Archive for October 15th, 2011

Ten people have died in the latest clashes as protesters urge more people to defect from the Syrian security forces Martin Chulov Guardian.co.uk Large rallies urging further defections from the Syrian security forces have been attacked by government gunmen, as a senior United Nations official warned that the country was sliding towards a full-blown... »

Protesters descended on the City of London today as part of worldwide demonstrations against corporate greed and cutbacks. By Matthew Sparkes TelegraphUK 15 Oct 2011 Inspired by America’s “Occupy Wall Street” and Spain’s “Indignants”, people took to the streets in Sydney, Hong Kong and Tokyo in the opening hours of the unprecedented global outcry.... »

By RAF CASERT NewsYahoo.com The European Union is considering a roughly 75 percent cut in funding for a program that helps feed 18 million of its poorest citizens. The cuts, set to take effect after New Year’s, would come at a time of rising unemployment and consumer food prices in many parts of Europe,... »

Peter S. Goodman HuffingtonPost.com EDGEWATER, Colo. — Before the unraveling, Selena Blanco and her family felt secure in their hold on middle class life in this bedroom community just west of Denver. She and her husband both held professional jobs in industries that seemed sheltered from trouble, his in technology, hers in health care.... »

By Bob Chapman InternationalForecaster.com Less to live on for retirees, US unaware of austerity, Fed leader Bernanke doesnt see real inflation, expect big changes in November at the polls, on that downgrade of US Treasury debt, the US could default one day, could the world monetary system fall apart? The investment world hasn’t been... »

Demonstrators in Rome set fire to two cars and a police van, and broke shop windows during a protest in the Italian capital, as activists organised a series of rallies in 82 countries. TelegraphUK 15 Oct 2011 Inspired by the Occupy Wall St movement and Spain’s “Indignants”, demonstrators from Asia to Europe took to... »

Soraya Permatasari and Kanoko Matsuyama SFGate.com Friday, October 14, 2011 Protests against widening income disparity are planned across the Asia-Pacific region today as demonstrators organizing via social media from Tokyo to Sydney join London in the Occupy Wall Street movement. The rallies that began Sept. 17 in New York have already migrated across the... »

BY KEITH FITZ-GERALD MoneyMorning.com Do you want to know the real reason banks aren’t lending and the PIIGS have control of the barnyard in Europe? It’s because risk in the $600 trillion derivatives market isn’t evening out. To the contrary, it’s growing increasingly concentrated among a select few banks, especially here in the United... »

By Doug Newman FoodForThinkers.com October 15, 2011 Is there anything that the federal government can’t do? It is not just that the president can now have U.S. citizens assassinated upon executive order. It is not just that there is now a secret panel within the National Security Council that can arbitrarily place American citizens... »

Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com October 15, 2011 In addition to his wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, those underway in Yemen and Somalia – and coming soon in Iran – the warlord Obama is now dispatching troops to Uganda to do battle with the wacky yet murderous Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Obama’s move is next step... »