by Azizonomics ZeroHedge.com 04/18/2012 The U.S. Department of Homeland security is working on a project called FAST, the Future Attribute Screening Technology. FAST will remotely monitor physiological and behavioural signals like elevated heart rate, eye movement, body temperature, facial patterns, and body language, and analyse these signals algorithmically for statistical aberrance in an attempt... »
Archive for April 18th, 2012
Von Greyerz – Bank Failures, Disorder, Massive Panic & Gold
KingWorldNews.com April 18, 2012 Today Egon von Greyerz told King World News that dominos are falling daily and we should expect to see more chaos in the banking system, including failures. Egon von Greyerz is founder and managing partner at Matterhorn Asset Management out of Switzerland. Von Greyerz also said we are edging closer... »
Nigel Farage: There Are Going to Be Serious Banking Collapses
KingWorldNews.com April 18, 2012 With escalating fears regarding the stability of the eurozone, today King World News interviewed former LBMA commodities broker and trader and current MEP Nigel Farage to get his take on the situation. Farage had some very interesting comments regarding the Italians moving large quantities of gold to Switzerland, but when... »
2 Years After the BP Oil Spill, Is the Gulf Ecosystem Collapsing?
by George Washington ZeroHedge.com 04/18/2012 The Gulf Ecosystem Is Being Decimated The BP oil spill started on April 20, 2010. We’ve previously warned that the BP oil spill could severely damage the Gulf ecosystem. Since then, there are numerous signs that the worst-case scenario may be playing out: New York Times: “Gulf Dolphins Exposed... »
Japanese Trying to Stabilize Radioactive Fuel Pools, But Are Moving Too Slowly … By a Decade
by Washington’s Blog Global Research April 18, 2012 Tepco Moving To Secure Spent Fuel Pools … But They May Be a Decade Too Late Scientists say that the big Japanese earthquake last year has increased the chance of a big earthquake near the Fukushima reactors. The Wall Street Journal reported in February: The heft... »
How Long Before America Hits the Wall?
BY TERRY COXON FinancialSense.com 04/18/2012 Decades of manipulation by the Federal Reserve (through its creation of paper money) and by Congress (through its taxing and spending) have pushed the US economy into a circumstance that can’t be sustained but from which there is no graceful exit. With few exceptions, all of the noble souls... »
Gulf seafood deformities alarm scientists
Eyeless shrimp and fish with lesions are becoming common, with BP oil pollution believed to be the likely cause. Dahr Jamail AlJazeera.com 18 Apr 2012 New Orleans, LA – “The fishermen have never seen anything like this,” Dr Jim Cowan told Al Jazeera. “And in my 20 years working on red snapper, looking at... »
Global Supply Disruptions Due to Adverse Weather, Labor Strikes, Political Instability and Earthquakes Continue to Impact Companies in 2012
Sys-Con.com APRIL 18, 2012 FREMONT, CA — (Marketwire) — 04/18/12 — Resilinc Corp., the leading provider of multi-tier supply chain resiliency solutions, today announced that it is seeing increased impact and continuous potential disruptions to global supply chains in 2012 based on the first quarter and the results from 2011. In the last quarter... »
The Santorini volcano caldera is awake again and rapidly deforming
BY ADONAI TheWatchers.com APRIL 18, 2012 Santorini is a volcanic island that has been relatively calm since its last eruption in 1950. But, its caldera is awake again and rapidly deforming at levels never seen before. Georgia Tech Associate Professor Andrew Newman has studied Santorini since setting up more than 20 GPS stations on... »
The Birth Of Barter: How One Greek Town Dropped The Euro And Moved On
by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 04/18/2012 Greece was the first country to defect from the non-default game theory regime of the European Union (a move which ultimately will be in its great benefit, as it is forced, very shortly, to default higher and higher into the 177% of GDP secured debt, until finally even the... »