Archive for July 20th, 2010

FloridaOilSpillLaw.com July 20th, 2010 Gas seeps not necessarily a problem, because pressure in oil well rising, officials say, Times-Picayune, July 19, 2010 at 20:12 EDT: Berkeley engineering professor Bob Bea has very little confidence in what’s been said publicly about the seeps. He’s troubled that we’re just now hearing... »

Double dip fears as bank loans dry up George Osborne and Vince Cable anxious that rationing of lending to small businesses could reverse recovery from recession but banks claim there is no demand for credit Larry Elliott and Jill Treanor Guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 20 July 2010 George Osborne and Vince Cable will spell out next... »

BreitBart.com Jul 20 The impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill was thrown into sharp relief Tuesday, as US data showed rising unemployment in Louisiana and experts warned the disaster could cost up to 100,000 jobs. The US Department of Labor said Louisiana — among the US states worst hit by the spill... »

Gregory White BusinessInsider.com Jul. 20, 2010 The realities of the long-term unemployment situation in the U.S. are starting to sink in, and it isn’t positive, not even over the next decade. Jobs growth looks set to be much smaller than hoped for, according to the left-wing Center for Economic and Policy Research (via The... »

by Mark Vorpahl Global Research July 19, 2010 Nestled between Panama to its south and Nicaragua to its north, Costa Rica is a Central American nation roughly the size of Rhode Island. If another nation were to send Rhode Island a force of 7,000 troops, 200 helicopters, and 46 warships in an effort to... »

The Economic Collapse.com For decades, most Americans have enjoyed an extremely high standard of living. In fact, most of us have been “enjoying the high life” and “living the dream” for so long that we have assumed that it is just always going to be that way. But now a rapidly growing percentage of... »

Censorship ongoing, the free internet is under sustained attack Steve Watson Prisonplanet.com Tuesday, Jul 20th, 2010 The ongoing saga with Google censorship has continued today as it emerged that once again the search engine giant removed a key term from it’s trends pages. Alex Jones yesterday asked his readers and listeners to send the... »

Pay-Per-Cop By Keith Johnson BlackListedNews.com 07-19-2010 Imagine coming home from a hard day’s work, only to find that your front door has been kicked in and your home ransacked. You dial 9-1-1. There is a recording at the other end of the line: “…If you are reporting a crime in progress, press 1. All... »

Since 9/11, US intelligence numbers have gone through the roof – and the budget is three times as high. Ed Pilkington Guardian.co.uk Monday 19 July 2010 In the cloak and dagger world of intelligence, the assumption fed by countless spy novels and TV dramas is that top-secret security clearance is restricted to an elite... »

FireDogLake.com In my review of Tim Shorrock’s important Spies for Hire, I summarized one of the most important parts of the narrative he tells in the book. Shorrock describes, for example, McConnell’s key role in the formation of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA), a trade organization that serves as a bridge... »