Archive for February 1st, 2012

By: Jim Willie CB GoldSeek.com Wednesday, 1 February 2012 Few can define fascism. Many cannot recognize it. History provides shocking stories of its past episodes. But its root structural feature is the tight relationship between the state and large corporations of a nation, which permit enormous fraud and lead to grand inefficiency, even while... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 02/01/2012 While sounding just a tad preachy in his February newsletter, Bill Gross’ latest summary piece on the economy, on the Fed’s forray into infinite ZIRP, into maturity transformation, and the lack thereof, on the Fed’s massive blunder in treating the liquidity trap, but most importantly on what the transition... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 02/01/2012 While a few days ago we reported that the US was set to place a third aircraft carrier, ostensibly the USS Enterprise, in the Arabian Gulf in the indefinite future, it appears that the US is wasting little time in making preparations for this latest military escalation against Iran.... »

BOB ADELMANN New American February 1, 2012 Monday’s meeting of the European Union in Brussels resulted in agreement of 25 of the 27 member states to inflict upon themselves and their hapless and increasingly powerless citizenry the tools of international fiscal dictatorship. The purpose of the “fiscal pact” is to enforce “budgetary discipline” so... »

DEBKAfile February 1, 2012 In confidential conversations with his advisers, Syrian President Bashar Assad is reported by Persian Gulf sources Tuesday, Jan. 31 to have threatened to start up armed hostilities in the region if the UN Security Council Tuesday night endorses the Arab League proposal for him to step down and hand power... »

Saman Mohammadi The Excavator February 1, 2012 “Our military’s officer corps has become a culture of Petraeus worshiping yes-colonels who pine to become yes-generals. The only warriors who count anymore are the bull feather merchant marines who conjure the pro-war propaganda that their echo chamberlains in the media pawn off on us as “news.”... »

BY JAMES J PUPLAVA CFP FinancialSense.com 01/31/2012 “In particular, the Committee decided today to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent and currently anticipates that economic conditions–including low rates of resource utilization and a subdued outlook for inflation over the medium run–are likely to warrant exceptionally low... »

By Kevin McElroy SeekingAlpha.com It’s likely, and possible, for silver to eventually make new modern-era inflation adjusted highs. According to my most conservative calculations, that would mean a silver price above about $130 an ounce – or 300% higher than current prices. That’s right, when silver makes a new inflation adjusted high, it will... »

The Fed overshadow’s the European Central Bank by Bob Chapman Global Research February 1, 2012 On Friday from the Bilderberg conclave at Davos, appointed European Central Bank President, Mario Draghi proclaimed that Europe had averted financial disaster and cited the improvement in euro zone markets in recent weeks. He said it was the ECB’s... »

Mac Slavo February 1st, 2012 SHTFplan.com From the somewhat guilt filled comforts of Greece, I have been thinking about what I learned from the recent Cairo SHTF experience. I am not putting myself forth as an expert of any sort and, frankly, many or even most items on the list below might be flat... »