Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
RAND: A Stability Police Force for the United States
December 7th, 2009Via: RAND Corporation: Establishing security is the sine qua non of stability operations, since it is a prerequisite for reconstruction and development. Security requires a mix of military and police forces to deal with a range of threats from insurgents to criminal organizations. This research examines the creation of a high-end police force, which the […]
Family Doesn’t Earn Enough to Satisfy the IRS Magic 8 Ball, Gets Audited
December 6th, 2009It wouldn’t surprise me in the least if a minimum income law was passed… —Men Who Took Food in Trash Sentenced to Six Months in Jail Via: Seattle Times: Rachel Porcaro knows she’s hardly rich. When you’re a single mom making 10 bucks an hour, you don’t need government experts to tell you how broke […]
AmTrust Largest of Six Bank Failures on FDIC Friday
December 6th, 2009Via: RTT News: Regulators on Friday shut down six U.S. banks, taking the total number of bank closures in the year to 130. The banks closed on Friday include AmTrust Bank in Ohio, which is the fourth-largest bank to fail this year. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, said it took over AmTrust Bank, […]
Britain: Cash Prizes for Catching CCTV Criminals
December 5th, 2009Via: BBC: There are 4.2 million CCTV cameras in Britain watching our every move. In London, there are more CCTV cameras than any other city in the world with one camera for every eight Londoners. But as victims of crime have found to their cost, catching criminals on camera is dependent on the equipment being […]
Gold, the Comex and Exchange for Physical
December 2nd, 2009Via: Jesse’s Café Américain: The conclusion we reach for now is that if one is counting on the ability to receive delivery of physical gold from the Comex for whatever purposes, then don’t. You will wait and fight and stand in queue to obtain the goods from Enron nation. The theme of the day is […]
North Korea Implements 100 to 1 Reverse Split on Currency
December 2nd, 2009When a medium of exchange isn’t tied to anything but the whims of psychopaths, this kind of thing is the inevitable result. Thank you, Dear Leader. Via: Telegraph: In an alleged bid to curb inflation and suppress its growing black market, North Korea implemented a currency revaluation on Monday, according to Yonhap, the South Korean […]
Bankers Arming Themselves
December 1st, 2009Big deal. These corporations control the U.S. Military. Have a nice day. Via: Bloomberg: “I just wrote my first reference for a gun permit,” said a friend, who told me of swearing to the good character of a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker who applied to the local police for a permit to buy a […]
The Real Unemployment Rate in the U.S. is Now 22%
December 1st, 2009Via: Layoff List: The media and government officials often tout the unemployment rate using the official, or U3 rate, which stands at 10.2% for October. While 10.2% unemployment is certainly bad enough – it’s the highest rate nationally excluding 1983s 10.8% – it pales when compared to the U6 unemployment rate. First let’s discuss the […]
U.S. FOOD STAMP PROGRAM EXPANDING BY 20,000 PEOPLE PER DAY
November 29th, 2009Via: UPI: The stigma of food stamps is fading amid record use of the U.S. nutrition program, which now feeds more than 36 million people, officials said. “I think the response of the program has been tremendous,” said Kevin Concannon, an under secretary of agriculture, “but we’re mindful that there are another 15, 16 million […]
Bankers from Rothschild Involved with Dubai Collapse
November 29th, 2009Via: Telegraph: Paul Reynolds, head of Rothschild’s advisory operations in the Middle East, was this week asked to work for the Dubai government’s chief restructuring officer alongside Aidan Birkett of Deloitte, who was appointed on Wednesday. The team is tasked with assessing the group’s assets, which is likely to result in a large scale sell-off […]
