Archive for December 10th, 2013

by Charles Hugh-Smith ZeroHedge.com 12/10/2013 If you understand the difference between the first pair of shoes and the 25th, you understand why America’s debt-dependent consumer economy is doomed. Yesterday I explained Why We’re Stuck with a Bubble Economy: Now that interest rates are near-zero and mortgage rates are rising from historic lows, there is... »

By Michael Snyder The TruthWins.com December 10th, 2013 Why are huge numbers of dead birds dropping dead and washing up along the coastlines of Alaska? It is being reported that many of the carcases of the dead birds are “broken open and bleeding”. The photo of some of these dead birds at the top... »

Investmentwatchblog.com December 10th, 2013 US Going After Other Countries To Report US Hidden Assets — Episode 235 Approximately 25% of the Greek people cannot afford healthcare at this time. Cyprus is getting more bail-out money. More than million children are homeless this is more than in the Great Depression. The US is forcing Swiss... »

By Michael Snyder TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com December 10th, 2013 When QE1 ended there was a substantial stock market correction, and when QE2 ended there was a substantial stock market correction. And if you will remember, the financial markets threw a massive hissy fit a few months ago when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested that the... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 12/10/2013 Despite rumors of a ‘deal’, “The major issues that we think are necessary to jump-start the American economy continue to languish,” reflects one lobbyist on what Bloomberg reports will be Congress’s least productive year ever, with just 56 pieces of legislation signed into law so far. The former record... »

DANNY VINIK BusinessInsider.com Dec. 10, 2013 Quinnipiac is out with a new poll this afternoon and the numbers are terrible for the president. His job approval dropped to 38 percent with 57 percent disapproving. Voters 18-29 years old disapprove of his job by a 49%-41% margin while Hispanic only slightly approve, 50%-43%. This comes... »

Lisa Schnirring CIDRAP News Dec 09, 2013 Hong Kong health officials investigating two imported H7N9 influenza from mainland China have found poultry exposures for both patients, as new details emerged about a family connection between China’s two newest cases, a father and son from Zhejiang province. Updates on Hong Kong’s cases were provided today... »

BY KATE KELLAND Reuters.com Tue Dec 10, 2013 (Reuters) – Scientists have found that a mutation in a new strain of bird flu infecting people in China can render it resistant to a key first-line treatment drug without limiting its ability to spread in mammals. The discovery means that unlike seasonal flu strains, which... »

Mac Slavo December 10th, 2013 SHTFplan.com Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder recently completed analyzing data from a Coronal Mass Ejection that took place in the summer of 2012. The CME, which was reportedly the most powerful electrical discharge ever recorded from the sun, narrowly missed earth. It was not “earth directed,” meaning... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 12/10/2013 Between new lows, new highs, advancers, decliners, lagging volumes, and stalling momentum, technicals have signaled another Hindenburg Omen (following Friday’s) as the cluster builds once again. While it may not have lived up to its ominous name in the last year of liquidity, it highlights market anxiety and internals... »