Combat Cops Evict Homeowner in Colorado

Protest for the woman being evicted, near the woman’s private drive

Militarized cops in full combat gear were called to evict a woman from her house in Idaho Springs, Colorado, on October 30.

“The homeowner facing eviction was apparently underwater on her mortgage with US Bank. She says she told the bank that all she was asking was for another 30 days in the home before an eviction. She needed an extra [...]

European Commission Single Supervisory Mechanism

James Hall, Contributor
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Activist Post

The lack of enthusiasm for the latest effort to centralize all banking and monitory regulation within the European Central Bank suggests that the surreal struggle for continental unanimity still resides in the minds of banksters. Elites still seek to perfect the class distinguish of century-old traditions, into a modern version of feudal serfdom. Globalism is the brainchild of the cabal of international banking.

As long [...]

George Soros Schemes To Control The Future Of Greece

James Smith, Contributor
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Activist Post

George Soros discusses the new social initiative of his foundation to create a new atmosphere of solidarity in Greece and help to alleviate the rising tensions in the country.

Soros, a Hungarian-American business magnate, is the chairman of Soros Fund Management and supports progressive-liberal causes. He is known as “The Man Who Broke the Bank of England”.

The Berggruen Institute on Governance is under the direction [...]

Dr. Joel Wallach Exposes How Hospitals Are Killing You

Infowars.com
October 31, 2012

Biomedical research pioneer Dr. Joel Wallach joined Alex Monday to discuss his renowned work advocating wellness through natural health.

Check out Dr. Wallach’s book Dead Doctors Don’t Lie or see the rest of his collection at the Infowars Store.

You can also apply Dr. Wallach’s teachings by visiting InfowarsHealth.com.

Oakland’s chief of police blackholed all emails mentioning “Occupy”

Cory Doctorow
boingboing.net
October 31, 2012

Oakland police chief told a court that he never saw emails from city officials and a federal court monitor who emailed him about police brutality and other illegal actions by his force in its response to Occupy Oakland. That’s because, he says, he used a spam-filter to automatically spam-filter all messages containing phrases like “occupy,” “police brutality,” “press pass,” and “excessive force.” More from SFGate’s Matthai Kuruvila.

The [...]

Toshiba cuts forecast on global economy worries

Yoko Kubota
reuters.com
October 31, 2012

Japan’s Toshiba Corp cut its full-year operating profit forecast by 13 percent to 260 billion yen ($3.3 billion) on Wednesday, saying the uncertain global economy weighed on its prospects.

The company said the continuing European debt crisis, slowdowns in China and India, and a strong yen were combining to “increase uncertainty about the future.”

For the July-September period, Toshiba posted an operating profit of 57.5 billion yen, slightly better [...]

After Botching Libya, War On Terror Spreads To Mali

investors.com
October 31, 2012

The U.S. is pushing for military intervention in Mali to hose out a new al-Qaida enclave. Undoubtedly it needs to be done. But so much for the White House’s facile claim to having terrorists on the run.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Algeria Monday, pleading with its government to support a U.S.-France-led military mission to destroy al-Qaida’s latest conquest in northern Mali, an impoverished African state along [...]

Meningitis Outbreak: 368 Cases, 29 Deaths

Sydney Lupkin
ABC
October 31, 2012

Another person has died from a fungal meningitis outbreak tied to tainted steroid injections, bringing the total death toll to 29, health officials reported today.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has increased the tally of cases to 377. That’s 368 cases of fungal meningitis and nine joint infections. Rhode Island became the 18th state affected by the outbreak on Monday.

In New Jersey, the state hit [...]

The Global Pulse Check: The Next 18 Hours Will Be Critical For The Global Economy

At the beginning of each month, Markit, HSBC, RBC, JP Morgan and several other major data gathering institutions publish the latest local readings of the manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) for countries around the world.

PMI is one of the best leading indicators of the economy.

Each reading is based on surveys of hundreds of companies. Read more about it at Markit.

These are not the most closely followed data points.  However, the power of the insights is unparalleled. Jim O’Neill, Chairman of Goldman [...]

Zombies Attack: Hidden Camera

Infowars.com
October 31, 2012

The constant drivel fed to us by mainstream media outlets would have us believe there are differences between the two major candidates for president.

The latest issue of Infowars Magazine takes an in-depth look at other ways we’ve become a real-life walking zombie society. Get your copy today.

As US Debt Hits New Record, Fiscal 2012 Tax Revenues Are 10% Higher Than Debt Issuance

by ZH

Today, the US total debt rose by $32 billion touching on a new record high of $15.392 trillion. As a reminder this is just the beginning: as we noted yesterday, according to the president’s own budget total US debt is now expected to surpasses the greatest and final debt ceiling of $16.4 trillion just around September, and likely sooner with the addition of the $160 billion in additional debt needed to fund [...]

MF Corzine raises $500,000 for Obama… 66% of cash-haul came from big money bundlers…

According the Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign website, Jon Corzine of Hoboken, New Jersey raised at least $500,000 for the president’s reelection effort. Here’s the listing:

Corzine, of course, has most recently been in the news for being on the wrong side of a $6.3 billion bet as head of MF Global. “MF Global filed for bankruptcy on October 31, after $6.3 billion in risky bets on European sovereign debt spooked investors and [...]

If Bernanke came out and said, “I will ramp the DOW 50 points a day,” I’m sure some wouldn’t have an issue.

Most don’t like the fact that the free market is being hijacked. A free market gives everyone an opportunity, just an opportunity. That’s what most people want. Not a guarantee, just an opportunity.

With this planned market, no one knows when to buy & sell. Like I said, it’s a closed circuit. I’m not trying to bash you, and frankly I don’t think you’re really gloating like those obama zombies drunk [...]

MF Global unloaded hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of securities to Goldman Sachs in the days leading up to its collapse – Corzine, who was CEO of MF Global at the time of the collapse, headed Goldman Sachs from 1994 to 1999

By Lauren Tara LaCapra and Matthew Goldstein

(Reuters) – MF Global unloaded hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of securities to Goldman Sachs in the days leading up to its collapse, according to two former MF Global employees with direct knowledge of the transactions. But it did not immediately receive payment from its clearing firm and lender, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM - News), one of the sources said.

The sale of securities to [...]

The Bernank’s greatest quotes (thus far). Be afraid. Be very afraid:

(November 15, 2005) “With respect to their safety, derivatives, for the most part, are traded among very sophisticated financial institutions and individuals who have considerable incentive to understand them and to use them properly.”
(July, 2005) “We’ve never had a decline in house prices on a nationwide basis. So, what I think what is more likely is that house prices will slow, maybe stabilize, might slow consumption spending a bit. I [...]

No New Shorts In Early November As NYSE Short Interest Drops To 3 Month Low

by ZH

Following the market drop in early November, it was widely expected by most, us included, that stock shorts would pile in once again, only to be burned by moves like today’s, which is more of an attempt to flush out even more shorts by hitting limit pain thresholds, than buying on any actual fundamental improvements. Curiously, as the just released NYSE data, the short interest at November 15, not [...]

DHS Secretary Napolitano receives warning for refusing to comply with subpoena

Dave Gibson
Examiner.com
November 21, 2011

On Friday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith sent Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano a letter warning her to “immediately comply” with the subpoena his committee issued over two weeks ago for information on the hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens the Obama administration has failed to deport.

Rep. Smith (R-TX) was forced to issue the subpoena after Napolitano failed to meet the House Judiciary Committee’s [...]

Anger rises as MF GLOBAL clients see billions frozen

People walk through the office complex where MF Global Holdings Ltd have an office …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three weeks after MF Global’s collapse, furious former customers are still fighting for access to billions of dollars as they question why as much as two-thirds of their money is still frozen.

While authorities have touted the fact that they are returning 60 percent of the collateral and cash that had been frozen in [...]

MFing Global

Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 3:36 pm

Man, this last 36 hours has been no fun at all. But, at least I don’t work for MFing Global. I feel awful for the good employees from the former Lind-Waldock. Sucks. It just plain sucks.

Sucks for me, too. In order to buy some out-of-the-money, 2012 gold and silver calls, I just sent them a check last week. My bank informed me this morning [...]

Alert: 4.7 earthquake, offshore Maule, Chile. Oct 31 9:02pm at epicenter (16m ago, 102km W of Talca, depth 21km)

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude
4.7

Date-Time

Tuesday, November 01, 2011 at 00:02:15 UTC
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 09:02:15 PM at epicenter

Location
35.551°S, 72.790°W

Depth
20.5 km (12.7 miles)

Region
OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE

Distances
61 km (37 miles) NW of Cauquenes, Maule, Chile
102 km (63 miles) W of Talca, Maule, Chile
131 km (81 miles) NNW of Chillan, Bio-Bio, Chile
304 km (188 miles) SW of SANTIAGO, Region Metropolitana, Chile

Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 28.1 km (17.5 miles); depth +/- 10.3 km (6.4 miles)

Parameters
NST= [...]

ALERT: 5.0 earthquake, Gulf of Aden. Oct 31 4:22am at epicenter (45m ago, 265km SSW of Al Mukalla, depth 10km)

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude
5.0

Date-Time

Monday, October 31, 2011 at 01:22:05 UTC
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 04:22:05 AM at epicenter

Location
12.419°N, 48.066°E

Depth
10 km (6.2 miles)

Region
GULF OF ADEN

Distances

265 km (164 miles) SSW (206°) from Al Mukalla, Yemen
330 km (205 miles) E (97°) from Aden, Yemen
395 km (246 miles) NE (56°) from Berbera, Somalia
530 km (329 miles) SE (128°) from SANA, Yemen

Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 21 km (13.0 miles); depth +/- 3.7 km (2.3 miles)

Parameters
NST= [...]

The next challenge: not too many people, but too few?

The next challenge: not too many people, but too few?

By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent

LONDON | Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:21am EDT

LONDON (Reuters) — If the world follows the demographic habits of Europe — and that’s a big if — by the year 2200 it could be home to a population of less than half its current level, living in housing built for almost three times that number.

With the global [...]

Ironic “Scariest Chart Ever” Redux – America Will Surpass 100% Debt To GDP On Halloween

Earlier today we presented Bloomberg’s Chart of the Day which represented the GDP and Debt per capita on a historical and projected basis, and we hysterically, and tongue-in-cheekly, dubbed it “The Scariest Chart Ever” because it confirmed that at some point, very soon, US Debt will surpass GDP and never look back. We decided to dig into the actual numbers (cancelling out the per capital denominator as it is the [...]

Peanut Butter Prices Are Rising By 24 to 40 Percent

Clevelandleader

You can now add peanut butter, a long-time recession staple food item, to the list of things that “the 99 percent” may no longer be able to afford. Thanks to droughts, the price of peanut butter has gone up from $450 a ton to $1,150 a ton in just one year and now peanut butter makers are about to pass on the increased costs to consumers.

The [...]

The Bernank’s greatest quotes (thus far); be afraid; be very afraid:

by TruthInSunshine

(November 15, 2005) “With respect to their safety, derivatives, for the most part, are traded among very sophisticated financial institutions and individuals who have considerable incentive to understand them and to use them properly.”
(July, 2005) “We’ve never had a decline in house prices on a nationwide basis. So, what I think what is [...]

China No Longer Top Holder of US Treasuries

China No Longer Top Holder of US Treasuries

If China is no longer the U.S. government’s largest creditor who is?

You guessed it: The Fed.

(Against the backdrop of QE2, this probably isn’t terribly surprising.)

Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge has crunched the numbers from today’s release of TIC data (Treasury International Capital)—and some interesting facts have emerged.

First, the U.S. Federal Reserve holds a total of $996 Billion of U.S. Debt —versus the [...]