1. Treasury Should Consider 100-Year Debt, BlackRock’s Fisher Says

BlackRock Inc.’s Peter Fisher said the U.S. Treasury should consider selling 100-year bonds to ease the federal government’s borrowing costs as it faces a budget deficit expected to top $1 trillion. “If you issued a 100-year...

03/12/2008 | 172 visite | 1 comment | Leggi tutto ...

2. Thoughts on the Mumbai attacks

 Was this India’s 9/11?  The best way of answer that is to try and imagine if this had happened in Pakistan, Iraq or Afghanistan, where this many people die on weekly basis if not as a daily routine. Of course, in New York this...

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3. To Each His Own Nuke

The cynical view of national sovereignty holds that it belongs only to those who can defend it. This was said recently at the Pentagon concerning American manned and unmanned attacks inside Pakistan, in violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty. ...

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4. This Is Not A Normal Recession: Moving on to Plan B

"The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and...

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5. The Real Goal of Israel’s Blockade of Gaza

The latest tightening of Israel’s chokehold on Gaza – ending all supplies into the Strip for more than a week – has produced immediate and shocking consequences for Gaza’s 1.5 million inhabitants. The refusal to allow in...

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6. The Fruits of ZIRP: Japanese Elderly Steal to Make Ends Meet

Nearly 20 years of stagnant to falling wages, threadbare social safety nets, and no returns on savings has produced a retiree class in Japan struggling to make ends meet. Good reason to worry at the sight of the US cribbing heavily from the Japanese...

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7. The Roads to the Future

Investing in Infrastructure Is the Way to Go in Times of Crisis During the Great Depression, the United States softened the blow by focusing on building infrastructure, primarily roads. Caught in a financial crisis, Russia decided to take the...

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8. The dark side of ‘green’ diesel

Fuel companies are adding significant amounts of biofuels to bulk out diesel and increase their profits, which is having a detrimental effect on the planet. Freelance writer Gabrielle Pickard reports for RT on the down side of green energy ...

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9. The 300 British dead in Afghanistan and Iraq

The grim milestone of 300 British dead on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan was reached yesterday when two Royal Marines were killed in an explosion 300 dead, Afghanistan and Iraq, Royal Marines, Helmand, bomb, Jackal After seven years of...

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10. The first casualty of the crisis: Iceland

Iceland’s banking system is ruined. GDP is down 65% in euro terms. Many companies face bankruptcy; others think of moving abroad. A third of the population is considering emigration. The British and Dutch governments demand compensation,...

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11. Taliban hijack NATO convoy in Pakistan

A convoy carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan was hijacked by the Taliban in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt. Thirteen containers of NATO supplies and at least one US Army Humvee were taken by the Taliban as the convoy traveled through...

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12. The great bond market crash of 2009

Investors have spent the last few weeks bemoaning the devastation to their portfolios caused by the stock market downturn, which if it does not produce recovery by year-end will have made 2008 the worst stock market year since 1937. Their misery...

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13. The China Bailout plan – Dumping the Dollar before it becomes worthless

A four hours rally kicked in yesterday and caught some short sellers uncovered. The short squeeze following this “bailout or stimulus announcement” was shorter than ever China's announcement of a large stimulus package targeting the...

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14. The Chosen: Jewish members in the 111th U.S. Congress

NEW YORK (JTA) — The following is a list of the 45 Jewish members —13 senators and 32 representatives — who will serve in the 111th U.S. Congress that convenes in January: U.S. SENATE Barbara Boxer...

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15. Translation of Ahmadinejad's Letter

Lettera di ahmadinejad al nuovo presidente USA Here is a Washington Post translation of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to Barack Obama: In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Mr. Barack Obama ...

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16. Time to pay closer attention to the credit markets

The apparent fizzling out of the late-October surge in world equities carries two lessons. First, history does not repeat itself. Investors have had it drummed into them that the biggest one-day percentage rises in the history of the Dow were...

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17. Thousands demand Saakashvili resignation

Several thousand protesters have turned out in Georgia's capital Tbilisi to voice their discontent with the current leadership and to demand early presidential and parliamentary elections. They picketed the national parliament and the presidential...

09/11/2008 | 232 visite | Leggi tutto ...

18. Two More U.S. Military Units Assigned For Homeland Security

Northcom has announced that two more U.S. military units will be assigned for domestic homeland security missions, bringing the total number of combat ready service members operating inside the U.S. to around 4,700, as fears grow about the...

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19. The Economy Collapses: Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation Obfuscates Seriousness of Cris

Today heralded the long awaited release of figures compiled by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation. The latter is controlled by Banks amongst which are JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs. From their Article.. "Reported estimates...

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20. The truth about South Ossetian war should be revealed - Berlusconi

The West should know the truth about the war in South Ossetia, said the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow. Solutions to tackling the global financial crisis were another important...

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21. The GM genocide: Thousands of Indian farmers are committing suicide

Il bello degli OGM When Prince Charles claimed thousands of Indian farmers were killing themselves after using GM crops, he was branded a scaremonger. In fact, as this chilling dispatch reveals, it's even WORSE than he feared. The...

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22. The Electronic Voting Machine Glitches Begin

Voters in West Virginia, which is conducting early voting, are complaining that ES & S voting machines recorded votes for Democratic candidates as votes for Republicans. Calvin Thomas of Ripley, a retired factory worker, said that when he...

28/10/2008 | 283 visite | Leggi tutto ...

23. The reliable rouble

As the world continues to experience the financial meltdown, Russians have every reason to worry about the value of their currency - the rouble. Will there be a devaluation? At the moment the answer is absolutely no. However, there are circumstances...

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24. The Influence of Israel in Westminster

We British are not like Americans – we would not tolerate having Israeli lobbyists standing over our politicians like happens in Washington and thus gathering power. Why – they might bias our decisions over our foreign policy! The...

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25. Testimoni: Haider Non Aveva Bevuto Alcool

E' pensabile che un “Ministerpräsident”, nel caso austriaco un “Landeshauptmann”, giri in pubblico completamente ubriaco? Secondo le autorità austriache sì – esse ritengono che durante la notte tra il...

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26. The Death of a statesman. How a Target Killing is Spun as "accident"

Dr.Joerg Haider would have become the new chancellor of Austria. As our agents have elaborated in a few threads already this "accident" smells a lot. Let's repeat a few facts: On Friday, 10th Dr.Haider was appearing about 10:00...

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27. The U.S. satisfied after finding two American Journalists safe in Syria

Damascus - The Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned the Charge d'Affairs of the US. Embassy in Damascus and told him that the Syrian security authorities had detained two American nationals, Holy Robin Shmella , and Taylor Langley Luke for entering...

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28. Trieste quiere dedicar una calle a un locutor fascista cuya nieta, 'carabiniere', triunfa en TV

Trieste es la ciudad más centroeuropea de Italia, en la que no sucede casi nunca nada. Pero estos días anda revuelta, a causa del nombre que debe darse a una calle y de una campeona olímpica de esgrima. Margherita Granbassi, una...

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29. The Goldman’s Reich is started

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30. The End of American Capitalism? 5 Short Takes on Where the Financial Crisis Might Be Headed

Five prominent economists share their thoughts on what's happening and how bad the situation really is The past week has seen the US economy rocked by some of the worst global financial turmoil in decades, with venerable firms collapsing,...

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31. The Great Crash of China

China is widely believed to be immune from the economic shock waves making their way around the world from the U.S. to Europe and Japan. Although it is relatively unaffected by subprime mortgages and the credit crunch, China’s economy is...

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32. This has only one name: Depression

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33. The Iranian President Makes More Sense Than Bush, McCain or Obama

Why America Should Listen to Ahmadinejad The full text of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech to the UN General Assembly last week was printed in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz (9-25-08). Although our Founding Fathers...

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34. The Blood of Dresden

The author Kurt Vonnegut was a prisoner of war in Dresden during the allied bombing raids and was later forced to dig out bodies from the ruined city. In papers discovered by his son after his death last year, he provides a searing eyewitness...

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35. Tactical nuclear weapons can be allocated in Georgia and Ukraine

In case Ukraine and Georgia join NATO, tactical nuclear weapons can be allocated in those countries, declared Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia's Security Council. He stressed in an interview to Izvestia newspaper that Georgia and,...

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36. The pre-planned Financial Economic 911 of 2008

WHAT: A pre-planned collapse of the US (and global) financial and economic systems.   WHO: The same characters who perpetrated the original 911.   WHERE: New York City & DC, of course. Plus a sideshow in Washington state....

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37. The $700 Billion Bailout: One More Weapon of Mass Deception

The American economy needs help, but there are other, far more equitable ways to accomplish it Not since the Bush administration's lies about Iraq's "weapons of mass destruction" have the American people been so despicably misled. ...

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38. Tax the Speculators: A Fair Plan for Economic Recovery

Government action should protect ordinary people, not reward the super-rich and the speculative sectors of the economy With the specter of financial Armageddon raised in headlines everywhere, two questions keep occurring to me. Where will the...

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39. The secret life of Tzipi Livni

How the woman set to be Israel’s new leader earned her spurs as an agent working for a covert cell in an elite spy unit It is an eye-catching episode on the CV of any would-be prime minister: a dangerous, youthful stint as a spy in one of...

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40. Tinker, Tailor, sailor, Beggars LIE

22/09/2008 | 303 visite

41. Toll in Pakistan hotel blast reaches 52

One American among at least 13 foreigners slain in explosion at Marriott ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Searchers combing through the burnt shell of the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital found more bodies the morning after a suicide bomb attack,...

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42. Ten Russian warships have docked at Syrian port

Israeli military and naval commanders were taken by surprise by Rear Adm. Andrei Baranov's disclosure that 10 Russian warships are already anchored at the Syrian port of Tartus, DEBKAfile’s military sources report. Moscow and Damascus...

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43. TOTAL KHEOPS (1) Wallstreet, Alitalia...

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44. The Mayfair mafia who helped to bring down a banking giant

Hedge funds based in the heart of London have been blamed for HBOS's demise. But who are they? Nick Clark explains HBOS has suffered staggering losses in its share price this year, as fearful investors reacted to the market turmoil by selling...

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45. Top IDF officer: Israel not prepared for next war

Major General (res.) Moshe Ivri-Sukenik, who resigned as commander of the Israel Defense Forces' Northern Corps earlier this year, has sharply criticized the way the army is training. In his first public comments on the matter, Sukenik says the...

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46. The Medvedev Doctrine and American Strategy

The United States has been fighting a war in the Islamic world since 2001. Its main theaters of operation are in Afghanistan and Iraq, but its politico-military focus spreads throughout the Islamic world, from Mindanao to Morocco. The situation on...

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47. The puppet masters behind Georgia President Saakashvili

The controversy over the Georgian surprise military attacks on South Ossetia and Abkhazia on 8.8.08 makes a closer look at the controversial Georgian President and his puppet masters important. An examination shows 41-year-old Mikheil Saakashvili to...

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48. The New Big Caucasus

Modest Kolerov: The New Big Caucasus. Mutual containment without aliens. What exists no more and what can happen The USA advised quite roughly to Syria not even to speak about the war in South Ossetia and responsibility of Georgia for its...

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49. Trappola Taleban, Uccisi Dieci Francesi

(ANSA) - KABUL, 19 AGO - In un'azione senza precedenti, quasi alle porte della capitale afghana, dieci soldati francesi delle Forze di Assistenza alla Sicurezza in Afghanistan (Isaf) a guida Nato, sono stati uccisi ed altri 21 feriti in un'imboscata...

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50. The Advantage of the First Move

Russian troops have established control over South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two separatist regions of Georgia The Russian military, having now secured complete control over the autonomous territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, appears...

19/08/2008 | 464 visite | Leggi tutto ...

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