Archive for February 19th, 2012

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 02/19/2012 Between the Chinese ‘surprise’ RRR and the Iran export halt to UK and France (and escalating tensions), Oil prices are off to the races this evening. WTI front-month futures have just broken $105 (now up more than 10% in the last two weeks), the highest levels in over nine... »

Alarming rise in bacteria resistant to antibiotics, Government report finds JEREMY LAURANCE INDEPENDENTUK MONDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2012 Britain is facing a “massive” rise in antibiotic-resistant blood poisoning caused by the bacterium E.coli – bringing closer the spectre of diseases that are impossible to treat. Experts say the growth of antibiotic resistance now poses as... »

Jurriaan Maessen Infowars.com February 19, 2012 In its 2009 Guideluines for Engaging Faith-based Organizations (FBO’s) As Agents of Change, the UNFPA put out specific tricks to reach congregations unwilling to go along with the UN’s population control programs: “UNFPA has found that leaders of faith ‐ and interfaith ‐ based organizations are open to... »

by James Corbett Global Research The US Federal Bureau of Investigation posted a Request for Information last month calling on IT companies to demonstrate their ability to design software for monitoring, mapping and analyzing social media. Find out more about the history of government spying and propaganda through social media on this week’s edition... »

Cryptogon.org February 19th, 2012 My guess is that something like this will be part of the answer: Engineered H5N1: A Rare Time for Restraint in Science: Two scientific teams have recently engineered the H5N1 virus to make it readily transmissible between ferrets. Given that ferrets are considered the most reliable animal surrogate for human... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 02/19/2012 The geopolitical game theory escalates once again, as Iran, which four days ago halted exports to peripheral European countries took it up a notch, and has as of this morning halted sales to British and French companies. Reuters reports: “Iran has stopped selling crude to British and French companies,... »

by Marti Oakley PPJG.me The efforts to parcel off and sell out entire sectors of America’s infrastructure to foreign interest continues daily. HR 7, the bill at issue here would put tolls on roads American taxpayers funded and paid for and which they continue to fund through gasoline taxes diverted to the Transportation and... »

Saman Mohammadi The Excavator February 19, 2012 “If the Washington/Tel Aviv-promoted hysteria is already at fever pitch, wait for March 20, when the Iranian oil bourse will start trading oil in other currencies apart from the US dollar, heralding the arrival of a new oil marker to be denominated in euro, yen, yuan, rupee... »

By Greg Hunter USAWatchdog.com In the last week or so, I’ve noticed an unusual amount of really well written and researched articles warning of impending doom and financial horror. These articles are not written by a bunch of angry uneducated bloggers but by money managers, investors and financial writers. All are people who got... »

DailyHerald.com Friday, February 17, 2012 Worried that the U.S. dollar may not be good as gold, some Colorado lawmakers are pushing a bill to legalize gold and silver coins as usable currency. The bill would not lead to folks carrying gold nuggets in their purses and would have little practical effect. Rather the policy... »