Archive for March 13th, 2012

by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers Global Research March 13, 2012 On March 6 members of an off-shoot of Anonymous, Lulzsec, were arrested as a result of an FBI informant, Sabu, who the media describes as a Lulzsec leader. The six arrests were for people allegedly involved with Lulzsec which became known for targeting... »

By: John Mauldin Market Oracle Mar 13, 2012 Today’s Outside the Box comes to us from Grant Williams, who covers the world from his perch in Singapore, in his always instructive and always entertaining Things That Make You Go Hmmm… I felt for him right at the outset today, because (like yours truly) he... »

BY DANIEL AMERMAN CFA FinancialSense.com 03/13/2012 When we look at broad measures of jobs and population, then the beginning of 2012 was one of the worst months in US history, with a total of 2.3 million people losing jobs or leaving the workforce in a single month. Yet, the official unemployment rate showed a... »

“Pharmacological enhancement of empathy and altruism” needed to address climate change Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Tuesday, March 13, 2012 A new paper to be published in Ethics, Policy & Environment argues that serious consideration should be given to mass drugging the population to make them more environmentally conscious while also proposing that babies... »

KingWorldNews.com March 13, 2012 With continued volatility in gold, silver and oil, today King World News interviewed Rick Rule, CEO of Sprott USA. Rule told KWN the world is out of $60 oil and maybe out of $70 oil. He also said the circumstances in Greece bring up the issue of moral hazard and... »

BY AXEL G MERK FinancialSense.com 03/13/2012 When Greece’s woes first rattled the markets two years ago, the pundits predicted a collapse of the euro. The resilience of the euro has been due to a number of factors, not least of which is that the eurozone as a whole has a broadly balanced current account.... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 03/13/2012 While he does have a new philosophy (at X% off MSRP of course, coming to a Kindle near you) to peddle, Nassim Taleb’s re-emergence from the darkness of the media spotlight starts with a bang: “I realized that something wrong is going on, and only one candidate ‘Ron Paul’... »

The Intel Hub M.N. Gordon March 13, 2012 Free markets these days are always and everywhere under assault. Europe, China, Japan, and the United States, among others, are delving into extreme economic intervention. For whatever reason, uplifters around the globe have taken it upon themselves to meddle in people’s lives on a grand scale.... »

Activist Post.com Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Perhaps it is fitting that what Donald Rumsfeld once disparagingly called “Old Europe,” should seek to impose a “Drudge” tax on the powerful new world system of news aggregating and commentary. Although some might see The Washington Times itself as part of the Old World dinosaur media, they... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 03/13/2012 Yesterday we presented the view of JPM’s Michael Feroli of what today’s FOMC statement may say (one word: inflation). Here is what Goldman believes: “Today’s FOMC statement should be relatively uneventful. The committee is likely to acknowledge the stronger labor market data and the upward pressure on headline inflation,... »