Archive for January 17th, 2012

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 01/17/2012 When yesterday we presented the view from CLSA’s Chris Wood that the February 29 LTRO could be €1 Trillion (compared to under €500 billion for the December 21 iteration), we snickered, although we knew quite well that the market response, in stocks and gold, today would be precisely as... »

RT.com 17 January, 2012 Both American and Israeli officials say that the decision to postpone a massive joint missile drill scheduled for this spring has nothing to do with hostilities with Iran, although insiders suggest something quite the contrary. The Austere Challenge 12 drill, originally scheduled for April 2012, was slated to be the... »

Brandon Smith ActivistPost.com Tuesday, January 17, 2012 When I first began the process of launching the Alternative Market Project, the idea and scope were rooted in analytical papers I had written years before on aspects of centralization versus decentralization, and globalization versus localization. Back then, I saw these conflicting economic systems as mutually generative.... »

ExtinctionProtocol.com January 17, 2012 IRAN – Iran has boosted security for all its nuclear workers after one of its scientists was assassinated last week, First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi said Tuesday. “Whoever is active in the nuclear field will be put under special care,” Rahimi said in remarks reported by the official IRNA... »

Eric Blair Activist Post.com Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Since the drug war has become so unpopular with the electorate, instead of politicians actually changing the drug laws, the Department of Defense seeks to reduce and conceal the real costs by transferring the “dirty work” to private contractors to do what “U.S. military forces are... »

Saman Mohammadi The Excavator January 17, 2012 Former CIA counter-terrorism specialist Philip Giraldi gives a picture of “What War With Iran Might Look Like,” concluding that, “A minor engagement between American and Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf,” will ignite World War III. We must ask ourselves: how did we get here? Is World... »

Oil prices climbed 70 cents to $111.14 a barrel on Monday, after Iran issued fresh threats to cut off up to 17m barrels per day of oil supply from world markets by shutting down the Strait of Hormuz. By Emily Gosden TelegraphUK 16 Jan 2012 Iran warned its neighbours in the Gulf states that... »

Greece has sent top officials to the US for talks with the International Monetary Fund as it returns to centre stage in the eurozone crisis over fears that a debt deal impasse with bondholders could trigger a messy default. By Martin Strydom TelegraphUK 16 Jan 2012 The Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos said on... »

EconomicCollapseBlog.com I wish that I had an “aha moment” to share with you today, but instead all I have is an “ack moment” to share. As I was analyzing all of the info coming out of Europe in recent days, I came to the following realization: “Ack! They are actually going to let Greece... »

EndOfTheAmericanDream.com You are about to read about a 3 year old girl named Amelia that was denied a kidney transplant because she is considered to be “mentally retarded”. The doctor that made this decision felt as though Amelia would not have a good enough “quality of life” to justify the procedure. Unfortunately, this is... »