Archive for February 23rd, 2012

By Clive Crook Ekathimerini.com Friday February 24, 2012 If Europe’s new plan for Greece succeeds, nobody will be more surprised than the politicians who designed it. At best, the arrangement is a holding action, one that fails yet again to deal with the much larger confidence crisis facing the euro area. The deal announced... »

by: Tom Engelhardt Truth-Out.org Thursday 23 February 2012 In the American mind, if Apple made weapons, they would undoubtedly be drones, those remotely piloted planes getting such great press here. They have generally been greeted as if they were the sleekest of iPhones armed with missiles. When the first American drone assassins burst onto... »

Going public with long time secret unconstitutional operations Steve Watson Prisonplanet.com February 23, 2012 A high ranking Pentagon lawyer argued Wednesday that US citizens accused of having ties to terror groups can legitimately be targeted for assassination. In a speech at Yale Law School, Jeh C. Johnson, the Defense Department general counsel, also said... »

by Mike Krieger of KAM LP ZeroHedge.com 02/23/2012 It’s like a ride in an amusement park and when you go on it you think it’s real, because that’s how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, round and round, it has thrills and chills, and it’s very brightly colored and it’s... »

by Stephen Lendman VeteransToday.com Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 Predatory bankers make serial killers look good by comparison. Their business model creates crises to facilitate grand theft, financial terrorism, and debt entrapment. They steal all material wealth and then some. They systematically rob investors and strip mine economies for self-enrichment. They demand they get paid... »

By Mannix Porterfield RegisterHerald.com February 22, 2012 CHARLESTON — Is the Real ID a precursor to the end-time world dictator known in Bible prophecy as the Antichrist? A Randolph County school teacher is convinced there is an eventual link, and wants West Virginia lawmakers to grant anyone with a religious conviction an exemption from... »

Jason Koebler Chicago Tribune February 22, 2012 paper published Tuesday by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control suggests a new swine flu virus has the potential to cause an outbreak. The A(H3N2)v swine flu strain that has infected at least 18 Americans since Sept. 2010 has shown the potential for human-to-human transmission. According... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 02/23/2012 While hardly discussed broadly in the mainstream media, the top news of the past 24 hours without doubt is that in addition to losing its fiscal sovereignty, and numerous other things, the Greek population is about to lose its gold in a perfectly legitimate fashion, following amendments to the... »

Alex Newman The New American February 23, 2012 A new effort to hand control over the Internet to the United Nations is underwayas oppressive regimes such as the communist dictatorship ruling mainland China clamor for more censorship and regulation of the World Wide Web. The Obama administration has remained silent so far, having failed... »

Bob Chapman International Forecaster February 23, 2012 One of the things we learned in almost 30 years in the brokerage business is that self-regulation does not work. The players are simply too abusive, greedy and prove to take the regulations to the very edge. We saw that at MF global. All markets are rigged... »