Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Monday, September 17, 2012

Interesting Headlines in the News Sep 17

Ben Bernanke's Heavy Artillery:

10 Shocking Quotes

John Embry Expects a Silver Price Explosion Driven by Physical Shortage
Romney Energy Plan - Good or Bad for America? - Part Three
7,000MW High Voltage Transmission Line

Halliburton Asks National Guard

Gun Sales Hinge on Obama Re-Election
A Worm in the Apple
Middle East Spirals Out of Control
Obamanomics Has Failed Dismally
How QE3 Will Make The Wealthy Even Wealthier

LIBOR Rates.
Fed Seen Starting QE3 While Extending Rate Pledge to 2015
German Court's Backing Bailout Fund to Test EU Resolve on Crisis
Dollar Ignores QE3
Understanding the Rules

Fed 'Currency Debasement 3' (QE3)

Get Ready For The Most Fiscally Destructive

Is Unilateral Free Trade a Good Thing?
Mr. Bernanke Lacks The Courage To Do The Right Thing
QE3 hit by mortgage processing delays
US teeters on fiscal cliff
Shell boss defends Alaska project as ice halts drilling
The west must be honest about its role in Libya's violent chaos
Wisconsin judge strikes down law

Israeli PM demands US set 'red line'

Libyan parliamentary speaker hints at military strike after consulate attack
US defence secretary says elite forces on standby

US withdraws diplomats from Tunisia and Sudan
Microsoft admits millions of computers could be infected with malware before they're even out of the box
New mosquito poses greater malaria threat
Jamie's food revolution runs into $1.2bn suit
Tens of thousands in anti-Putin protests
PM warns: Iran on brink of nuke bomb in 6-7 months
In Lebanon, pope calls on Christians, Muslims to join to end war
Gary North:  Gold Bugs and Anti-Gold Bugs, It's a Fight for Civilization
German Weimar Republic in the early 1920s

Weeks before U.S. election,

Gasoline pushes up inflation, could dent growth
Chicago teachers fear wave of school closings after strike
Crude oil ought to be $150 per barrel: Iran
Lehman's toxic legacy
Will drones replace commercial air travel?
The End of China's Easy Growth
Bernanke attacked for 'too low' interest rates
Spain shuns further cuts as unrest grows
Middle East protests: meet the hardline 'tele-Islamist' who brought anti-Islam film to Muslim world's attention
Obama's foreign policy of reconciliation lies in tatters
Armada of British naval power

Armada of British naval power massing in the Gulf as Israel prepares an Iran strike
Benjamin Netanyahu warning on Iranian nuclear progress
Mitt's "Middle Class"
The End of Men, for Real:

Where the Fed Stands on Monetary Policy
Tax Cuts Don't Lead to Economic Growth,

Hidden Causes of the Muslim Protests
Darkness on the Edge of Rosh Hashanah
Deficit Spending and the "Coercion-Backed Greenback"

Keiser Report: Collateral Transformation (E341)
Gerald Celente - Jeff Rense Show - September 13, 2012
Gerald Celente:

John Williams -

Interesting Energy Stories in the News Sep 17

Kuwait and Netherlands to strengthen cooperation in oil sector
Russia May Raise October Oil Export Tax 6.4% on Urals Price Gain
UPDATE 1-Uganda ups oil reserves estimate 40 pct to 3.5 bln bbls
Turkey says Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil flow resumed after blast
Qatargas ups LNG supply to Japan
Turkey to Start Importing Russian Gas Through Private Sector
South African Coal Export Prices Decrease Most in Two Months
Australia's NuCoal signs up Japan partner for coal project
IAEA Report Shows Global Demand for Nuclear Remains Strong as Some Countries Have Accelerated Nuclear Projects
Areva to benefit from Japan's nuclear reboot-paper
Suntech Cuts Solar Cell Production In China
Small Changes to Renewables Policy Could Save Big $$$ for US Taxpayers

Friday, September 14, 2012

Interesting Headlines in the News Sep 14

A Cybersecurity Executive Order Could Harm Security
Chicago Teachers' Retirement Benefits Are Extravagant
Government Agencies Using Criminal Law for Self-Promotion
Medicare Reform Debate:

New Wave of Attacks on U.S. Embassies
Fed acted because Congress is lame
Gold & Silver Prices Today On Fire
The Fed and the ECB determine to Destroy the Middle Class
Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts -

OPEC Predicts More of the Same
Romney Energy Plan - Good or Bad for America? - Part Two
Libya - Doomed from Day One
Bacteria Consumed Over 200,000 Tons of Oil

BO's BS
Resisting the Monetary Morphine Fix
Libya Commemorates 9/11
Time for School Choice in Chicago
Forcing Israel's Hand
QE3: Helicopter Ben Bernanke

Things Are Getting Worse:

Fed unveils bold, open-ended steps to aid economy
Franchisors warn Obamacare will halve profits
Tax on Amazon purchases in Calif. begins Saturday
LIBOR Rates.
China Communists Near Soviet Tenure as Leader Pick Looms
Fed Undertakes QE3 With $40 Billion Monthly MBS Purchases
U.S. Jobless Claims Rise to Highest in Two Months: Economy
Chinese Ships Enter Waters Near Islands Disputed With Japan
Treasury Inflation Indicators Surge on Fed Bond Buying
QE3: May not be a U-turn for the global economy
US Federal Reserve announces new round of QE;

UCLA shuts down

Violence spreads across Middle East over anti-Islam film
New Arab leaders must defuse tensions
Fed announces bond-buying stimulus to spur economic growth
Walmart supplier NFI's warehouse workers

Chicago teachers' strike nears end

Revealed: inside story of US envoy's assassination
$86M White House Big Dig ending,

The Revolution From Above
For Whom Syria Tolls
Text of Fed Statement on QE3
Iraqi militia threatens U.S. interests over film
Obama vows to "bring to justice" ambassador's killers
Wholesale inflation rises; labor market struggles
Fed bets big in new push to rescue economy
Recovery at risk from fiscal cliff-Bernanke
Era of 'jobs-targeting' begins as Fed launches QE3
QE3: The Fed's New Stimulus Is a Monster,

The Sources of the Euro Crisis

Marc Faber on Hedging the Bernanke Put

David Kotok on EU Fireflies and a Market Rehab for Easy Money!
Keiser Report: Banksters Bilking Billions (E340)

Interesting Energy Stories in the News Sep 14

Saudi will meet oil demand to help check prices
UPDATE 2-North Sea oil output to rise, tankers fixed to Asia
Exclusive: South Sudan to split Total oil block - officials
Exclusive: Venezuela oil production was 2.99 million bpd in August
Isaac disrupted but did not damage Gulf Coast gas processing-EIA
UAE jumps on gas bus, naturally
Reclusive Turkmenistan ups 2030 natural gas target
Germany is building even more new plants that burn coal - Energiewende
BHP takes big cut in Japan coal price
India court rejects plea to block nuclear plant
Signs of cracks found at second Belgian nuclear plant
Israel opposed to Jordan's N-plans, says Abdullah
Offshore wind subsidies could rise
EDF Renewable Energy begins operations at 140MW Pacific Wind Project in US
Japan Emerged as Third Largest Solar Power Market in 2011
More E15 Could Hit the Market Next Week

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Interesting Headlines in the News Sep 13

New Public-Private Partnerships:

Thanks Obama - The Terrorists You Used

The Canadian Housing Bubble Nears Implosion
Peter Schiff: The Only Way To Fix The Economy Is To Let It Fai
A party in Europe, but a hangover is coming
September 11, 2012
QE3 won't create jobs
Developed World in Financial Decay รข€"

Will we see a Big Sell-Off in the Coming Weeks?
MIT Develop Simple, Fast, Efficient

J.P. Morgan Reorganizes Investment Banking
U.S. Missions Stormed in Libya, Egypt
Libya Attack Sparks Crisis
Depending on Dependency
Obama's Slap at Netanyahu
US moving Navy destroyers off coast of Libya
Not a Neighborly Day in the Brotherhood
Things Are Getting Worse: Median Household Income

LIBOR Rates.
Jobs Data Show US Factories Bearing Brunt of Slowdown
Miss In U.S. Payrolls Spurs Talk of New Fed Stimulus
S&P 500 Rallies to Highest Since 2008 on Stimulus Bets
Bernanke Should Do the Right Thing and Not Say He's Sorry
Chicago Teachers Shouldn't Be Obstacle to School Progress
QE3 hopes: Gold markets ready to press bull button
Dollar no longer primary oil currency

Cui Bono Fed: Who Benefits from the Federal Reserve?
A Europe Devoid of Sovereign Democracies
Understanding the Rules

White House declines Netanyahu request to meet with Obama
Netanyahu: Those that refuse to set red lines

OBAMA SPENDS $1 BILLION

Libya attack may have been planned, sources say
U.S. envoy to Libya killed in riot over movie
Why the Fed's words mean more than its actions
"LIBYA SURPRISE"

BENGHAZI AND CAIRO: POLARIZING ATTACKS
Number of U.S. poor holds steady but earnings gap grows
The euro's demise may be the final chapter of the ERM debacle
German court backs ESM rescue fund in double-edged ruling
Live Long and Pay for It: America's Real Long-Term Cost Crisis
'The Super Bowl of School Reform':

'Sam Bacile, Israeli Jew,'

Photos from the Aftermath of the Benghazi Embassy Attack
Sam Bacile: The Mysterious Filmmaker

U.S. Sending Drones to Hunt Libyan Attackers
Mitt Romney's Comments on Embassy Attacks Backfire Badly
Israel's Netanyahu opens the door to Iran attack
MI6 chief was British messenger

Mayor Rahm-Ney's Attack on the Chicago Teachers Union
Markets rally after German high court

Census: Middle class shrinks to an all-time low
What Comes After Assad?
Who Built the Recession?
The Tom Woods / Max Keiser Debate
Keiser Report: Blackhole of Bamboozlement (E339)
'Anti-Islam film a pretext;

Nigel Farage destroys Barroso's State of the Union

Interesting Energy Stories in the News Sep 13

Insight: Iran parks oil off Malaysia to dodge Western sanctions
OPEC Keeps Azerbaijani Oil Production Forecast Unchanged
Kurds Say Iraq Must Pay Foreign Oil Companies in Kurdish Region
Turkmens says building of new oil refinery to start 2015
Exporting LNG would increase prices, impair US energy independence: APGA
Uzbekistan begins supplying gas to China through pipeline
Analysis: Coal prices will remain under pressure
Coal power to drive U.S. emissions higher next year: report
Canada turns page, wants to sell nuclear reactors to India
Japan aims to exit nuclear power completely by the 2030s: report
Benefits of thorium as alternative nuclear fuel are 'overstated'
Offshore wind energy in the spotlight in Japan
China's State Grid on board at Ireland-UK 5GW wind link project
Solar Energy Industries gives General Motors #1 ranking
U.S. Gasoline Inventories falls less-than-expected