Meet the photo-bombing seal! Cheeky pup is caught on camera as he swims up behind a photographer to get in on his underwater snap

Some will do just about anything to get attention.

And when you are as cute as this grinning seal you can hardly blame them for wanting to join in the global craze of photo-bombing.

Alex Mustard, 37, spotted this inquisitive pup off the Northumberland coast during a diving trip and, as he went to take his own picture, the Grey seal peered over just in time to steal the shot.
Judging by the [...]

Austerity, Social Unrest, And Europe’s ‘Lose-Lose’ Proposition

The link between government spending cuts and social unrest is highly non-linear and extremely troublesome. We first noted the must-read quantification of the relationship between so-called CHAOS of social unrest and spending cuts back in early January and this brief lecture reiterates some of the frightening conclusions. Critically, small spending cuts impact social unrest in very marginal ways but once the cuts begin to rise to 2-3% of GDP then the probability of considerable and [...]

Debka: Whoever hacked the drone, hacked the CIA

RT.com
December 19, 2011

New reports investigating Iran’s interception of a top-secret drone craft belonging to the CIA allege that the hijacking of the stealth airship could have roots not just overseas but in Washington as well.

Ongoing reports from RT have revealed that Iranian intelligence officer claimed in recent days that the recovery of America’s RQ-170 Sentinel stealth drone on December 4 was not due to an equipment malfunction, as US authorities [...]

Robert Fisk: Why Torturers Film Their Handiwork

Robert Fisk: Why Torturers Film Their Handiwork (November 26, 2011)
“When prisoners were brought to Saddam Hussein’s intelligence service for interrogation, their torturers often videotaped the torment. In the years after his downfall, I lectured around the world on the illegality and the immorality and the outrageous civilian slaughter of the invasion of Iraq by George W Bush and Lord Blair… But I also carried with me extracts from those obscene [...]

Obama is without a doubt the most vile, corrupt and disingenuous president we have ever had and that’s saying something after shrub and clinton.

Here’s some of his latest handiwork which isn’t really covered anywhere. There are dozens of examples equally egregious domestically but we are all continually amazed at his total disregard for international law, so that seems to dominate most coverage of the alternative media (the msm won’t cover any of it)

http://thenewamerican.com/opinion/954-chuck-baldwin/2338-us-troops-wearing-un-colors

“The report also states, “The design of the patch with the U.S. eagle image superimposed seems to imply a hierarchy in [...]

Green Shoots, Exit Strategy, No QE3: Jim Willie, CB

It is not clear whether the American financial community has the ability to observe and conclude that the US Federal Reserve is adrift and relies upon deception as policy in revealing its directions. Its position is to hold steady, inflate to oblivion, support financial markets in heavy volume secretly, and lie about leaving its trapped policy corner. The USFed is a propaganda machine that deals [...]

It is the DEBT and INSOLVENCY, stupid

by Sunny

All Zombie Banks and Insurers are in the same boat but for accounting gimmicks, extend & pretend policies+ delay and pray tactics of the Govts all over in the Western world.

The value of ALL those MBSs (assets) aka Toxic assets at Banks’ and Fed’s balance sheet have also LOST VALUE, but ‘miraculously STILL valued’ at prices before 2008 – M to fantasy! How long [...]

This MUST BE READ.

Posted: Aug 27 2010     By: Dan Norcini Post Edited: August 27, 2010 at 3:30 pm

Filed under: Trader Dan Norcini

Dear CIGAs,

The equity bulls were salivating over the prospect of watching another episode of “let’s take the shorts out and slaughter them all” as the world eagerly awaited the giving of the law from Mt. Jackson Hole. With claps of thunder in the background and with flashes of lightning [...]