Archive for January 29th, 2011

Authoritarian governments across the world are aggressively stockpiling food as a buffer against soaring food costs which they fear may stoke popular discontent. By Ben Farmer TelegraphUK 28 Jan 2011 Commodities traders have warned they are seeing the first signs of panic buying from states concerned about the political implications of rising prices for... »

By Penny Starr CNSNews.com Friday, January 28, 2011 The National Sheriffs’ Association on Wednesday named Arizona’s Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu “Sheriff of the Year.” On Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano delivered the first State of Homeland Security address, in which she gave an upbeat account of the agency’s accomplishments, including its efforts... »

By Daily ExpressUK Saturday January 29,2011 A NEW potentially fatal superbug, resistant to the most powerful antibiotics, has been discovered in hundreds of British patients, according to the Health Protection Agency. The bacteria have spread from India and Pakistan and are now being found in hospitals here. The NDM-1 bugs are resistant to carbapenem... »

by Free Radical ZeroHedge.com 01/29/2011 The idea that the State originated to serve any kind of social purpose is completely unhistorical. – Albert Jay Nock It is imperative that we understand, first of all, that “Everything the state is capable of doing it does through compulsion and the application of force.” Even apologists for... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 01/29/2011 While the biggest threat to the Middle East region is the possibility that the population of Saudi Arabia may try to imitate what has been happening in the area, thereby bringing total chaos to the established regional geopolitical and more importantly, energy, structure, the first protests in the Saudi... »

by Bob Chapman Global Research January 29, 2011 The US welfare state rumbles on and in some sectors of business it is being encouraged. We have to assume this attitude is based on more and increasing profits. Needless to say, it is cloaked in language that refers to the poor suffering people. The economy... »

by Michel Chossudovsky Global Research January 29, 2011 The Mubarak regime could collapse in the a face of a nationwide protest movement… What prospects for Egypt and the Arab World? “Dictators” do not dictate, they obey orders. This is true in Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria. Dictators are invariably political puppets. Dictators do not decide.... »

AllVoices.com At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, leaders warned of the unrest caused by high food prices. The higher food prices were blamed in part by commodity speculators betting on the future food crops. In addition to speculators, rising populations and climate disruptions are putting pressure on food supplies. The move toward... »

By YAAKOV LAPPIN 28/01/2011 JPost.com As with Iran in ’79, Islamists could hijack pro-democracy movements; ex-IDF research chief: “We’re on thick ice, but even that melts eventually.” Israeli security experts are casting an uneasy eye at the civil unrest spreading through the region. On Thursday, Yemen joined the list of Arab states experiencing unprecedented... »

theTrumpet.com January 27, 2011 It’s the stuff of movies. Massive volcanic eruption, ash clouds turning the sun and moon black or red. Weather patterns altered. Artificial winter. It is also the stuff of historical record. Three times in observable geologic history, Yellowstone’s massive volcano has erupted. The latest was a little over half a... »