Next Wave of Financial Crisis Approaching: BOE Warns An Imminent Private Equity Crash, China Just Sounded a Warning Bell For What’s Coming Our Way, Morgan Stanley: The Central-Bank-Inspired “Omnishambles” Is Closer Than Most Think, DEUTSCHE BANK: Only Jesus Can Save The Euro Area

Private equity crash could trigger next wave of financial crisis, Bank warns

Bank of England fears that larger private equity deals done in the boom years ‘pose a risk to the stability of the financial system’ as refinancing looms

The Bank of England warned on Thursday that the next phase of the UK’s six-year financial and economic crisis may be triggered by the collapse of debt-laden companies bought by private equity firms in the boom years [...]

A U.S. physician reveals a shocking fact about cancer

From LewRockwell.com:

My children often wonder why I don’t donate to the American Cancer Society or the Komen Foundation.

Of course, I, like most of you, want to find a cure for cancer. However, most of the non-profit cancer foundations do not promote searching for an underlying cause of cancer. Instead, they perpetuate the myth that commonly used screening tests are winning the war against cancer. We are clearly losing the war [...]

BREAKING: Assad declares Syria in “official state of WAR”; Russia halts plans to supply S-300 missile system to Syria

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Tuesday that his country was at war and ordered his new government to spare no effort to achieve victory, as the worst fighting of the 16-month conflict reached the outskirts of the capital.

Video published by activists recorded heavy gunfire and explosions in suburbs of Damascus. A trail of fresh blood on a sidewalk in the suburb of Qudsiya led into [...]

Max Keiser: ‘Each $1 of physical silver you take off the market hits JPM’s balance sheet for a $100 loss.’

Thanks to the ‘Crash JP Morgan, Buy Silver’ campaign that rocketed silver 100% higher last year JP Morgan has been forced to lean even more on its fragile balance sheet resulting in a 2 . . . er, I mean 5 billion dollar explosion on their balance sheet that wiped out more than 20 bn. from their market cap. We are now closer than ever to taking down this pig. [...]

SHOCK POLL: Afghan war support DOWN TO 25%

(CNN) - Support for the war in Afghanistan has fallen to an all-time low with the majority of Americans saying the U.S. should withdraw all of its troops from Afghanistan before the 2014 deadline set by the Obama administration, according to a new poll.

The CNN/ORC International survey released Friday indicated only 25% of Americans favored the war in the Asian country. A majority of Republicans voiced opposition to it, for the [...]

Kabul demands local trial for US gunman

From FT:

 

The Afghan parliament demanded on Monday that a US soldier accused of killing 16 civilians, including nine children, be put on trial in Afghanistan as a growing tide of local anger added to the pressure on the US-led war against the Taliban.

The murders have triggered a new spike in anti-western sentiment just weeks after furious protests erupted after the discovery of burnt copies of the Koran at a US base.

 

US officials [...]