Are we about to take another major step toward tyranny? According to the ACLU, on Monday or Tuesday, the Senate will vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which includes a provision which they say will allow the US Military to permanently detain American citizens indefinitely and without trial, akin to the Japanese internment camps […]
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The Secret Conception of the European Super State
The UK’s Telegraph reported yesterday on the leak of a German memo in which the economic powerhouse intends to create a new “super state,” whereby they will be able to control the economies of European nations. So much for national sovereignty. This is the kind of arrangement that only a few years ago would have […]
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Some Thoughts About OWS
About 2 months ago, I was wandering the pit of despair and intellectual ruin that is Facebook only to stumble upon a new protest who’s mission was to target Wall Street with one single goal. They left it open to the protesters what that goal would be. This way, people with different concerns might have […]
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You Want to Know What #Occupy Wall Street is About?
If you want to know why people are protesting on Wall Street, it’s very simple. Author and former IMF official Jon Perkins said it very succinctly: “Elected officials – including the President – no longer write the laws; the corporate lobbyists write and pass them through our elected officials, whose campaigns they finance.” Any insinuation […]
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Chained CPI Will Slowly Rob Social Security Beneficiaries
Just a little history for those not following the fraud in Social Security: In the recent negotiations, just about the only thing the administration and Republicans could agree on was the introduction of a new measurement device for inflation, which would be applied to the Social Security program. To summarize, over time the new measurement of inflation […]
Treasury Sec Geithner: Derivatives Exposure is $600 Trillion
Timothy Geithner has an editorial out today in the WSJ. It’s pretty much total BS as you are no doubt suspected, but there is one thing that stuck out at me. Here’s the section: “…banking regulators have outlined the major elements of reforms to bring oversight, transparency and greater stability to the $600 trillion derivatives […]
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Republicans Defunding the SEC Means Higher Deficits
There’s an amusing story on the SEC from the New York Times out today. Republicans are cutting its budget back to 2010 levels after a short increase this year in preparation for the 2012 budget. While a deficit hawk might think that sounds somewhat reasonable or at least justifiable considering the government’s recent focus on […]
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Plan to Cut Social Security Through Inflation Continues
As we predicted here a few weeks ago, President Obama and the congress are moving forward with their intentions to alter how the government measures inflation as a way to save around $300 billion over 10 years. The government is required by the Social Security Act to match inflation when it pays out benefits to […]
Fire Sale on Greek Sovereignty is an Affront to Free People Everywhere
The austerity measures that have plunged Greece into civil unrest not seen in decades has passed their parliament. The vote came down to 155 for, 145 against. This is a sad day for anyone who thinks a nation’s sovereignty shouldn’t be bought and sold by banks and neighboring nations. Pay attention, because this is coming to America in […]
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Politicians Plan to Alter the CPI, Stealth Cut to Benefits and Higher Taxes
This may seem a bit “inside baseball” to some, but believe me this effects each and every one of us. Manipulation of the CPI is one way the government can make things look calm and pleasant while inflation is raging. It amounts to outright theft from the poorest elements of our society to benefit connected elites. The […]