Archive for January 5th, 2011

by Giordano Bruno ZeroHedge.com 01/05/2011 A common misconception among less aware segments of the American populace is that the phrase “New World Order” was concocted by attention seeking “conspiracy theorists” in dank basement apartments and sinister mountain shacks across the country. In reality, anti-globalists and Constitutionalists had nothing to do with the term’s creation... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 01/05/2011 The last time food prices hit ridiculous levels, the immediate outcome was global food riots in places such as Haiti and Bangladesh. Which is why distributors of riot equipment in the world’s poorest countries may be in for a bumper crop as the Food and Agriculture Organization has just... »

Washington’s Blog Jan 5, 2011 Weather modification is a well-known endeavor. For example, governments have been seeding clouds for decades to create more rain. And during warfare to create mud to slow the enemy’s ability to use roads. As the Guardian reported in 2001: During the Vietnam war, the Americans launched Project Popeye, a... »

Brazil, Sweden and New Zealand hit with strange phenomena as speculation rages Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Wednesday, January 5, 2010 The mass bird and fish die-offs that have affected parts of the U.S. over the last week have now gone global, with Sweden, Brazil and New Zealand becoming the latest countries to experience... »

by Bob Chapman Global Research January 5, 2011 With Ben Bernanke as our Shepard how can we go wrong? He tells us quantitative easing is not inflationary. He says that with assurance because he knows all the CPI statistics are as realistic as a Madoff Ponzi scheme. He also tells us he doesn’t create... »

By JAMES R. HAGERTY And BEN CASSELMAN WSJ.com New governors in 26 U.S. states are starting to take office with somber warnings to constituents of more tough times amid revenue shortfalls and a weak job market. With sagging economies, soaring budget deficits and the loss of federal stimulus money, incoming governors face the deepest... »

By Daniel Gros Project Syndicate BRUSSELS – For decades, the world has complained that the dollar’s role as global reserve currency has given the United States, in a term usually attributed to Charles de Gaulle but actually coined by his finance minister, Valery Giscard d’Estaing, an “exorbitant privilege.” As long as exchange rates were... »

By Sonia Sirletti and Jeffrey Donovan Bloomberg.com Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) — Cash is king in Italy, a lesson Massimiliano Romano learned when he tried to pay for a cab with a credit card at RomeÕs main train station. “I thought my cards would be enough,” said Romano, head of research at brokerage Concentric Italy... »

The greatest global boom of all time has barely begun. Over the next forty years, economic growth will quicken yet further as the rising powers of Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America reach their full stride By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Telegraph.co.uk 05 Jan 2011 Crunching everything from fertility rates to schooling levels and the... »

TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com If you haven’t noticed lately, America is literally falling apart all around us. Decaying infrastructure is everywhere. Our roads and bridges are crumbling and are full of holes. Our rail system is ancient. Our airports and runways have definitely seen their better days. Aging sewer systems all over the country are leaking raw... »