Zero Hedge | 5 Jan2015 Slowly but surely Europe is figuring out that as a result of the western economic and financial blockade of Russian, it is Europe itself that is suffering the most. And while Germany was first to acknowledge this late in 2014 when its economy swooned and is now on the verge…
Ellen Brown | Web of Debt | 6 Jan 2015 Greece and the troika (the International Monetary Fund, the EU, and the European Central Bank) are in a dangerous game of chicken. The Greeks have been threatened with a “Cyprus-Style prolonged bank holiday” if they “vote wrong.” But they have been bullied for too long…
Pepe Escobar | RT | 18 Dec 2014 Even facing what under any circumstances is a perfect storm; President Putin delivered an extremely measured performance at his annual press conference and Q&A marathon. The perfect storm evolves in two fronts; an overt economic war – as in siege by sanctions – and a concerted, covert,…
NIA | 16 Dec 2014 Ironically, after today, the Russian Ruble is down more this past year than the Ukrainian Hryvnia. The Russian Ruble crashed today by 13% vs. the USD – with the USD/RUB exchange rate rising 8.56 in one day to 65.60. The Russian Ruble is now down 49.89% over the past 12…
by Kurt Nimmo | Infowars.com | December 15, 2014 Photographing cops and peaceful demos bring 3,000€ fine Spain will impose a raft of new laws to combat popular protests in opposition to EU central bankster austerity. The Ley Mordaza, or Gag Rule law passed Spain’s lower house of Parliament late last week. It essentially…
Paul Craig Roberts | 12 Dec 2014 On occasion a reader will ask if I can give readers some good news. The answer is: not unless I lie to you like “your” government and the mainstream media do. If you want faked “good news,” you need to retreat into The Matrix. In exchange for less…
Paul Craig Roberts | 7 Dec 2014 Update: Tyler Durden points out that income and payroll tax receipts do not support the job claims made for the 2014 economy: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-07/something-stinks-inside-bls-jobs-data Friday’s payroll jobs report is another government fairy tale or, to avoid polite euphemisms, another packet of lies just like the House of Representatives Resolution…
Michael Snyder | The Economic Collapse | 30 November 2014 There has only been one other time in history when the price of oil has crashed by more than 40 dollars in less than 6 months. The last time this happened was during the second half of 2008, and the beginning of that oil price crash preceded…
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | The Telegraph | 30 Nov 2014 Saudi Arabia and the core Opec states are taking an immense political gamble by letting crude oil prices crash to $66 a barrel, if their aim is to shake out the weakest shale producers in the US. A deep slump in prices might equally heighten geostrategic…
PoliticalVelCraft / Examiner / ZeroHedge | November 17 2014 Get Into Your Local Credit Unions Now: On November 16, the G20 will implement a new policy that makes bank deposits on par with paper investments, subjecting account holders to declines that one might experience from holding a stock or other security when the next financial banking…