Archive for April 29th, 2012

Madison Ruppert, Contributor ActivistPost.com Sunday, April 29, 2012 Last year I broke down a report from the Homeland Security Policy Institute which not only lent support for increasingly harsh and widespread police state measures, but also served to shift attention away from the supposed threat posed by foreign terrorist groups towards the alleged threat... »

BusinessInsider.com Apr. 29, 2012 MADRID (AP) — Tens of thousands of people across Spain are protesting education and health care spending cuts as the country slides into its second recession in three years. With unemployment at 24.4 percent — a Eurozone high — and more than half of Spaniards under 25 years old jobless,... »

By ENENews April 29th, 2012 Title: Thomas D. Elias: Coastal nuclear plants generate big questions Source: LA Daily News Author: Thomas D. Elias Date: 04/24/2012 Anyone looking for the most under-reported story of the spring in California need seek no further than the tall stalks of kelp swaying back and forth just beneath the... »

by: PF Louis NaturalNews.com Sunday, April 29, 2012 The concept of vaccinating to immunize began in 1796, when British apothecary (pharmacist) Edward Jenner inserted cowpox pus under the skin of an eight year old boy. Jenner based his experiment on an unsubstantiated rumor that anyone who had experienced cowpox would be immune to smallpox.... »

Bill Buckler, author of The Privateer ZeroHedge.com 04/29/2012 On April 26, the US ratings agency S&P cut their rating for Spanish sovereign debt by two notches. S&P justified this downgrade in a three-page press release. As usual, the “concerns” which led to this downgrade have been echoed since the very beginning of the “European”... »

by George Washington ZeroHedge.com 04/29/2012 Forget Competing Theories … What Do the Facts Say about Quantitative Easing? Paul Krugman says that QE, expansive monetary policy and inflation help the little guy (the 99%) and hurt the big banks (the 1%). Of course, followers of the Austrian school of economics dispute this argument – and... »

by Lars Schall Global Research April 29, 2012 Is there any truth in the allegations that informed circles made substantial profits in the financial markets in connection to the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, on the United States? Arguably, the best place to start is by examining put options, which occurred around Tuesday,... »

by Mike Whitney Global Research April 29, 2012 The eurozone is slipping into a recession that could have been avoided. Had policymakers provided fiscal support for stricken countries in the South and guarantees on their government bonds, (as the USG does for US Treasuries) then their economies could have continued to grow while the... »

Dollarcollapse.com APRIL 27, 2012 Capital, like information, wants to be free. The idea that it should be limited to one country has always struck rich people as silly, which is why Swiss bank accounts, offshore trusts and Caribbean beachfront condos have been perennial big-sellers. But lately, the legitimate reasons for investing overseas have been... »