Analysis Topic: Politics & Social Trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Another Victim of America’s Ponzi Scheme Economy (Part 2) / Politics / US Economy
By: Mike_Stathis
Today, America’s “New Economy” is based exclusively on services - primarily financial and technology-based services, with a whole slew of attorneys and consultants to support transactions and legal agreements.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Trend Following or Market Trend Manipulation? / Politics / Market Manipulation
By: Andrew_Abraham
Trend following commodity futures trading as well as stock traders were villified last year as speculators. Even George Soros came out with the statement that the rampant rise of crude oil was due to speculators. Trend following commodity trading advisors are speculators but they do not manipulate trends. On of the main principles of trend following is that there is a trend to follow. Commodity traders surely can not start trends. Commodity traders are accused of throwing markets in disorder. As an example in Bloomberg news yesterday it was reported that The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC) will announce plans to introduce curbs on speculation of commodities including energy.
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
The U.S. Russian Summit Turns Routine / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: STRATFOR
The Moscow summit between U.S. President Barack Obama, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ended. As is almost always the case, the atmospherics were good, with the proper things said on all sides and statements and gestures of deep sincerity made. And as with all summits, those atmospherics are like the air: insubstantial and ultimately invisible. While there were indications of substantial movement, you would have needed a microscope to see them.
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
CFTC: Corrupt Foxes Tending Chickens / Politics / Market Manipulation
By: Midas_Letter
All the hyperbole in the mainstream media announcing imminent changes by the CFTC (Commodities and Futures Trading Commission) amounts only to so much spin and P.R. There aren’t too many thinking adults involved even peripherally in the global poker game known as the Futures market who still believe the house always wins by dint of natural statistical preference.
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
VIDEO: Fiat Money Creation and the Role of the Rothchilds / Politics / Fiat Currency
By: Submissions
FluorideinWater writes: If my sons did not want wars, there would be none.” ~ Gutle Schnaper, Mayer Amschel Rothschilds wife
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Obamageddon is Coming! / Politics / Great Depression II
By: Submissions
Food riots, tax protests, strikes and high unemployment all will characterize our economic future according to Gerald Celente.
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Monday, July 06, 2009
Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of a Global Pandemic / Politics / Global Pandemic
By: Stephen_Lendman
Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare program since at least the 1940s. In 1941, it began secret developmental efforts using controversial testing methods. During WW II, mustard gas was tested on about 4000 servicemen. Biological weapons research was also conducted. Human subjects were used as guinea pigs in various other experiments, and numerous illegal practices continued to the present, including secretly releasing toxic biological agents in US cities to test the effects of germ warfare.
Monday, July 06, 2009
Obama Throws Lasoo Around Russia's Nukes / Politics / Russia
By: Pravda
US President Barack Obama is coming to Moscow today. Russian experts do not think that the landmark visit will result in any breakthrough of relations between the two countries.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, July 06, 2009
Derivatives the Greatest Scam in the History of the World / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: LewRockwell
Chris Clancy writes: This essay is a story about insurance, or rather, a story about a type of insurance policy which underwent a mutation. This mutation was not spontaneous – it was engineered. It was one of the biggest scams ever perpetrated.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Shadow Secrets, Taliban Links with the CIA, FBI, MI6, Pakistan and Saudi Intelligence Agencies / Politics / Afghanistan
By: Submissions
This new film looks at the origins and history of the Afghan Mujahedin & al-Qaeda and their associations with various intelligence agencies including the CIA, FBI, MI6 and those of Saudi Arabia & Pakistan
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Shelley, John Sawers, Head of M16, Security Undermined by Face Book Information / Politics / UK Politics
By: John_York
The next head of MI6, John Sawers due to take over the intelligence agency in November 09 has had his security undermined by detailed postings on the internet, predominantly on the social networking site Face Book by himself and his wife Shelley Sawyers. Giving detailed information on their family and friends including photos of their residence, where they holiday and many more aspects of their lives, totally undermining what it is to be the head of Britians intelligence agency where in years past the officers in charge usually remained totally unknown to the public even several years AFTER their retirement.
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Saturday, July 04, 2009
A Political-economic Oligarchy has Taken Over the United States of America / Politics / US Politics
By: Global_Research
Prof. John Kozy writes: A political-economic oligarchy has taken over the United States of America. This oligarchy has institutionalized a body of law that protects businesses at the expense of not only the common people but the nation itself.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
SNP Would Bankrupt an Independent Scotland, But Benefit England / Politics / UK Politics
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The debate of Scottish Independence form the United Kingdom has again returned, with Increasing powers being transferred over to the Scottish Parliament run by the SNP government at Holyrood, there are again increasing cry's for FREEDOM, independence from Westminister rule. To counter this the policy of the Westminister governments has been to bribe the Scots with ever larger amounts of net subsidy, where the annual block grant has now reached £32 billion per year.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Obama's "Cap and Trade" Energy Plan Will Cost Jobs / Politics / US Politics
By: Mike_Shedlock
A quick look at the details of the Energy Plan working its way through Congress shows that Obama's energy plan will cost jobs. Please consider Energy job losers could get windfall.
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Saturday, July 04, 2009
Green Shoots of Economic Recovery and Other Bernanke Lies / Politics / Fiat Currency
By: LewRockwell
"And I don't give a damn about a greenback dollar. Spend it as fast as I can."
~ Hoyt Axton and Ken Ramsey, 1962
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Global Warming Is Fake. What Matters Is Why This Fakery Is Being Promoted / Politics / Climate Change
By: LewRockwell
Gary North writes: Global warming is based 100% on junk science. The most vocal promoters are not interested in the details of physical science. They are interested in two things: political control over the general public and the establishment of international socialism.
Friday, July 03, 2009
"Super Imperialism:" The Economic Strategy of Imperial America / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: Stephen_Lendman
Michael Hudson's "Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of Imperial America" - First written in 1972, it was updated in a 2003 edition that's every bit as relevant now - thus this review focusing on Hudson's new preface, introduction, and detailed account of the book's theme.
He revisited it in his 2008-09 Project Censored award- winning article titled: "Economic Meltdown - The 'Dollar Glut' is What Finances America's Global Military Build-up" in which he explains the following - the "inter-related dynamics" of:
Friday, July 03, 2009
Free Bernie Madoff / Politics / Scams
By: MISES
Jeffrey A. Tucker writes: Bernie Madoff stole billions from the customers of his phony investment funds, running a racket rather than a financial service. People who aren't even his victims are furious, and nearly everyone enjoyed a 10-minute sense of vengeance when the judge threw him behind bars for 150 years.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Make Bernie Madoff the Next Fed Chairman / Politics / Market Manipulation
By: LewRockwell
Bill Bonner writes: Poor Bernie. The man has been ordered to spend 150 years in the hoosegow. What for? Who did he kill? A century and a half seems a little excessive for a financial crime. You could hold up three liquor stores and rape a whole convent and still not get 150 years. With a little bit of good lawyer-ing, a history of child abuse in the family, and good behavior in the big house, you’d be back on the street in 18 months.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Independance Day as America Becomes More Dependant on Creditor Nations / Politics / US Debt
By: Global_Research
Danny Schechter writes: As Independence Day approaches, the question of the day remains—how Independent are we?
Our Declaration signed on a July 4th declared us so to be. And, dutifully, generations of Americans have believed we were and always would be. The late Michel Jackson even had us singing and thinking “We Are The World.”
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