Archive for February 15th, 2014

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 02/15/2014 “It’s really a crisis situation,” exclaims one California city manager, “and it’s going to get worse in time if this drought doesn’t alleviate.” For the state that produces one-third of the nation’s fruits and vegetables, the driest spell in 500 years has prompted President Obama to make $100 million... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 02/15/2014 “It is unbelievable how bullish have become.” “We expect another deflationary episode leading to systemic risks and economic disappointments. Hence, it is time to structure portfolios much more conservatively and put capital preservation ahead of aggressive return strategies. In contrast to last year, 2014 will hardly be a... »

KingWorldNews.com February 15, 2014 Today one of the wealthiest people in the financial world told King World News ”that the documented large (gold) short positions that exist in the paper market may get their long awaited religious experience.” This is an incredibly important interview with Rick Rule, who is business partners with billionaire Eric... »

At least the birthplace of the First Amendment managed to come in one spot ahead of Haiti. CONOR FRIEDERSDORF TheAtlantic.com FEB 13 2014 Every year, Reporters Without Borders ranks 180 countries in order of how well they safeguard press freedom. This year, the United States suffered a precipitous drop. The latest Press Freedom Index... »

by Stephen Merrill ZeroHedge.com 02/15/2014 Today’s economic model was best summed up by dictator Benito Mussolini in one short sentence: “Fascism … is the perfect merger of power between the corporations and the state”. But tyranny also has its life-cycle within the balance between the past and the future. Once the past becomes far... »

By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts Global Research February 15, 2014 In a number of my articles I have explained that the Soviet Union served as a constraint on US power. The Soviet collapse unleashed the neoconservative drive for US world hegemony. Russia under Putin, China, and Iran are the only constraints on the neoconservative... »

TheExtinctionProtocol.com February 15, 2014 PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. East Coast dug out on Friday from the final wallop of a deadly four-day storm that dumped more than two feet of snow in some places, causing chaos from the South to New England. Five more people were killed on icy roads or while shoveling snow... »

TheExtinctionProtocol.com February 15, 2014 SOUTH CAROLINA – The snow and ice dumped by an unusually severe winter storm were melting, once-frigid temperatures were rising and residents of South Carolina and Georgia finally had begun to relax. Then the earth shuddered. A small earthquake shook both states late Friday, shaking homes and rattling residents hundreds... »

KingWorldNews.com February 14, 2014 Today 50-year veteran Art Cashin, who is Director of Floor Operations at UBS ($650 billion under management), spoke with King World News about one of the greatest dangers facing the world today and warned, “They thought they were going to solve a desperate problem by desperate measures. I don’t believe... »

Breakingdeception.com February 15th, 2014 The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is acting in a bipartisan way to cover up the biggest single threat to the bipartisan political alliance that is stripping America of its wealth: the United States Congress. There is no question that the following policy is bipartisan. Democrats and Republicans in Congress are... »