By Deroy Murdock
GHS
Posted Feb 11, 2009
Metrowest Daily
So-called “global warming” has shrunk from problem to punch line. And now, Leftists are laughing, too. It’s hard not to chuckle at the idea of Earth boiling in a carbon cauldron when the news won’t cooperate: Read the rest of this entry »
Murdock: It’s cold, and people are laughing at global warming..
Posted by smeddum on February 13, 2009
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Greek vessels lay idle as financial crisis hits shipping –
Posted by smeddum on February 13, 2009
Greek vessels lay idle as financial crisis hits shipping –
: Fri, 13 Feb 2009
Pireaus, Greece – In good times, Greek vessels criss-crossed the seas on global trade routes taking international crews around the world to discharge huge containers full of goods. Today, an eerie calm pervades for miles outside the bustling port of Pireaus, as hundreds of vessels, namely bulkers and tankers float idly, waiting for cargo.
Shipping, normally an industry of peaks and dips, is currently facing one of the worst crisis’ in decades and many experts say the scene off the port of Piraeus, with vessels anchored and awaiting orders is being repeated at dozens of other ports across the world.
“Charter rates for dry cargo vessels are at their lowest since 1985 and this makes it very difficult for vessels to break even after loan installments and operating expenses,” says Giorgos Gratsos, president of the Hellenic Shipping Federation and owner of Standard Bulk Transport. Read the rest of this entry »
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European finance ministers to attack Alistair Darling over sterling’s slide
Posted by smeddum on February 13, 2009
European finance ministers are planning to round on Alistair Darling and tell him to bring the pound back under control, in what many fear could represent the opening salvo of a “currency war”.
By Edmund Conway, Economics Editor
13 Feb 2009
Telegraph
French and German ministers are expected to confront the Chancellor over sterling’s weakness at the opening dinner for the Group of Seven finance summit in Rome tonight. They will ask him to consider direct action to increase the value of the pound, which has suffered its worst devaluation since at least the final breakdown of the Bretton Woods agreement in the early 1970s. Read the rest of this entry »
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China’s Economy Shows Signs of Recovery on Stimulus
Posted by smeddum on February 13, 2009
China’s Economy Shows Signs of Recovery on Stimulus
By Kevin Hamlin
Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) — China’s economy is showing signs that a 4 trillion yuan ($585 billion) stimulus package is taking effect.
The world’s third-biggest economy may expand 6.6 percent in the second quarter after slowing to 6.3 percent in the three months to March 31, the weakest pace since 1999, according to the median estimates of 14 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Big Bee Death
Posted by seumasach on February 12, 2009
Click on above link to see graphics, charts, etc.
Issue 4 April 2007
The mysterious disappearance of
entire bee colonies, which has been ob-
served for several years in many countries,
could soon have grave consequences for
agricultural production.
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Bubble Economy 2.0: The Financial Recovery Plan from Hell
Posted by seumasach on February 12, 2009
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Michael Hudson 11th February, 2009 Martin Wolf started off his Financial Times column today (February 11) with the bold question: “Has Barack Obama’s presidency already failed?”[1] The stock market had a similar opinion, plunging 382 points. Having promised “change,” Mr. Obama is giving us more Clinton-Bush via Robert Rubin’s protégé, Tim Geithner. Tuesday’s $2.5 trillion Financial Stabilization Plan to re-inflate the Bubble Economy is basically an extension of the Bush-Paulson giveaway – yet more Rubinomics for financial insiders in the emerging Wall Street trusts. The financial system is to be concentrated into a cartel of just a few giant conglomerates to act as the economy’s central planners and resource allocators. This makes banks the big winners in the game of “chicken” they’ve been playing with Washington, a shakedown holding the economy hostage. “Give us what we want or we’ll plunge the economy into financial crisis.” Washington has given them $9 trillion so far, with promises now of another $2 trillion– and still counting. |
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Taliban storms Afghan Ministries, 26 killed
Posted by seumasach on February 12, 2009
| Eight gunmen wearing suicide vests go on a shooting spree |
— Photo: AP
Under attack: Afghan security personnel take positions near the Afghan Justice Ministry in Kabul following an attack by Taliban gunmen on Wednesday.
KABUL: Taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed the Justice Ministry and another government building in Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday, killing 26 people ahead of a planned visit by President Barack Obama’s special envoy to the region Richard Holbrooke.
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Deluge of Financial Calamities Looming by Mid-March
Posted by seumasach on February 12, 2009
Patrick A. Heller
10th February, 2009
As horrible as the financial news for currencies and paper assets has been since mid-2007, it looks like the worst is yet to come – perhaps as early as next month.
Posted in Financial crisis | Tagged: bond bubble, comex gold, dollar collapse, financial collapse, gold backwardisation, gold manipulation | Leave a Comment »
Iceland Central Bankers hold on with a little help from the IMF
Posted by seumasach on February 12, 2009
With the IMF seemingly interceding on their behalf Iceland’s central bankers, particularly David Oddsson, are the immovable object checking the irresistible force of the popular movement on the streets.
Iceland’s Second Central Banker to Resign in June
12th February, 2009
Central Bank governor Eiríkur Gudnason announced his resignation as of June 1 in a letter received by Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir on Tuesday. The PM has expressed her disappointment with the announcement.
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A new RF-free village in the South of France
Posted by alfied on February 11, 2009
EMF Fields
This new village, on 250 acres, has been in preparation for several years. All the buildings of the White Zone Health Zone eco-village complex are biocompatible, with particular regard to low-frequency radiation, and meet strict building regulations. Access will be forbidden to any person or any vehicle that registers on an EMF detector at the entrance to the complex. Read the rest of this entry »
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Medical Director of Switzerland’s Paracelsus Clinic Takes Stand on Hazards of Electromagnetic Pollution – ‘Electromagnetic Load’ a Hidden Factor in Many Illnesses
Posted by seumasach on February 11, 2009
Listen to Dr. Rau Interview.
http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/medical-director-of-switzerland/
Thomas M. Rau, MD, Medical Director of the Paracelsus Clinic
February 10th, 2009. Dr. Thomas Rau, Medical Director of the world renowned Paracelsus Clinic in Lustmühle, Switzerland says he is convinced ‘electromagnetic loads’ lead to cancer, concentration problems, ADD, tinnitus, migraines, insomnia, arrhythmia, Parkinson’s and even back pain. At Paracelsus (www.paracelsus.ch), cancer patients are now routinely educated in electromagnetic field remediation strategies and inspectors from the Geopathological Institute of Switzerland are sent to patients’ homes to assess electromagnetic field exposures.
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