Roubini vs Rickards on Twitter

Just shows how retarded "respected economists" are. Bernanke and Keynes, "great minds" on the depression... haha

Paper Con Game, Print, SDR, Revalue

By Quietlike

Paper Con Game
MF Global could is the beginning of loss of confidence in the paper system. Sort of like online poker and Full Tilt, as in your money isn't secured, and depositors get screwed -but many still want to play online poker. However, I think the online poker industry is more reputable compared the financial sector's fraud.
There's a lot of people's saying we're heading toward collapse in both alternative and mainstream media, but could this be the tipping point? It's all a paper con game, and this could be a test of that confidence. How much confidence do you have in a bank when they "lose" depositor's money, and no one goes to jail. Or in an exchange that doesn't guarantee the transactions it facilitates? A run on the banks by investors at the same time as the EU implodes seems unlikely -they can still print and bail everyone out, and "save the world economy."
China's talking downgrading US debt. Gridlock in the super congress is awfully reminiscent of the first downgrade by S&P. The other two ratings agencies haven't done so yet, will they now? The USD has been rising vs the EU due to its debt problems, will this swing that pendulum back to the EU in the currency war?

Print
So.. QE3 from the Fed and QE1 for the ECB (Or ECB loans to IMF, who leverages it to the EU countries) to offset each other's currencies? This could kick the can down until 2013, election year and all the new regs and healthcare begins then. How do they pull it off with OWS going on? They passed TARP w/o peoples' approval, and can do it again. Maybe use war, or some sort of terrorism scare to sway the election, cover the paper game up, and shut down protesters -then collapse the system (and/or begin war) in 2013.

SDR
The alternative to QE is SDRs (which isnt much of an alternative) because what would the rest of the world do if the West just printed a shit ton of currency? If both the Fed and ECB are printing, what would you rather have -FRNs or Euros?
Just a thought.. in a hyperinflationary scenario, it could be done electronically on cards. Food stamps already are. It'd be a good way to introduce a new cashless currency -no wheelbarrows of worthless paper.

Revalue
Celente has been calling a bank holiday for a revaluation of currencies for some time, maybe after Black Friday and Christmas? Gold and silver may tank with everything else, but during a bank holiday, who will have physical cash to get it? -No online dealers, physical will be everything. Or if more MF Globals happen, say an investment bank or an exchange (COMEX), who will investors put their funds with? Even physical cash is better than a bank account, especially considering the low savings rate and inflation.

We've considered this before and its why we have physical. But are things really getting rolling and is collapse as soon as 2013?
dun dun dun...

Links
Quotes on Economic Collapse
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/17-quotes-about-the-coming-global-financial-collapse-that-will-make-your-hair-stand-up

MF Global
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=197878
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/19/mf-global-lawsuit-bofa-goldman-banks_n_1102779.html

Another Lehman
http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2011/11/21_Turk_-_MF_Global_Disaster_to_Create_Another_Lehman_Crisis.html

Celente interview from before MF Global
http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com/2011/11/gerald-celente-on-gold-devaluation.html

QE3 ready and waiting
http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2011/11/22/fed-minutes-bernanke-firmly-in-control-of-fomc-qe3-coming/

History of Banking Control in the US

From michaeljournal.org:

(An article of Alain Pilote, first published in the Sept.-Oct., 1985 issue of the Vers Demain Journal.)

The bankers' dictatorship and their debt-money system are not limited to one country, but exist in every country in the world. They are working to keep their control tight, since one country freeing itself from this dictatorship and issuing its own interest- and debt-free currency, setting the example of what an honest system could be, would be enough to bring about the collapse of the bankers' swindling debt-money system worldwide.

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Feds help borrowers prove foreclosure errors

From Marketwatch.com:

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Those who were foreclosed upon in 2009 and 2010 will be able to request an independent review to get compensated if errors were made, federal regulators said Tuesday.

The reviews apply to 14 banks that were sanctioned by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve and the Office of Thrift Supervision.

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Police Deploy Weaponized Drones To “Enhance Protection and Safety of Citizens”

From SHTFplan.com:

As the government tightens its grip on everything from internet traffic to consumer purchasing habits they’ll need new technologies to maintain law and order in the new American paradigm.

The latest weapon’s system to be added to the police state quiver is the ShadowHawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, slated to be the eye-in-the-sky over Montgomery County, Texas, which has a population of about 500,000 people and neighbors the Greater Houston metropolitan area.

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Mortgage Crisis Goes Primetime

From Goldseek:

A near-death experience often provides needed perspective to effectuate real change. But no matter how often the over-regulated and over-subsidized US banking sector flirts with disaster, it never seems to change its ways.

Three years have gone by since subprime mortgage exposure threw the financial system into cardiac arrest. Experienced analysts are under no illusions about the progress since then: the banks are still not eating right and they're certainly not slimming down. It seems these institutions feel trapped by their situation and are just waiting for the inevitable. This month, the PrimeX group of indices, a measure that quantifies the likelihood of default in prime residential and commercial mortgages, began flashing red.

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D-Day near for GLD

From bullionbullscanada.com:

The SPDR Gold Trust, more commonly known by its NYSE ticker symbol “GLD”, represents a triumph of “bankster engineering” in the gold market. While it is supposedly a convenient way for small investors to hold “gold”, what it is actually is an extremely convenient tool for the banksters to dilute the investor dollars flowing into the bullion market, and thus delay the rise in the price of gold.

It can be thought of as the “twin” of the iShares Silver Trust (or “SLV”). Because of the much more complex nature of the gold market versus the silver market, it is not as easy to draw inferences on the true purpose of this banker trading vehicle in the gold market based only on the trading taking place in that market. However, unquestionably it shares much in common with its silver twin.

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The Assassination of Gaddafi

From GlobalResearch.ca:

Ron Paul - 2011 NFRA Straw Poll Speech - won the event’s straw poll with 82% of the vote

From YouTube:

Ron Paul gave a speech at the 2011 National Federation of Republican Assemblies in Des Moines, IA on October 29, 2011. He spoke to a crowd of 600 people and won the event’s straw poll with 82% of the vote. Dr. Paul spoke about foreign policy, monetary policy, the Federal Reserve, citizen rights, government secrecy, illegal assassinations, the Patriot Act, and his 2012 budget proposal.

Jump to different topics:
@3:16 4th Amendment, 9/11, Patriot Act
@4:00 Federal Reserve transparency, housing bubble, Fed $15 trillion bailout, end the Fed

@6:20 monetary reform, IMF, debt crisis, gold standard, sound money, legal tender
@9:45 whistleblowers, government secrecy, Solyndra, Fast and Furious
@12:00 foreign policy blunders, Daniel Ellsberg, wikileaks, Iraq, declaration of war
@13:45 UN resolutions for war, Iraq, currency inflation

@13:35 limited government, transparency, 50,000 SWAT break-ins, warrantless searches
@16:35 Dennis Blair, Obama policy of citizen assassinations, al-Awlaki, al-Awlaki’s son, drone strikes, Pakistan, civil war, foreign aid, Karzai, noninterventionist foreign policy
@20:35 debt crisis, fiat currency, monetary policy, cut military spending, keep entitlements for now, $1 trillion cuts elsewhere
@22:25 free society, liberty, young people, irate minority, economic distribution, poverty, natural rights

@25:00 free society vs. authoritarianism, sacrifice liberties, rule of law

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DHS-Funded Taser Drone Launched in Texas

From Infowars:

A Department of Homeland Security-funded surveillance drone deployed against insurgents in Afghanistan that can also be used to tase suspects from above has been unveiled by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s office and will be operational within a month.

“At $500,000 a pop, Montgomery county spent $250,000 to get the UAV. The rest was covered by a Department of Homeland Security grant,” reports KBTX.com.

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This Boat Will Float

From Financialsense.com:

The financial boat Titanic is sinking. Given the huge rally in the S&P500 over the last 4 weeks from 1080 to 1285, no one would know that. It is time for a reality check.

Underneath the waves, however, this ship has already hit a financial iceberg and ripped a hole. The ship is rapidly taking on water and will sink. It is simply a matter of time.

Whether it is in Europe, US or elsewhere, the debt load is now so great that it cannot be repaid or serviced without extraordinary pain. Bailing and pumping is not an option. Critical mass has already been achieved. For example, just this past week in the US, total current debt has risen to 100% of the GDP.

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China's Entrepreneurs Head for Exits

From thedailybell.com:

China's rich, primarily driven by a sense of insecurity, are taking money out of their country. Many are actually preparing to move elsewhere. According to a new study, almost 60% of China's "high net worth individuals," defined as those possessing more than 10 million yuan in investable assets, are either considering emigration through investment programs or are completing the emigration process. The survey, conducted by China Merchants Bank and Bain & Co., also reports that 27% of those with more than 100 million yuan in investable assets have already emigrated and 47% of them are thinking about leaving the Motherland. The stunning results correspond to reports that the U.S. Treasury unit monitoring illegal money flows has, since the beginning of last summer, detected a surge in hidden cash transfers out of China. – Forbes

Dominant Social Theme: China is the most magnificent country in the world. Whatta nation! What an economy! More cities than anywhere else in the world. More skyscrapers, too. Never mind that most of them are empty ...

Free-Market Analysis: We were on the case when it came to China several years ago. At the time, nary a peep could be heard about the insanity of China's "market economy" – which is about as "free" as the Chinese Internet. But now the evidence is becoming clear. China is busted.

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Moody's Turns Moody on Europe, Sees Bailout Risks Spreading

From ZeroHedge.com:

Hidden among the detritus of last night's MF headlines and JPY Azumification, Moody's released their Weekly Credit Outlook. The report was rather unsurprisingly (given our perspective on the lack of real news last week) negative on the Euro Summit implications noting that while some positives remain, the negatives at a grossed-up level seem to outweigh the market's exuberance. In most scenarios they see the impact as neutral (for Ireland and Portugal, European banks and Insurers, and the EFSF itself) but they are most concerned at the impact the 'plan' will have on AAA-rated euro are countries. We can only leave it to the market to decide how self-referencing CDS should be priced.

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Ron Paul 1-hr interview in NH

Ron Paul in NH:

DHS, Tennessee State Troopers set up Halloween checkpoints

From Naturalnews.com:

(NaturalNews) The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a modern-day Nazi occupying force in America, is on a clear mission to destroy all that remains of the nation's Constitution and Bill of Rights. And it is having a lot of success in the State of Tennessee, where reports indicate that US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials are teaming up with State Troopers to set up warrantless security checkpoints for Halloween.

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Real Estate Prices Down 35% Since Peak… But It’s Not Over

From SHTFplan.com:

Remember when leading real estate analysts forecasted a housing recovery and return to housing market growth? Or when the government promised that the $8000 home tax credit would stop the decline? Or when monetary experts recommended printing more dollars in the form of stimulus to stabilize prices?

All of it was for naught:

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The 2.5% GDP Growth Spin Job

From usawatchdog.com:

Last week, the government announced the economy (gross domestic product, GDP) grew at a 2.5% rate. The mainstream media (MSM) hailed this as some significant turnaround. Businessweek.com reported, “Buoyed by a resurgent consumer and strong business investment, the economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the July-September quarter, the government said Thursday. The expansion, the strongest quarterly growth in a year, came as a relief after anemic growth in the first half of the year and weeks of wild stock market shifts.” (Click here for the complete Businessweek.com story.) Where did this so-called growth come from? My bet is most of it came via money printing b

y the Fed, credit card use and inflation that is mistakenly reported as growth.

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The proof that Europe knows it will fail

From 24hgold.com:

"No one and I stress no one is able to predict with certainty how and when the whole situation will unravel. The reason I say this is because no one can predict what irrational schemes the governments of the USA and Europe will try to put into practice."

I wrote the above back in March 2009 when I submitted my first article titled, "The Party is Over. Let the Hangover Begin." Not a bad prognosis of future events, if you will allow me to say so.

In the last four years we have had a steady procession of debt fuelled plans to save the world from financial implosion. The creators of QE 1, QE 2, TARP, EFSF etc were the same masters of financial origami who created CDO's, CDS, ABS and MBS.

But let us get back to the Europeans who are struggling to come to grips with their problem. The reasons for this are fourfold:

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Occupy Wall Street, Obamacare, & Bailouts - Peter Schiff on Huckabee

On Huckabee:

Adam Fergusson talks to James Turk on Inflation

From GoldMoney.com:

Smear Job From The Right? (Scott Olsen) [REFUTED]

From Market-ticker.org:

Now this is infuriating.

There are a large number of right-wing people who claim that Scott Olsen (the Scott Olsen who was shot in the head with a projectile at OccupyOakland leaving him critically injured, then the cops violated the rules of war -- say much less reasonable police work -- by attacking those who came to his aid) is the owner of a domain called "ihatethemarinecorps.com"

Let's look at the claim.

Here's the registration from whois:

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Martin Armstrong: The Entire Global Monetary System Needs to be Revised

From FinancialSense.com:

Let’s talk about maybe one of the reasons why QE2 failed. In your view, will they announce another QE3 or QE4 as some on Wall Street anticipate if the economy weakens?

Well, unfortunately, they feel they have to do something. But in all honestly, as I think they do realize, they can’t stop it because we are in a global economy. I mean, you take the QE2 idea, then okay, you are going to buy 30-year bonds and you are going to take them in, and therefore, in theory there’ll be a shortage of long-term debt, so therefore they’ll lend more back to the mortgage market. Again, that shows the problem of this myopic view of the world. China said, well gee thank you very much, and they shortened their maturity by selling those 30-year bonds and moving down to two year notes or less.

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Albert Edwards: "The Eurozone Crisis Will Get Much, Much Worse" And "The ECB Will Print"

From Zerohedge:

Anyone expecting that the events over the last 24 hours will have changed the persistently negative outlook of one of the original skeptics, will be disappointed. The SocGen strategist falls back to that old time-tested principle in complicated situations: math and logic. His summary of events released this morning: "The increasingly frenzied attempts of eurozone governments to persuade financial markets that they can draw a line under this crisis will ultimately fail – even if this week’s measures bring some short-term relief. I have minimal confidence that governments can turn this around within the confines of the eurozone project. You might be surprised though that I feel more bullish! Why? Both Dylan and I have come to the view that the ECB will be forced, by events, to monetise debt in the GIIPS and beyond. And if investors believe the governments in Spain and Italy are bust, then Germany, France, and not forgetting the UK and US, are far, far worse." To be sure, we may see a brief respite as we get the traditional post-TARP knee jerk reaction, only for markets to digest the sad reality of the situation in the proceeding 48 hours. And what will that imply? To Edwards, it will be nothing short of the realization, that even with €1 trillion (or more), the ECB will have no choice but to commence outright monetization as well. And the real question will be whether or not "Germany, will leave the eurozone after being over-ruled on the ECB (again!) and in the face of such monetary debauchery?"

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Ron Paul on other issues

FOX NEWS:

Stimulus vs. Austerity

From ChrisMartenson.com:

“Like the issue of...’Is it better to have austerity or stimulus?’ Well, the basic problem there is that we’re not having a quality conversation on the subject.” --Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, on the Charlie Rose program, October 20, 2011

Probably no American city better illustrates the trajectory of post-war US growth than Los Angeles. With its ganglion of highways (built when oil cost $14 dollars a barrel) and its never-ending boulevards that, having replaced vast acreages of citrus, now light up the night sky, the City of Angels spent 40 years blowing past its old pre-war borders and filled up an entire geological basin with infrastructure.

The scale of this expansion can be seen in this very helpful satellite photo from NASA, which captures a sweeping view of Los Angeles County. For example, Hollywood, a common reference point for most Americans, is reduced to a small village from this perspective; a mere data point, if you will, as the greater metro region cascades without interruption 100 miles to the east.

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AVTM: Full Show 10/26

From AVTM:

Iraq, Libya, Obama's latest bus tour, Vatican's call for global currency, police state update.

World Peace, British Heat, God's Banksters - New World Next Week

From the CorbettReport.com:
World Peace, British Heat, God's Banksters - New World Next Week

RT on Greece

RT Reports:
Greek deal no bazooka but water pistol in face of inferno

Max Keiser: Debt slash - a debt hike, collapse guaranteed!

Occupy Wall St. & Webster Tarpley

From TheDailyBell.com:

Adbusters Caves to Mass Pressure, Calls for Saturday Day of Action for Wall Street Sales ... Mobilize Now to Demand No Cuts in Social Safety Net ... Student Loan Amnesty ... Foreclosure Freeze ... Nationalization of Fed to Create 30 Million New Productive Jobs at Union Wages ... – Summary of Webster G. Tarpley interview on INN World Report Radio

Dominant Social Theme: The concept of a Bizarro universe is directly taken from the Superman universe, in addition to verbal references to Superman ... Jerry: Yeah, like Bizarro Superman – Superman's exact opposite, who lives in the backwards Bizarro world. Up is down; down is up. He says "Hello" when he leaves, "Goodbye" when he arrives. Elaine: Shouldn't he say "bad bye"? Isn't that the opposite of goodbye? Jerry: No, it's still goodbye. Elaine: Does he live underwater? Jerry: No. Elaine: Is he black? Jerry: Look, just forget the whole thing. All right? – Dialogue from "Bizarro" Seinfeld episode.

Free-Market Analysis: The above dialogue seems appropriate as we begin this analysis, which will point out that Lyndon LaRouche and fellow traveler (we use the term ironically) Webster G. Tarpley are fast becoming among the most important thinkers in the alternative blogosphere and maybe eventually in the mainstream as well.

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Also, click here for the interview of Tarpley on the INN World Report, referenced in this article.

New Gerald Celente Interviews

From KingWorldNews.com:

Gerald gives the King World News audience a detailed sneak peak into his upcoming “Autumn Trends Journal” which will be released later by the Trends Research Institute. Many consider Gerald to be the top trends forecaster in the world. He’s regularly quoted and interviewed by media such as, CNBC, Fox, CBS, ABC, NBC, BBC, Time, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, FT, U.S. News, World Report, The Economist and more

Full Audio Interview at KWN

From GeraldCelenteChannel (YouTube):
Gerald Celente - Jimmy Cefalo - WIOD - 24 Oct 2011

MUST WATCH: Banksters, Busts, and History

An excellent overview of banking and moral hazards of limited liability.
From Stefbot (YouTube):

Gun Ownership soars to 18 year high

From Zerohedge.com:

Americans may be fleeing from stocks in droves, but they sure aren't shy about rotating the resulting meager liquidation proceeds into weaponry. According to Gallup, "Forty-seven percent of American adults currently report that they have a gun in their home or elsewhere on their property. This is up from 41% a year ago and is the highest Gallup has recorded since 1993, albeit marginally above the 44% and 45% highs seen during that period." Considering the social situation "out there", and the fact that the world is one badly phrased or translated headline away from a complete HFT-facilitated market collapse, this is hardly all that suprising.

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Greece to default, US Next?

From RT:

Today in Brussels Eurozone leaders met to discuss the future of the Greek default. It is being proposed that bondholders will lose money as part of the bailout. The EU leaders are doing what is necessary to help prevent the spread of money crises to Italy and other parts of the world. Edward Harrison, founder of Credit Writedowns, tells us what the consequences could be.

Infowars Nightly News: Cops, Car Tracking -Checkpoints, Occupy International, World Govt,

From Infowars.com:

Aaron Dykes fills in for Alex. He covers the growing police state and the Vatican's push for World Government. He covers the international Occupy Wall Street protests.
http://www.prisonplanet.tv/news/

Raw Milk Freedom Riders Challenge FDA

From Infowars.com:

Mike talks with raw milk activist Liz Reitzig who along with the Raw Milk Freedom Riders is challenging the FDA to arrest her in November.

Part 1:


Part 2:

GAO Report: FED's conflicts of interest

From the Bernie Sanders:

October 19, 2011

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 - A new audit of the Federal Reserve released today detailed widespread conflicts of interest involving directors of its regional banks.

"The most powerful entity in the United States is riddled with conflicts of interest," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said after reviewing the Government Accountability Office report. The study required by a Sanders Amendment to last year's Wall Street reform law examined Fed practices never before subjected to such independent, expert scrutiny.

The GAO detailed instance after instance of top executives of corporations and financial institutions using their influence as Federal Reserve directors to financially benefit their firms, and, in at least one instance, themselves. "Clearly it is unacceptable for so few people to wield so much unchecked power," Sanders said. "Not only do they run the banks, they run the institutions that regulate the banks."

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Super Commitee Holds Public Session on Budget Cuts

From the NationalJournal.com:

Just a day after a heated closed-door meeting that indicated there’s still a large gap between Democrats and Republicans on entitlement and tax reform, the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction convened for its third public policy hearing on Wednesday morning.

And if the points members made during the two-hour hearing are any indication, the 12-member panel has a long way to go to reach a deal before its Nov. 23 deadline to present a package worth $1.2 trillion in deficit savings over 10 years to Congress.

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John Embry: Physical gold demand crushing manipulators

From Kingworldnews.com:

With gold and silver exploding to the upside, today King World News interviewed John Embry, Chief Investment Strategist of the $10 billion strong Sprott Asset Management. KWN mentioned to Embry that we could potentially add 30% more bulls to gold and 35% more bulls to silver before this rally ends. When asked about the tremendous pessimism regarding gold and silver, Embry replied, “The sentiment in the gold and silver markets is terrible. This is a combination of two things. First you have had bad price action prior to today and second you have amazingly negative press in the mainstream media, which is typical.”

John Embry continues:

FULL INTERVIEW

Peter Schiff: How govt stimulus and deficit spending impact capital markets

FULL VERSION

Gold Prices break out to the upside

From Goldmoney.com:

Gold and silver prices finally broke out of the trading ranges that have been confining them for the last few weeks. Yesterday’s surge in gold and silver broke with the trading patterns that have emerged recently, as gold rose along with the US dollar and equities fell. The price of WTI crude oil has now risen by over 8% over the last three trading days, and is back over $92 a barrel, a price it was last at in early August – before the recent washout in commodity prices

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Fukushima Update - 10/26

From the CorbettReport:

How the EU Crisis will affect you

From Wealthwire.com:

Several European nations have already been downgraded and if several nations begin defaulting on their debt, the results could be devastating.

That devastation would first plague the European countries, then soon seep its way into our own nation. According to Douglas J. Elliott – fellow at the Brookings Institution – a European recession would have a domino effect and create a similarly dismal situation right here in the U.S.

These four crucial American sectors would be greatly (and quite negatively) affected in the aftermath of defaulting nations in the euro zone:

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Capital Account 10/25

Capital Account

Today police arrested Occupy Oakland protesters and cleared out camp as worldwide protests continue over the global financial system. The Occupy Wall Street protests span four continents – proof for one economist that economic leaders have gotten it all wrong. We speak to Dr. Steve Keen professor and author of the Debunking Economics about what leaders are missing as they try to solve the Eurozone debt crisis and the US economic problems. Also in this episode, deflation explained and bankers compare CEOs’ problems to that of missionaries.

AVTM: 4th Amendment and Intellectual Property

Adam Kokesh Speaks with Stephan Kinsella of Mises.org

A History of Iran and the US

Greenspan: EU doomed to fail

From CNBC:

The European Union is doomed to fail because the divide between the northern and southern countries is just too great, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan told CNBC in a recent interview.

"At the outset of the creation of the euro in 1999, it was expected that the southern eurozone economies would behave like those in the north; the Italians would behave like Germans. They didn’t," Greenspan said. "Instead, northern Europe fell into subsidizing southern Europe’s excess consumption, that is, its current account deficits."

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OWS: Threat to the US Dollar?

From Financial Sense:

On its face, suggesting that the Occupy Wall Street movement may threaten the U.S. dollar may appear like a tall order. However, simply dismissing Occupy Wall Street as a fad may be a big mistake, just as it is a mistake to dismiss the Tea Party movement. Regardless of your political stance, and with no offense intended to supporters of either group, we believe they may be two sides of the same coin – quite literally. To determine where policy makers and with it, the U.S. dollar, may be heading, it is important to understand that the driving forces behind both movements have common roots.

The short explanation is that rising costs coupled with stagnating real wages breeds an environment of social unrest. While the above movements are the face of this “unrest”, it helps to dig deeper and analyze the root causes to better understand and assess the ultimate implications of these protests.

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Lew Rockwell and Judge Napalitano discuss resisting the Police State

Click here to listen to the interview from lewrockwell.com:
230. Resist the Police State

Gerald Celente goes to OWS

Celente walks around in OWS

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Part 2:

Occupy Oakland: Flashbangs and Tear Gas

RT Reports.
On The Ground Video.


RT Analysis

"Police in Oakland, California, have been trying hard to scare off Occupy Wall Street protesters that kept coming back to the city hall. The activists wanted to re-establish a tent camp torn down earlier. 97 people have been arrested."

And...
Cops Try to Erase Evidence of Police Brutality

Google has been asked by a US law enforcement agency to remove several videos exposing police brutality from the video sharing service YouTube, the company has revealed in its latest update to an online transparency report.

Another request filed by a different agency required Google to remove videos allegedly defaming law enforcement officials. The two requests were among 92 submissions for content removal by various authorities in the US filed between January and June 2011. Both were rejected by Google along with 27 per cent of the submissions.

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1 Tonne Gold Kangaroo!

A little over the top, but anyone shopping for me for christmas, this is first on my wish list!

"The Perth Mint, Australia's historic precious metals Mint, has achieved a record-breaking triumph with the successful casting of the world's largest gold bullion coin, inspired by the popular Australian kangaroo gold coin series.

Made from one tonne of 99.99% pure gold, the giant coin is a magnificent Australian icon symbolising one of the Mint's most extraordinary accomplishments in its 112 year history.

It measures nearly 80 centimetres wide and over 12 centimetres thick. It has Australian legal tender status. And at one tonne (1,000kg), it's the biggest, heaviest, inherently most valuable gold bullion coin in the world.

Watch it being made on YouTube."

For more...
http://www.1tonnegoldcoin.com/