Archive for February 7th, 2011

Anyone attending a public event will be forced to prove to Homeland Security that they are well-behaved slaves Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, February 7, 2011 Even as Christina Aguilera butchered the words to the American national anthem before the start of last night’s Super Bowl, the hard-fought freedoms recognized in that song... »

by Tom Burghardt Global Research February 7, 2011 As mass revolt spreads across Egypt and the Middle East and citizens there demand jobs, civil liberties and an end to police state abuses from repressive, U.S.-backed torture regimes, the Obama administration and their congressional allies aim to expand one right here at home. Last week,... »

By: Bob Chapman GoldSeek.com Sunday, 6 February 2011 The Euro zone participants who have financial problems, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Spain and Italy are expected to deflate via austerity and at the same time be more competitive. This is supposed to be accomplished quickly so that overhanging debt can be extinguished. This, of course,... »

By Joel Bowman The DailyReckoning.com Faithful and unfaithful readers alike will have noticed a recurring theme in our recent reckonings. We refer, of course, to inflation; that insidious, noxious tax which appears to be gushing out of every economic orifice in the land, but that, somehow, fails to register as even a drip on... »

The bee crisis has been treated as a niche concern until now, but as the UN’s index of food prices hits an all time-high, it is becoming urgent to know whether the plight of the honey bee risks further exhausting our food security. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard TelegraphUK 06 Feb 2011 Almost a third of... »

Households face the most dramatic squeeze in living standards since the 1920s, the Governor of the Bank of England warned, as he reacted to the shock disclosure that the economy was shrinking again. By Robert Winnett Telegraph.co.uk Families will see their disposable income eaten up as they “pay the inevitable price” for the financial... »

The volume of Chinese citizens’ purchasing of gold running up to the start of the Chinese New Year has completely stunned traders leading to big price premiums in Shanghai. Author: Lawrence Williams MineWeb.com LONDON -Consider the following paragraph from London’s highly respected Financial Times – a publication not usually prone to hyperbole: Precious metals... »

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... »

EndOfTheAmericanDream.com Wasn’t the Super Bowl wonderful this year? Congratulations to the Green Bay Packers! It is amazing how much money people will spend to attend this game each year. Just a few hours before kickoff, some tickets were selling for over $4000 a seat. Not that it wasn’t a great show. It turned out... »

EconomicCollapseBlog.com What you are about to read is perhaps the most heartbreaking story that I have ever come across. It is so tragic that I am not even quite sure how to introduce it. Some time ago, a reader named Ashley sent me an email that described the nightmare that she has been living... »