Archive for July 17th, 2012

John Browne, Euro Pacific Capital BusinessInsider.com Jul. 17, 2012 The Fourth of July week brought unwelcome birthday gifts to the United States in the form of poor domestic jobs data and similarly gloomy information from other major economies. Amidst the heat and festivities, it has become difficult to deny that the economy is deteriorating.... »

The most senior Syrian politician to defect to the opposition has told the BBC the regime will not hesitate to use chemical weapons if it is cornered. BBC.co.uk 17 July 2012 Nawaf Fares, ex-ambassador to Iraq, said unconfirmed reports indicated such weapons might have already been used. The comments were made as clashes were... »

DEBKAfile July 17, 2012 Syrian military forces were gathered in Tuesday, July 17, to save Damascus. Tanks and armored vehicles were positioned in strength in the capital’s center and around government buildings. However, the noise and fury of battle in the Syrian capital Tuesday, July 17, were produced, DEBKAfile’s military sources report, by six... »

In earlier times it was easier to control a million people than physically to kill a million people. Today it is infinitely easier to kill a million people then to control a million people. – Zbigniew Brzezinski (Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission, Bilderberg Group, Carter/Obama Advisor). Paul Adams, J.D. Activist Post.com Tuesday, July... »

KingWorldNews.com July 17, 2012 Today Stephen Leeb told King World News that the gold market now boils down to a “war between establishment and the non-establishment.” Leeb, who is Chairman of Leeb Capital Management, also said, “When the banks finally get scared that they are short too much gold, you will see a major... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 07/17/2012 Buried deep in the newsflow from Ben Bernanke is the following piece of very critical news for anyone who is still long Italian bonds: namely that Italy may not be Spain, or Uganda, but Sicily is about to become San Bernardino. From Reuters: “Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said... »

by Mike Adams NaturalNews.com Tuesday, July 17, 2012 GlaxoSmithKline employee and whistleblower Blair Hamrick has helped make medical history. Together with his colleague Gregory Thorpe, Blair blew the whistle on criminal practices taking place inside GlaxoSmithKline which have now led to the largest criminal admission and financial settlement in the history of western medicine.... »

by: Ethan A. Huff NaturalNews.com Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Many Americans right now are reeling in disgust over the Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. But according to a recent report by My Way News, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which will allegedly be tasked with enforcing... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 07/17/2012 The can has been kicked. The austerity has been implemented. The revenues have fallen. And as we see in the chart below, the pace of local government distress is accelerating. As has been made so clear in the past, defaults cluster; and sure enough it is starting, as tensions... »

David Seaman BusinessInsider.com July 17, 2012 Dudes, I’m done with this. I’m leaving the United States today, and won’t be back for a while. I recently visited my childhood hometown and noticed a whole bunch of brand new surveillance cameras at nearly every intersection and street corner; this is just a town, mind you,... »