Archive for October 8th, 2012

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 10/08/2012 Given the Fed’s ZIRP impact on expected returns, PIMCO notes that those approaching retirement have three choices: a) save more, b) work longer, or c) tighten their belts in retirement. If everyone saves more, we consume less, and therefore GDP growth slows down. Anemic growth leads to a Fed... »

Investmentwatchblog.com October 8th, 2012 The Largest Economy In The World Is Imploding Right In Front Of Our Eyes A devastating economic depression is rapidly spreading across the largest economy in the world. Unemployment is skyrocketing, money is being pulled out of the banks at an astounding rate, bad debts are everywhere and economic activity... »

by Henry Shivley Fromthetrenchesworldreport.com October 8, 2012 I am seeing an interesting phenomenon that has been developing just over the last couple of days. The mainstream propaganda machine has come forth with a lie on the unemployment rate that they know is not believed by anyone. The stock market has been going up; heading... »

by Rick Bronson Fromthetrenchesworldreport.com October 8, 2012 The mainstream propagandists making the case for another Middle East invasion to precipitate World War III kicked back into high gear again on Saturday with the reporting of a man dressed in an Afghan police uniform killing two more NATO soldiers as hundreds of Afghans take to... »

James Quinn TheBurningPlatform.com 8th October 2012 The majority of Americans seem OK with just waddling through life, accepting the lies and misinformation blasted from the boob tube and their various iGadgets by their owners, gorging themselves to death on Twinkies and Cheetos, paying 15% interest on their $10,000 rolling credit card balance, and growing... »

by Maria Godoy Northcountrypublicradio.org High food prices have often been cited as a factor behind mass protest movements. But a group of researchers say food prices can actually be used to predict when social unrest will occur. And according to their mathematical modeling, we’ve hit the threshold for more waves of riots. When French... »

Federal screeners now crushing genitals as form of punishment Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com October 8, 2012 Illustrating once again how the TSA is handing out arbitrary punishments for people who exercise their right to opt out of radiation-firing body scanners, frequent flier Steven deForest described how he had his testicles “smacked” by a... »

by Charles Hugh Smith ZeroHedge.com 10/08/2012 The essence of money-laundering is that fraudulent or illegally derived assets and income are recycled into legitimate enterprises. That is the entire Federal Reserve project in a nutshell. Dodgy mortgages, phantom claims and phantom assets, are recycled via Fed purchase and “retired” to its opaque balance sheet. In... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 10/08/2012 Gas stations across California – from San Diego to San Francisco – are seeing increasing price-sensitivity by drivers with lines at the ‘cheapest’ and empty lots at the priciest. It seems yet another weekend of hyperinflating gas prices has pushed the until-now seemingly uncaring-at-the-margin gasoline-‘user’ to seek out rationally... »

Gerald Celente on our current financial, political and electoral mess LewRockwell.com Gerald Celente, famed researcher, journalist and self-proclaimed political atheist has plenty to say about the coming election and the corrupt 2-headed 1-party political system. In this interview with The Wall Street Shuffle, he says that in his entire lifetime he has never seen... »