Archive for November, 2010

by Richard K. Moore Global Research February 27, 2010 Historical background – the establishment of capitalist supremacy When the Industrial Revolution began in Britain, in the late 1700s, there was lots of money to be made by investing in factories and mills, by opening up new markets, and by gaining control of sources of... »

Global crises overshadow Obama’s economic message By JULIE PACE NewsYahoo.com Sat Nov 27 WASHINGTON – Foreign policy challenges are intruding on President Barack Obama’s promise to focus on the economy after the Democrats’ election debacle and threatening to knock the White House off message altogether. The escalation of tensions between North and South Korea... »

by Prof. Mujahid Kamran Global Research November 27, 2010 The control of the US by the wealthiest families of the planet is exercised in a powerful, profound and clandestine manner. The elite owns the media, banks, defence and oil industry. In his book, Who’s Who of the Elite, Robert Gaylon Ross Sr states: “It... »

KoreaHerald.com 2010-11-28 The Chinese government said Sunday it will make an “urgent” announcement later in the day amid rising military tensions surrounding the Korean Peninsula. China’s foreign ministry said it will hold a press conference at 4:30 p.m. for both domestic and foreign reporters based in Beijing, adding that it will not accept any... »

UK Daily Mail Nov 28, 2010 South Korean residents scrambled for cover today as North Korea threatened to launch a ’sea of fire’ over military drills in the Yellow Sea with the US military. Residents were ordered into bomb shelters as the sound of artillery fire was heard just days after two of its... »

Washington’s Blog Nov 28, 2010 It’s not just the “peripheral” European countries which are in trouble. As Ambrose Evans-Pritchard reported yesterday: The escalating debt crisis on the eurozone periphery is starting to contaminate the creditworthiness of Germany and the core states of monetary union. Credit default swaps (CDS) measuring risk on German, French and... »

Mike Adams Natural News Nov 28, 2010 As part of a new expansion of government power over information, the Department of Homeland Security has begun seizing and shutting down internet websites (web domains) without due process or a proper trial. DHS simply seizes web domains that it wants to and posts an ominous “Department... »

Joe Weisenthal BusinessInsider.com Nov. 27, 2010 It’s official: South Korea and the US have officially begun war exercises, according to CNN, that may provoke further action from North Korea, and which China has warned against. Here’s the official stance from China, via China Daily: “We hold a consistent and clear-cut stance on the issue.... »

TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com Over the coming weeks, Americans will be wishing each other “happy holidays” millions upon millions of times. But are these really happy times? Record numbers of Americans are going to be going hungry and cold this winter. Millions upon millions of our fellow citizens would gladly give up all holiday celebrations in exchange... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 11/27/2010 When back in April we wrote about the huge expansion in the IMF’s New Arrangement to Borrow (NAB) multilateral facility (which was expanded from $50 billion to over $550 billion), one of our observations was that “Funny money will galore. At this point nobody will allow anyone or anything... »