As of
Tuesday November 29, 2011
Bailout earnings revealed in newly released documents: secret Federal Reserve
loans at below-market rates gave banks $13 billion from August 2007 through
April 2010
Australian gold output declines with lower-grade ore processing
Demand for gold bars and coins in United Arab Emirates rises 12 percent
year-over-year in third quarter 2011
Federal Aviation Administration says drones could patrol domestic skies; agency
looks into easing restrictions for police use
Senator Rand Paul counters grotesque McCain proposal for defense authorization
bill sidestepping due process
Super flu: Dutch researcher creates highly contagious, airborne strain of lethal
avian influenza
Cabinet resigns after demands for Kuwaiti prime minister to step down over
allegations of corruption
ISAF spokesman says NATO strike on Pakistanis an act of self-defense
U.S. airstrike ravages ties after 24 Pakistani soldiers killed at military
outpost
New
study incorporating ancient data reduces uncertainty in climate projections
Central Texas town just weeks away from running out of water
Sale of Italian debt heightens eurozone stress
Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation sees British economy
slipping back into recession in 2012
British embassies told to draw up contingency plans for riots in event of euro
collapse
Sarkozy and Merkel lament Italian collapse under debt load would be "end of the
euro"
Iranian Revolutionary Guards General promises comprehensive regional retaliatory
response to any Israeli or U.S. attack
Syria reportedly received Russian S-300 air defense missile system
Six children among Afghans killed in NATO airstrike
Triple bombing in Iraq kills 19, wounds 64
Iranian authorities arrests 12 CIA agents for targeting nuclear program
Occupy activists
plan to "occupy" retailers on Black Friday
Mainstream "Tea
Party" groups unite to promote consumerism on Black Friday; slam "irresponsible"
Occupy Wall Street movement
Ron Paul steadily moving toward position of strength in Iowa
Mexican authorities find 26 bodies inside abandoned vehicles in Guadalajara
Indictment shows agent killed by Mexicans stalking U.S. Border Patrol with
ATF-provided rifles
Russian missiles will target proposed U.S. missile defense sites in Europe
No excuses: Chinese official says economic crisis should not preclude response
to climate crisis
Tampa police bring out armored personnel carrier in response to Occupy
protestors
Faculty demanding University of California at Davis chancellor step down after
campus police pepper spray student Occupy demonstrators
Britain's Financial Services Authority fines JPMorgan 33.32 million pounds for
mixing client funds with own futures and options business
Jim Rogers: 100 % chance of another 2008-style global financial crash
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi captured in near Ubari in southern Libyan desert
Super Committee deadlocked on deficit reduction; Democrats want more tax revenue
as part of so-called shared sacrifice
Ron Paul "gaining traction" in Iowa
Britain in talks with Syrian rebels
LEAP foresees $30 trillion in dollar-based assets disappearing by early 2013;
crisis entering phase of widespread discounting of public debt and fragmentation
of global financial markets; European debt will detonate U.S. bomb
Spanish banks holding about 30 billion euros ($41 billion) of "unsellable" real
estate according to risk adviser to Banco Santander SA (SAN) and five other
lenders
Egyptians
back in Cairo's Tahrir Square for anti-military protests, 10 months after
Mubarak’s ouster
Infamous
Stuxnet worm may be behind missile explosion at Iranian base; order for missile
to explode came from computer
Pentagon
announces target hit at Kwajalein Atoll by new, long range, hypersonic, glide
bomb under test
Army general says U.S. troops in Uganda to remain until Lord's Resistance Army
leader killed or captured
Russia warships to enter Syrian waters in move assumed to deter foreign
intervention
"Outside forces should not, under any pretext, get involved," Chinese premier
says of South China Sea maritime dispute in veiled warning to U.S.
Occupy London takes over abandoned office block belonging to UBS bank
Maine
officials violate local food freedom ordinance by suing man for selling raw milk
from farm
Genetic privacy: Minnesota Supreme Court ruling to limit use of blood samples
collected from newborns by government
Antibiotic-resistant infections spread through Europe
Climate scientists issue report warning of unprecedented heat waves, floods,
droughts and storms; some events caused by increase in man-made greenhouse gases
in atmosphere
More than 2,600 barrels of oil may have spilled into Atlantic ocean, leak at
Brazilian offshore drilling site for Chevron
Zionists
pushing for attack on Iran
Land in and around Fukushima now too radioactive to farm
Authoritarian America: Department of Homeland Security police force makes
political arrests in Portland
Israeli apartheid: Palestinian activists board settler buses to challenge
segregation; 8 arrested and questioned by internal intelligence agency
Paul Brodsky: gold trading at what appears to be an 80 % discount to its
intrinsic value
Pento Portfolio Strategies' Michael Pento foresees European recession in 2012
due to full-blown bond market crisis; governments choosing default by inflation
in monetizing debt, advises gold holdings to protect from crumbling currencies
Anthony Harrington: bankers' coup as technocrats seek to form workable,
un-elected governments in Italy and Greece
Ann Barnhardt
ceasing capital management operation; cites futures and options markets that are
no longer viable; recommends everyone withdraw from markets as soon as possible;
markets no longer functioning with integrity, suicidal risk, rule of law
non-existent, criminal political cronyism rules
Fitch Ratings says American banks face "serious risk" of deterioration from
deepening and spreading European crisis
More taxes: Republican plan out of Super Committee goes after itemized
deductions to squeeze $290 billion out of middle class over 10 years
Man accused of firing two shots at White House charged with attempted
assassination
Free Syrian Army attacks air force intelligence base in suburbs of Damascus
Russian Foreign Minister says situation in Syria starting to resemble civil war
Chief of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces warns Russia may be drawn
into nuclear war
Rasmussen telephone survey sees Ron Paul at 10 % in Iowa
Occupy protestors block downtown Los Angeles traffic; 23 arrested
Police fire tear gas at protesters in Athens as 50,000 Greeks call for "EU, IMF
out!"
Occupy London protesters remain encamped outside St Paul's Cathedral despite
legal deadline to leave
Latest IUCN red list assessment finds 25 % of mammals at risk of extinction
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation: new book reveals cruelty and horrors of
mega farm industry
Taxpayer dollars to industrial-farm pockets: closed-door farm bill primed for
passage via Super Committee
Violence inevitable as peaceful protest made impossible: Occupy protesters
calling for day of action following loss of Zuccotti Park camp
Polling puts Ron Paul in second in New Hampshire
Privately run community awareness program playing up hysteria of terrorism in
Colorado; teach terrorist is "your best neighbor, your best pal"
U.S. military says newly unveiled 30,000-lb bunker-busting bomb not for Iran in
particular, only to "develop a capability we believe we need"
German majority enthusiastically grappling with startup costs and transition to
renewable energy after commitment to nuclear power phase out
Analysis
Group reports $1.6 billion economic value added from Regional Greenhouse Gas
Initiative in ten northeastern states
Oil closes back
over $100
U.S. may soon announce plans for large sale of precision-guided bombs to United
Arab Emirates
Imperium in the Outback: Australia to host U.S. Marine task force
Transportation Security Administration breaks promise to conduct new independent
study of X-ray body scanners
Treasury Department raises estimate of losses from auto industry bailout in face
of General Motors' stock decline; expect to lose $23.6 billion rather than
$14.33 billion
Fealty to Obama rewarded: Robert Kennedy Jr. gets $1.4 billion bailout for
BrightSource
Political theatre: House Speaker Boehner meets Senate Majority Leader Reid as
committee looks toward November 23 deadline for trivial $1.2 trillion deficit
reduction over 10 years
Total U.S. debt now $15.033 trillion; ever closer to statutory limit of $15.194
trillion set in August
E-mails show Obama administration asked for delay in Solyndra layoff
announcement until after November 2010 midterm elections
Former head of Saudi Arabia intelligence services calls talk of attack on Iran
"foolish"
Judge backs violent clearing of Occupy protestors from New York's Zuccotti Park
Iowa poll shows Ron Paul in second place with 19 %
RDN Associates'
Roger Nightingale: European recession a foregone conclusion, politicians and
bankers tasked with delivering solutions caused all the problems
Supreme Court will hear arguments over Obama health care overhaul
Chinese press tells U.S. to put its own house in order in response to Obama
claims at APEC
Max Keiser:
"zombie bankers" dragging Europe into "hell"; level of larceny and theft not
seen since 1930s' Germany
Police "snatch squads" caught on camera at London student rally
Chinese economists say China on brink of economic collapse, financial crisis
imminent; false prosperity coming at expense of environment, predicated on
external resources; akin to out-of-control train ready to derail
Fleecing of Canada: number of federal public servants earning more than $100,000
a year nearly doubles
Stephen Leeb: $5,000 gold more likely now than $1,400 as Federal Reserve will
almost certainly ease again
Profit via paranoia: surface-to-air missiles being discussed as protective
measure for London Olympics
Members of Congress trading stocks on inside information
Riot police clear Occupy Oakland encampment
Israeli hand suspected in huge blast at Iranian military base
"I'm
watching a bank run... the whole Keynesian model... has been an utter failure,"
says Irish financial expert Eddie Hobbs in blunt assessment of eurozone crisis;
investors not putting their money in Italian bonds
Thousands gather in Fukuoka to call for dismantling of all nuclear power plants
in Japan
Fukushima general manager claims nuclear plant is stabilized; reporters given
access
Chief of
Staff of Iraqi Joint Forces General Babaker Zebari calling for expansion of
military cooperation with Iran
Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says global hegemons dividing and conquering
Middle East
Chinese Commerce
Minister Chen Deming says renminbi exchange rate at reasonable level, adjustment
can't fix U.S. trade deficit
Journalist Glenn Greenwald says Occupy movement coverage biased as mainstream
media now embedded with elite class that movement is protesting
Stalled Spanish economy heads back toward recession
German coal mines set to lose subsidies; mining company Ruhrkohle AG
contemplating ambitious "green" energy replacements using existing mine shafts
Majority of 583 scientists involved in wildlife protection surveyed agree on
triage system for endangered species in face of daunting scale of human-driven
extinction
Leading polar scientist warns “cryosphere” of Earth showing unequivocal signs of
climate change as global warming accelerates melting
Globalism: western pharmaceutical companies using India as drug testing-ground
Former
Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura says his case shows "the Bills of Rights
doesn't exist anymore"
Zionist occupied government: Israeli advocate Dennis Ross leaving White House
for pro-Israel think tank
Taliban claims to have government's security plans for upcoming Loya Jirga
Egyptian
political groups give ruling generals deadline on withdrawal of constitutional
proposal shielding army from parliamentary oversight
Sudanese rebels form alliance to oust ruling government
Syrian
media renames Arab League the "American League" for alleged adherence to U.S.
agenda
Local
Coordination Committees reports 26 dead in Syrian clashes
Free Syrian Army group using rocket propelled grenades and machine guns against
government; call for no-fly zone and foreign armaments
China's biggest ratings agency, Dagong Global Credit Rating, warns it may
downgrade the U.S. sovereign debt rating again
German government simulating range of scenarios to prepare for a possible exit
of Greece from the euro zone
European Financial Stability Facility resorts to buying its own bonds to meet
support targets
Globalist banker Lucas Papdemos appointed interim prime minister of Greece
Third quarter
negative equity rises to 28.6 % of single-family homes with mortgages from 26.8
% in second quarter; 14.6 million borrowers in danger of default or already in
foreclosure process; over 50 % of all mortgaged households in U.S. "effectively
underwater"
PIMCO's Mohamed
El-Erian says U.S. policy of shuffling debt a mistake, economy stalling
Libya after Gaddafi: fighting between rival militias leaves at least 4 dead
Russian Prime Minster Putin calls NATO action in Libya "complete scandal"
Libyan
mercenaries, rockets reportedly arrive in Palestinian territory
Investor confidence in eurozone collapsing, yields on Italian bonds soaring
James Turk on crisis of socialism: euro drop, Dexia and MF Global collapses show
next crisis is brewing and financial structure will be brought to its knees
Tangent Capital Markets' Jim Rickards says precious metals price manipulation
will eventually succumb to real markets
Ron
Paul: nothing good will come out of the Super Committee, politicians "doing
something" is part of the problem, spending cuts are illusory
Federal Reserve sells $24 billion in holdings, borrows $43 billion from foreign
central banks and issues $7 billion in new currency in moves to cover nearly $84
billion in withdrawals; holdings sale contradicts stated policy of $2.654
trillion in System Open Market Account
Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi admits mistakes after humiliation in
Parliament
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer tells Government lawyer that outcome of GPS
tracking case could "suddenly produce what sounds like 1984"
California man comes forward to reveal finding two GPS trackers placed on his
vehicle without warrant
Fresno Country Sheriffs tell citizens local penal code trumps First Amendment
rights while making arrests at peaceful assembly
Foreign policy experts from MIT and CATO Institute agree with Ron Paul's
controversial suggestion for global withdrawal
International Atomic Energy Agency report fails to produce smoking gun on
Iranian nuclear ambitions
Iran plans to
sue United States for terrorist threats
French
President Sarkozy calls Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu "a liar," Obama laments
daily dealings with Netanyahu
Obama
administration forced by reality to back off of Iran sanctions
Ron Paul: modern presidency dangerously close to an elective dictatorship
Nouriel Roubini says Goldman Sachs and other major financial players could fold
Violence inevitable as peaceful protest made impossible: District of Columbia
police chief vows to get tough on Occupy movement
New York Police using towers to watch Occupy protestors
London police prepare for demonstrations; given okay to use baton rounds for
first time outside Northern Ireland
Totalitarian democracy; Deputy Homeland Security Director says “you would never
know” if you're being watched by new spying street lights
Tennessee welcomes Transportation Security Administration highway random
searches
Oakland police attacking peaceful protestors
Former Navy SEAL rejects most of official account of final mission against Osama
bin Laden
Population bomb: record Chinese corn crop still unable to satisfy demand
Over 1,500
Afghan civilians killed by U.S. special operations forces in 10-month span of
night raids
Killings of U.S. citizens in Mexico hits eight-year high
Utah man poses as illegal immigrant to avoid drug possession charges
House Majority
Leader Cantor financed by who's who of American plutocrats
Los Angeles
schoolteacher fired for privately expressing during non-work time opinion on
Zionist Jews
U.S. drone
strike kills at least 29 civilians near Somali town of Hoosingow
Syrian
ambassador says U.S. inciting unrest
Bahraini police use teargas, rubber bullets and vehicles to break up funeral
procession for man beaten by to death by riot police
At least 10 killed by three bomb blasts in busy Baghdad market
Israeli
president Shimon Peres says an attack on Iran increasingly likely
Ron Paul wins Illinois straw poll
Second Iraq war veteran hospitalized by Oakland police; victim gets lacerated
spleen and booked with resisting arrest for trying to reach home
DV Advisors'
Patrick Young says political disaster could lead to end of euro within the month
CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton drops bombshell: silver market experiencing
manipulation
Government-owned
mortgage finance company Freddie Mac seeking additional $6 billion from
taxpayers after reporting $4.4 billion loss for third quarter of 2011
Niall Ferguson: U.S. making dangerous gamble with unchecked spending
Nouriel
Roubini rumored to tell private audience that eurozone is crumbling
Adrian Salbuchi: attack on Iran by elite bent on world government can result in
World War III
Police state: Pima County SWAT team kills 26-year-old former Marine in botched
raid
DebkaFile reports Obama willing to attack Iran before fall 2012
Citizen, former
Governor and Vietnam veteran Jesse Ventura denied jury trial in suit against
Transportation Security Administration; calls judiciary "bunch of cowards" and
vows "I will never stand for a National Anthem again" and "will be applying for
Mexican citizenship"
Interior Department to issue proposal forcing revelation of chemicals used in
hydraulic fracturing on Federal lands
300-square-mile portion of Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier expected to break
off in next few months
CIA broadly monitoring Twitter, Facebook, and other media outlets
Total U.S. debt now $14.973 trillion; fast approaching statutory limit of
$15.194 trillion set in August
Ruling party urges Greek Prime Minister Papandreou to step aside
Global
output of greenhouse gases jump for 2010
Treasury Department reports 2.3 million illegal immigrants paying no income tax
in 2010 received $4.2 billion in tax refunds
Cuba announces new property law allowing buying and selling of real estate
U.S.
drones over Pakistan and Somalia kill 127 people in two days
Paul Craig Roberts calls western democracy a farce and a sham
Seismic study finds high probability that hydraulic fracturing to extract shale
gas triggered two northwest England earthquakes
Victory
for fisheries and health: Federal judge upholds measures required to protect
endangered salmon and steelhead from three toxic pesticides
Vegetation removal may have contributed to Oak Creek coal ash containment
failure
Mercury and lead could enter drinking water supply in wake of Wisconsin coal ash
spill into Lake Michigan
Earth Policy
Institute reports U.S. carbon emissions down 7 % in 4 years; fall in coal and
oil triggered by economic downturn
South
Africa pursues poachers as rhinoceros killings accelerate
UNESCO releases blueprint for ocean sustainability; propose economic gain
through habitat protection
France's Sarkozy tells Greece stick to "the rules" or leave eurozone
MF Global Holdings may have transferred customer funds to avoid detection by
authorities prior to brokerage firm's collapse
Hugo Salinas Price recommends breaking "evil spell of paper" with clever silver
monetization; Utah would be within Constitutional rights accepting silver
currency
Imperial elite: collective net worth of Congressional members up 25 % in 2 years
to over $2 billion; median worth of over $500,000
Detroit Mayor David Bing says city is in "extremely serious financial
condition"; facing $150 million cash shortage
Concerned members of Mossad and Shin Bet may have leaked Israeli plans to attack
Police state: Florida man arrested, charged with communications interception for
recording traffic-stop encounter with Pompano Beach deputies
Police state: college student arrested, spends 36 hours in police custody for
lack of immediate identification
Israel's
Netanyahu reportedly trying to convince cabinet of conducting pre-emptive
military strike on Iran
Western officials predict International Atomic Energy Agency quarterly bulletin
will provide fresh evidence next week of Iranian nuclear weapons program
Ignorant lunatic Herman Cain tells Fox News' Bill O'Reilly of intent to provoke
Iran into war
Jim
Sinclair: European mess can only be "damage controlled" by quantitative easing;
gold desirable
Spooked: Germany and France demand quick Greek decision to stick with euro
Greek cabinet backs Prime Minister Papandreou's planned referendum on debt
rescue package
Federal agents raid homes of four senior citizens in Georgia accused of plotting
terrorist attacks
Investing guru Jim Rogers says "we still have serious problems... next time we
have an economic slowdown it's going to be terrible... worse than 2008"
Federal Reserve's Bernanke says possibility of more stimulus "on the table"
U.S.
Department of Agriculture reports preliminary August food stamp use rise of 8.1
% year-over-year
Institute
for Supply Management manufacturing index dropped to 50.8 in October from 51.6
in September
Commodities trader Dan Norcini says inflation obvious in look at rising meat
prices; Fed policy major contributing factor
Federal Reserve revises 2011 U.S. economic growth down by over 1 %; lowers
outlook for 2012; raises inflation expectations
Occupy
protestors move on Oakland port, Seattle banks
Veterans motivated by skull-fractured Marine rally to join ranks of Occupy
protestors