How The NSA Spies On Your Google And Yahoo Accounts

- How The NSA Spies On Your Google And Yahoo Accounts (ZeroHedge, Oct 30, 2013): It’s quite simple really, and as the WaPo explains, the NSA “has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, according to documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and [...] continue reading the breaking news

The 10 U.S. Cities With Less Than Ten Days Of Cash On Hand

- The Ten US Cities With Less Than Ten Days Of Cash On Hand (Zerohedge, Oct 29, 2013): As the Detroit bankruptcy hearing heats up following news that the city’s unsecured creditors, among them pensioners, are set to recover pennies on the dollar, 16 to be precise, the question of which are the next cities [...] continue reading the breaking news

Confessions Of A Drone Warrior – Since Speaking Out About Drones, Brandon Bryant Has Been A Target

- Confessions of a Drone Warrior (GQ Magazine, Oct 23, 2013): He was an experiment, really. One of the first recruits for a new kind of warfare in which men and machines merge. He flew multiple missions, but he never left his computer. He hunted top terrorists, saved lives, but always from afar. He stalked [...] continue reading the breaking news

RATE SHOCK: Obamacare Causing 539% Increase In Health Insurance Costs For Texans (See Proof)

- RATE SHOCK: Obamacare causing 539% increase in health insurance costs for Texans (see proof) (Natural News, Oct 29, 2013): It is crucial for the White House that the Healthcare.gov website continue to fail, because once the site actually starts functioning, Americans are going to be hit with such devastating rate shock that the Obama [...] continue reading the breaking news

Detroit Pensioners Face Miserable 16 Cent On The Dollar Recovery

- Detroit Pensioners Face Miserable 16 Cent On The Dollar Recovery (ZeroHedge, Oct 27, 2013): If there is ever a case study about people who built up their reputation and then squandered it for first being right for all the wrong reasons, and then being wrong for the right ones, then Meredith Whitney certainly heads [...] continue reading the breaking news

SEAL Team 6 Was Set Up (Video)

- SEAL Team 6 Was Set Up (The Western Center For Journalism, Oct 25, 2013): On August 6, 2011, a military helicopter—Extortion 17, carrying thirty-eight men, including seventeen of the elite SEAL Team 6—was shot down over Taliban-controlled territory in eastern Afghanistan. It was the worst loss of life in a single day suffered since [...] continue reading the breaking news

Who Killed Michael Hastings

Related info: - Michael Hastings Believed His Mercedes Was Being Tampered With (LA Weekly) - The Michael Hastings Car Crash: No Skids Marks, A Flying Engine And ‘Boston Brakes’ (Liberty Blitzkrieg) - Barrett Brown and Michael Hastings v. FBI (Cryptome, June 20, 2013) - Michael Hastings Told WikiLeaks Lawyer He Was Being Investigated By The [...] continue reading the breaking news

NSA Spied On 124.8 BILLION Phone Calls In Just 1 Month

See also: - NSA Monitored The Phone Conversations Of 35 World Leaders The National Security Agency headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland - NSA spied on 124.8 billion phone calls in just one month: watchdog (Yahoo News, Oct 24, 2013): The National Security Agency monitored nearly 125 billion phone calls in just one month, according to [...] continue reading the breaking news

‘Japan Has No Alternative But To Print And Print And Print’ (Chart Of The Day)

- Chart Of The Day: “Japan Has No Alternative But To Print And Print And Print” (ZeroHedge, Oct 22, 2013) Today’s Chart of the Day comes by way of SocGen’s Albert Edwards who in one image shows why, with gross debt issuance needs between budget funding and rolling maturities at 60% of GDP, Japan has [...] continue reading the breaking news

Detroit Faces Crucial Trial 3 Months After Bankruptcy Filing

H/t reader M. G.: “… here is a very interesting story about Detroit and it’s pending bankruptcy. The greedy guts want it all, and they don’t care who gets hurt or destroyed.” Detroit isn’t eligible for a makeover unless a judge finds that key steps have been met, especially good-faith talks with creditors earlier this [...] continue reading the breaking news

Another One Trillion Dollars ($1,000,000,000,000) In U.S. Government Debt

“I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution — taking from the federal government their power of borrowing.” - Thomas Jefferson - Another One Trillion Dollars ($1,000,000,000,000) In Debt (Economic Collapse, Oct 21, 2013): Did you know that the U.S. national debt has increased by more than a trillion dollars [...] continue reading the breaking news

UK Orders WSJ To Withold Names Of Implicated LIBOR Manipulators After Story Already Hits Wires

- UK Orders WSJ To Withold Names Of Implicated LIBOR Manipulators After Story Already Hits Wires (ZeroHedge, Oct 18, 2013): In what is a staggering example of not only state meddling in the affairs of the “free press”, but worse, sheer state idiocy, yesterday the WSJ posted an article on its website revealing that as [...] continue reading the breaking news

Obamacare’s Unintended Consequences: It’s Not Just A Technology Problem

- Obamacare’s Unintended Consequences: It’s Not Just A Technology Problem (Cyniconomics, Oct 20, 2013): Ron Suskind’s Pulitzer Prize-winning account of Barack Obama’s first two years in office, Confidence Men, tells the inside story of the wheeling and dealing that culminated in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). According to Suskind: By the time it passed, almost [...] continue reading the breaking news

Total US Debt Soars Over $17 Trillion

… and there’s no limit: - President Obama Signed HR 2775 Into Law Authorizing The Treasury To SUSPEND The Debt Ceiling – LIMITLESS Borrowing Authority Will Expire On February 7, 2014 - Total US Debt Soars Over $17 Trillion (ZeroHedge, Oct 18, 2013): Two days ago, when we described the immediate next steps now that [...] continue reading the breaking news

Obama Nominates Drone Program Proponent To Lead DHS

Related info: - Apologist For Assassination Of Americans To Be Named As New Homeland Security Chief - Janet Napolitano’s Homeland Security Replacement Jeh Johnson Is A Constitution Killer - Obama nominates drone program proponent to lead DHS (RT, Oct 18, 2013): President Barack Obama has chosen a former Pentagon attorney who defended the extrajudicial killing [...] continue reading the breaking news

President Obama: ‘Stop Focusing On The Bloggers’ (Video)

- Obama: “Stop Focusing On The Bloggers” (ZeroHedge, Oct 17, 2013): Fast forward to 5’40″ in Obama’s speech delivered earlier today. YouTube Added: 17.10.2013 It is here that he makes the following statement: “Now that the government has reopened and this threat to our economy is removed, all of us need to stop focusing on [...] continue reading the breaking news

Fitch Puts US Credit Rating On Watch For Downgrade

- Fitch puts US debt rating on watch for downgrade (AFP, Oct 15, 2013): Rating agency Fitch on Tuesday put the United States on warning for a downgrade after Congress failed to reach a deal on raising the country’s debt ceiling.Fitch placed the United States’s top-grade AAA rating on a “negative watch”, citing the possibility [...] continue reading the breaking news

Ex-Navy SEAL On FOX News: US Government Is Creating Conditions To impose Martial Law (Video – Oct 15, 2013)

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Prof. Michel Chossudovsky: Shutdown Of US Govt & ‘Debt Default’: Dress Rehearsal For Privatization Of Federal State System?

The U.S. Capitol looms in the background of a sign on the National Mall reminding visitors of the closures to all national parks due to the federal government shutdown in Washington October 3, 2013. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque) Michel Chossudovsky is an award-winning author, professor of economics, founder and director of the Centre for Research on Globalization, [...] continue reading the breaking news

With The US Being Two Days Away From No Longer Being Able To Issue New Debt President Obama Is Busy … Making Sandwiches

- Meanwhile, The President Is Busy… (ZeroHedge, Oct 14, 2013): The US is two days away from no longer being able to issue new debt, but at least Obama is busy… Making sandwiches. Meeting The Volunteers More Volunteers Talking To The Volunteers Speaking To Reporters Trying To Hear Over The Noise First, It’s Time To [...] continue reading the breaking news

China Imports Over 2,000 Tons Of Gold In Last Two Years

- Chart Of The Day: China Imports Over 2,000 Tons Of Gold In Last Two Years (ZeroHedge, Oct 13, 2013): China has just one thing to say to all those who engage in the now daily slamdowns of gold just around the time of the London fixing, after 8 am Eastern, which lately have gotten [...] continue reading the breaking news

Russia’s Lavrov: Foreigners Train Syrian Rebels In Afghanistan To Use Chem Weapons

- Foreigners train Syrian rebels in Afghanistan to use chem weapons – Lavrov (RT, Oct 11, 2013): There are reports that some third countries are training Syrian rebels to use chemical weapons in Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. The intention is to put the skill to use in new false flag actions in [...] continue reading the breaking news

Rice Grown Nearby Fukushima Plant Cleared For Sale – Farmer: ‘I Would Not Dare Eat It … We Feel Guilty About Growing It And Selling It’

- Rice grown nearby Fukushima plant cleared for sale — Farmer: “I would not dare eat it… We feel guilty about growing it and selling it” (VIDEO) (ENENews, Oct 11, 2013): The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition), Oct. 10, 2013: Rice Grown Near Fukushima Cleared for Sale [...] Rice grown in some areas within a 30 [...] continue reading the breaking news

Fukushima Doctor: Thyroid Cancer Found In Over 40 Children … We Believe It’s Related To The Nuclear Disaster

- Fukushima Doctor: Cancer found in over 40 children… We believe it’s related to the nuclear disaster — Physician: Leukemia cases to increase in next few months? (AUDIO) (ENENews, Oct 11, 2013): TVR, Oct. 10, 2013: Belarusian therapists help Japanese colleagues to fight radiation [...] Japanese doctors continue to struggle with radiation and the consequences [...] continue reading the breaking news

Warning: Enrolling In Obamacare Allows Government To Link Your IP Address With Your Name, Social Security Number, Bank Accounts And Web Surfing Habits

- Warning: Enrolling in Obamacare allows government to link your IP address with your name, social security number, bank accounts and web surfing habits (Natural News, Oct 10, 2013): We have already established that Healthcare.gov is not a functioning database application that allows people to shop for competing health plans. It is actually a government-run [...] continue reading the breaking news

Extreme Hypocrisy! Obama Orders Federal Workers To ‘Make Life As Difficult For People As We Can’

- Extreme Hypocrisy! Obama Orders Federal Workers To “Make Life As Difficult For People As We Can” (Economic Collapse, Oct 8, 2013): Why would the president of the United States try to purposely hurt the American people?  Well, in 2013 this is done in order to score political points and force the opposition in to [...] continue reading the breaking news

America’s Police Are Looking More And More Like The Military

A Defense Department program transfers military-grade weapons and vehicles to local law enforcement. It’s the last thing we need “The militarization of our domestic policing will make-over America, and fast.” Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters - America’s police are looking more and more like the military (Guardian, Oct 7, 2013): America’s streets are looking more and more [...] continue reading the breaking news

Veteran New York Times Reporter: ‘This Is Most Closed, Control-Freak Administration I’ve Ever Covered’

- Veteran New York Times Reporter: “This Is Most Closed, Control-Freak Administration I’ve Ever Covered” (ZeroHedge, Oct 6, 2013): American constitutional experts say that Obama is worse than Nixon. The government has taken to protecting criminal wrongdoing by attacking whistleblowers … and any  journalists who have the nerve to report on the beans spilled by [...] continue reading the breaking news

AND NOW: House Votes To Approve Back Pay For Furloughed Workers

The house has passed the bill and everybody will get paid. A paid vacation that is. Nice. - House votes to approve back pay for furloughed workers (Washington Post, Oct  5, 2013): As the fifth day of the federal government shutdown began, members of the House came together in a moment of rare bipartisanship to [...] continue reading the breaking news

Capitol Hill Shooting: Family Criticises Police Deadly Force (Video)

- Capitol hill shooting: family criticises police deadly force – video (Guardian, Oct 5, 2013): Description: The sisters of Miriam Carey say the family is ‘confused’ after the 34-year-old was shot dead by police near the White House. Carey, who was reportedly suffering from depression, was in the car with her one-year-old daughter when she [...] continue reading the breaking news

U.S. Government Lies About Spying Again and Again … Here’s What’s REALLY Going On

- Government Lies About Spying Again and Again … Here’s What’s REALLY Going On (ZeroHedge, Oct 4, 2013): Government Officials Fail Honesty Standards of 12 Year Olds Government leaders have been caught in lie after lie about spying … but keep on spouting new lies: The heads of the intelligence services have repeatedly been caught [...] continue reading the breaking news

Ron Paul: ‘The Country Is Bankrupt … The People Are Being Bamboozled’ (Video)

- Ron Paul: “The Country Is Bankrupt… The People Are Being Bamboozled” (ZeroHedge, Oct 2, 2013): “The American people are being bamboozled into believing that you have to keep spending for ever,” Ron Paul exclaims, as “neither side is truly looking for spending cuts.” As he explains they all know that increasing spending is all [...] continue reading the breaking news

Netanyahu To UN: Iran’s Nuclear Warheads Could Hit New York In 3 To 4 Years

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the 68th United Nations General Assembly on October 1, 2013 in New York City. - Iran’s nuclear warheads could hit NY in 3 to 4 years – Netanyahu to UN (RT, Oct 1, 2013): Iran is building missiles that could reach New York in three to four years, [...] continue reading the breaking news

Government Shutdown: 800000 Workers Go Without Pay, And It Doesn’t Stop There

In other news: - Government shutdown begins; Senate expected to reject latest House proposal (Washington Post, Oct 1, 2013) - Congress misses deadline, sending government into partial shutdown (Fox News, Oct 1, 2013) - Government shuts down after Congress fails to pass spending bill (USA Today, Oct 1, 2013) - Government shutdown: 800000 workers go [...] continue reading the breaking news

Meanwhile In Italy …

- Meanwhile In Italy… (ZeroHedge, Sep 30, 2013): UPDATE: Reuters reports that 20 senators from Berlusconi’s party are preparing to create new party if Berlusconi does not soften stance against PM Letta – EUR and Italian Bonds are ramping. *AS MANY AS 20 BERLUSCONI SENATORS MAY LEAVE PDL: REUTERS Via Bloomberg, Berlusconi faces demands from [...] continue reading the breaking news

U.S. Government Shutdown Looms: A Q&A On What Happens Next (And Who Stays At Home)

- The Government Shutdown Looms: A Q&A On What Happens Next (And Who Stays At Home) (ZeroHedge, Sep 29, 2013): With a government’s October 1 shut down – temporary of course – now seemingly inevitable, and more importantly with the peak debt ceiling negotiations due in just about a week after which point the Treasury [...] continue reading the breaking news