Blackwater Fever: High Crimes and Hired Guns
Chris-Floyd.com
Friday, 08 January
Scott Horton of Harper’s gives us chapter and verse of the Justice Department’s very deliberate — and insultingly brazen — sabotaging of its own case against the Blackwater mercenaries who murdered 17 Iraqis in Nisoor Square back in September 2007. As any sentient observer could have told you then, these hired killers — gorging on taxpayer dollars as they assisted the mass-murdering invasion and occupation of Iraq — were never going to do time. Why should they? They were just doing what they were paid, by us, to do: kill ragheads.
Homelessness, utility shutoffs lead to house fires, freezing deaths. US cold snap highlights depth of social crisis
By Kate Randall
AxisOfLogic.com
Thursday, Jan 7, 2010
A protracted cold spell eased somewhat Wednesday, but wide areas of the US—from the Northern Plains to the East Coast and stretching to the South—were bracing for more winter weather and freezing temperatures this weekend. The cold snap has spelled misery for many, especially in areas unaccustomed and ill-prepared for the frigid conditions.
CONGRESS INCREASES WITHHOLDING TAX ON WORKING AMERICANS.
January 8th, 2010by SusanAnne Hiller
BigGovernment.com
Recently, retired military have received e-mail messages notifying them of a withholding tax increase.
NO ANNUAL COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT (COLA) WILL BE ADDED TO MILITARY RETIRED PAY IN 2010.
Terrorists R US
January 8th, 2010An excellent short testimony from Mike Prysner, an Iraq war veteran connecting the dots between corporatism and militarism.
US sheds 85,000 jobs in December, dampening optimism
January 8th, 2010RawStory.com
Friday January 8, 2010
The US economy lost 85,000 jobs in December while the unemployment rate held at 10.0 percent, the government said Friday in a report dashing hopes of a turnaround in the ailing labor market.
Energy security questioned as National Grid cuts off gas to factories
January 8th, 2010Exclusive: Severe weather and creaking power infrastructure lead to first tangible sign that fears over energy shortages are translating into supply disruption
Terry Macalister
Guardian.co.uk
Thursday 7 January 2010
Future air security could involve mind-reading technology
January 8th, 2010HonoluluAdviser.com
Friday, January 8, 2010
CHICAGO — A would-be terrorist tries to board a plane, bent on mass murder. As he walks through a security checkpoint, fidgeting and glancing around, a network of high-tech machines analyzes his body language and reads his mind.
America Rising: An Open Letter to Democrat Politicians
January 6th, 2010Doom and Gloom, British-Style…
January 6th, 2010By: Rick Ackerman
GoldSeek.com
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Explaining why the rampaging bear rally of 2009 is likely to fizzle this year, British journalist Ambrose Evans-Pritchard packs quite an analytical wallop into this sentence: “The surplus regions (China, Japan, Germania, Gulf ) have not increased demand enough to compensate for belt-tightening in the deficit bloc (Anglo-sphere, Club Med, East Europe), and fiscal adrenalin is already fading in Europe.” There are other yellow flags out as well, most significantly a contraction of M3 money in the U.S. and Europe, and a looming bond crisis in Japan.
MarketWatch Calls Out Fed To Disprove It Is Manipulating Index Futures
January 6th, 2010by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
A week ago we presented the observations of TrimTabs’ Charles Biderman, who laid out a logical case for why there is significant circumstantial evidence that the Fed is manipulating markets by purchasing index futures in the aftermarket: “One way to manipulate the stock market would be for the Fed or the Treasury to buy $20 billion, plus or minus, of S&P 500 stock futures each month for a year. Depending on margin levels, $20 billion per month would translate into at least $100 billion in notional buying power…This type of intervention could explain some of the unusual market action in recent months, with stock prices grinding higher on low volume even as companies sold huge amounts of new shares and retail investors stayed on the sidelines. For example, Tyler Durden of ZeroHedge has pointed out that virtually all of the market’s upside since mid-September has come from after-hours S&P 500 futures activity.” Today MarketWatch has an open appeal to the Fed to put Biderman’s allegation to rest by publicly disproving that it is involved in any direct market manipulation. “Biderman’s accusation of PPT market manipulation is another argument in favor of a complete public audit of the Fed’s books…there is a widespread belief that the PPT does manipulate stock prices on a daily basis to enrich its pals and screw individual investors. It would be useful to prove them. ” We couldn’t agree more.
Five reasons why you should own Silver coins
January 6th, 2010By Dr. Jeffrey Lewis
CommodityOnline.com
January 06, 2010
There are a multitude of reasons the average investor should have at least some of their assets invested in silver. Consider these five reasons that can help you grow your assets while preserving your wealth.
Stealing Your Firearms
January 6th, 2010Neither Sword Nor Shield: Full-Spectrum Civilian Disarmament
by William Norman Grigg
LewRockwell.com
“We need to make it clear,” fulminated Patrick Lynch of the New York City Policeman’s Benevolent Association, “that if someone lifts even a finger against a police officer, their life could be on the line.”
Stepping into a Financial Hole
January 6th, 2010America’s Unhappy New Year
by Jack D. Douglas
LewRockwell.com
The Baby Boom officially begins crashing this year. Some Baby Boomers began retiring early, but the big retirement Crash begins now and will go on for many years.
CIA Killings Spell Defeat In Afghanistan
January 6th, 2010Doug Valentine
MindBodyPolitic.com
Disrupting the Accommodation:
Why?
“Why?” The grieving family members ask. “Why did the terrorists kill our loved ones?”
The hardnosed colleagues of the four fallen CIA officers comfort the wives and children (and one husband). They shake off their sorrow, huddle together by the graves, and vow vengeance. They bathe themselves in their seething anger like it was the blood of the lamb.
