Archive for April 1st, 2012

Submitted by Brian Rogers ZeroHedge.com 04/01/2012 Real growth vs. the illusion of growth Understand the short video below and you will understand what I mean when I say that the United States of America (and the rest of the world for that matter) has not fundamentally grown much at all over the last 40... »

OpedNews.com 3/31/12 At the start of the first hearing on a lawsuit challenging the Homeland Battlefield Act, a federal judge appeared to be “extremely skeptical” that those pursuing the challenge had grounds to sue the US government. However, by the end of the hearing, the judge acknowledged plaintiffs had made some strong arguments on... »

Modernsurvivalblog.com March 30, 2012 Billionaire Donald Trump and best selling author and money manager Robert Wiedemer just predicted the market is going to get much, much worse. “This is no recovery,” he says . “And this is no ‘down cycle’ that will soon be followed by a reliable ‘up cycle.’ This is a big,... »

Modernsurvivalblog.com April 1, 2012 In yet another slash at American liberty, the Senate has passed a bill giving the power to the IRS and the State Department to revoke a US citizen’s passport if it is believed (not proven) that the taxpayer owes more than $50,000 in back taxes. Bill S. 1813 might as... »

TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com If you knew that you could live in luxury for the rest of your life but that by doing so it would absolutely destroy the future for your children, your grandchildren and your great-grandchildren would you do it? Well, that is exactly what we are doing as a nation. Over the past several... »

EndOfTheAmericanDream.com Why would anyone want to live in the UK at this point? Well, if you enjoy having every little detail of your life dictated to you by elitist control freaks then you might like living there. But most of the rest of the world is absolutely horrified that the UK is being transformed... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 04/01/2012 That the BLS perpetually distorts and manipulates data is no secret and has been reported previously both here and elsewhere numerous times. That the BLS also has a habit of leaking critical market moving data to various entities is also well known. However, we had yet to see just... »

MARTIN HICKMAN , OLIVER WRIGHT IndependentUK MONDAY 02 APRIL 2012 Police and intelligence officers are to be handed the power to monitor people’s messages online in what has been described as an “attack on the privacy” of vast numbers of Britons. The Home Secretary, Theresa May, intends to introduce legislation in next month’s Queen’s... »

Grace Livingstone The Independent April 1, 2012 Speculation by large investment banks is driving up food prices for the world’s poorest people, tipping millions into hunger and poverty. Investment in food commodities by banks and hedge funds has risen from $65bn to $126bn (£41bn to £79bn) in the past five years, helping to push... »

Defense Department seeks new authorities for counterterrorism fight By Carlo Munoz TheHill.com 03/31/12 As the Pentagon begins to wind down the war in Afghanistan, the smaller conflicts elite U.S. forces are fighting around the world are heating up. But DoD needs more than just men and materiel to meet these challenges. It needs additional... »