Tag: Economy
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geopolitiks: iceland, iraq, iran & ops
iceland’s government collapsesfrom cnn: Iceland’s ruling coalition resigned Monday, three months after the collapse of the country’s currency, stock market and several major banks, and following months of public protests, Kristjan Kristjansson, a spokesman for the prime minister said. The government also fell after the resignation of the government’s commerce minister in response to the…
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2009 heralds ‘a new age of rebellion’
from paul joseph watson: 2009 heralds the start of a “new age of rebellion” according to an editorial in the highly influential London Times newspaper, and the year in which masses of people will take to the streets to riot in response to drastically falling standards of living. Riot police were again deployed to combat…
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obama’s 1st day, 2nd oath & 3rd world war
obama’s day 1: recession, war, ethics & morefrom ap: In a first-day whirlwind, President Barack Obama showcased efforts to revive the economy on Wednesday, summoned top military officials to the White House to chart a new course in Iraq and eased into the daunting thicket of Middle East diplomacy. “What an opportunity we have to…
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obamessiah coronation: yay! we’re out of the frying pan!
new commander-in-chief sworn infrom ap: Stepping into history, Barack Hussein Obama grasped the reins of power as America’s first black president on Tuesday, saying the nation must choose “hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord” to overcome the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. In frigid temperatures, an exuberant crowd of…
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obamessiah: drills, pledges, comics & consequences
red team, blue team? bush/obama officials hold security drillfrom reuters: Officials from the Bush and Obama administrations crossed paths at the White House Tuesday to participate in a homeland security exercise. The scary hypothetical scenario was how the federal government should respond to a terrorist attack using improvised explosive devices on the transportation infrastructure and…
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bush’s final press conference: ‘things didn’t go according to plan’
from raw replay: President Bush answered questions asked by the White House press corps for the final time today. RAW STORY has more details here. This video is from CNN.com, broadcast Jan. 12, 2009. farewell to bush, the president and the manbush’s last press conference: full of disappointment bush: 9/11, 2 wars, katrina: ‘we had…
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econocrash: threats, cheney, seattle, ubs & kucinich
cheney: no one could have predicted the financial crisis,just like no one could have predicted the attacks of 9/11from thinkprogress: Yesterday [jan8] in an interview with the Associated Press’s Deb Reichmann, Vice President Cheney repeatedly insisted that no one anticipated the looming U.S. financial crisis. “I don’t think anybody saw it coming,” he said. He…
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econocrash: execs, tycoons, darker markets & the porn bailout
manufacturing falls to 28yr lowfrom washington post: U.S. manufacturing activity decreased in December at its fastest pace in nearly 30 years, as businesses cut production and slashed product orders in response to the global recession, according to a closely watched survey. The Institute for Supply Management’s index of industrial production slipped from 36.2 percent in…
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ron paul: US spends $1 trillion to maintain empire
from raw replay: CNN’s John Roberts talked to Rep. Ron Paul about the possibilities of trillion dollars deficits in the coming years. Paul believes that the current economic crisis will worsen. “The financial system broke down because they lost confidence in it because it was built on an illusion, but soon they’re going to lose…
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ron paul: we’re in for big trouble, big trouble, big trouble
from campaign for liberty: Dr. Paul discusses the invasion of Gazaon January 3, 2009 and its implications for America.
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outside the box #183
here is the latest episode of “outside the box,” hosted by alex ansary.it was originally broadcast by portland community media on december 23, 2008. from alex ansary: Alex was snowed in. See how he entertained himself. In Part 2, Alex Jones interviews Gerald Celente about the upcoming crash, civil war, and revolution in the United…
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new year’s clearinghouse
end of the year or end of the world (as we know it)?from global research: [A]n end-of-year essay of sorts is in order, especially so given the bumpy ride capitalism has bestowed on us this past twelve months. And the portents for 2009 look to be even worse as capitalism, desperate to shed over-valued assets,…
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econocrash: recession, depression, elites & aggression
video: the elite are turning a recession into a depressionfrom paul joseph watson: Veteran investor Jim Rogers warns that the policies of central banks and politicians are turning what would have been a recession into a new great depression, and that Barack Obama’s taxation agenda will only make the problem much worse. Speaking to Bloomberg…
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econocrash: panic, ponzi, predictions, scenarios & nightmares
8 really, really scary predictionsfrom fortune: Dow 4,000. Food shortages. A bubble in Treasury notes. Fortune spoke to eight of the market’s sharpest thinkers and what they had to say about the future is frightening… Nouriel Roubini: “We are in the middle of a very severe recession that’s going to continue through all of 2009…
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‘civil unrest’ in greece continues
video reports cover greek civil unrestfrom infowars: “It is only a small minority of people that resort to such measures like breaking and looting.” (5 more videos here) greek protesters unleash the lasersfrom danger room: Police around the world use everything from sonic blasters to pepper spray to skunk bombs to plain-ol’ dung to control…