Geopolitical – Week of 12.20.09
Iceland Lawmakers Threaten to Reject Icesave Bill a Second Time
Bloomberg.com (21 Dec 09)
Farmers May See Large Tax Increases Under Proposal From Missour State Tax Commission
The Tree of Liberty (21 …
Iceland Lawmakers Threaten to Reject Icesave Bill a Second Time
Bloomberg.com (21 Dec 09)
Farmers May See Large Tax Increases Under Proposal From Missour State Tax Commission
The Tree of Liberty (21 …
Black Belt Putin Offers To Join Russian Judo Team
Reuters (20 Dec 09)
Mercedes-Based 10,000-Liter Water Cannon
Car and Driver (17 Dec 09)
Food Price Inflation Close To 20%
YouTube (11 Dec 09)
GM Wheat Is On Its Way
Guardian.co.uk (19 Dec 09)
Food Price Inflation Close To 20%
YouTube (11 Dec 09)
GM Wheat Is On Its Way
Guardian.co.uk (19 Dec 09)
The European AIG: How Moody’s Downgrade Of Greece Can Start The Avalanche
Zero Hedge (18 Dec 09)
PIMCO Sells $26.5 Billion In Treasuries And MBS In November, Goes To Cash
Zero Hedge (17 Dec 09)
Surv…
The European AIG: How Moody’s Downgrade Of Greece Can Start The Avalanche
Zero Hedge (18 Dec 09)
PIMCO Sells $26.5 Billion In Treasuries And MBS In November, Goes To Cash
Zero Hedge (17 Dec 09)
Surv…
Is The Price of World Silver The Result of Legitimate Market Discovery?
Jesse’s Crossroads Cafe (15 Dec 09)
Comex Acts to Curb Speculation (In Gold)
Jesse’s Crossroads Cafe (15 Dec 09)
The Return of…
What 10 Reasons Will Keep a Lid on The Housing And Economic Recovery For California?
Dr. Housing Bubble (2009)
The Trend In The Freddie Mac US Housing Price Index
Jesse’s Crossroads Cafe’ (12 Dec 0…
World Leaders May Drop 2010 Climate Deadline – Draft
Reuters (18 Dec 09)
Obama Heads to High-risk, Uncertain Climate Talks
Associated Press (18 Dec 09)
EU Drops Antitrust Case Against Microsoft
Law….
SkyGrabber: The $26 Software Used by Insurgents to Hack Into US Drones
Guardian.co.uk (17 Dec 09)
Good-bye, Laptop. Hello, Smart Phone.
Kiplinger (05 Aug 09)
Rural Broadband Access
To Grow, Slowly B…
For America’s Santas, It’s Hard to Be Jolly With the Tales They’re Hearing
The Wall Street Journal (14 Dec 09)
Berlusconi Attack Prompts Italy Soul Searching
Reuters (14 Dec 09)
Hollywood’s Bril…
Woman Claims Swine-flu Shot Caused Paralysis
WorldNetDaily (11 Dec 09)
Woman Claims Swine-flu Shot Caused Paralysis
WorldNetDaily (11 Dec 09)
Charlie Rose – Robin Williams
YouTube (07 Dec 09)
Soros Seeks $100 Billion in IMF Funds for Green Plan
Bloomberg.com (10 Dec 09)
Brown And Sarkozy Call For Special Tax on Bank Bonuses
Reuters (10 D…
Charlie Rose – Robin Williams
YouTube (07 Dec 09)
Soros Seeks $100 Billion in IMF Funds for Green Plan
Bloomberg.com (10 Dec 09)
Brown And Sarkozy Call For Special Tax on Bank Bonuses
Reuters (10 D…
Gold Market Updated :A Contrarian’s Dilemma (PDF)
Zero Hedge (Dec 2009)
Gold: Expect a Technical Correction Before the Final Frontie
Seeking Alpha (07 Dec 09)
Bank of Korea Sees ‘Illusion’ in…
Dubai Property Merger Blocked
Financial Times (09 Dec 09) [Must subscribe to read full article.]
10 Looming Geopolitical Disasters
The Money Game (09 Dec 09)
Turkey To Israel: Cross Our Airspace To Bomb Iran & We Will Respond Like An Earthquake
Political Theatrics (08 Dec 09)
Will Missour…
Learning About the Sun Through Sound Waves
Stanford Solar Center (2008)
Scientists Say Paper Battery Could Be In The Works
Reuters (08 Dec 09)
Facebook Forms Board On Online Safety
Reuters (07 Dec 0…
For Elderly in Rural Areas, Times Are Distinctly Harder
The New York Times (10 Dec 09)
5 Things Your Mom Was Right About
Shine (07 Dec 09)
Ore. School Removes Holiday Tree, Bans Santa Claus
Komonews…
Dirt! The Movie Trailer
YouTube
The 6 Weirdest,Scariest Processed Foods
AlterNet (06 Dec 09)
Dirt! The Movie Trailer
YouTube
The 6 Weirdest,Scariest Processed Foods
AlterNet (06 Dec 09)
By Suzanne McGee
With money tight, top philanthropists insist on more bang for the buck. Meet the 25 most effective givers.
The name of the game in philanthropy this year is to make your dollars g…
Matt Weinstein, Playfair Inc.
Depressed Americans Quit The Labor Force
The Business Insider (04 Dec 09)
Israel’s Fischer Says World Must Accept A Weaker US Dollar
Reuters (03 Dec 09)
Warning on …
Trader Dan Discusses What You Need To Know About The Gold/Bond Ratio
MineSet (02 Dec 09)
S&P Launches Gold-Hedged Index To Protect Against Dollar Risk
The Wall Street Journal (03 Dec 09) [Must subsc…
Anatomy of a Government-Abetted Fraud: Why Indymac/OneWest Always Forecloses
IamFacingForeclosure.com
House Bill Extends Current Estate Tax
The Wall Street Journal (04 Dec 09)
Siegelman: Justice Department Hasn’t Changed Under Obama
Legal Schnauzer (01 Dec 09)
Queen Flexes Muscle to Demand Copenhage…
Comcast-NBC Deal Faces Regulatory Hurdles
Reuters (03 Dec 09)
Lawsuit Demands Answers About Social-Networking Surveillance
EFF.org (01 Dec 09)
Uh, oh – Raw Data in New Zealand Tells a Different St…
4 Urgent Home Fixes Before You Retire
Yahoo Finance (04 Dec 09)
Taking The Private Jet to Copenhagen(Glittering Eco-credentials)
TimesOnline (29 Nov 09)
Child Abuse: Test Pests Going After 3-4 Year…
After Delays, Vaccine to Counter Bad Beef Is Being Tested
The New York Times (03 Dec 09)
Novavax: A Risky But Potentially Lucrative Vaccine Play
DailyFinance (02 Dec 09)
Ukraine Economic Catastroph…
‘One Worker, One Vote:’US Steelworkers to Experiment with Factory Ownership, Mondragon Style
Solidarity Economy (27 Oct 09)
Washington Post to Close Three Regional Bureaux
BBC News (25 Nov 09)
Rus…
US Mint to Suspend American Eagle Gold 1-oz Coins
Reuters (25 Nov 09)
Gold and Newton’s First Law of Motion
Financial sense Observations (25 Nov 09)
IMF Sells 10 Tonnes of Gold to Sri Lanka
Yahoo …
Green World Government
The Washington Times (27 Nov 09)
Obama Says Will “Finish The Job” in Afghanistan
Reuters (25 Nov 09)
Obama to Offer 17% Emissions-Cut Goal in Copenhagen
Bloomberg.com (25 Nov …
Wall St. Finds Profits by Reducing Mortgages
The New York Times (21 Nov 09)
World’s Most Expensive Homes
Yahoo Finance (22 Nov 09)
FHA-Backed Lending Is a ‘Train Wreck,’ Toll Says
Bloomberg.co…
Oprah’s Departure Presents Problem For TV Stations
Yahoo Finance (20 Nov 09)
Superstar CBS Reporter Blows the Lid Off the Swine Flu Media Hype and Hysteria
Mercola.com (24 Nov 09)
GlaxoSmithKline Pulls Swine Flu Vaccines in Canada
Forbes (24 Nov 09)
Fat Of Up To 60 Bodies Us…
Stocks Plunge as Treasury Three-Month Bill Yields Turn Negative
Bloomberg.com (19 Nov 09)
Wells Fargo to Pay $1.4 Billion in Auction-Rate Securities Settlement
Law.com (19 Nov 09)
Geithner Blames C…
U.K. Royal Mint Quadruples Production of Gold Coins (Update2)
Bloomberg.com (19 Nov 09)
Mauritius Buys IMF Gold, Follows India as Metal Soars (Update4)
Bloomberg.com (17 Nov 09)
Waiting For The Tr…
Chicago Judge Lambastes Sidley Lawyers Over Brief
Law.com (11 Nov 09)
Latest Foreclosure Activity Report Presents Conflicting Perspectives
Zero Hedge (12 Nov 09)
DynCorp Says It May Have Broken U.S. Law
The Wall Street Journal (19 Nov 09)
Karzai Sworn In As Afghan Leader; Vows To Fight Graft
Reuters (19 Nov 09)
His & Her Benefits: Getting Ex’s Social Securi…
Intel Agrees to Pay AMD $1.25 Billion in Sudden Settlement
Law.com (13 Nov 09)
A Fresh Way to Take The Salt Out of Seawater
The Economist (29 Oct 09)
Money Trickles North as Mexicans Help Relatives
The New York Times (15 Nov 09)
India Rain A Harvest of Water
National Geographic (Nov 2009)
Crimes And Abuses Of The Pharmaceutical Industry (pdf)
Sister Teresa Forcades I Vila, PhD
49 mn Americans Food Insecure
Market Skeptics (19 Nov 09)
Air Force Adds Kids to Pentagon’s Mandatory H1N1 V…
Barrick Shuts Hedge Book as World Gold Supply Runs Out
Telegraph.co.uk (11 Nov 09)
Barclay’s Remarkable Bargain
New York Times (9 Nov 09)
How the Government Is Swallowing the Economy
Yahoo Finance (…
58% Say Next President Likely To Be Republican
Rasmussen Reports (8 Nov 09)
Although House Passes Health Care, Most Voters Still Oppose the Legislation
Rasmussen Reports (9 Nov 09)
45% Now Rate Obam…
Victory at Codex!
National Health Federation (8 Nov 09)
The Late Movies: Dogs Welcoming Home Soldiers
Mental Floss (10 Nov 09)
Confessions of a Vision Impaired Stakeholder With Dubious Management Practices Embarking on an Ill-defined Mission
Sam Smith -…
Investment Firm Chief Backs GATA on Bloomberg Asia TV
GATA.org (9 Nov 09)
World’s Central Banks Signal End to Policy ‘Largesse’
Bloomberg.com (6 Nov 09)
U.S. Stocks Erase Gain as House Votes to Limit Card Rates
Bloomberg.com (4 Nov 09)
Buffett Joins Goldman in Bid for Fan…
Chinese Gold Cheaper Than IMF’s – ex-PBOC Adviser
Reuters India (5 Nov 09)
How Can You Tell When Gold is in a Bubble?
Jesse’s Cafe Americain (4 Nov 09)
Barrick Gold Posts US$5.4 Billion Net Loss on …
Vets Sue CIA Over Mid Control Tests
Wired (7 Jan 09)
Hillary Clinton Only Winner in Honduran Mess
The Australian (2 Nov 09)
EU Lisbon Treaty Signed by Czech President
Daily Inquirer (6 Nov 09)
Fusi…
NSA Supercenters to Store Americans’ Private Data Permanently
New American (28 Oct 09)
Sec and Homeland Security Need Web Backup, GAO Says
The Flu Case (26 Oct 09)
NSA Supercenters to Store American…
Honey in the Whitehouse
New York Times
12 Personal Travel Websites That Will Make You Quit Your Day Job
MatadorNetwork (18 Nov 06)
Uprooting A Fall Harvest At The White House Kitchen Garden
Washingt…
WHO ‘Assumes’ Ukraine Gripped By Swine Flu
Associated Press (3 Nov 09)
What’s So Scary About Michael Pollan? Why Corporate Agriculture Tried to Censor His University Speech
Truthout (28 Oct 09)
Mons…
Shell Profit Plunges
Reuters (29 Oct 09)
Einhorn’s Next Call Won’t Be as Easy as Lehman: William Pesek
Bloomberg.com (29 Oct 09)
Unemployed Tap Their 401(k)s
CNN Money (28 Oct 09)
Soros: China…
Gold ETC Slow To Take Off In Gulf
Reuters (28 Oct 09)
Gold’s New Ally
The Daily Reckoning (24 Oct 09)
In Detroit, A Housing Auction Of Last Resort
MSNBC Business (25 Oct 09)
Home-buyer Tax-credit Refunds Delayed For Months
Fox Business (26 Oct 09)
Guess What: The Next Housing Bubble Is Already Under…
Flotsam & Jetsam: Time For A Little Moderation
Undernews (27 Oct 09)
North America’s Largest Industrial union And World’s Largest Cooperative Join Forces
Prorev.com (27 Oct 09)
Draft Law Would Exten…
Ares I-X Rocket Chalks Up Successful Test Flight
Cenet.com (28 Oct 09)
Asteroid Blast Reveals Holes in Earth’s Defences
New Scientist (26 Oct 09)
Disclosure: Why It is a Must
Unknown Country (28 O…
In San Francisco, Nightmare Traffic Expected After Bay Bridge Rod Snaps; No Injuries Reported
WGNtv.com (28 Oct 09)
Kids Spend More Than 32 Hours in Front of TV a Week
Slatest (27 Oct 09)
$13 an Hou…
North Carolina Pandermic Response Project
Vaccine Rights (27 Oct 09)
Low Milk Prices Have Dairy Farmers Killing Cows
CNS News.com (27 Oct 09)
Is There A Link Between Antidepressants And Violence?
Al…
Goldman Sachs Still Paid for Swaps on Redeemed Bonds (Update2)
Bloomberg.com (23 Oct 09)
Companies Played Key Role in Getting Salaries Cut
The Slatest (22 Oct 09)
BOE’s King: Big Banks Should Get…
Roubini: A Big Crash Is Coming, But I Don’t Believe In Gold
The Money Game (23 Oct 09)
CME To Allow Gold As Collateral For All Exchange Products
Market Watch (19 Oct 09)
A Million Frozen Out Of Mortgage Market
The Independent (20 Oct 09)
FDIC Failed to Limit Commercial Real-Estate Loans, Reports Show
Bloomberg.com (20 Oct 09)
Irish House Prices To Fall 45pc As Deb…
China Expands Cyberspying in U.S., Report Says
The Wall Street Journal (23 Oct 09)
Roberts Speaks Out on DWI Case
AOL News (20 Oct 09)
The Geopolitics Behind The Phoney US War in Afghanistan
Financ…
High-speed Chase Ends When OnStar Halts Stolen SUV
Yahoo News (19 Oct 09)
Rats Can Save Human Lives
Ode (Sept/ Oct 09)
How To Make Electricity
Zero Hedge (19 Oct 09)
Moscow Mayor Promises a Winter…
Foreclosures Force Ex-Homeowners to Turn to Shelters
The New York Times (19 Oct 09)
Keeping The Customer Satisfied
Philly.com (Oct 2009)
New York Suspends Mandatory Flu Shots For Health Workers
CNN Health.com (22 Oct 09)
Swine Flu Cases Overestimated?
CBS News.com (21 Oct 09)
Flo…
Greenspan Says U.S. Should Consider Breaking Up Large Banks
Bloomberg.com (16 Oct 09)
Russia Ready to Abandon Dollar in Oil, Gas Trade With China
RIANOVOSTI (16 Oct 09)
HSBC Private Bank Goes Nucl…
Greenwich Jewelry Turns to Cash as Gold Reaches $1,000 an Ounce
Bloomberg.com (16 Oct 09)
Dow to Gold Ratio Update
GoldSeek (09 Oct 09)
Foreclosures Continued to Rise in 3rd Quarter as Banks Worked on Backlog
The Washington Post (16 Oct 09)
A Secret Deal Between Wall Street and Washington Shines a Harsh Light on Federal Housing Agenc…
Exclusive: Obama Loosens Missile Technology Controls to China
The Washington Times (15 Oct 09)
Leaked Network Memo Reveals: Obama Controls Your Television Set
Big Hollywood (15 Oct 09)
John Bolton …
The Pocket Spy: Will Your Smartphone Rat You Out?
New Scientist (14 Oct 09)
The US Lets Go Of The Internet – Will Anyone Notice?
NewScientist (13 Oct 09)
Pacific Ocean ‘Dead Zone’ In Northwest M…
Made In The USA.com
Nearly Half of US Children Assaulted in Last Year
Undernews (14 Oct 09)
10,000 Apply For 90 Factory Jobs
Courier Journal.com (08 Oct 09)
Battle of The Rubik’s Cube
Reuters.uk …
Living Near Green Lowers Anxiety, Depression Rates, Study Finds
Bloomberg.com (16 Oct 09)
India Regulator Approves First GM Vegetable
Yahoo News (14 Oct 09)
Rural America Needs You
In These Times (…
By Rob Taylor
Canada has the world’s soundest banking system, closely followed by Sweden, Luxembourg and Australia, a survey by the World Economic Forum has found as financial crisis and bank failu…
The Treasury Department Endorses Lying To The Public
Zero Hedge (07 Oct 09)
Asian Central Banks Intervene as Dollar Tumbles
The Wall Street Journal (08 Oct 09)
Ohmigod! Commodity Investors Might Ha…
Why Gold if Deflation is The Threat?
Reuters (02 Oct 09)
Reverse Mortgages May Be Next Subprime, Center Says (Update1)
Bloomberg.com (08 Oct 09)
Reverse Mortgages Lose Their Luster
Forbes.com (06 Oct 09)
Firms Are Getting Billions, but Homeowners Still …
Health Care Bill Would Reduce Deficit
The Slatest (08 Oct 09)
Congress’ Secret Plan to Pass Obamacare – Confirmed
The Heritage (07 Oct 09)
Senate OKs $626B Defense Budget
Politico (06 Oct 09)
Did…
For Utilities, the Future Is Now
Kiplinger Business Resource Center (02 Sept 09)
US Relinquishes Control of The Internet
Guardian.co.uk (30 Sept 09)
Irving Penn, Fashion Photographer, Is Dead at 92
The New York Times (08 Oct 09)
Chaos at Cobo: Detroiters Turn Out For Federal Help
The Detroit News.com (07 Oct 09)
San Andreas Affected By 2004 Sum…
Teen Girl Suffers Permanent Brain Damage After Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Natural News (07 Oct 09)
Plot To Expel All Commercial Farmers
The Zimbabwe Times (06 Oct 09)
Support Community Farming in Inn…
Tracking Stimulus Dollars: Dot-Com Vs. Dot-Gov
NPR (02 Oct 09)
Europe’s Jobless Youth ‘Tragedy’ Rattles EU Ministers
Telegraph.co.uk (01 Oct 09)
Slow Money, Financial Permaculture and Capitalism
Cre…
Scotia First Canadian Bank to Deliver Gold to Your Door
National Post (28 Sept 09)
Fed Arthur Burns on Gold June 3, 1975
Scribd
Exclusive Smoking Gun: The Fed On Gold Manipulation
Zero Hedge (27 Sep…
The End of The Fixer-upper?
Hot Air (23 Sept 09)
Hertz GC Sues Analyst Who Said Company Could Go Bankrupt
Law.com (01 Oct 09)
Federal Judge Rebuffs ACLU, Denies Release of CIA Interrogation Memos
Law.com (01 Oct 09)
Podesta Says Value-Added Tax  
Watch PROMIS – precursor to Ptech & then Agile Software Development in News
Tomgram: Pepe Escobar, Pipelineistan’s Ultimate Opera
Tom Dispatch.com (01 Oct 09)
Thousands Feared Dead After Indonesia Quake
Reuters (01 Oct 09)
Tsunami Deaths Likely to Rise in Pacific Islands
R…
Military to Get Mandatory Swine Flu Shots Soon
Associated Press (30 Sept 09)
How to Make a Seed Bomb
Instructables (22 Sept 09)
Most Parents Won’t Have Kids Get H1N1 Flu Shots, Study Finds
Los Angel…
Goldman Desperate To Avoid PR Disaster Come Bonus Season (G)
The Business Insider (24 Sept 09)
Banks Are Forcing Homeowners to Keep Paying After Short Sales
Business Week (21 Sept 09)
New Deadly Do…
Metal Detector Enthusiast Unearths Huge Hoard of Anglo-Saxon Gold
Times Online (24 Sept 09)
The Thin Edge of The Hedge
Financial Sense (21 Sept 09)
India’s ETF Investors Make Up for Missing Gold Buy…
TARP & Ginnie Mae: You Get Used to Anything, Sooner or Later it Becomes Your Life
The Automatic Earth (10 Sept 09)
Belgians Protest “Dictatorship” Established Under Pandermic Pretext
The Flu Case (24 Sept 09)
Sibel Edmonds’ Deposition: Video and Transcript Released
The Brad Log (08 Aug 09)
Senate Bill Could Weak…
EU Funding ‘Orwellian’ Artificial Intelligence Plan to Monitor Public For “Abnormal Behaviour”
Telegraph (19 Sept 09)
World Sunlight Map
Opentopia.com (22 Sept 09)
Robots ‘To Revolutionize Surgery’…
Global Warming or Global Freezing: Is The Ice Really Melting?
Financial Sense Editorials (24 Sept 09)
Graying Britain Looks to Assisted Suicide Reform
Reuters (21 Sept 09)
Tucson Schools Create Ra…
New York State Issues Order for Forced Seasonal Flu Shots, H1N1 Next
Age of Autism (21 Sept 09)
Health Care Workers Strongly Asked to Get Flu Shots
King5.com (21 Sept 09)
Panamax 2009 Tests Pandemi…
By Brian Baxter
Recent disclosures from the Federal Housing Finance Agency reveal that lawyers representing former Fannie Mae executives Franklin Raines, J. Timothy Howard and Leanne Spencer have r…
SEC Proposes Ban on Allowing Stock Flash Orders (Update1)
Bloomberg.com (18 Sept 09)
Cap-and-Trade Memos Fire Up The Skeptics
The Washington Post (17 Sept 09)
Iraq’s Missing Billions
Top Document…
Will This Gold Rush Continue?
Seeking Alpha (11 Sept 09)