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For the last two months Americans have been lining up in unprecedented numbers at gun shops and gun shows across the country. In fact, demand has been so massive that the FBI’s background check system in a number of states crashed as a result of being overwhelmed. In January, some 2.4 million requests were sent to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), which ranks last month as the [...] Jaipur/Ahmedabad: Pakistan has deployed more troops across the international borders with Rajasthan and Gujarat in the wake rising tension between the two countries after the killing of Indian soldiers on LoC in Jaamu and Kashmir on January 8. “A lot of military movement is being noticed in Barmer, Jaisalmer and Jodhpur districts and Gujarat along the international border for the last few days, which is not normal,” BSF sources said. The BSF [...] by Michael The number of Americans receiving money directly from the federal government has grown from 94 million in the year 2000 to over 128 million today. A shocking new research paper by Patrick Tyrrell and William W. Beach contains that statistic and a whole bunch of other very revealing numbers. According to their research, the federal government hands out money to 41.3 percent of the entire population of the United States each month. [...] Japanese Stocks Are Up, But Don’t Fall for the Trap By Jeff Uscher, Contributing Writer, Money Morning Japanese stocks hit a new 2012 high today (Wednesday) and the yen weakened to a 20-month low against the U.S. dollar as Shinzo Abe was installed as Japan’s 96th prime minister. Abe, who served as prime minister in 2006-2007 but stepped down due to health issues, has vowed to pursue aggressive monetary easing to end deflation and [...] From Carpe Diem: 3-D printing is one of the most exciting technological innovations in recent years, and it’s advancing at a rapid pace. In two recent articles about 3-D printing, editor-in-chief of Wired Chris Anderson says 3-D printing has reached an inflection point, and Gizmag’s Doug Hendrie highlights 3-D printing’s huge potential for revolutionizing medical science: 1. Chris Anderson writing in Wired.com: By all evidence, 3-D printing has reached its inflection point, when it [...] Mike Adams The financial collapse of the Eurozone may be upon us. This Wednesday, September 12, the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany must decide whether it is legal for Germany to participate in the financial bailouts of other nations in the Eurozone. The court has been inundated with tens of thousands of petitions (not just petition signers, but tens of thousands of individual petitions) demanding the court say NO [...] WILD STUFF – GET READY James Hall The shadow-banking component that adds to the risk of non-regulatory oversight just deepens the mystery behind the most powerful banking institution that runs roughshod over global finance. In order to gain an insight into the complexity of deception, examine the function of the BIS. The granddaddy of all central banks, the Bank for International Settlement, latest BIS Annual Report 2011/2012, foretells future financial consolidation. Watch the Banker to the World’s [...] by Michael The election results from Greece are in and the pro-bailout forces have won, but just barely. It is being projected that the pro-bailout New Democracy party will have about 130 seats in the 300 seat parliament, and Pasok (another pro-bailout party) will have about 33 seats. Those two parties have alternated ruling Greece for decades, and it looks like they are going to form a coalition government which will [...] The 4 hard lessons of 2008 that Dimon must accept By Paul B. Farrell, MarketWatch SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Yes, Jamie Dimon’s still J.P. Morgan Chase’s CEO. But has he finally learned the four hard lessons about taking high-risk gambles in the global $650 trillion derivatives market that in 2008 virtually bankrupt Wall Street and the economy? Will he stop fighting all reforms? Or will he just get cleverer [...] Ethan A. Huff (NaturalNews) The blending of government, private industry, and academia into a single, mega-fascist entity is moving forward at an alarmingly rapid pace in the U.S. today, with the federal government now announcing its intentions to subsidize the drug-creation efforts of Big Pharma on the taxpayer dime. A recent Reuters report explains that roughly $20 million a year may soon be extorted from hardworking Americans and given to [...] The Economic Collapse Who is the biggest loser in the ongoing decline of the U.S. economy? Is it the wealthy? No, the stock market has been soaring lately and their incomes are actually going up. Is it the poor? Well, the poor are definitely hurting very badly, but when you don’t have much to begin with you don’t have much to lose. Unfortunately, it is the middle class that [...] The US Dollar broke to a new low in the overnight futures session. It’s not surprising as China announced over the weekend that it expects to trim its US Dollar exposure by 2/3. Yes, China has finally had enough of the US and its Federal Reserve. All of us were wondering at what point this would happen: China would only remain heavily invested in an asset that [...] by Anonymous There is cyclical perturbation around a generation long depression in real home prices and sales. In terms of real metrics such as oil, gold, wheat or copper the purchasing power of home equity has declined catastrophically for tens of millions of homeowners and the decline continues. For Diana Olick at CNBC (one of the absolute very best financial news reporters around) the news is the nail in the double dip coffin [...] NEW YORK (TheStreet ) — China’s grab for gold is accelerating at a rapid pace, and it’s raising questions about the country’s ultimate intentions. China consumed 175.2 tons of gold in the fourth-quarter of 2010, bringing its grand total for the year to 579.5 tons, or 18.5 million ounces, according to the World Gold Council. That’s a lot of gold. The U.S., in comparison, consumed 233.3 tons in 2010. It’s unknown [...] BERLIN—German manufacturing orders plunged 4% from the previous month in September, far worse than expected, as recovery in the euro-zone slows from its rapid pace earlier this year, the economy ministry said Wednesday. The fall follows a strong increase in orders of 3.5% in monthly terms in August and offers further evidence that Germany’s economic recovery has moderated significantly from the [...] |
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