Archive for August 27th, 2012

By Shobhana Chandra and Sandrine Rastello Bloomberg.com Aug 27, 2012 The worst U.S. drought in at least 50 years may restrain consumer confidence and spending as it pushes Americans’ grocery bills higher later this year. Food prices will increase an average 4 percent annual rate in the nine months ending June 2013, up from... »

John Maday Drovers CattleNetwork August 27, 2012 Food prices, and particularly meat prices, have continued to move higher though this year, although the total increase will run behind what we saw during 2011, according to the latest Consumer Price Index for Food. Over the past 12 months through July, the index for all foods... »

KingWorldNews.com August 27, 2012 Today four-decade veteran John Hathaway spoke with King World News about what a prominent Fed watcher, and friend of his, warned him about: “Here’s a guy who’s been watching the Fed since 1970, maybe longer, and he said, ‘They are in danger of losing their credibility.’ When you think about... »

Godsfingers.wordpress.com August 27, 2012 Now what? We’re starting to see an increase of deep earthquakes as indicated with the 7.3 by El Salvador this morning. Then followed up with a nice shaking in the San Diego area, giving a rattling start of the week on the east Pacific Rim. Apparently the El Salvador quake... »

CNN.com Mon August 27, 2012 Tampa, Florida (CNN) — As the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall approaches, New Orleans — and much of the Gulf Coast — is preparing to put into practice the lessons learned from that defining storm. Tropical Storm Isaac is following a path eerily similar to Katrina’s in 2005.... »

Parental responsibilities eviscerated as state takes over Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, August 27, 2012 Children in nine Austin high schools are to be given GPS tracking devices and assigned “mentors” in a program designed to prevent truancy yet one that also illustrates how kids are being treated like prison inmates. “With parent... »

Stratrisks.com August 27, 2012 Russian military department offers the country’s leadership to increase this fall by at least 50 thousand people plan draft. The relevant documents are agreed in the Main Organization and Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff and the Russian presidential administration. The draft plan calling for the Minister of Defense Anatoly... »

RIA Novosti MOSCOW, August 27 Russia’s servicemen will join efforts with their U.S. and Canadian colleagues during the Vigilant Eagle 2012 military drills to repel a hypothetical terrorist attack on a passenger airliner, the Russian Eastern Military District’s press service reported on Monday. “The Vigilant Eagle 2012 exercises will be held on August 27-29.... »

Surveillance plane will record “mundane” activity Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, August 27, 2012 The Californian city of Lancaster will be the first to experience a “new era in law enforcement surveillance” with residents set to be watched by a permanent eye in the sky which will beam constant video footage back to... »

Monty Pelerin Economicnoise.com Aug 27 2012 The Role of The Government in The Economic Crisis At this point, everything the government is doing – and not just the US government but governments everywhere − is not only the wrong thing but exactly the opposite of the right thing. They’re passing more laws, raising taxes,... »