Archive for August 14th, 2012

By Chris Hedges OpEdNews.com August 13, 2012 I was on the 15th floor of the Southern U.S. District Court in New York in the courtroom of Judge Katherine Forrest last Tuesday. It was the final hearing in the lawsuit I brought in January against President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. I... »

By Daniel R. Amerman, CFA GoldSeek.com Tuesday, 14 August 2012 Overview The United States government has five interrelated motivations for destroying the value of the dollar: 1. Creating money out of thin air on a massive basis is all that stands between the current state of hidden depression, and overt depression with unemployment levels... »

by Susanne Posel Global Research August 14, 2012 A study published by McGill University in Montreal and Utrecht University in the Netherlands, analyzed data from global ground water use against computer generated models of underwater aquifers and concluded that the “groundwater footprint” of reliable resources above ground is 3.5 times larger than the known... »

By Elizabeth Lopatto Bloomberg.com Aug 13, 2012 Men in rural areas may be prone to suicide during times of drought, according to Australian researchers who analyzed almost 40 years of that country’s rainfall records. In addition to the financial stress of failed crops, environmental degradation caused by extended dry spells also can be psychologically... »

Trib.com 8-14-2012 CHEYENNE — Wyoming is facing one of its worst hay harvests in terms of acreage in nearly 80 years, according to new U.S. Agriculture Department estimates. Hay is Wyoming’s biggest cash crop, and it also is suffering the most from a lack of rain earlier in the season. USDA crop yield estimates... »

Chinese firms leave US stock markets amid complaints about price, accounting scrutiny By Joe Mcdonald Finance.yahoo.com 8-14-2012 Just a few years after Chinese companies lined up to sell shares on Wall Street, a growing number are reversing course and pulling out of U.S. exchanges. This week, Focus Media Holding Ltd., announced its chairman and... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 08/14/2012 Previously we explained on at least two occasions (here and here) why the upcoming death of the US money market industry is not greatly exaggerated: quite simply, as we wrote back in 2010, the Group of 30, or the shadow group that truly runs the world (see latest members)... »

Ruling class accelerates planned economic implosion Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones Prison Planet.com Tuesday, August 14, 2012 A recent Reuters report highlighting how the Federal Reserve has been telling major banks in the U.S. to prepare for a “worst case scenario” financial collapse and that these banks would not be able to rely... »

TheExtinctionProtocol.com August 14, 2012 PARIS, FR (AP) — Months of tension between police and young people in a troubled district of northern France exploded on Tuesday, with dozens of youths facing off against riot officers in a night of violence. Sixteen officers were injured, a pre-school and public gym was torched, and at least... »

KingWorldnews.com August 14, 2012 Today Michael Pento told King World News central banks across the globe are about to unleash “unprecedented” and “coordinated” actions. Pento also cautioned investors it would be wise “to prepare accordingly.” Today Michael Pento writes exclusively for King World News to put KWN readers ahead of the curve of these... »