Michael Hudson: The Greek Experiment

The Road To Tehran Goes Through Damascus

From Nile Bowie’s blog .


by Nile Bowie

Between the chaos and artillery fire unfolding in Homs and Damascus, the current siege against the Ba’athist State of Bashar al-Assad parallels events of nearly a century ago. In efforts to maintain its protectorate, the French government employed the use of foreign soldiers to smother those seeking to abolish the French mandated, Fédération Syrienne. 

US-Military Logic behind Syrian Insurgency. The “Special Forces Unconventional Warfare” manual TC 18 01

From nsnbc:








In several articles nsnbc has referred to, and published extracts of a US Special forces Training Manual.
Attention was directed to the fact that it would be possible to predict the systematic, step by step development of the insurgency and attempted subversion of the Syrian Government. So far, the “predictions” based on the manual have been stunningly accurate.
The manual is

Cost of Iraq & Afghanistan Wars: The Infographic

Demon*Ocracy.info has developed a New Perspective on the Cost of War: the Infographic on the cost of the Iraq & Afghanistan wars to NATO, the US, and the UK. (not including funds made through preservation of the petro-dollar)




Click here for full page view

Doug Casey debates on anarchy on Kerry Lutz

From kerrylutz.com - FEBRUARY 14, 2012:

Dr. Yaron Brook of the Ayn Rand Institue and Doug Casey of Casey Research joined me today for a lively discussion about the need for government and why it always turns out wrong. Amazingly, these two prominent advocates of personal freedom have never met before. They vehemently disagreed on the possibiliteis of an anarchical society; Doug believes it’s

John Williams of Shadow Stats "This is end of the world type stuff"

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Richard Russell: The Last Currency Standing Will Be Gold

Bamboozeled- The NDAA Trojan Horse

From VeteransToday, February 9th, 2012
by Gordon Duff



Legislation Written and Passed to be Discredited – but Why?



     … by  Gordon Duff,  Senior Editor                 … editing  Jim W. Dean




Coming to a State Near You ?


The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 has provisions in it so illegal, so unconstitutional that any moron could see it. 

Now we hear that state after state

A Must-Read On The Societal Disaster That's Happening In Greece

From The Business Insider :







PSI, bond yields, ECB involvement, IMF-demanded reforms... there's enough jargon and government speak floating around the Greek crisis that it's easy to forget the real, humanitarian cost of an economic collapse.

A new story by Russell Shorto in the NYT Magazine should help bring out the human side of the situation.

This paragraph is a punch in the gut:



By

Fiat Failure!

From Milesfranklin, 13 February 2012

By Andrew Hoffman


Today’s RANT is inspired by an article about the Mongol Empire of the 13th Century, demonstrating how civilians openly revolted against the imposition of an unwanted, unjust fiat currency system, upon penalty of death – and succeeded!  I’m sure this is not the only such instance throughout history, and probably quite common in societies

Stephen J. Lendman: Iran Declares Israel Bombed its Own Embassy

On Monday a bomb was detonated in New Delhi, India killing four people. The bomb was allegedly designed to kill members of the Israeli embassy and the Israeli Prime Minister quickly accused Iran for laying out the attacks. A second bombing attempt was foiled in Georgia and was said to target an Israeli diplomat. Although Israel claims these attacks are in retaliation to the deaths of

GoldSeek Radio Nugget: Dr. Ron Paul

From Goldseek, 13 February 2012 
By: Chris Waltzek, GoldSeek.com Radio








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G. Edward Griffin, "The Federal Reserve Is A Private Banking Cartel"

From CapitalAccount Feb 13, 2012:




You have probably seen the images by now. Athens on fire, the city literally burning as politicians within parliament voted to pass tough austerity measures to meet the demands of the EU and IMF, Greece's international lenders. This story is about more than just austerity and riots - it's wealth-extraction amidst economic collapse at work. The Greek economy

Let's Return to the Gold Standard

From The American Spectator:



By GEORGE MELLOAN from the FEBRUARY 2012 issue


Ron Paul and Lewis Lehrman have been right all along, never more so than in this age of massive debt.



The futile search for El Dorado, the city of gold, is the stuff of legends, among them a sardonic poem by Edgar Allen Poe about a knight who wasted his life in that pursuit. At first glance, the quest for

The Greek De Facto Default

From SeekingAlpha, February 14, 2012 
by Avery Goodman

"The choice is not between sacrifice and no sacrifices at all, but between sacrifices and unimaginably harsher ones," Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos told a divided Parliament, as stormy debate concerning the impending default of the Hellenic Republic continued into the night.

Fear-mongering, of course, has a fine pedigree.

Germany's nasty little game to push the Greeks until they break

From Mail Online - Euroseptic

By Mary Ellen Synon









Here is an edited version of my column in today's Irish Daily Mail --



At this point in the eurozone crisis, the only question to ask is, ‘What are the Germans playing at now?’ The Irish had better figure it out, because after the Germans get finished playing it with desperate, suffering Greece, they are going to be playing it with

Not So Fast Greece … Sunday’s Vote Only Kicks The Can … Again!

From The Fundamental View:








Reaction continues to flow following Sunday’s vote in Greece to pass austerity measures that will surely set the nation back 10 years and markedly decrease the standard of living for most Greeks for years to come.
Remember that the real problem is not with the fact that these austerity measures continue to be imposed on the population of Greece but instead,

Lew Rockwell: Greece just a new place for an old-school Financial Warfare & Occupation?

From CapitalAccount  Feb 10, 2012:



Greek negotiations do not look like business as usual anymore. Greek police unions have called for the arrest of IMF and EU officials. One of the Greek coalition leaders said on television he was given an incomplete translation of the Troika agreement to look over before signing away his country. He has refused to sign onto it. Are we seeing in real time what

List of Actions or Beliefs Which May Get You Labeled a Terrorist Grows Daily

From Washington’s Blog February 12, 2012

Every American could – literally – be labeled a suspected terrorist under current governmental criteria.

Specifically, the following actions may get a U.S. citizen labeled as a suspected terrorist today:

Speaking out against government policies


Protesting anything


Questioning war (even though war reduces our national security; and see this)

US plan-B after UN veto – deploy Al Qaeda “foreign legion.”

by Tony Cartalucci

February 12, 2012 – It is now a matter of established public record that the “Libyan rebels” the US, through the UN and NATO, funded, armed, trained, recognized politically, and even provided special forces and air support for, were in fact led by the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), listed by the US State Department (page 1) as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization.”

Max Keiser interviews Dmitri Orlov

Dmitri Orlov was born in the Soviet Union, immigrated as a young teen to the United States, and then traveled between Russia and his new home, watching and documenting the collapse of the Soviet state.

Orlov then wrote a book and maintains a web-site drawing comparisons between the Soviet collapse and the ongoing collapse of the United States.



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Truth is winning: “The carbon market is dead”

The collapse of the Man-Made Myth continues apace. You may not read headlines as such (at least not in major dailies) but all the signs are there.


Source Barchart. The last year of carbon trading in EUR's continues to fall.(Click to enlarge).

JoNova.comFebruary 11th, 2012


People who we never would have imagined speaking against the Big Scare Campaign are now doing so. Key glaciers are not

Truly Disgusting - the West in Kosovo

From Strategic Culture, 11.02.2012

By Aleksandar Pavic



In the tantrums thrown by the Western powers in the wake of the Russo-Chinese veto of their UN Security Council resolution on Syria, the US’s UN Ambassador, Susan Rice, expressed «disgust» at these two states’ behavior.

In addition to these kinds of «hysterics» – as Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov so aptly described them – being

ROTHSCHILDS WANT IRAN’S BANKS

From American Free Press, FEBRUARY 10, 2012

By Pete Papaherakles

Could gaining control of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CBI) be one of the main reasons that Iran is being targeted by Western and Israeli powers? As tensions are building up for an unthinkable war with Iran, it is worth exploring Iran’s banking system compared to its U.S., British and Israeli counterparts.

Greece – Economy Spirals Down the Drain, Violence Erupts

From Acting Man

By Pater Tenebrarum







Greek Government's Plan Rejected

It has turned out that the latest Greek plans in connection with the second bailout have essentially been rejected by the eurogroup. This hasn't kept the Greek government from claiming the exact opposite:


“Greek political leaders said they had clinched a deal on economic reforms needed to secure a second EU bailout

Leftist Media Resorts To ‘Conspiracy Theories’ To Sell Syria Invasion

Despite Arab League confirming opposition rebels are committing violence, Guardian blames Assad for terror attack

Paul Joseph WatsonInfowars.com - February 10, 2012

Desperate to sell another “humanitarian” invasion, the leftist media in the United Kingdom has resorted to inventing conspiracy theories about events in Syria as part of a campaign to depict President Bashar Assad’s government as

10 Things That Every American Should Know About The Federal Reserve

From Theeconomiccollapseblog:


What would happen if the Federal Reserve was shut down permanently?  That is a question that CNBC asked recently, but unfortunately most Americans don't really think about the Fed much. Most Americans are content with believing that the Federal Reserve is just another stuffy government agency that sets our interest rates and that is watching out for the best

Jim Willie CB: The High Cost of 0% Rate

From GoldSeek.com, 8 February 2012

By: Jim Willie CB, GoldenJackass.Com 

The interminable extension by the US Federal Reserve on the 0% rate into 2014 represents history in the making. It is the adoption of pure heresy in monetary policy, making it mainstream. Worse, it forces foreign central banks to adopt the same destructive policy in the Competing Currency War. Once upon a time, the

This Is How Once-Great Empires End

From BusinessInsider,  Feb. 7, 2012
By Charles Hugh Smith, Of Two Minds




The nation's ills cannot be fixed by thousands of pages of regulation or more policy tweaks. Only a profound cultural transformation can address our problems.


The mainstream view uniting the entire political spectrum is that all our financial problems can be fixed by what amounts to top-down, centralized policy tweaks

Ter·ror·ist (Noun): Anyone Who Disagrees with the Government

From zero hedge, By George Washington:









I noted in 2009:

The Department of Homeland Security and police forces label anyone who they disagree with – or who disagrees with government policies – as “terrorists”.

Don’t believe me?

Well, according to a law school professor, pursuant to the Military Commissions Act, “Anyone who … speaks out against the government’s policies could be

Introducing The Occcu - 99% Unlike Bitcoin

From Bitcoinmoney:




A new complementary currency, the Occcu, falls under the category of a “basic-income currency” which is like a form of social security paid to all individuals.  About the only thing Occcu has in common with Bitcoin is that they both can be traded person-to-person online.

A promotional flyer for the Occcu describes it as “a fair global currency”.  To prevent hoarding the

24 times more nuclear fuel at Fukushima than Chernobyl. And getting hot again.

From Washington's Blog:



Steam Seen Rising from Reactors




Temperatures are soaring within the reactor 2 containment vessel. And see this.
Tepco says that no new nuclear chain reactions are occurring … but admits that the water may no longer be able to cool the reactor. As NHK reports:

Attempts to cool the temperature in the No. 2 reactor of the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

[LOL] Merkel: We Refuse to Accept a Greek Bankruptcy

From Silverdoctors,  February 6, 2012:

 

Merkel can refuse to accept the fact that she's not a supermodel as well. Doesn't affect reality much.Greece's Nth deadline passed again today- surprise, surprise- no deal, talks to resume Tuesday.




Eurozone crisis live: Greece talks grind on as 'deadline' passes - 6 February 2012• Greek government insists talk of a noon deadline was wrongGerman

8.3% Unemployment Lie

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  6 FEBRUARY 2012 




The most recent unemployment number is a total lie, and that lie was repeated all over the mainstream media (MSM).  Two sins were committed here, and I don’t know which one is worse.  The report was a sham, and the MSM reported that information without a single question about its accuracy.  In a story carried across the MSM spectrum, the

The Economics of Incarceration

From BlacklistedNews,  February 6, 2012






By Nile BowieBLN Contributing Writer






James Nachtwey / VII


For anyone paying attention, there is no shortage of issues that fundamentally challenge the underpinning moral infrastructure of American society and the values it claims to uphold. Under the conceptual illusion of liberty, few things are more sobering than the amount of Americans who

Funny Money Of The Day: 'Worshiping Cats' Found In 100 RMB Bills

From Clusterstock: 





The interesting discovery was made by Chinese netizens, who posted on forum recently showing that there are three cats’ images on the 100 RMB bill, right besides the image of Mao Zedong. What’s really interesting is that two small cats are worshiping the big one.
Zooming in the 100 RMB bill, they found that the big cat is standing with mouth open. Its eyes are like

Chutzpah, Thy Name is Silverstein! Larry Wants More Billions for Blowing Up the WTC

From VeteransToday, February 4th, 2012
by Kevin Barrett







If you thought Andrew “assassinate Obama for Israel” Adler was the last word in chutzpah…think again.




Larry “blow up the World Trade Center for Israel” Silverstein is light-years beyond Adler.



Larry Silverstein, you may recall, is a reputed mobster who allegedly got his start in the sex services business and then oozed into

Heading for War on Syria

by Stephen Lendman, FEB 06, 2012



Washington's longstanding policy is regime change in Iran and Syria. At issue is replacing independent regimes with client ones and securing unchallenged control of valued Middle East resources.



On February 4, Russia and China vetoed a largely one-sided anti-Assad resolution. A previous article called him more victim than villain. Yet he's falsely blamed

How’s that debt deal working for you, folks?

From Gonzo Times, Aug 2, 2011






Although the Obama deal does not cut spending in the least, I do agree with the Left: it is terrible for widows and orphans, and those needing medical care — in Afghanistan, since it will create more of them there.

Of course, that is not a problem for the Left, so long as the check is in the mail, right? I mean, as long as you get single payer, who cares

As Anger Over Russian Syria Veto Mounts, Putin "Briefly" Leaves Europe In The Cold

From Zero hedge, By Tyler Durden











Yesterday we presented why when it comes to Syria, the UN Security Council can forget any attempt at "overhauling" a regime that is a cornerstone for Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean and the middle east. Today, in the aftermath of the UN reminder that it is the world's biggest collection of post-facto hypocrites, not to mention, the world's

Chart of the day: US$ True Money Supply expressed in official gold reserves

(The chart suggests to me that if we were to return to a gold standard, gold should be currently priced above 30,000 US$/ounce - provided that US gold reserve actually exists as officially reported and the money supply stops inflating)




























From Goldmoney, 2012-FEB-04

By Alasdair Macleod



The consolidation of gold’s bull phase from October 2008 to the peak last

Civilization at the Crossroads

From SilverBearCafe
By John Meyer


(Editor's Note: This is a repost of an article that came up in conversation the other day. Occasionally I am fortunate enough to come across a contemporary essay that is so concise and well written that it allows me the opportunity to crystallize and clarify my understanding of a particular subject. This work, by John Meyer, ranks among the best I have ever

Elite Campaign to Re-Elect Obama in Full Swing?

From The Daily Bell, Saturday, February 04, 2012
by Anthony Wile

 

Anthony Wile



From the Washington Post, we learn that "January job gains have economists rethinking outlooks."

Oh, really? Last I looked, the bear leg of the larger business cycle was still in full effect. Nothing's changed in other words, since 2001 – or more pertinently 2008, when according to our elvish analysis the

Friday Humor - Banco de Portugal "Wink Wink" Edition

From zero hedge By Tyler Durden









Rarely do we have two Friday Humor pieces in a row, but the following seminar announcement from the Banco de Portugal, of all places, is truly priceless...

Source: Banco de Portugal
h/t Harold

Greek Archbishop: Troika's Policies Are Destroying Greek Nation

February 3, 2012 


In an extraordinary move, Archbishop Ieronymos, Greece's highest religious authority, today issued an impassioned denunciation of the austerity policies being forced on Greece by the EU-ECB-IMF Troika. The Archbishop, who up until now has only issued guarded statements in an attempt to avoid controversy, openly stated that these policies are destroying the Greek nation and

US States seek currencies made of silver and gold

From GATA:

By Blake EllisCNNMoney, Thursday, February 3, 2012

http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/03/pf/states_currencies/



NEW YORK -- A growing number of states are seeking shiny new currencies made of silver and gold.

Worried that the Federal Reserve and the U.S. dollar are on the brink of collapse, lawmakers from 13 states, including Minnesota, Tennessee, Iowa, South Carolina and Georgia,

WW3 news of the day

Panetta believes Israel just months from striking Iran

US Warns Iran Not To Fight Back Against Israeli Attack





















Fear and loathing in the American Gulf - By Pepe Escobar










These New Developments Could Be Paving The Way For Military Action In Iran










Israeli Minister Says Military Action May Be Needed Against Iran




Dempsey Told Israelis U.S. Won’t

Jim Rogers: Its Cheap For China to Buy Influence And Power In Europe

Back from Davos (many thanks to the numerous SD readers who volunteered to stand guard at her door) Capital Account's Lauren Lyster interviewed Jim Rogers today.  Rogers talked to Lyster about The Bernank, Europe, and China- who is finding it inexpensive to flex their muscle and greatly increase their influence in Europe thanks to the Euro crisis.




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Triple Lutz Report: Credit Default Swaps Are Toast

Before the BIS redefined simple addition arithmetic, outstanding derivatives exceeded $1.26 QUADRILLION.  Should any Euro nation, or even moderately sized Western bank for that matter, ever be allowed to literally default (think Bear, Lehman), this $1.26 QUADRILLION house of cards would vaporize the financial system within 10 seconds.  This is why QE will Continue TO INFINITY...AND BEYOND!!

FASCISM, TOP FAMILIES, FALSE FLAG OPS

From aangirfan: 








Website for this imageFormer spy Annie Machon describes how the security services represent certain families.She describes how the spooks carry out false flag operations.



The people who founded the European Union have fascist origins.Fascists are not always easy to spot.Support for fascism in the 1930s came from Liberals like Lloyd George, Conservatives like Samuel

The Revolution of 1913

From Whiskey & Gunpowder, Feb 2nd, 2012

By Bill Bonner








Readers will scarcely have given any thought to the fact that they have never lived in the system of government argued for by Madison, Jay, and Hamilton in the Federalist Papers.
“It may come as a shock …” wrote John Flynn, “to be told that[you] have never experienced that kind of society which [our] ancestors knew as the American

ROTHSCHILD Wants One Single Currency

From CounterPsyOps 


Lord Rothschild speaks about his will to see a One World Currency and also about his recent investments in China in Weather Reporting Data via the Web

Do You Like Online Privacy? You May Be a Terrorist

From Public Intelligence February 1, 2012: 



A flyer designed by the FBI and the Department of Justice to promote suspicious activity reporting in internet cafes lists basic tools used for online privacy as potential signs of terrorist activity.  The document, part of a program called “Communities Against Terrorism”, lists the use of “anonymizers, portals, or other means to shield IP address”

Currency Warfare: What are the Real Targets of the E.U. Oil Embargo against Iran?

From Strategic Culture Foundation , Feb 2, 2012
By Mahdi Darius NAZEMROAYA (Canada)



Who is the European Union’s so-called “oil embargo on Iran” really aimed at? This is an important geo-strategic question. Aside from rejecting the new E.U. measures against Iran as counter-productive, Tehran has warned the member states of the European Union that the E.U. oil embargo against Iran will hurt them

Milken Institute: in-depth article about Bitcoin

From The Milken Institute:
22-31MR53

Alf Field: Silver to Reach $158 in Current MAJOR WAVE 3

From Silver Doctors:

Alf Field, the technical analyst revered and quoted by the legendary Jim Sinclair, has released his revised outlook for silver due to popular demand.  Alf believes silver is currently in the early stages of MAJOR WAVE 3, which will be the longest and strongest uptrend in silver's current bull market.  Alf looks for a total gain of at least +500% in Major 3, which would put

Ellen Brown’s Public Banking

From Realcurrencies's Blog  
By Anthony Migchels

 
Ellen Brown is famous for her brilliant book Web of Debt
. But she has not stopped there. Her Public Banking initiative is a direct assault on the Money Power’s control of the money supply. Her approach is fully in the Populist spirit and although it does not solve all problems, it is eminently practical and ready for immediate

International Forecaster February 2012 (#1)

From The International Forecaster, 1 February 2012

By Bob Chapman



On Friday from the Bilderberg conclave at Davos, appointed European Central Bank President, Mario Draghi proclaimed that Europe had averted financial disaster and cited the improvement in euro zone markets in recent weeks. He said it was the ECB’s duty to guard against deflation as well as inflation. The fact of the matter is

Jim Willie: Corruption in Fascist Business Model

From Goldseek, 1 February 2012

By: Jim Willie CB, GoldenJackass.com




Few can define fascism. Many cannot recognize it. History provides shocking stories of its past episodes. But its root structural feature is the tight relationship between the state and large corporations of a nation, which permit enormous fraud and lead to grand inefficiency, even while aggression and war accompany its

European Fiscal Pact: Int'l. Financial Dictatorship

From The New American, 31 JANUARY 2012
BY BOB ADELMANN   




Monday’s meeting of the European Union in Brussels resulted in agreement of 25 of the 27 member states to inflict upon themselves and their hapless and increasingly powerless citizenry the tools of international fiscal dictatorship.

The purpose of the “fiscal pact” is to enforce “budgetary discipline” so that the present euro crisis