Archive for February 26th, 2011

Ireland’s new government is headed for confrontation with Brussels after the country’s ruling party was wiped out on Saturday by voters in a huge popular backlash against a European-IMF austerity programme. By Bruno Waterfield TelegraphUK 26 Feb 2011 Exit polls and early tallies from Ireland’s general election heralded political annihilation for Fianna Fail (FF),... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 02/26/2011 After protests recently shifted to Korea, they have now migrated to very tightly controlled Vietnam (and some were wondering what the reason for the orchestrated take down of rice in the past week was), in the first public demonstration by unhappy farmer against the controlling regime in many years.... »

Barack Obama’s administration is facing allegations that key officials have been furtively meeting with lobbyists, once derided by the President as Washington “influence peddlers.” By Alex Spillius TelegraphUk 25 Feb 2011 As part of his commitment to bring change to Washington, Mr Obama began made logs of visitors to the West Wing public, so... »

Chron.com Looking at population projections for Texas, demographer Steve Murdock concludes: “It’s basically over for Anglos.” Two of every three Texas children are now non-Anglo and the trend line will become even more pronounced in the future, said Murdock, former U.S. Census Bureau director and now director of the Hobby Center for the Study... »

By Doug Newman FoodForTheThinkers.com The gang at Christians United for Israel (CUFI) has its undies in a bunch about Ron Paul’s amendment to the fiscal 2011 funding bill that would end aid to Israel. I have an idea: why not try a free-market approach to supporting Israel? I am quite serious. Here is my... »

War, Martial Law, and the Economic Crisis by Peter Dale Scott LewRockwell.com The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Bailout The bailout measures of late 2008 may have consequences at least as grave for an open society as the response to 9/11 in 2001. Many members of Congress felt coerced at the time into voting against their... »

By: Devvy February 26, 2011 NewsWithViews.com Do you know that a year from now most of the presidential primaries might be over? There is great turmoil going on in this country right now with more to come. But, there will be another election and the primary process is part of the show put on... »

by Paul Craig Roberts Global Research February 26, 2011 The United States government cannot get enough of war. With Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s regime falling to a rebelling population, CNN reports that a Pentagon spokesman said that the U.S. is looking at all options from the military side. Allegedly, the Pentagon, which is responsible... »

TheEndOfThe AmericanDream.com As insane as it might sound, the United States may soon be getting involved in another war in the Middle East. According to White House spokesman Jay Carney, “no options” have been taken off the table when it comes to the situation in Libya. By saying that “all options” are being considered,... »

TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com Have you ever heard of mob robberies? What happens is that dozens of young people storm a store at the same time, take whatever they want, and then storm out as powerless store clerks watch helplessly. Most of the time these “mob robbers” end up getting caught, but unfortunately “group crime” is a... »