Analysis Topic: Politics & Social Trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
America Rumors of Food Riots, Realities of War / Politics / US Politics
By: Jeff_Berwick
Wendy McElroy writes: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spent $80M to fortify federal buildings in New York apparently in preparation for civil disturbances and possible food riots on November 1st. The DHS plans included armed private guards who would protect IRS and other buildings against attack by fellow Americans.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
How American Socialism “Works” / Politics / US Politics
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: America isn’t a socialist country, but don’t tell our President that, or Congress, or the Fed, or the too-big-to-fail (TBTF) banks. Because to them, it is.
That’s because socialism works for them. And Hells Bells, it’s hard to knock what works.
If you can’t feel the yoke around your neck, or the bit in your mouth, trust me…you will.
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Saturday, November 09, 2013
Did Israel Kill Arafat? / Politics / Middle East
By: Stephen_Lendman
On November 11, 2004, Arafat died in a Paris hospital. He was 75. He was hospitalized for an undiagnosed illness.
After developing, it worsened. He deteriorated badly. He needed special care. On November 3, he slipped into a coma. Days later he died.
Previous articles discussed his death. It wasn’t accidental. It wasn’t natural. Credible evidence points to assassination.
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Saturday, November 09, 2013
Monsanto’s Friends in High Places / Politics / Agricultural Commodities
By: MISES
Hunter Lewis writes: Many companies hope to send an employee into a government agency to influence regulation. How much better if the employee can actually shape government regulation to promote and sell a specific product! Monsanto seems to have accomplished this — and much more.
Saturday, November 09, 2013
Central Banks are the True Centers of Political Power / Politics / Central Banks
By: Thorsten_Polleit
Thorsten Polleit of the Frankfurt School of Finance, and an Associated Scholar of the Mises Institute, recently spoke with the Mises Institute about central banks and fiat money.
Mises Institute:Central banks keep increasing the money supply, and yet it looks like there’s still confidence in those fiat currencies.
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Saturday, November 09, 2013
Peter Schiff Warns U.S. Econcomy Will Soon Collapse! Be Prepared! - Video / Politics / US Economy
By: Videos
Fall of America & Fall of the dollar – US Economy Will Soon Collapse! Be Prepared!
Friday, November 08, 2013
End Of The Line For Iran Nuclear Crisis-Business / Politics / Nuclear Weapons
By: Andrew_McKillop
World news media reported, November 7, that epic change could soon be coming to the seemingly endless – and dangerous – business of goading Iran and trying to spark a nuclear war in the Middle East, only to please Israel and Saudi Arabia.
'Wall Street Journal', November 7, ran this headline: “Geneva—Iran and world powers expect to announce an initial deal as early as Friday to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for an easing of sanctions, a step that would mark the first breakthrough in a decade to blunt the threat of Tehran developing nuclear weapons”.
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Friday, November 08, 2013
U.S. Government - The Greatest Threat to Life on Earth / Politics / US Politics
By: Paul_Craig_Roberts
“No legal issue arises when the United States responds to a challenge to its power, position, and prestige.” Dean Acheson , 1962, speaking to the American Society of International Law.
Dean Acheson declared 51 years ago that power, position, and prestige are the ingredients of national security and that national security trumps law. In the United States democracy takes a back seat to “national security,” a prerogative of the executive branch of government.
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Drone War Prize Obama And The Islamic-Judaic Apocalypse / Politics / Nuclear Weapons
By: Andrew_McKillop
THE PROBLEM STARTS WITH WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
As Nadeem wrote in his recent “US Drone War on Pakistan” the USA of Barack Obama, either wittingly or unwittingly, knowingly or not, has accelerated the final countdown in the tinderbox region called the MENA-Middle East and North Africa. To be sure this is a majority-Sunni muslim Arab region, but it also includes Iran and Israel. Europe is very close, like Turkey and Russia, making it what Halford John Mackinder called the “geographical pivot of history” and “the world island”.
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Obamacare Taxes Will Hit Your Wallet January 1st / Politics / Taxes
By: Money_Morning
Tara Clarke writes: Even if Obamacare hasn't altered your insurance coverage, it will affect your taxes. The new healthcare law brings the largest set of tax law changes this country has seen in more than 20 years.
According to the Government Accountability Office, the IRS must implement a total 47 statutory provisions under Obamacare. And Obamacare's $1 trillion in total tax increases will hit drug companies, Health Savings Accounts, health insurers, employer-based health insurance, and more.
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Thursday, November 07, 2013
U.S. Drone War on Pakistan, Selling Nuclear Weapons Consequences, Islamic Apocalypse Countdown / Politics / Nuclear Weapons
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The near silent war that the mainstream media rarely reports rages on in Pakistan as illustrated by the recent drone attack that killed the Taliban leader in North West Pakistan the day before the Pakistani government was to enter into peace talks with. Whilst many may claim so what it's just one terrorist killing another. However what the drone strikes mask is what is called collateral damage, which according to the Centre for Naval Analysis has to date killed close to 5,000 people of which 9 out of 10 were civilians.
Thursday, November 07, 2013
U.S. Jobs Outsourcing Paradigm / Politics / Employment
By: EconMatters
China-US Wealth Transfer
There are usually unintended consequences from paradigm shifts, and the outsourcing paradigm of the last 25 years has been no exception. Where do you think all that wealth responsible for building all those cities in China came from? The United States, European and other developed countries of the world, think of it as a vast wealth transfer from the richer nations to the poorer nations mainly on the backs of the ‘middle of the bell curve’ in terms of jobs.
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Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Obamacare, Affordable Care Act (ACA) Dysfunctional System Issues / Politics / US Politics
By: John_Mauldin
The Affordable Care Act is the single most contentious political action of my lifetime since the Vietnam War. It touches everyone in one way or another, and often in profoundly personal ways. Some see it is a godsend and others as an arrow aimed directly at the heart of the American experiment. Some will experience healthcare that is now available for themselves and their families for the first time, while others will experience the loss of a system that had served them well. The story in the Wall Street Journal this week of the cancer survivor Edie Littlefield Sundby, who lost her doctors and affordable care in the middle of a true life-and-death battle, is poignant. It turns out that not only can she not buy insurance that will cross state lines, she cannot buy insurance in California that will cross county lines!
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
It's Bubble Time in Britain, A Tragic Story / Politics / UK Politics
By: BATR
Some things are simply so funny that they can't help showing us hidden truths. As anyone who's ever read Mark Twain or heard Groucho Marx, among many many other voices, will gladly confirm, funny things can make you think, and even reveal tragedy. Not necessarily thigh slapping stuff, just funny things. Fumbling through the Guardian's webpages on Tuesday, I found what I find is a fine example of just that. Plus, in the very same edition, a bunch of articles that provide an equally fine perspective.
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Obama's Climate Change by Executive Order / Politics / Climate Change
By: BATR
President Obama maintains his consistency on pushing the economy to the edge with his latest attempt to remake America. Fox News lays out the facts on Obama uses executive order in sweeping takeover of nation's climate change policies.
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Close Look At Bank Bail-Ins And The Black Hole Of Our Financial System / Politics / Credit Crisis 2013
By: GoldSilverWorlds
The bank bail-in rumble is growing louder. After the events in Cyprus, a small country and potentially meaningless in the eyes of most people, it seems that bail-in idea has spread like a virus across the Western world.
Only in the last week, we saw the following developments:
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Tuesday, November 05, 2013
China Reaching Limits of its Economic, Politician and Social Model, Change is Inevitable / Politics / China
By: STRATFOR
Rodger Baker and John Minnich write: The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will convene its Third Plenum meeting Nov. 9. During the three-day session, President Xi Jinping's administration will outline core reforms to guide its policymaking for the next decade. The Chinese government would have the world believe that Xi's will be the most momentous Third Plenary Session since December 1978, when former supreme leader Deng Xiaoping first put China on the path of economic reform and opening.
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
U.S. Unfunded Liabilities The Coming Big Squeeze on Your Wallet / Politics / Government Spending
By: Don_Miller
As the politicos in Washington continue to move the deck chairs around on the Titanic, ignoring the monster iceberg in plain sight, I'm keeping my eyes wide open. Here are a few tidbits from a recently published Social Security Administration factsheet:
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
U.S. Government to Run Budget Deficit Until 2038; How Can Money Printing Stop? / Politics / Government Spending
By: DailyGainsLetter
Mohammad Zulfiqar writes: The stock market is certainly getting all the attention these days, but not a lot is said about other disturbing fundamentals. These fundamentals are troublesome, and if they aren’t fixed, the U.S. economy could end up in a downward spiral in a very short period of time. With these conditions, those who are saving and investing for the long term can face a significant amount of scrutiny.
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Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Top Reasons Why Everyone Needs a Second Passport / Politics / Social Issues
By: Casey_Research
By Nick Giambruno, Editor, International Man: Doug Casey has said over and over that spreading your political risk beyond one jurisdiction is the single most important thing he can recommend today.
Obtaining a second passport and citizenship in another country is a critical part in heeding Doug's advice.
This is because it's a fundamental step towards minimizing the political risk of being subjected to the whims of any single government.
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