Nov 09, 2011 Think of Europe’s finances as a gigantic liquor supply system. There is a system of profit-seeking taverns (commercial banks). There is a clientele (sovereign states). Finally, there is a distiller (the European Central Bank). The governments have been on a bender like none seen in modern... »
A Beginner’s Guide to the European Debt Crisis
By Gonzalo Lira FinancialSense.com 11/10/2011 For ordinary, non-specialist people just tuning in to the horror-show which is the European crisis, the whole mess can seem daunting and almost hermetic—like a secret language, or a really complicated code. Euro-this and euro-that and euro-the-other—that’s all everyone seems to be talking about. That, and words like troika,... »
Fake Silver and Gold Flood Global Markets; 100,000 Coins From A Single Counterfeiter!
Mac Slavo November 10th, 2011 SHTFplan.com Whether it’s pirated software, poison-infused baby formula, cancer-causing drywall, luxury purses, or fake medicines, if you need a knock-off, China has traditionally been the go-to country, with a counterfeiter always willing to oblige. Now, with precious metals prices on the cusp of possibly the biggest price explosion in... »
Tube suicides increase by 74 per cent as recession worries hit home
Tom Harper ThisIsLondon.co.uk 9 Nov 2011 The number of people attempting suicide on the London Underground has soared over the last 10 years, the Standard can reveal. Transport for London figures show 80 people threw themselves in front of Tube trains last year compared with 46 in 2000 – a rise of 74 per... »
Army veteran and his wife die in tragic ‘suicide pact’ after becoming ‘too poor to live through the winter’
Every month the couple walked 12 miles to a soup kitchen to get free food Charity said they ‘slipped through the net’ Mark and Helen Mullins kept food in plastic bags in their garden because they couldn’t afford a fridge Driven to despair at having to live off £57.50 a week Poverty-stricken pair found... »
Bernanke Tells American Soldiers To Make Good Financial Decisions Even As He Routinely Bails Out Those Who Don’t
By Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 11/10/2011 Ben Bernanke is speaking in Texas to some soldiers and ther families in what is mostly a boilerplate presentation: he mourns the bubble economy, protects his policies and tries to deflect focus away from the Fed, just like the ECB, to the legislative. To wit: “it doesn’t feel like... »
UK Foreign Office: Israel Expected To Attack Iran Next Month
‘Sooner rather than later’ Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Thursday, November 10, 2011 Israel will attack Iran’s nuclear facilities as soon as next month, according to a British Foreign Office official quoted by the Daily Mail newspaper, raising the prospect of a new crisis in the region before Christmas. “We’re expecting something as early... »