Posted by seumasach on April 8, 2013
Paul Craig Roberts
Institute for Political Economy
4th April, 2013
For Americans, financial and economic Armageddon might be close at hand. The evidence for this conclusion is the concerted effort by the Federal Reserve and its dependent financial institutions to scare people away from gold and silver by driving down their prices.
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Posted by seumasach on March 18, 2013
Paul Craig Roberts
Institute for Political Economy
14th March, 2013
Over a decade during which the US economy was decimated by jobs offshoring, economists and other PR shills for offshoring corporations said that the US did not need the millions of lost manufacturing jobs and should be glad that the “dirty fingernail” jobs were gone.
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Posted by seumasach on March 16, 2013
16th March, 2013
The United Stated is abandoning a key part of its Eastern European missile defense plan due to development problems and funding, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has announced. The focus, he said, will be shifted to perceived threats from North Korea.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: End of empire, missile defence system, Obama agenda, Obama's realist turn | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on March 3, 2013
Cailean Bochanan
2nd March, 2013
President Assad of Syria’s comments in an interview to the Sunday Times are unusually forthright from a diplomatic point of view. Is that because he is , as foreign secretary William Hague claims, “delusional” or is he speaking from a position of strength?
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Posted by seumasach on March 3, 2013
Yes, as President Assad put it, “shallow and immature”
2nd March, 2013
Foreign Secretary William Hague today said Britain cannot afford to “sit on the sidelines” and watch the slaughter continue in Syria.
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Posted by seumasach on March 3, 2013
2nd March, 2013
Syrian President Bashar al Assad lashed out at the British government, describing it as “shallow and immature” for wanting to arm terrorists fighting against the country.
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Posted by seumasach on March 2, 2013
Paul Craig Roberts
Institute for Political Economy
1st March, 2013
Officially, since June 2009 the US economy has been undergoing an economic recovery from the December 2007 recession. But where is this recovery? I cannot find it, and neither can millions of unemployed Americans.
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Posted by seumasach on February 23, 2013
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Posted by seumasach on February 18, 2013
17th February, 2013
If the economy is improving, then why are many of the largest retail chains in America closing hundreds of stores?
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Posted by seumasach on February 18, 2013
Peter Schiff
11th February, 2013
The financial world was shocked this month by a demand from Germany’s Bundesbank to repatriate a large portion of its gold reserves held abroad.
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Posted by seumasach on January 20, 2013
Meanwhile, back in the Benighted Isle the government strives to keep anti-Russian enmity alive. We’ve had our final “we will rule the world” flourish, and now we’re sulking.
19th January, 2013
Three thousand British sailors who braved arctic conditions and enemy bombers to deliver vital supplies to the Eastern Front during WWII have been denied medals for bravery offered by Russia for their outstanding service.
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