Archive for July 17th, 2012

Gaianeconomics.blogspot.com 17 JULY 2012 When Hayek wrote The Road to Serdom in 1944 it was one of several books reacting against the collapse of liberal values in Europe and the continent’s descent into fascism. Hayek’s argument was that an over-powerful state repressed the individual and that a system of markets, operating freely, and companies... »

by KrisAnne Hall KrisAnneHall.com July 17 2012 ALERT: The Disclose Act (s. 3369) has been resurrected and it will further destroy the remnants of our 1st Amendment and diminish the power of our grassroots groups! It is always shocking to me that those we elect are absolutely clueless to the true government that they... »

theTrumpet.com July 17, 2012 Vegetables are rotting in the field after the wettest April-to-June period on record, as fields are too waterlogged for tractors to harvest them, according to Britain’s National Farmers Union (nfu). The unseasonably cold and wet weather is also killing bees and other wildlife. The rain has even been harming animals... »

KingWorldNews.com July 17, 2012 Today Jeffrey Saut told King World News that “the world is in its 3rd ‘Super Cycle of the past 200 years.” Saut, who is Chief Investment Strategist for $360 billion strongRaymond James, also said, “China has bitten the bullet and they are getting ready to accelerate again.” Saut also spoke... »

Device can detect gun powder on a person’s body from 50 meters away Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Tuesday, July 17, 2012 A police officer who works at a DHS threat fusion center in central Texas has revealed to Infowars that the recently unveiled “molecular scanners” set to be used at airports that can... »

Joseph A. Klein CanadaFreePress.com Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Government representatives from more than 190 countries, under the watchful eyes of gun control advocates such as Amnesty International and the Control Arms Coalition, are currently in negotiations at the United Nations headquarters in New York to hammer out the terms of the first UN Arms... »

By Jeremy Warner TelegraphUK July 17th, 2012 Graphics can often tell a story better than words. For those who think the euro already doomed, the following graphic, drawn from the International Monetary Fund’s latest Global Financial Stability Report, tells it all. What it shows is the now extreme flight of foreign capital from Spain... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 07/17/2012 The public pension and retirement ‘schemes’ are in considerable trouble (as we noted here and here) and now, according to a recent S&P study, private companies are at record levels of pension under-funding. Fiscal 2011 shows that the under-funded level for S&P 500 companies’ defined pensions reached an epic... »

By MICHAEL CORKERY WallStreetJournal.com July 17, 2012 Rising pension and health-care costs are hampering states’ efforts to improve infrastructure and provide college education to lower-income students, according to a report released Tuesday by a new budget task force. The gap between entitlement costs and state revenues available to pay for them have become unsustainable,... »

Commentary: Fed’s powerless about Europe or U.S. fiscal crisis By MarketWatch MarketWatch.com July 17, 2012 That’s the message Bernanke himself delivered to the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday. The message wasn’t received by either politicians or markets. Read our full news coverage of Bernanke’s testimony. In his twice-a-year official testimony on the state of... »