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It is undeniable; the final collapse triggers are upon us, triggers alternative economists have been warning about since the initial implosion of 2008. In the years since the derivatives disaster, there has been no end to the absurd and ludicrous propaganda coming out of mainstream financial outlets and as the situation in markets becomes worse, the propaganda will only increase. This might seem counter-intuitive to many. You would think that the more obvious the economic collapse becomes, the more alternative analysts will be vindicated and the more awake and aware the average person will be. Not necessarilyÂ… In fact, the...

Plunging Consumer Confidence and Treasury Yields, Economic Depression Is Here Economics / Great Depression II Jun 29, 2010 - 01:46 PM By: Mike Shedlock Is that a 3-handle I see on the long bond and a 2-handle of the 10-year treasury? Why yes it is. Treasury Yields - Weekly Close The week is not over yet but this looks rather ominous. Treasury yields are back where they were in April of 2009 at the start of the so-called "recovery". I am not quite sure why the 3-month treasury displays as a flatline at .5. The flatline is closer to 0....

Can someone tell me why so many are excited about the Dow hitting 13,000? In suppose it's better than having it hit "0" but, given the decades long destruction of the value of U.S. "money," the thing SHOULD be up over 50,000 or more. For anyone who shives a git, here's why I say that. (I wrote this a number of years ago when things were NOT going well with the economy. Trust me: They WILL get ugly once again as man -- or certain men -- cannot resist playing God. We continue to violate the universal, immutable laws of...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks plunged Tuesday as troubles for subprime lenders kept piling up and U.S. retail sales came in weaker than anticipated, leading investors to brace for a wilting economy. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 150 points.

Robert Pastor, a leading intellectual force in the move to create an EU-style North American Community, told WND he believes a new 9/11 crisis could be the catalyst to merge the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Pastor, a professor at American University, says that in such a case the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, or SPP – launched in 2005 by the heads of the three countries at a summit in Waco, Texas – could be developed into a continental union, complete with a new currency, the amero, that would replace the U.S. dollar just as the euro has...

<p>Open-borders adversaries sued to kill the initiative, but Colorado's Supreme Court approved it in early May of 2004. Herron, ex-Gov. Dick Lamm, CAIR's co-Chair Fred Elbel and other insiders chose not to seek the required 68,000 voter signatures to place it on the November 2004 ballot, claiming it was too late to guarantee success. By law, this tabled the initiative for two years, during which time a growing cabal of open-borders legislators, mainly Democrats, aligned with globalist Gov. Bill Owens (RINO) to kill similar legislation.</p>

John Hawkins apparently has taken on a mission to prove that the Bush Administration is not creating a North American Union to replace the United States, or a new currency -- the Amero -- to replace the U.S. dollar. Recently, in a blog debate on this website, I exchanged views with Mr. Hawkins. When Mr. Hawkins declined to respond in what the editors termed “Round 4” of that debate, I concluded Mr. Hawkins allowed me to have the final word because he lacked a convincing rejoinder. Now, we see Mr. Hawkins wants to carry on the debate but this time...

The Texas segment of the NAFTA Super Corridor is moving rapidly toward approval. When built, the Trans-Texas Corridor, or TTC, will be a major super-highway with six lanes moving in each direction, twelve lanes across in total, described in the 4,000 page draft environmental study as including separate lanes "for passenger vehicles and large trucks, freight railways, high-speed commuter railways, and a corridor for utilities including water lines, oil and natural gas pipelines, and transmission lines for electricity, broadband and other telecommunications services." The TTC is expected to follow the current lines of Interstate 35, stretching from Laredo, Texas, on...

Gold bugs' only problem on Monday was trying to find which of a myriad of bullish factors to pick to explain yet another move to fresh 25-year highs. The usual suspects -- inflation, geopolitical tensions, and a weak dollar -- were all present at the open of trading after a three-day weekend. Most visibly, crude oil topped $70 a barrel amid heightened concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions. In recent action, crude was gaining 68 cents to trade at $70 a barrel. Gold for June delivery was recently up $13 at $613.80 an ounce, off an earlier 25-year high at $614.30....

Third explosion in eight days injures three Alex Sanz/Eyewitness News Saturday's blasts marked the third such incidents since New Year's Eve last Friday.  The explosions occurred underground on West Market Street where it meets Capitol Avenue, and sent three people to the hospital with minor injuries. "We had what I consider a major explosion.  It sounded literally like a sonic boom." said Indianapolis firefighter John Harding.The force of the blast shattered store-front windows, ripped gashes in concrete floors and shook buildings for blocks.Witness Jack Bayt recalled, "You can see the glass and the door frame laying on the street." Tonight, the...

"The Nation-State Is Finished" by William F. Jasper Robert Bartley, a closet one-worlder at the WSJ, used his newspaper’s "conservative" clout to seduce American business leaders into sacrificing U.S. sovereignty for trade. ‘‘What in blazes can President Bush be thinking?" That has been the general response — on talk radio and in media surveys, Internet postings and letters-to-the-editor — of many current and former Bush supporters angered and confused by the president’s immigration proposals. These folks would not have been surprised by the president’s outrageous announcement on January 7 or his remarks the following week at the Summit of the...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A mixed batch of data on Friday suggested the U.S. economy was slowing from its torrid third-quarter pace, but analysts said the recovery still appeared on track for solid fourth-quarter growth. Retail sales dipped, wholesale prices soared, and industrial output inched higher in October, while consumer moods brightened in November, reports showed. But much of the data was skewed by an easing in auto sales incentives -- and sales and production were stronger and prices better contained when auto-related figures were excluded. "We've past the liftoff phase and...