Why is Greenland so rich these days? It said goodbye to the EU!

Britain used to have 80 per cent of European fish stocks (Photo: PA) If you think that leaving the EU would be catastrophic, take a look at Greenland. By rights its people ought to be poor. Their island is isolated, suffers from freezing weather, has a workforce of only 28,000 and relies on fish for [...] continue reading world news

Germany Rejects EU Call To Double $588 Billion Bailout Fund

See also: - Germany Rejects EU Call To Double $588 Billion Bailout Fund Europeans Clash on Bailout BERLIN—European leaders sparred over whether to commit more funds to rescue struggling euro-zone countries, as financial-market pressure on the region’s weakest economies intensified. The European Union’s executive arm, the Brussels-based EU Commission, floated a proposal on Wednesday to [...] continue reading world news

And Now … Ireland: Pension Reserve Funds To Be Spent On The Banksters

Unbelievable! UP to €15 billion from the National Pensions Reserve Fund, set aside when the Celtic Tiger was still roaring, is likely to be used to recapitalise three of the country’s banks. Amid speculation last night that the rate of interest to be charged on the EU/IMF bailout could be as much as 6.7%, Fine [...] continue reading world news

THE Daily Express is the first national newspaper to call for Britain to leave the European Union

Must-see: - Nigel Farage: ‘Who the Hell do You Think You Are. The Euro Game Is Up!’ THE Daily Express is the first national newspaper to call for Britain to leave the European Union. From now on, our energies will be directed to furthering the cause of those who believe Britain is Better Off Out. [...] continue reading world news

China Inflation May Be Too Hot for Controls

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) — Standing near his 12-table noodle shop on Beijing’s Yonghegong Avenue, owner Liu Heliang says meat and vegetable prices have climbed 10 percent in a year and staff wages are up 40 percent. “I’m struggling to make ends meet with costs going up like this,” said Liu, a native of Sichuan province [...] continue reading world news

Russia, China pledge bigger role for yuan, ruble

See also: - China, Russia, Iran are Dumping the Dollar, Buy Gold And Silver Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday the Chinese yuan would soon start trading in Russia as the countries seek to challenge the dollar [...] continue reading world news

China, Russia, Iran are Dumping the Dollar, Buy Gold And Silver

Don’t miss: -  George Soros’ and John Paulson’s Biggest Holding Is GOLD -  Russia, China pledge bigger role for yuan, ruble Something is going on that your government does not want you to know about. Very few journalists have written about it and little or nothing has appeared in the mainstream media. The story could [...] continue reading world news

George Soros’ and John Paulson’s Biggest Holding Is GOLD

Remember that George Soros told the world that gold is a bubble and afterwards invested heavily in gold? Flashback: George: Soros: - George Soros not only doubled his gold investment, but also bought call options - George Soros More Than Doubled Gold ETF Stake in 4th Quarter John Paulson: - Hedge fund manager John Paulson [...] continue reading world news

California Will Default On Its Debt

Municipal bonds have plummeted in recent days, as investors have suddenly focused on huge state and city budget deficits that there’s no easy way to fix. Nowhere has this collapse been more visible than California, which faces a massive $25 billion shortfall and red ink for as far as the eye can see. After years [...] continue reading world news

How Billionaire George Soros Profits From New TSA Full-Body Scanners

And so does Former head of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff: - Full Body Scanner Lobby: Michael Chertoff & Rapiscan Be sure and read Tim Carney’s Examiner column today on the politically-connected lobby for the controversial new TSA scanners that are upsetting airline employees and travelers everywhere. Carney notes that a company called Rapiscan got a [...] continue reading world news

China introduces subsidies in response to double-digit food price inflation in October

Some vegetable prices have risen by almost two-thirds so far this month China’s government has said it will provide poorer households with subsidies in response to double-digit food price inflation. Inflation accelerated to 4.4% in October, with food prices rising 10.1%. The government also said it had not ruled out price controls if current grain [...] continue reading world news

UN: Food prices may rise by up to 20%

Poor harvests put global food reserves under pressure, with African and Asian countries likely to be worst hit Prices of wheat, maize and many other foods traded internationally have risen by up to 40% in just a few months. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images The UN today warned that food prices could rise by 10%-20% next [...] continue reading world news

1 in 7 US Households Hit By Hunger Issues in 2009

* Emergency food pantry use up sharply in recent years * Food stamps used by 15 million families a month in 2009 WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (Reuters) – The number of U.S. households that reported getting emergency food from a food pantry almost doubled between 2007 and 2009, at the height of the recession, a government [...] continue reading world news

Open Letter To Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke – Economists, Investors And Political Strategists Oppose QE2

Open Letter to Ben Bernanke The following is the text of an open letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signed by several economists, along with investors and political strategists, most of them close to Republicans: We believe the Federal Reserve’s large-scale asset purchase plan (so-called “quantitative easing”) should be reconsidered and discontinued.  We do [...] continue reading world news

Senate Bill S. 510 Food Safety Modernization Act Vote Imminent: Outlaws Gardening And Saving Seeds

This is unconstitutional and violates your basic human right to grow your own food! This is treason! “The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution.” - Thomas Jefferson “God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion…. And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers [...] continue reading world news

(Unelected) EU President Herman van Rompuy: The Man Who Wants Your Money

The European president Herman van Rompuy offers a tempting target for jokers. But his call for for the imposition of a common economic policy, backed up with surveillance and punishments, has a decidedly sinister ring . European president Herman van Rompuy: effective in Belgium, equally determined in Europe Herman van Rompuy, the president of Europe, [...] continue reading world news

China To Be World’s Biggest Economy Within Two Years

Barack Obama greets China’s Paramount Leader, Hu Jintao (Photo: Getty) Here’s a finding that will have any red-blooded American spluttering into his cornflakes. According to the Conference Board, a highly respected economic research association, China will overtake the US as the world’s biggest economy by 2012, or within two years. OK, so in dollar terms, [...] continue reading world news

Food Price Inflation: A Loaf of Wheat Bread May Soon Cost $23

“Within a decade, a loaf of wheat bread may cost $23 in a grocery store in the United States” The US has no decade left! Read the article in German here: - Preisinflation bei Nahrungsmitteln: Kostet ein Brot bald 23 Dollar? (NaturalNews) Within a decade, a loaf of wheat bread may cost $23 in a [...] continue reading world news

18 Percent of Americans Cannot Put Food on The Table

Nearly one in five Americans have said that there had been times over the past year when they could not afford to put food on the table, despite record participation in a food stamp scheme. People look at job listings at a government-run employment center in Las Vegas. One in five say they have struggled [...] continue reading world news

White House Probe Clears BP Over Oil Spill Disaster

On Halliburton: -  US Presidential Panel: Halliburton Knew Cement Mixed For BP Blowout Well Was Unstable -  Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: The Halliburton Connection: The company acknowledged Friday that it had completed the final cementing of the oil well and pipe just 20 hours before the blowout… - AND: “Just eight days before the [...] continue reading world news

President Obama Warns of Unemployment Being ‘New Normal’ in US

The US government and the Federal Reserve (successfully!) apply the most effective economic policies to destroy the middle class and the poor. This is the Greatest Depression and the biggest financial collapse in history is near. Mr Obama is still smarting from heavy losses in the midterm elections Photo: AP In an interview with “60 [...] continue reading world news

China’s Leading Credit Rating Agency Cuts US Credit Rating to A+

Nov. 09 (Bloomberg) — China’s Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. reduced its credit rating for the U.S. to A+ from AA, citing a deteriorating intent and ability to repay debt obligations after the Federal Reserve announced more monetary easing. The credit outlook for the U.S. is “negative,” as the Fed’s plan to buy government debt [...] continue reading world news

Jesse Ventura Conspiracy Theory: Wall Street

- Catherine Austin Fitts: The Looting Of America (Must-see!): Former Assistant Secretary of Housing under George H.W. Bush Catherine Austin Fitts blows the whistle on how the financial terrorists have deliberately imploded the US economy and transferred gargantuan amounts of wealth offshore as a means of sacrificing the American middle class. Fitts documents how trillions [...] continue reading world news

China Says Fed Quantitative Easing May Flood World Economy With ‘Hot Money’

See also: -  QE2 – The Day After: Entire World Blasts Deranged Madman Bernanke’s Uncheckable Insanity - Federal Reserve Will Surpass China As Top Holder Of US Debt By The End Of The Month: Shit Just Got Real! - Federal Reserve To Spend $600 Billion More To Destroy The US Dollar And The Middle Class [...] continue reading world news

Catherine Austin Fitts: The Looting Of America

Flashback:  Former Assistant Secretary of Housing: The U.S. is the Global Leader in Illegal Money Laundering Former Assistant Secretary of Housing under George H.W. Bush Catherine Austin Fitts blows the whistle on how the financial terrorists have deliberately imploded the US economy and transferred gargantuan amounts of wealth offshore as a means of sacrificing the [...] continue reading world news

In US 14 Percent Rely on Food Stamps, 42,389,619 Americans received food stamps in August

This, Americans, is so much more important than you: - US Spends 511 Million Dollars on Embassy Expansion in Afghanistan This is the change BS that you voted for and if you vote Republican, then you are also screwed and here is why: - Elite Puppet President Obama Exposed You do not really have a [...] continue reading world news

QE2 – The Day After: Entire World Blasts Deranged Madman Bernanke’s Uncheckable Insanity

Yes, the Federal Reserve is above the law! - Federal Reserve Will Surpass China As Top Holder Of US Debt By The End Of The Month: Shit Just Got Real! - Federal Reserve To Spend $600 Billion More To Destroy The US Dollar And The Middle Class - Federal Reserve Banksters Return to Jekyll Island [...] continue reading world news

Federal Reserve Will Surpass China As Top Holder Of US Debt By The End Of The Month: Shit Just Got Real!

See also: - Federal Reserve Banksters Return to Jekyll Island to Celebrate 100 Years of Successfully Destroying America - Federal Reserve To Spend $600 Billion More To Destroy The US Dollar And The Middle Class As is all too well known by now, starting over the next few days, the Fed will commence purchasing $75 [...] continue reading world news

Did somebody just try to buy the British government?

Hmmh, hmmmh, hmmmmh. (Hat tip to [REDACTED] over on LJ for spotting this one …) (DUE TO THE HEAVY LOAD WE’RE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING, (90,000 page views/hour — just slightly more than this blog usually gets), comment posting may be slow (or fail completely). — cs.) Hansard is the official printed transcript of the proceedings of [...] continue reading world news

Irish Bond Yields Shooting To Record And Another Prof. Warns That It’s Just One Month Until Endgame

Irish 10-year yields are shooting to new records this morning. What’s going on? Now another University College Dublin professor, Karl Whelan, is warning that things could collapse in one month when the Irish budget is due. Yesterday it was Colm McCarthy, also a UCD professor, making similar comments that got people nervous again. Joe Weisenthal [...] continue reading world news

Fluoridation: A Horror Story

See also: - Fluoride: A Chronological History (Must-read!) - Scientific Facts on the Biological Effects of Fluoride - The Drugging Of America with Fluoride - Fluoride & The Manhattan Project (Declassified Government Documents) - Fluoride: A Toxic Poison That Accumulates In The Pineal Gland - Fluoride: The Phosphate Connection Introduction Earlier drafts of this essay [...] continue reading world news

Fluoride: A Chronological History

Fluoride is THE main ingredient in rat poison. Fluoride is THE main ingredient in Sarin nerve gas. Fluoride is THE main ingredient in Prozac. Fluoride destroys the brain (accumulates the pineal gland), the bones, the organs and causes cancer. Hitler and Stalin used it in concentration camps and gulags as mass control instrument to make [...] continue reading world news