Archive for August 6th, 2010

Joe Weisenthal BusinessInsider.com Aug. 6, 2010 Just furloughs… NYT: It was a Friday, and Maria Marte, an administrator for an online college that caters to members of the military, should have been at her office at a nearby Army hospital. Her daughters, Nira, 11, and Sonia, 9, should have been in school. Instead, Ms.... »

Joe Weisenthal BusinessInsider.com Aug. 6, 2010 We run this chart every month that Calculated Risk puts together when the jobs data comes out, and it’s always ugly, but this time it shows something really stark. That red line — which shows the trajectory of our recovery — has now clearly taken a sharp line... »

$100 Billion A Year Levy Is About Bankrolling Global Government And Lining The Pockets Of Con Artist Oil Men Soros, Strong and Gore, Has Nothing To Do With Saving The Environment Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Friday, August 6, 2010 Despite the failure of last year’s Copenhagen climate summit, the United Nations is pushing... »

Brett Arends’ MarketWatch.com BOSTON — You may have heard recently that U.S. companies have emerged from the financial crisis in robust health, that they’ve paid down their debts, rebuilt their balance sheets and are sitting on growing piles of cash they are ready to invest in the economy. You could hear this great news... »

James Quinn TheBurningPlatform.com I’m really starting to gain respect for Marketwatch.com. They already allow Paul Farrell to write the truth on a weekly basis. Now they have unleashed Bret Arends. He destoys the lies being spouted by CNBC and the rest of the MSM that corporations have gobs of cash and are in awesome... »

By Stephen C. Webster RawStory.com Thursday, August 5th, 2010 It’s no secret that many of the world’s largest industrialized nations are somewhat eager to ease their reliance on the U.S. dollar. For months China and Russia have pushed ever subtly, for a new “global reserve currency,” to give governments around the world enhanced economic... »

By Dan Denning DailyReckoning.com August 6th, 2010 Alright then. So yesterday we made a claim that the Fed has ways of causing inflation in the same way that the Gestapo has ways of making you talk. But it was merely a claim. We didn’t prove it. Today, we offer incontrovertible proof that the Federal... »

Free Eric Echols! by William L. Anderson LewRockwell.com One of my constant writing themes over the past several years has been the outright lawlessness of government authorities at all levels, from federal to the local police and magistrates. I must admit that I am at the point in my life where I expect the... »

by Phil Maymin LewRockwell.com Unwinnable wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, enormous expansion of federal health regulations, indefinite detention, targeted killing of American citizens, bungled government responses to environmental disasters, warrantless surveillance and bailouts galore. Are we sure George W. Bush is no longer president? Barack Obama’s administration now wants to be able to see... »

by Webster G. Tarpley Global Research August 5, 2010 After about two and a half years during which the danger of war between the United States and Iran was at a relatively low level, this threat is now rapidly increasing. A pattern of political and diplomatic events, military deployments, and media chatter now indicates... »