Analysis Topic: Politics & Social Trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Saturday, May 02, 2009
Swine Flu Pandemic, the Solution to Global Warming? / Politics / Global Pandemic
By: LewRockwell
Tom Chartier writes:
Bart: "Dad, am I going to die?"
Homer: "Yes you are son!!!"
Saturday, May 02, 2009
The Flu Hysteria Agency, It Always Is 1918 at the CDC / Politics / Global Pandemic
By: LewRockwell
William L. Anderson writes:
Wherever one turns, whether it is on the broadcast news or the Internet, we are bombarded with Swine Flu stories. Government tells us not to "panic," while it simultaneously engages in activities meant to spread widespread fear.
Saturday, May 02, 2009
The State as an Economic Gangster, a Fistful of Dollars / Politics / Taxes
By: LewRockwell
Don Cooper writes: 1) The state as a well-oiled broken clock
My state’s Public Records Law, in short, allows any citizen to request and receive any and all information that is of public record in the state. So I did.
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Friday, May 01, 2009
Labour Government Enslaves the British Tax Payer to a Decade of Paying for the Bankers Crimes / Politics / UK Debt
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The Chancellor Alistair Darling in his recent budget started to come clean on the huge amounts of debt that the country will need to borrow on just its visible official balance sheet as illustrated by the below graph. However much talk by politicians and the mainstream media about how there will now need to be severe cuts in public spending and tax cuts to reduce the level of debt are partially in-correct, in that yes taxes will rise and public spending will be cut to stabilise the budget deficit, but the argument that the level of debt must be reduced is flawed and fly's in the face of over 300 years of history of debt accumulation since the founding of the Bank of England.
Friday, May 01, 2009
Great Economic Depression Silver Linings / Politics / Great Depression II
By: LewRockwell
John M. Peters writes: As the existing economic structure collapses, I see a return to ways of doing business which existed not only in my father’s time, but in my grandfather’s time. Although the transition will be painful the journey will be worth it. The shockwaves of the latest depression are wiping away the traditional pillars of the economic system. Here are just a few of the changes we can expect as the current economy grinds to a halt.
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Friday, May 01, 2009
Swine Flu Pandemic Political and Mainstream Media Disinformation / Politics / Global Pandemic
By: Global_Research
Michel Chossudovsky writes: What is the flu? Influenza (the flu) is a serious contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. Millions of people in the United States get the flu each year. Most people are sick for about a week. Some people (especially young children, pregnant women, older people, and people with chronic health problems) can get very sick and may die from the flu. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Friday, May 01, 2009
Credit Crisis Bank Stress Tests: If You Believe the Banks are Recovering... / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: James_Quinn
Hey Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Colloidal Silver May be Best Defense Against Swine Flu? / Politics / Global Pandemic
By: Pravda
The best defense against swine flu, or any flu, is the age old remedy of colloidal silver. The metal silve r in its colloidal state can be safely consumed and used in the body. Bacteria and viruses cannot develop resistance to colloidal silver. Silver disables a vital enzyme and mechanism in all bacteria and pathogens so that they cannot survive. It is good to take a few teas poons of colloidal silver daily to maintain health. More coll oidal silver should be taken if experiencing illness.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Russian Restaurants Switch to Financial Crisis Menus / Politics / Russia
By: Pravda
Many Russian companies have lost their profits as a result of the crisis. Those who are lucky to be employed do not go out for lunch every day anymore. Many people bring their food from home in lunch boxes. It goes without saying that restaurateurs suffer huge losses from this phenomenon. They have to cut their costs - the reduction of rent rates does not help either. Expensive restaurants suffer from the crisis most, whereas fast food enterprises are happy to report higher income.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Why the United States Still Hates Cuba / Politics / US Politics
By: Submissions
Federico Fuentes writes: At the centre of the Summit of the Americas held in Trinidad and Tobago over April 17-19, was the only country from the hemisphere not present — Cuba.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
The Monsanto Connection / Politics / Agricultural Commodities
By: Robert_Singer
I recently published an article “Grandmother Scores Huge Victory over Monsanto”.
The article was a magnet for controversy because I claimed the best way to fight Monsanto and HR 875 was by growing your own food and saving seeds.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Bank Stress Tests are Not Stressful Enough / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: John_Browne
Last week, when the U.S. Treasury unveiled the basics of their lender "stress tests", the Fed concluded that "most U.S. banking organizations currently have capital levels well in excess of the amounts required to be well capitalized." Simultaneously, they also claimed that the banks needed more capital. Apparently the Fed has little understanding of irony.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
When Will the U.S. Budgetary Debate Turn into the Budgetary Diktat? / Politics / Economic Stimulus
By: Brady_Willett
Earlier this year, and based upon the observation that his administration had inherited a $1.3 trillion budget deficit, President Obama pledged to cut the budget deficit in half. Mr. Obama also talked tough about reining in the deficit longer-term:
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Flying Pigs, Mexico Swine Flu, Tamiflu and Factory Farms / Politics / Global Pandemic
By: F_William_Engdahl
If we are to believe what our trusted international media report, the world is on the brink of a global pandemic outbreak of a new deadly strain of flu, H1N1 as it has been labeled, or more popularly, Swine Flu. As the story goes, the outbreak of the deadly flu was first discovered in Mexico. According to press reports, after several days, headlines reported as many as perhaps 150 deaths in Mexico were believed caused by this virulent people-killing pig virus that has spread to humans and now is allegedly being further spread from human to human. Cases were being reported hourly from Canada to Spain and beyond. The only thing wrong with this story is that it is largely based on lies, hype and cover up of possible real causes of Mexican deaths. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Swine Flu: State of Emergency, Mexican-Style / Politics / Global Pandemic
By: Global_Research
Michael Werbowski writes: MEXICO CITY -- Last Thursday was first day of what now is the "made in Mexico" great global plague due to the swine flu outbreak. Towards midnight that day, health officials gave an impromptu press conference announcing schools and universities would be closed the following day, that is Friday. Most citizens of Mexico City (Capitalinos) were already asleep by then. The next day, those who didn't catch the late night or early morning newscasts brought their children to school, only to find notices informing parents of the school closures until May 6. On that Friday, the true dimensions and extent of the epidemic's outbreak began to be felt in the capital.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
United States Debt and Exporting of the U.S. Economy Abroad Silent Conspiracies / Politics / US Politics
By: Richard_C_Cook
I met Senator Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings (D-SC) in 1985 in the aftermath of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. I had testified before the Rogers Commission after I leaked documents to the New York Times about NASA’s past knowledge of flaws with the O-ring joints whose failure caused Challenger to blow up. Later I told commission investigators and the press it was political pressure from the Reagan White House that likely caused NASA to overrule the engineers who tried to stop the launch.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Secretive Bank Stress Tests Heighten Stress for Investors / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: The bank stress test of the nation’s 19-largest financial institutions is a flawed exercise that threatens to elevate the very economic-system stress it was designed to relieve.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Swine Human Flu Hybrid Spreading Fast Towards Global Pandemic / Politics / Global Pandemic
By: Pravda
Today’s world is connected closely because of air travel. This makes everyone, no matter where they live, threatened as the disease easily travels from location to location virtually within hours. In nature, influenza viruses circulate continuously among animals, especially birds. Even though such viruses might theoretically develop into pandemic viruses, in Phase 1 no viruses circulating among animals have been reported to cause infections in humans. Now at Phase 4, it is not yet considered a pandemic but the potential does exist.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Latvia Claims $200 Billion For 84 Year of Russian Occupation / Politics / Russia
By: Pravda
Latvia, one of the three Baltic States, a former Soviet republic, found a way out of the financial crisis. The country calculated the damage that the nation suffered from the Soviet occupation after WWII. Forty-eight years of Soviet power supposedly cost the country $200 billion. The amount includes Latvia’s costs for the loss of its independence, the deportation of the population, the ecological damage and even the Afghan war and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Latvia intends to collect the amount from Russia with the help of the European Union.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Manipulated Bank Stress Test Reveals Only One Bank in Trouble? / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Money_Morning
William Patalon III writes: Only one of the 19 financial institutions that received a bank stress test would require additional capital, the controversial government initiative has reportedly concluded. The identity of the bank that is alleged to have failed the bank stress test was not revealed.
The bank-stress-test findings were reported yesterday (Sunday) by CNBC.com, which said it obtained the information from a source that it did not identify. The source did not identify the company, CNBC.com reported.
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