A Massive Electromagnetic Pulse Could Collapse The Economy In A Single Moment

by Michael Snyder What would you do if all the lights went out and they never came back on?  That is a question that the new NBC series “Revolution” asks, but most people have no idea that a similar thing could happen in real life at any moment.  A single gigantic electromagnetic pulse over the central United States could potentially fry…

Diversify With Silver As Set To ‘Increase 400% In 3 Years’

Diversify With Silver As Set To ‘Increase 400% In 3 Years’ Silver remains the most under appreciated and under reported on asset in the world despite continuing positive fundamentals. The Telegraph published an unusually bullish article on silver yesterday which suggests that silver might rise by over five times in the next few years. Emma Wall interviews fund manager Ian…

The Morning After

Obama has been reelected, the Senate remains in the hands of the democrats, while Congress is controlled by the GOP. Most importantly, the printer is firmly in the hands of Ben Bernanke. In other words, nothing has changed, as was largely expected all along. The worst case scenario – a protracted litigation, challenging the results of the election – has…

Election 2012: How The Winner Will Destroy America

by Brandon Smith After all the hollow and uninspired elections that this country has suffered through over the past several decades, one might think that at some point long ago the American public would have finally struck a plateau of disenfranchisement; that we could sink no further into despondency, that there is a saturation limit to the corruption of our…

The Virtual Recovery

by Paul Craig Roberts Since mid-2009 the US has been enjoying a virtual recovery courtesy of a rigged inflation measure that understates inflation. The financial Presstitutes spoon out the government’s propaganda that prices are rising less than 2%. But anyone who purchases food, fuel, medical care or anything else knows that low inflation is no more real that Saddam Hussein’s…

More Fake Attacks on US Banks Blamed on Iran Validate Secret Technocratic Grid

by Susanne Posel Last week, Ally Financial Inc. (AF) claimed “unusual activity” on their website which resembled being monitored. Other US Banks such as BB&T Corp and Capitol One, credit card issuers, have reported cyber disturbances. SunTrust Banks and Regions Financial Corp have also been affected. AF, which used to extend credit for General Motors (GM) Co. (before they were…

Medicare? Social Security?

2012-08-18 Lew Rockwell by Gary North I posted an article on my Tea Party Economist site on the increase in the real debt of the U.S. government over the last year. The increase was $11 trillion. Read it here. Impossible? Not at all. The annual increase – the deficit – will be even larger next year, and larger still the…

Data Mining: Big Corporations Are Gathering Every Shred Of Information About You That They Can

June 22, 2012 The Economic Collapse by Michael Snyder   When most people think of “Big Brother”, they think of the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the Department of Homeland Security and other shadowy government agencies.  Yes, they are definitely watching you, but so are many big corporations. In fact, there are some companies that are making tens of millions…

Far from Home, Far from School

2012-06-15 Alternet All students in New York City homeless shelters are entitled to a public education. But for many of them, getting to and from school is a test in itself. On a late afternoon in March, Theresa Andrews waited anxiously for her 12-year-old daughter at the bus stop on Grand Avenue in Queens, a 15-minute walk from the city…