The Fed’s Interesting Week
By Ron Paul Published 09/01/09
It has been an interesting week indeed for the Federal Reserve. Early this week, it was announced that President Obama intends to reappoint Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to a second term in January, signaling a vote of confidence in him. Bernanke seems to be popular with the administration and with Wall Street, and with good reason. His lending policies have left big banks flush with newly created cash that covers up old mistakes and (…)
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US to collapse in July 2010
1 September 2009US to collapse in July 2010
Aug 31, 2009
MOSCOW - YOU think of the United States as the world’s leading superpower? Well think again, says Igor Panarin, a professor at the Russian foreign ministry’s diplomatic academy.
For Prof Panarin, who has built an academic reputation in Russia for apocalyptic predictions of the imminent US demise, Moscow’s ex-Cold War rival is on the brink of economic, political and social cataclysm.
’The probability that the United States will cease to exist (…) -
Price of gold: the paradox is revealed
1 September 2009Price of gold: the paradox is revealed Excerpt GEAB N°34 (April 16, 2009) -
For months we have witnessing a worldwide paradoxical phenomenon which the press has widely reported. Because of the crisis investors fled most categories of assets (real estate, stock market, currencies, comodities) and many of them have invested a portion of their portfolios in gold, even causing shortages of coins or bars in many markets. Yet, and this is the paradox, the price of gold is not taking off its (…) -
New Statesman, BBC, Mainstream Media nonreportage of Indian, Palestinian, Iraqi, Afghan, Climate Genocide
31 August 2009A shocking aspect of the continuing Palestinian Genocide, Iraqi Genocide and Afghan Genocide (post-invasion excess deaths 0.3 million, 2.3 million and 3-7 million, respectively; refugees totaling 7 million, 5-6 million and 3-4 million, respectively) is the resolute NON-REPORTAGE of this carnage by the Mainstream media of the Western Murdochracies in a process of continuing, racist holocaust ignoring and genocide ignoring.
It must be noted that holocaust ignoring and genocide ignoring are (…) -
ON THE FACE OF DEATH--- WORKERS PLIGHT IN ALANG SHIP YARD BREAKING
31 August 2009ON THE FACE OF DEATH "If I go to Alang maybe one person will die, but if I stay five people will die. says the worker".
BY- DWARIKA NATH RATH
Alang is again in news for a short time . The death of six workers in Alang Ship yard has again brought the plight of workers in ship breaking yard into focus temporarily after the Clemenceau and Blue Lady episodes. The group of six labourers had climbed on the ship on 4th.August morning to bring down cables of the ship. When they reached (…) -
Loremo: 2-liter-car by the end of 2011
31 August 2009Loremo: 2-liter-car by the end of 2011
Loremo LS
engine: 2-Zyl. turbodiesel
power: 20 kW / 28 HP
V max: 106 mph
acceleration (0-63): ca. 20 sec.
gallon mileage: ca. 120
weight: 1.000 lbs
air resistance: Cw = 0,2 Cw*A = 0,25 m*m
seating: 2 + 2
dimensions: 12inch 3" (l) * 4inch 7" (w) * 3inch 9" (h)
targeted price: 17.000 Euro
http://loremo.com/englisch/02der03_design.htm
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Video: Book Talk: Author David Swanson’s “Daybreak!”
31 August 2009On Sunday afternoon, Aug. 30, 2009, activist/author David Swanson discussed his new book: “Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Prefect Union.” His remarks, excerpts which appear here, were made at an event, a picnic, sponsored by the “Progressive Democrats of Montgomery County.” It was held in Wheaton, Maryland, just north of the Washington, D.C. line. Swanson is the cofounder of the popular web site, afterdowningstreet.org For the balance of his national book tour (…)
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Toronto International Film Festival: Celebrating Israeli Colonialism
31 August 2009TIFF: Celebrating Israeli Colonialism, Ethnic Cleansing and Apartheid
City to City Spotlight on Tel Aviv at the Toronto International Film Festival..
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?...
Filmmaker John Greyson Pulls his film from TIFF
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More Evidence That the 9/11 Commission Lied About Moussaoui-Atta Meeting
31 August 2009Michael P. Wright — Norman, Oklahoma, USA — mpwright8@aol.com
On page 247 of its final report, the 9/11 Commission lied and claimed that they were "unaware of any evidence" of contact between 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta and Zacarias Moussaoui.
The evidence was right there in their files. See page 21 of this 9/11 Commission document. This was obtained from the National Archives by the History Commons website: It says that during the six months prior to the attacks, Atta and two (…) -
US Bank Enemies At The Gates
30 August 2009US Bank Enemies At The Gates
by Jim Willie, CB. Editor, Hat Trick Letter | August 27, 2009
While all manner of attention remains transfixed inside the United States on a remedy and recovery of its bank sector, once again Americans make dangerous assumptions. They tend to assume that the US Federal Reserve near 0% interest rates, Quantitative Easing (aka exploding Printing Pre$$ output), endless liquidity facilities (e.g. TALF), TARP funds (aka Wall Street slush fund), Stress Tests (…)