by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 03/21/2012 After deconstructing the labor report for signs of false positives, Michael Cembalest of JPMorgan, sees muddle-through data in the US as sustaining a below trend growth rate – noting his belief that the US economy would not withstand a withdrawal of stimulus (read promise of liqudity to come) right... »
Archive for March 21st, 2012
Of Statesmen, Bankers, and Long-tongued Liars…(Good Read!)
by W.R. McAfee, Sr PPJG.com London’s international bankers who own and control the Bank of England (BOE), the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland—where the world’s central banks draw—as well as the rest of the world’s central banks, are rapidly consuming what few independent central banks remain. In 2000, Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq,... »
Republicans and Democrats Both Want to Kill You!
By: PhilStockWorld Market Oracle Mar 21, 2012 What is happening to this country? Robert Reich points out that, in announcing the Republicans’ new budget and tax plan Tuesday, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said “We are sharpening the contrast between the path that we’re proposing and the path of debt and decline the... »
Beware The Overly Optimistic Greek Speculators As Icarus Comes Crashing Down To Earth!
by Reggie Middleton ZeroHedge.com 03/21/2012 Greece will default on this latest set of bailout/restructured bonds much faster than they did on the bonds they replaced! Two years ago in “Greek Crisis Is Over, Region Safe”, Prodi Says – I say Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire! I compared the then Grecian situation to that of... »
BOB JANJUAH: The Whole Market Is Rigged, And The Dow To Gold Ratio Is Headed For 1:1…(Welcome To Absurdistan!)
Joe Weisenthal BusinessInsider.com 3-21-2012 It really is a banner day for analysts taking extremes. You have Goldman calling a generational buying opportunity in stocks. You have Citi calling for a new industrial revolution. You have Albert Edwards calling for the return of “the ice age.” And then you have…Bob Janjuah, who in his latest... »
We Just Built Skynet in the Desert, Now What?
Dominic Basulto BigThink.com March 20, 2012 Ten years after 9/11, the National Security Agency (NSA) is close to putting the finishing touches on what will be the single biggest spy center in the country. According to James Bamford of WIRED, this new one million-square foot spy complex in the Utah Desert will actually be... »
Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital tied to China surveillance camera push
GOP candidate has called for hard line against the China’s suppression of religious freedom, political dissent MSNBC.com BEIJING — As the Chinese government forges ahead on a multibillion-dollar effort to blanket the country with surveillance cameras, one American company stands to profit: Bain Capital, the private equity firm founded by Mitt Romney. In December,... »
Santelli vs Liesman Cage Match: TARP, Counterfactual Armageddon Edition
by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 03/21/2012 We heard it then and we will hear it again (soon we suspect) that unless some huge liquidating bailout event occurs, the world will no longer exist as we know it, iPads will no longer toast pop-tarts, and American Idol will cease to be. The M.A.D. argument remains the... »
It’s All About Control
By Greg Hunter USAWatchdog.com 21 MARCH 2012 Ever since the original Patriot Act was passed by Congress in 2001, American civil liberties have steadily shrunk and government control has steadily grown. In a financial crisis, your bank or brokerage can severely restrict the amount of money you can withdraw from your accounts. The government... »
Residents search for answers to what’s rattling small Wisconsin town
TheExtinctionProtocol.com March 21, 2012 WISCONSIN – Mysterious explosions. Unexplained shaking. Something’s going on in Clintonville, Wisconsin, but nobody seems to know what it is. The sounds — variously described as rattling pipes, clanging metal, thunder or firecrackers — have continued on and off since early Sunday night in just one part of the small... »