Analysis Topic: Politics & Social Trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
The Minimum Wage is Maximum Economic Stupidity / Politics / Economic Theory
By: Peter_Schiff
In a free market, demand is always a function of price: the higher the price, the lower the demand. What may surprise most politicians is that these rules apply equally to both prices and wages. When employers evaluate their labor and capital needs, cost is a primary factor. When the cost of hiring low-skilled workers moves higher, jobs are lost. Despite this, minimum wage hikes, like the one set to take effect later this month, are always seen as an act of governmental benevolence. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Government Bets on Positive Spin to Save Bankrupt Banks / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: Just when you thought the U.S. banking system had regained its footing, the reality is that a carefully woven federal-government PR campaign may actually be masking the next phase of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
Indeed, it’s what’s just out of sight that has some analysts and economists scared to death.
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Is Washington Playing a Deeper Game with China? / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: F_William_Engdahl
July 12 —After the tragic events of July 5 in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China, it would be useful to look more closely into the actual role of the US Government’s ”independent“ NGO, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). All indications are that the US Government, once more acting through its “private” Non-Governmental Organization, the NED, is massively intervening into the internal politics of China.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Credit Crisis Bailouts, Whose Line (of Credit) Is It Anyway? / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Doug_Wakefield
“Permit me to issue and control the money of the nation and I care not who makes its laws.” - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founder of the Rothschild family international banking dynasty
“And I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.” - Thomas Jefferson
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Friday, July 10, 2009
G8 Summit Proves to be Outdated and Useless / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: Pravda
The G8 summit opened in Italy, although one may not refer to the event as the meeting of eight leading countries in the world. The leaders of Russia, Italy, the USA, Canada, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, as well as the head of the European Committee, and the prime minister of EU’s chairing state, Sweden, gathered in the morning of July 8 for breakfast.
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Thursday, July 09, 2009
Warning: Cap and Trade Bubble Ahead / Politics / Renewable Energy
By: Stephen_Lendman
Obama's Cap and Trade Carbon Emissions Bill - A Stealth Scheme to License Pollution and Fraud - On May 15, HR 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACESA) was introduced in the House purportedly "To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy."
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Full Spectrum Dominance, Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: Submissions
Video interview,
William Engdahl on his book Full Spectrum Dominance:
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Why have we Abandoned Free Markets? / Politics / Market Manipulation
By: Michael_Pento
It astonishes me to see how quickly this country has embraced a socialist mentality and how readily it has accepted the belief that the source of our problems was an unfettered free market. Perhaps it is because those in power do not understand what the term free market truly means. If they indeed understood what a free market entails, then it would be impossible for them to lay blame upon it.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Another Victim of America’s Ponzi Scheme Economy (Part 1) / Politics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Mike_Stathis
As of yesterday, Lear Corp., an auto parts supplier for the "Little 3" joined the list of others who have been victimized by the collapse of America’s Ponzi scheme economy.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Another Victim of America’s Ponzi Scheme Economy (Part 2) / Politics / US Economy
By: Mike_Stathis
Today, America’s “New Economy” is based exclusively on services - primarily financial and technology-based services, with a whole slew of attorneys and consultants to support transactions and legal agreements.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Trend Following or Market Trend Manipulation? / Politics / Market Manipulation
By: Andrew_Abraham
Trend following commodity futures trading as well as stock traders were villified last year as speculators. Even George Soros came out with the statement that the rampant rise of crude oil was due to speculators. Trend following commodity trading advisors are speculators but they do not manipulate trends. On of the main principles of trend following is that there is a trend to follow. Commodity traders surely can not start trends. Commodity traders are accused of throwing markets in disorder. As an example in Bloomberg news yesterday it was reported that The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC) will announce plans to introduce curbs on speculation of commodities including energy.
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
The U.S. Russian Summit Turns Routine / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: STRATFOR
The Moscow summit between U.S. President Barack Obama, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ended. As is almost always the case, the atmospherics were good, with the proper things said on all sides and statements and gestures of deep sincerity made. And as with all summits, those atmospherics are like the air: insubstantial and ultimately invisible. While there were indications of substantial movement, you would have needed a microscope to see them.
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
CFTC: Corrupt Foxes Tending Chickens / Politics / Market Manipulation
By: Midas_Letter
All the hyperbole in the mainstream media announcing imminent changes by the CFTC (Commodities and Futures Trading Commission) amounts only to so much spin and P.R. There aren’t too many thinking adults involved even peripherally in the global poker game known as the Futures market who still believe the house always wins by dint of natural statistical preference.
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
VIDEO: Fiat Money Creation and the Role of the Rothchilds / Politics / Fiat Currency
By: Submissions
FluorideinWater writes: If my sons did not want wars, there would be none.” ~ Gutle Schnaper, Mayer Amschel Rothschilds wife
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Obamageddon is Coming! / Politics / Great Depression II
By: Submissions
Food riots, tax protests, strikes and high unemployment all will characterize our economic future according to Gerald Celente.
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Monday, July 06, 2009
Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of a Global Pandemic / Politics / Global Pandemic
By: Stephen_Lendman
Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare program since at least the 1940s. In 1941, it began secret developmental efforts using controversial testing methods. During WW II, mustard gas was tested on about 4000 servicemen. Biological weapons research was also conducted. Human subjects were used as guinea pigs in various other experiments, and numerous illegal practices continued to the present, including secretly releasing toxic biological agents in US cities to test the effects of germ warfare.
Monday, July 06, 2009
Obama Throws Lasoo Around Russia's Nukes / Politics / Russia
By: Pravda
US President Barack Obama is coming to Moscow today. Russian experts do not think that the landmark visit will result in any breakthrough of relations between the two countries.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, July 06, 2009
Derivatives the Greatest Scam in the History of the World / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: LewRockwell
Chris Clancy writes: This essay is a story about insurance, or rather, a story about a type of insurance policy which underwent a mutation. This mutation was not spontaneous – it was engineered. It was one of the biggest scams ever perpetrated.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Shadow Secrets, Taliban Links with the CIA, FBI, MI6, Pakistan and Saudi Intelligence Agencies / Politics / Afghanistan
By: Submissions
This new film looks at the origins and history of the Afghan Mujahedin & al-Qaeda and their associations with various intelligence agencies including the CIA, FBI, MI6 and those of Saudi Arabia & Pakistan
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Shelley, John Sawers, Head of M16, Security Undermined by Face Book Information / Politics / UK Politics
By: John_York
The next head of MI6, John Sawers due to take over the intelligence agency in November 09 has had his security undermined by detailed postings on the internet, predominantly on the social networking site Face Book by himself and his wife Shelley Sawyers. Giving detailed information on their family and friends including photos of their residence, where they holiday and many more aspects of their lives, totally undermining what it is to be the head of Britians intelligence agency where in years past the officers in charge usually remained totally unknown to the public even several years AFTER their retirement.
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