Greece may be clinging on, but the eurozone’s real problems remain resolutely unaddressed. By Jeremy Warner TelegraphUK 09 Feb 2012 There’s nothing like the long Christmas break for calming things down. Back in early December, it looked as if the euro was on its last legs. Then everyone went on holiday, and by the... »
Archive for February 9th, 2012
LAPD Pioneers High-Tech Crime-Fighting ‘War Room’
(Focus on the word…”War”) CBSLosAngeles.comFebruary 8, 2012 The LAPD is fighting crime from a high-tech war room that gives it eyes all over the city. The surveillance hub is now a model for police forces around the world and KCAL9 got an exclusive tour inside from Chief Charlie Beck. “We are targets on our... »
OWS & the planned “endgame” for the U.S.
Buckle up, America. It’s going to be a very long, hot summer Doug Hagmann & Joseph Hagmann CanadaFreePress.com Are you baffled by the wording, timing and bipartisan support of recent legislation such as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Expatriation Act, SOPA, PIPA and ACTA? Are you concerned over the enhancement of domestic... »
Bank of England launches QE3 on to a still-stormy sea…(UK Death Spiral Continues!)
A new £50bn round of quantitative easing suggests the Bank remains concerned about the economic climate by Larry Elliott GuardianUK Thursday 9 February Bad news for savers. Tough times ahead for pension funds. Precious little joy for everybody else. That was the subtext to the Bank of England’s announcement on Thursday that it needed... »
Austerity is turning Germany into a basket case too
Now industrial production and export orders are declining even in Europe’s powerhouse, as the austerity Berlin demands stifles its customers’ spending by Larry Elliott Guardian.co.uk Wednesday 8 February 2012 Exports down by 4.3% in December. Industrial production down by 2.9% in the same month. An economy on the skids? It certainly looks that way.... »
Syria uprising is now a battle to the death
Rockets rain down on towns that residents can neither defend nor leave, as Bashar al-Assad’s forces besiege Free Syria Army Martin Chulov Guardian.co.uk Thursday 9 February 2012 In the heartland of the uprising against Bashar al-Assad a grinding war of attrition has now become an unforgiving battle to the death. The Free Syria Army... »
Greek death spiral accelerates
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard TelegraphUK February 9th, 2012 Another normal day at the Hellenic Statistical Authority. We learn that: Greece’s manufacturing output contracted by 15.5pc in December from a year earlier. Industrial output fell 11.3pc, compared to minus 7.8pc in November. Unemployment jumped to 20.9pc in November, up from 18.2pc a month earlier. I have... »
US Invading Syria by Proxy
US “prepares military options” to back terrorists in Syria. Tony Cartalucci, Contributing Writer ActivistPost.com Thursday, February 9, 2012 After world opinion categorically denied Wall Street, London, and its NATO forces a replay in Syria of the destruction and pillaging of Libya, with Russia and China leading opposition to a planned escalation and overt NATO... »
Government Uses Anti-Terror Laws to Crush Dissent and Help the Too Big to Fail Businesses
by George Washington ZeroHedge.com 02/09/2012 For years, the government has been using anti-terror laws to crush dissent and to help the too big to fail businesses compete against smaller businesses (and see this). This trend is getting worse by the day. On January 31, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security’s Behavioral Science Division pointed... »
US and allies ‘considering plans’ for military aid to Syrian rebels
HeraldSun.com.au February 09, 2012 THE US and its allies were considering giving military aid to the Syrian opposition battling the regime of President Bashar al Assad in an 11-month uprising that activists say has killed more than 6,000 people. The Pentagon had drawn up contingency plans which could include supplying the Free Syrian Army... »