Archive for September 15th, 2012

By Douglas J. Hagmann HomelandSecurityus.com 15 September 2012 After extensive investigation and analysis of the events on September 11, 2012 in Libya and Egypt, there is only one conclusion I am able to reach: the official narrative of the details of these attacks, provided by U.S. officials and parroted by a complicit, unquestioning media,... »

by George Washington ZeroHedge.com 09/15/2012 America was founded on courage. For example, I’ve read a number of biographies of George Washington, who was actually a horrible general. Washington’s early campaigns were disastrous, and the entire Revolutionary War was almost lost due to Washington’s early miscalculations (for example, his first major battle was fought from... »

Mamta Badkar BusinessInsider.com Sep. 12, 2012 For decades, experts have been predicting a crash in China. They warned that the centrally planned, export-dependent economy, could not sustain itself year after year. But through multiple crises, China has motored along, lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty in the process. But things appear... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 09/15/2012 There are two key sentences which explain why there is now only sane voice left among the FOMC’s voting members (recall that back in December 2011 we explained that more QE was only a matter of time now that the Doves have full control). From Jeffrey Lacker: “I dissented... »

By: Eric McWhinnie Market Oracle Sep 15, 2012 Peter Schiff, chief executive officer of Euro Pacific Capital, recently gave an interview discussing the prospects of gold. When asked how high the price of gold may reach, he responded that there is no ceiling for the precious metal, because there is no limit on how... »

Sept. 15, 2012 “We are on a road that leads straight to the World War 3, but in order to see that and to fully understand what is at stake you have to look at the big picture and connect the dots. This video examines the history of the dollar, its relation to oil,... »

by Peter Schiff LewRockwell.com With yesterday’s Fed decision and press conference, Chairman Ben Bernanke finally and decisively laid his cards on the table. And confirming what I have been saying for many years, all he was holding was more of the same snake oil and bluster. Going further than he has ever gone before,... »

SilverDoctor.com SEPTEMBER 15, 2012 The dollar’s death by a thousand cuts just sustained a few hundred proverbial slashes as China officially announced Thursday that the international banking and payment transfer system is ready for any nation in the world to begin accepting the Chinese Yuan as payment for oil. Combine the Chinese announcement with... »

Wolf Richter ZeroHedge.com 09/15/2012 When the German Constitutional Court nodded with a stern smile on the ESM bailout fund and the Fiscal Union treaty, the world, or at least the politicians at the top, breathed a sigh of relief. Those two treaties, designed to keep the Eurozone duct-taped together, transfer budgetary sovereignty from elected... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 09/15/2012 In two weeks the Greek economy will once again suffer the consequences of European indentured servitude when it two main labor unions will grind the system to a halt with a general strike against planned austerity measures on September 26. Spain, however, can’t wait, and is already out in... »