Archive for January 2nd, 2011

European debt markets could be hit by a second credit crisis within months as fears grow over the huge volume of new bonds that must be sold by governments and banks in 2011. By Harry Wilson TelegraphUK 02 Jan 2011 Banks alone must refinance about €400bn (£343bn) of debt in the first half of... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 01/02/2011 The new year is finally here, which means the new composition of Congress and the Senate is now in play and tickets to another year of political theater are rapdily selling out. In the meantime, republicans are not wasting a single minute. Michigan Rep Fred Upton, who will lead... »

Gregory White BusinessInsider.com Jan. 2, 2011 “Imperial declines…are nearly always associated with fiscal crises,” and these fiscal crises are the result of the rising costs of servicing debt, according to Niall Ferguson (via Zero Hedge). In a speech to the Center for Independent Studies in Australia, Ferguson breaks down why empires fall and the... »

By Holly Deyo Standeyo.com Yes, it’s true, more earthquakes than usual struck in 2010. Because many events clustered together during the first seven months, it furthered magnified the data. It could have been ho-hum – maybe – if they petered out, but they didn’t. Instead they continued to peg the high side. Something unique... »

Mac Slavo SHTF.com Jan 2, 2011 Editor’s Note: Due to the nature of the secrecy laws surrounding the no-fly list, terror watch list and the master DHS list, it is impossible to accurately estimate the number of people who have been added to the lists thus far, and the number of people being added... »

Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Sunday, January 2, 2011 Despite the fact that TSA agents have routinely been caught abusing their power for criminal ends, the agency is now instructing its airport security screeners to make photocopies of people’s credit cards, while Big Sis is also busy fighting terrorism and protecting America by confiscating... »

By Chaz Valenza OpEdNews.com The good news is there’s no reason anyone should ever starve to death in America. The bad news is more and more working Americans, many earning what were once middle class incomes, are spending their time and scarce money to find their next meal. Val Traore, the radiant and gregarious... »

Carl Herman Examiner.com January 1st, 2011 2011 in America: * US unlawful Wars of Aggression: expressly against multiple UN National Security Council Resolutions forbidding US use of military force. * Rapacious looting of our economy by political pimps and Wall Street criminal frauds. * US “political leadership” criminally mass-murdering millions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan,... »