Archive for November 25th, 2010

By: Robert Murphy Market Oracle Nov 25, 2010 The national furor over the TSA’s new procedures — culminating in yesterday’s “Opt Out Day” — has elicited the typical response from the bureaucracy and its apologists. Why, these invasive scans and “enhanced pat-downs” are only for your good, in order to ensure safe flying. You... »

The TSA and America’s Turning Point Are we a free people or are we not? Scragged.com The recently-escalated battle between the American people and the TSA is far more important than it first appears. The final outcome of this argument will determine whether we still live in a nation “of the people, by the... »

By: Kevin Geary Market Oracle Nov 25, 2010 As details of the worst austerity budget in memory emerged ahead of the budget debate on Dec. 7th, This was overheard at the Irish Stock Exchange:”We don’t know where the money went,” said the trader, half in jest, but half in earnest. “We’ve been debating it... »

Forget concealed guns, knives, explosives, the real threat comes from gladrags Steve Watson Prisonplanet.com Thursday, Nov 25th, 2010 Menstruating women beware. If you intend to travel, your panty-liners are now considered suspicious objects, after all you could be concealing a bomb in there. The latest insane TSA transgression answers questions that were raised last... »

BRADLEY OLSON and ZAIN SHAUK Houston Chronicle Thursday, November 25, 2010 The city is installing 250 to 300 cameras at downtown intersections in an effort to prevent and fight terrorism and crime, part of a security initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The cameras, which the city began installing in earnest... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 11/25/2010 Famous euroskeptic Nigel Farage (as seen previously here), in just under 4 brief minutes tells more truth about the entire European experiment than all European bankers, commissioners, and politicians have done in the past decade. As we have already said pretty much all of this before, we present it... »

DailyMailUK 25th November 2010 Contagion: Portugal, Spain and Belgium are viewed as the 16-nation eurozone’s next weakest links Belgium’s debt reaches 100% of annual national income Portuguese and Spanish borrowing costs rise sharply Standard & Poor’s reduces Ireland’s credit rating to A Eire PM resists EU pressure to raise corporation tax Irish families each... »

A new era of violent protests on Britain’s streets has begun as the nation prepares for cuts to public services, the head of the Metropolitan Police has warned. By Richard Edwards TelegraphUK 25 Nov 2010 Sir Paul Stephenson said his officers had failed to predict the change in mood among demonstrators before the Millbank... »

by Prof. Peter Dale Scott Global Research November 24, 2010 Is the State of Emergency Superseding our Constitution? Address to Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, November 23, 2010) In July 1987, during the Iran-Contra Hearings grilling of Oliver North, the American public got a glimpse of “highly sensitive” emergency planning North had been involved in.... »

by Simon Black Sovereign Man Military tacticians and historians often make use of the term ‘tip of the spear.’ It refers to a combat force that is used to puncture the enemy’s initial lines of defense, to be quickly followed by concentrated forces which destroy any remaining threat. Tactically, the tip of the spear... »