Archive for February 7th, 2011

by George Washington ZeroHedge.com 02/07/2011 The ACLU reports: Three sections of the Patriot Act — the so-called ‘library provision’ that allows a secret court to issue orders for anything deemed relevant to an investigation; the roving wiretap provision that allows the government to get a wiretap order that doesn’t specify the person or place... »

By Tyler Riggs CacheValleyDaily.com “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” – The 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution With the big Republican wins in the November 2010 elections, there seemed to... »

by: Jonathan Benson NaturalNews.com On December 19, 2010, the U.S. Senate voted 73 – 25 to pass the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, also known as S. 510. Though the bill has not yet officially been signed into law, several states, including Wyoming and Maine, are gearing up to challenge parts or all of... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 02/06/2011 Cotton, wheat, rice, and now corn. If revised Chinese import estimates by the US Grain Council are even remotely correct, look for corn prices of $6.80 a bushel at last check to jump by at least 15% in a very short amount of time. As the FT reports, “Corn... »

by Reggie Middleton FinancialSense.com 02/07/2011 The residential real estate situation is still looking quite bleak. The downturn (actually, the continuation of the earlier downturn – they were not two separate events) that I forecast last year has come, and come with a vengeance. If we may reminisce, the mainstream media was overrun with optimistic... »

by John Butler FinancialSense.com Mon, 7 Feb 2011 THE INFLATION TIPPING POINT: Ever since the global financial crisis struck in 2008, there has been a lively debate between those who have been expecting a prolonged deflation and those who have been predicting a rapid transition to inflation. In certain respects, both sides of this... »

by Gonzalo Lira FinancialSense.com Mon, 7 Feb 2011 For better or worse, in the financial blogosphere, I’m Hyperinflation Boy. I haven’t actually written that much on the subject: Only five posts from a total of 82 over the last year. I posted the most recent one back in late October—over three months ago—where I... »

Will paying billions of dollars in carbon taxes to Al Gore and his cronies solve the problem? Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, February 7, 2011 According to some experts, the world’s weather is about to get even more chaotic as a result of natural climate change that we can do absolutely nothing to... »

Suzanne Kubota FederalNewsRadio.com Feb 7, 2011 Everybody has heard the national Emergency Alert System (EAS). Those familiar “duck calls” that reassure listeners “THIS is a test…this is ONLY a test…” The FCC is planning an upgrade to the tests by including presidential announcements in the system. Lisa Fowlkes, deputy chief of the Public Safety... »

Eric Blair Activist Post Monday, February 7, 2011 Apparently the Department of Homeland Security is now authorized to rewrite and enforce copyright infringement laws. In a stunning precedent, the recent round of domain seizures to shut down websites that allowed illegal streaming of the Super Bowl also included a few other websites that were... »