TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com What happens when debt-fueled false prosperity disappears? Just look at Spain. The 4th largest economy in Europe was riding high during the boom years, but now the Spanish economy is collapsing with no end in sight. When a debt bubble gets interrupted, the consequences can be rather chaotic. Just like we saw in... »
Archive for April 29th, 2012
22 Signs That The Collapsing Spanish Economy Is Heading Into A Great Depression
What Do California And Detroit Have In Common?
EndOfTheAmericanDream.com When most people think of the economic decline that is happening in America, most of them think of states like California and cities like Detroit. In both cases, unemployment is rampant, government finances are a mess, and businesses and families are both leaving in droves. So what is causing this? What do California... »
Preview of the summer from hell? Moscow bakes in record high temperatures in the month of April
TheExtinctionProtocol.com April 30, 2012 MOSCOW – Moscow sweltered in unseasonable heat on Sunday, with temperatures of nearly 29 degrees Celsius (84.2 Fahrenheit), a record for April since data collection began 130 years ago, authorities said. At 4:00 p.m. (1200 GMT), the temperature reached 28.6 degrees Celsius, an absolute record for the month of April,”... »
Guest Post: Anything The Government Gives You, The Government Can Take Away
Via John Aziz of Azizonomics ZeroHedge.com 04/29/2012 From the Guardian: A majority of doctors support measures to deny treatment to smokers and the obese, according to a survey that has sparked a row over the NHS‘s growing use of “lifestyle rationing”. Some 54% of doctors who took part said the NHS should have the... »
The Empire vs. Iran (and Syria): A New World War for a New World Order?
BY JOONEED KHAN Rabble.ca APRIL 27, 2012 Confronted with a declining World Order it can no longer control, does the West want to re-assert its will through a new world war, which this time would be really global? A terrifying scenario emerges from the ceaseless escalation of pressures and threats against Syria and Iran,... »
What is America’s Economic Breaking Point?
Mac Slavo April 29th, 2012 SHTFplan.com If there exists a single factor that can put enough pressure on the whole of the American economy and force it to crumble under its own weight, it’s the price the average American pays for gas. Extreme up-side gas price swings have preceded seven of the last eight... »
CYBER INTELLIGENCE AND INTERNET SPYING: House Passes Draconian Internet Spying Bill
by Tom Burghardt Global Research April 29, 2012 On April 26, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the draconian Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (H.R. 3523 or CISPA) by a vote of 248-168, with 206 Republicans and 42 Democrats voting in favor. If the legislation passes muster in the Senate and is... »
Dutch central banker’s memoirs confirm gold price suppression
By: Chris Powell GoldSeek.com Sunday, 29 April 2012 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: With his new study, “Dr. Zijlstra’s Final Settlement: Gold as the Monetary Cosmos’ Sun,” appended here, our good friend the Netherlands economist Jaco Schipper of MarketUpdate.nl today adds substantially to the growing documentation of the Western central bank gold price... »
Why Hasn’t the Revolution Already Happened?
Julian Rose ActivistPost.com Sunday, April 29, 2012 Remember the Old Testament story of Moses trying to free the Children of Israel from the slavery imposed by the Pharoah? Well, as much as Moses tried to help the Children of Israel break the chains of oppression, they simply didn’t want to take the steps necessary... »
There Is No Solution, Only Catastrophic Outcomes
KingWorldNews.com April 29, 2012 With continued volatility in global markets, 40 year veteran, Robert Fitzwilson wrote this exclusive piece for King World News. Fitzwilson is founder of The Portola Group, one of the premier boutique firms in the United States. Here are Fitzwilson’s observations: “In the minds of most people, the first reactions to... »