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The G8 has been accused of failing to honour aid commitments made five years ago at its summit in Scotland. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, donor countries have only reached around 60 percent of their targets. Professor Michel Chossudovsky from the University of Ottawa says even this money fails to help [...]

By Michael Webster: Syndicated Investigative reporter June 14, 2010 at 5:00 PM PDT
Thousands of acres of the Sonoran Desert closed to Americans
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has closed large portion of Southern Arizona in and around the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge and all along the southern side of I-8 between Casa Grande and [...]

A detailed computer modeling study released today indicates that oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico might soon extend along thousands of miles of the Atlantic coast and open ocean as early as this summer (see http://www2.ucar.edu/news/ocean-curre… ). The modeling results are captured in a series of dramatic animations produced by the [...]

Congressman, Bob Etheridge, D-NC, assaults a college student for asking him if he supports the Obama administration’s agenda.
Let’s recap what we saw on this video. A sitting Congressman–a presumed living extension of James Madison and other founding fathers–was asked on a public street whether he supported the President’s agenda. His response was to hit [...]

The United States Its a country known throughout the globe, in one sense, for its championing of family-values and conservative sensibilities. But the irony with the United States is its a country that may lead the world in what many consider a taboo industry: adult entertainment.
The epicenter of Americas taboo industry is a place [...]

Steve Wynn Hotel owner, explains how the economy is on the brink of collapse, equal to Greece because of overspending and the unpredictable decisions that Washington makes daily.
He discusses health care and the supply and demand of that system is unsustainable contrary to what so called liberals who think money grows from trees [...]

This past week several emerging and ongoing crises took attention away from the ongoing sovereign debt problems in Greece. The bailouts are merely kicking the can down the road and making things worse for taxpaying citizens here and abroad. Greece is unfortunately not unique in its irresponsible spending habits. Greek-style debt explosions are quickly spreading [...]

Marc Faber says 3-5% of his typical audience owns physical gold. And most of them not a meaningful position. Some quotes:
“Zero interest rates create new bubbles”
“Central banks can’t control where the money will drop into when they give it out via low interest rates”
“Low interest rates caused speculation in commodities, like oil”
“Greenspan could see [...]

Michael Pento, chief economist at Delta Global Advisors, talks with Bloomberg’s Margaret Brennan about the outlook for the U.S. economy and investment strategy. Pento says the Federal Reserve is keeping interest rates artificially low and that he sees a “double-dip recession.”

One of Gordon Brown’s security guards gives the infamous illuminati signs in the background. Prime Minister Gordon Brown makes his acceptance speech after retaining his parliamentry seat on May 7, 2010 in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. After 5 weeks of campaigning, including the first ever live televised Leader’s Debates, opinion polls suggest that the UK is facing [...]

The solution to the Greek crisis, and the global debt crisis, is simple according to investigative reporter Greg Palast. In his 2001 article called “The Globalizer Who Came In From the Cold,” Palast suggests that we should “remove the bloodsuckers,” who are the global financial wizards that [...]

Professor Roubini, the New York-based academic who was one of the few to anticipate the scale of the financial crisis, told a panel in California that the buildup of debt is likely to lead to countries defaulting or resorting to inflation to ease the burden on their populations.
“While today markets are worried about Greece, Greece [...]

James Galbraith, a professor at the University of Texas, talks with Bloomberg’s Francine Lacqua about his “biggest fear” for the European economy. Galbraith, speaking in Cambridge, England, also discusses U.S. household debt and the outlook for an economic recovery.

Peter Schiff on Student Loan Bill included in Barack Obama’s Health Care Bill. Taken From Wall Street Unspun on 3/31/2010

A collapsing Canadian real estate market with Garth Turner and Rob Carrick. The question is not if but when will the Canadian Real Estate Market Bubble burst. Canadian House prices have greatly exceeded the Inflation Rate over the past decade. The ineviatable rise in mortgage interest rate will almost certainly bring about a mortgage [...]

Rep. Dingell states that Obamacare is “to control the people” in a radio interview. Scary to think that full blown eugenics is making a comeback.

Kit Juckes, chief economist at ECU Group Plc, talks with Bloomberg’s Linzie Janis about the outlook for Ireland’s banks after the government set out plans to revive the country’s financial system.

Shot on location at a “stimulus” spending project site in New Lisbon, Dave gives the rundown on a project that temporarily employed a couple of employees for a few months on an unnecessary job. A couple of million taxpayer dollars later, those two temporary workers are looking for a job again.
Is this how you would [...]

Peter Schiff April 2nd 2010 Markets, Emigration, Student Loans, Capital Controls.


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