U.S. Dollar Collapse: Where is Germany’s Gold? | Global ResearchU.S. Dollar Collapse: Where is Germany’s Gold? 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. By 2020, Germany wants 50% of its total gold reserves back in Frankfurt – including 300 tons from the Federal Reserve.
US newspapers accused of complicity as drone report reopens security debateUS news organisations are facing accusations of complicity after it emerged that they bowed to pressure from the Obama administration not to disclose the existence of a secret drone base in Saudi Arabia despite knowing about it for a year.
JSoc: Obama’s secret assassinsThe film Dirty Wars, which premiered at Sundance, can be viewed, as Amy Goodman sees it, as an important narrative of excesses in the global “war on terror”. It is also a record of something scary for those of us at home – and uncovers the biggest story, I would say, in our nation’s contemporary history.
The Single Biggest Threat to Bank of America Today (BAC)This is the first in a series of five articles covering Bank of America’s legal problems since the financial crisis. Check back throughout the week as we publish the rest of the series. If Bank of America ( ) faced death by supernova during the financial crisis, in the years since, it’s been battling death by a thousand cuts.
Michael Moore, Chris Hedges on Challenging NDAA Indefinite Detention and the “Corporate Coup d’État”The ability of the U.S. government to jail people without charge or trial is now back in court. A group of reporters, scholars and activists are suing the Obama administration over the controversial provision in the National Defense Authorization Act, saying it could allow for the indefinite detention of journalists and others who interact with certain groups.
Who Controls The Money? An Unelected, Unaccountable Central Bank Of The World Secretly Does | News Beacon Irelandby Michael Snyder Copyright © 2013 The Economic Collapse published on the Economic Collapse 5 Feb 2013 republished here under the term of “Fair Use” Bank of International Settlements at night (Photo-by-Wladyslaw) An immensely powerful international organization that most people have never even heard of secretly controls the money supply of the entire globe.
Icelandic MP planning Bradley Manning support trip despite US legal threats – RTIcelandic parliament deputy Birgitta Jonsdottir. (AFP Photo / Halldor Kolbeins) Despite potential legal retribution from American authorities, the Icelandic MP and WikiLeaks member who released the infamous ‘Collateral Murder’ video showing US war crimes in Iraq has announced plans to visit the land of the free.
The State of the Union: Is Rule of Law in Peril or Is it No More? | Accuracy.OrgCHRIS HEDGES, [email] Hedges just wrote the piece ” The NDAA and the Death of the Democratic State,” which states: “On Wednesday a few hundred activists crowded into the courtroom of the Second Circuit, the spillover room with its faulty audio feed and dearth of chairs, and Foley Square outside the Thurgood Marshall U.S.
Chris Hedges: The NDAA and the Death of the Democratic State – TruthdigIllustration by Mr. Fish By Chris Hedges On Wednesday a few hundred activists crowded into the courtroom of the Second Circuit, the spillover room with its faulty audio feed and dearth of chairs, and Foley Square outside the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse in Manhattan where many huddled in the cold.
GIMBY | Blog | Probe Bank of America settlement, says consumer groupSome investigative tales are known as “whodunits.” Maybe this one should be dubbed a “howdunit.” Last month, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) approved a $3.55 billion settlement between Bank of America and federal mortgage backer…
Too big to care: The Bank of America serves lawsuits, not customersWASHINGTON, DC, February 10, 2013 – If the banking industry had a “biggest losers” award, Bank of America Corp. (B of A) would win – and that’s not a good thing. B of A comes by its image problem honestly, and this may be the only way that “honesty” and “Bank of America” can be paired in a sentence without prompting laughter from bystanders.
CIA was lying about torture even to its own staff – CIA veteran Kiriakou – RTPresident Obama adopted most of President Bush’s counter-terrorism policies, argues John Kiriakou – the former CIA official who blew the whistle on the agency’s torture practices and is now set to go behind bars for it.
WATCH: Mindfulness Can Be ‘Life-Changing’It’s pretty common to imagine how you’ll celebrate the week’s end. And it’s also pretty likely you’ve reminisced about last weekend, thanks to social-oriented life trackers like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. But one chunk of our lives that can go missing from our thoughts is the present moment: The now — life in real time.
Assange to White House staff: ‘Leak drone killing rules’ – RTJulian Assange (AFP Photo / Leon Neal) Julian Assange addressed US officials on a popular TV channel, urging them to disclose to WikiLeaks the secret instructions on how decisions on eliminating American citizens using drones are being taken. Source confidentiality guaranteed.
A breakthrough speech on monetary policyWednesday night may have marked the “emperor’s new clothes” moment of the Great Recession, in which the world suddenly realizes its rulers are suffering from a delusion that doesn’t have to be humored.
Living in a Constitution-Free Zone | MichaelMoore.comTodd Miller Todd Miller has researched and written about U.S.-Mexican border issues for more than 10 years. Drones, Surveillance Towers, Malls of the Spy State, and the National Security Police on the Northern Border Crossposted from TomDispatch Before September 11, 2001, more than half the border crossings between the United States and Canada were left unguarded at night, with only rubber cones separating the two countries.
The American Lockdown State: Post-Legal Drones, the Bin Laden Tax, and Other Wonders of Our American World | MichaelMoore.comCrossposted from TomDispatch Consider Inauguration Day, more than two weeks gone and already part of our distant past. In its wake, President Obama was hailed (or reviled) for his “liberal” second inaugural address.
Do Wall Street Insiders Expect Something Really BIG To Happen Very Soon?Why are corporate insiders dumping huge numbers of shares in their own companies right now? Why are some very large investors suddenly making gigantic bets that the stock market will crash at some point in the next 60 days? Do Wall Street insiders expect something really BIG to happen very soon?
Rebooting Computer Crime Law Part 1: No Prison Time For Violating Terms of ServiceSenate Committee Agrees That Violating Terms of Service Shouldn’t Be a Crime