Archive for May 24th, 2012

by Mike Whitney Global Research May 24, 2012 As you might have noticed, the stock market is falling like a stone. As of 9 AM PST, the Dow Jones has dropped 172 points while all the other indices are down sharply. German 2-year debt (bund) has dipped below 0% this morning at auction, signalling... »

Even members of the financial elite are losing patience with the single currency Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Thursday, May 24, 2012 While the global elite are still clinging to the hope that the euro single currency can survive a Greek exit that now looks inevitable, some members of the financial aristocracy have already... »

FBI unit to spy on all communications, including skype conversations Steve Watson Prisonplanet.com May 24, 2012 As if the government were not engaging in enough surveillance of law abiding Americans already, two major developments just ensured that the snooping will increase exponentially. Firstly, the FBI is about to launch a huge new surveillance unit... »

Brandon Smith Alt-Market.com Thursday, 24 May 2012 Disclaimer: The following is a series of fictional accounts of theoretical situations. However, the information contained within was taken from established scientific journals on covered technology and military studies of real life combat scenarios. Alt-Market does not condone the use of any of the tactics described within... »

Joe Weisenthal BusinessInsider.com May 24, 2012 Bearish newsletter guy Richard Russell finds the market action to be very strange and ominous. He’s specifically concerned by the endless grinding down of the Dow in a manner that’s steady but not yet panicky. Here’s his reaction after yesterday’s market close, which was published on King World... »

Hollande and Merkel clash as Europe’s leaders seek growth plan ANDREW GRICE IndependentUK THURSDAY 24 MAY 2012 Eurozone nations have been advised to draw up emergency plans to handle Greece’s possible exit from the single currency, it emerged last night. Stock markets around Europe tumbled after Germany’s Bundesbank central bank said that Greece’s departure... »

by Jeff Berwick LewRockwell.com Face it, we live in a prison planet. Just try travelling without a government issued slave card… a slave card (passport) that states right on the first page that it is not your property. It is the property of the government who purports to own you in the geographic region... »

EndOfTheAmericanDream.com Just because you were once the most powerful nation on earth does not mean that you will always be the most powerful nation on earth. Every single year, hundreds of billions of dollars leaves the United States and goes to China. This enormous transfer of wealth has had a dramatic effect on both... »

TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com Would you pool your debt with a bunch of debt addicts that have no intention of reducing their wild spending habits? Of course you wouldn’t. But that is exactly what Germany is being asked to do. Increasingly, “eurobonds” are being touted as the best long-term solution to the financial crisis in Europe. These... »

Kurt Nimmo PrisonPlanet.com May 23, 2012 Chris Canine – who has 15 years experience as a health physics technician, chemist and radiation safety instructor – told Energy News that if number 4 reactor fuel pool at Fukushima collapses, Japan will be evacuated. He did not elaborate on how such a logistical nightmare would be... »