by Mac Slavo | Nov 7, 2014 | Headline News
Belgium’s new center-right government imposed the austerity measures to cover budget shortfalls, prompting harsh reactions from the population. The BBC said: Belgium’s new government plans to raise the pension age, freeze wages and make public service cuts...
by Contributing Author | Nov 7, 2014 | Headline News
Economist Martin Armstrong is predicting that rising resentment against the status quo as a result of economic inequality is likely to cause a serious political uprising before 2016. “It looks more and more like a serious political uprising will erupt by 2016 once the...
by Mac Slavo | Nov 6, 2014 | Conspiracy Fact and Theory, Headline News
The authoritarian and undemocratic nature of the European Union has once again reared its ugly head. Former European Central Bank head Jean Claude Trichet – who stepped down in 2011 and is a Bilderberg Steering Committee member and sitting chairman of the European...
by Contributing Author | Nov 6, 2014 | Commodities, Headline News
This analysis and commentary was originally published by Brandon Smith at Alt-Market.com. It is difficult to find the motivation to write about the state of the global economy these days, if only because there is not much left to say. I feel like I am composing...
by Mac Slavo | Nov 5, 2014 | Headline News
Widespread victories for the Republican Party in the 2014 mid-term elections have given many Americans hope that the country might finally have a chance for getting back on track. But are the Republicans going to be any better than the Democrats? As Karl Denninger of...
by Mac Slavo | Nov 5, 2014 | Headline News
In the area plagued by ‘taxation without representation’ that has affectionately become known as the District of Criminals – where the federal government and lobbyists make deals so shady it would make Al Capone blush – possession of marijuana has been...