Archive for November 1st, 2011

Federal agency concerned about riots breaking out in United States Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Tuesday, November 1, 2011 The wave of civil unrest that has swept the globe over the past year has prompted the Department of Homeland Security to step up its monitoring of Twitter and other social networks in a bid... »

LoneStarWatchdog.com Tuesday, November 1, 2011 A police state is brutal, it is cruel and has no honor. It uses fear, intimidation and terror in the dark of night when we are sleeping least expecting our doors broken down with guns drawn in our faces. A police state uses extreme measures to arrest a man... »

Over two dozen Republicans call for Holder to resign Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Tuesday, November 1, 2011 Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu joined over two dozen Republican lawmakers in calling on Attorney General Eric Holder’s to resign over Operation Fast and Furious, the gunrunning program that saw the ATF deliver some 2,000 guns... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 11/01/2011 A little over a month ago, Zero Hedge started an avalanche in the financial sector, and an unprecedented defense thereof by the “independent” financial media and conflicted sell side, by being simply the messenger in pointing out that the gross exposure of one Morgan Stanley to the French banking... »

Italy’s debt problems pose an even greater risk to the British economy than a Greek default, according to Lord Turner, the chairman of the Financial Services Authority. By Harry Wilson TelegraphUK 01 Nov 2011 Giving evidence to the Treasury Select Committee on Tuesday, Lord Turner said that while the direct exposure of British banks... »

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard TelegraphUK November 1st, 2011 Greece’s astonishing decision to call a referendum – “a supreme act of democracy and of patriotism”, in the words of premier George Papandreou – has more or less killed last week’s EU summit deal. The markets cannot wait three months to find out the result, and nor... »

Global markets plunged as the Greek government teetered on the brink of collapse, while the country’s Prime Minister said that his controversial referendum will offer a “clear mandate” on whether Greece stays in the EU. By Louise Armitstead TelegraphUK 01 Nov 2011 European stockmarkets led a global rout in the wake of Greece’s shock... »

By: Gary North Market Oracle The debt ceiling battle led to a compromise. Congress and the President promised to submit to mandatory budget cuts. A bipartisan super committee was set up to put together a package of debt reduction cuts totaling several trillion dollars over supposedly a decade. If the committee deadlocks, the cuts... »

by Tyler Durden Zerohedge.com 11/01/2011 As the European news flow overflow continues, it is useful to occasionally look at how America’s own economy is doing. After all remember that the latest paradigm is that the US will decouple from everyone (as is always foolishly and erroneously assumed whenever the ROW turns lower) and carry... »

Trust.org 01 Nov 2011 By Emma Batha LONDON (AlertNet) – Soaring food costs are forcing some children to eat hay and leaves because their parents cannot afford to put food on the table, according to Save the Children. The aid agency said its research showed that recent price hikes had put 400,000 children at... »