Geopolitical –  Week of 2.7.10

Geopolitical – Week of 2.7.10

Financial Reform Back on Track CNBC.com (11 Feb 10) Google Staunchly Defends Pact To Digitize Books Reuters (12 Feb 10) Hundreds Forced Into Sex Trade,

Geopolitical –  Week of 1.31.10

Geopolitical – Week of 1.31.10

Gov’t to Pay More Than Half of U.S. Health Costs Fox News (04 Feb 10) U.S. Missionaries In Haiti Charged With Child Kidnap Reuters (04

Geopolitical –  Week of 1.24.10

Geopolitical – Week of 1.24.10

Old Guard Caught Off Guard The Wall Street Journal (29 Jan 10) House Committee OKs Homemade Guns, Ammo East Valley Tribune.com (28 Jan 10) Company

Geopolitical –  Week of  1.17.10

Geopolitical – Week of 1.17.10

The Tide Has Turned: Barbara Boxer Joins Feingold And Many Others Opposing Bernanke Zero Hedge (22 Jan 10) India Inmates Take Yoga To Reduce Their

Geopolitical –  Week of  1.10.10

Geopolitical – Week of 1.10.10

Senate Aims for Bernanke Vote Before Fed Term Ends in January Bloomberg.com (14 Jan 10) WHO To Look Into Claims It Exaggerated Swine Flu Irishtimes.com

Geopolitical –  Week of  1.03.10

Geopolitical – Week of 1.03.10

Stimulus Watch: Now It’s Fake Zip Codes Washington Examiner (04 Jan 10) Can Legislators Get it Right The Third Time? Washington Examiner (04 Jan 10)

Geopolitical –  Week of  12.27.09

Geopolitical – Week of 12.27.09

IRS Loosens Rules on Preparer Use of Taxpayer Info Web CPA (30 Dec 09) Are America’s Mercenary Armies Really Drug Cartels? Salem-News.com (28 Dec 09)

Geopolitical –  Week of  12.20.09

Geopolitical – Week of 12.20.09

Iceland Lawmakers Threaten to Reject Icesave Bill a Second Time Bloomberg.com (21 Dec 09) Farmers May See Large Tax Increases Under Proposal From Missour State

Geopolitical –  Week of  12.13.09

Geopolitical – Week of 12.13.09

World Leaders May Drop 2010 Climate Deadline – Draft Reuters (18 Dec 09) Obama Heads to High-risk, Uncertain Climate Talks Associated Press (18 Dec 09)

Geopolitical –  Week of  12.06.09

Geopolitical – Week of 12.06.09

10 Looming Geopolitical Disasters The Money Game (09 Dec 09) Turkey To Israel: Cross Our Airspace To Bomb Iran & We Will Respond Like An

Barron’s 25 Best Givers

Barron’s 25 Best Givers

By Suzanne McGee With money tight, top philanthropists insist on more bang for the buck. Meet the 25 most effective givers. The name of the

Geopolitical –  Week of  11.29.09

Geopolitical – Week of 11.29.09

House Bill Extends Current Estate Tax The Wall Street Journal (04 Dec 09) Siegelman: Justice Department Hasn’t Changed Under Obama Legal Schnauzer (01 Dec 09)

Geopolitical –  Week of  11.22.09

Geopolitical – Week of 11.22.09

Green World Government The Washington Times (27 Nov 09) Obama Says Will “Finish The Job” in Afghanistan Reuters (25 Nov 09) Obama to Offer 17%

Geopolitical –  Week of  11.15.09

Geopolitical – Week of 11.15.09

DynCorp Says It May Have Broken U.S. Law The Wall Street Journal (19 Nov 09) Karzai Sworn In As Afghan Leader; Vows To Fight Graft

Geopolitical – Week of 11.08.09

Geopolitical – Week of 11.08.09

58% Say Next President Likely To Be Republican Rasmussen Reports (8 Nov 09) Although House Passes Health Care, Most Voters Still Oppose the Legislation Rasmussen

Geopolitical –  Week of  11.01.09

Geopolitical – Week of 11.01.09

Vets Sue CIA Over Mid Control Tests Wired (7 Jan 09) Hillary Clinton Only Winner in Honduran Mess The Australian (2 Nov 09) EU Lisbon

Geopolitical –  Week of  10.25.09

Geopolitical – Week of 10.25.09

Flotsam & Jetsam: Time For A Little Moderation Undernews (27 Oct 09) North America’s Largest Industrial union And World’s Largest Cooperative Join Forces Prorev.com (27

Geopolitical –  Week of  10.18.09

Geopolitical – Week of 10.18.09

China Expands Cyberspying in U.S., Report Says The Wall Street Journal (23 Oct 09) Roberts Speaks Out on DWI Case AOL News (20 Oct 09)

Geopolitical –  Week of  10.11.09

Geopolitical – Week of 10.11.09

Exclusive: Obama Loosens Missile Technology Controls to China The Washington Times (15 Oct 09) Leaked Network Memo Reveals: Obama Controls Your Television Set Big Hollywood

Geopolitical –  Week of  10.04.09

Geopolitical – Week of 10.04.09

Health Care Bill Would Reduce Deficit The Slatest (08 Oct 09) Congress’ Secret Plan to Pass Obamacare – Confirmed The Heritage (07 Oct 09) Senate

Geopolitical –  Week of  9.27.09

Geopolitical – Week of 9.27.09

Hertz GC Sues Analyst Who Said Company Could Go Bankrupt Law.com (01 Oct 09) Federal Judge Rebuffs ACLU, Denies Release of CIA Interrogation Memos Law.com

Geopolitical –  Week of  9.20.09

Geopolitical – Week of 9.20.09

Belgians Protest “Dictatorship” Established Under Pandermic Pretext The Flu Case (24 Sept 09) Sibel Edmonds’ Deposition: Video and Transcript Released The Brad Log (08 Aug

Geopolitical –  Week of  9.13.09

Geopolitical – Week of 9.13.09

AP NewsBreak: Nuke Agency Says Iran Can Make Bomb Breitbart (17 Sept 09) Japan Urges Talks on US Military Base Financial Times (17 Sept 09)

Food & Health – Week of  9.13.09

Food & Health – Week of 9.13.09

‘Safe’ Lead Levels Harm Children BBC News (16 Sept 09) Why Millions of Americans Don’t Need a Swine Flu Vaccine Natural News.com (16 Sept 09)

Geopolitical –  Week of  9.06.09

Geopolitical – Week of 9.06.09

Obama’s Big Political Gamble The Wall Street Journal (10 Sept 09) Curry Power Wins The Day Straits Times (09 Sept 09) Bigger and Badder Than

Geopolitical –  Week of  8.30.09

Geopolitical – Week of 8.30.09

Why Not Crippling Sanctions for Israel and the US? Infowars.com (01 Sept 09) Congressman Pete Stark Explains Leverage, Tells Reporter To “Get The F### Out”

Geopolitical –  Week of  8.23.09

Geopolitical – Week of 8.23.09

Bernanke to Be Nominated for Second Fed Term by Obama (Update4) Bloomberg.com (25 Aug 09) Israel Targets Sweden Over Newspaper Claim The Independent (24 Aug

Money & Markets – Week of 8.16.09

Money & Markets – Week of 8.16.09

FDIC Transfers Guaranty to BBVA Compass FDIC (21 Aug 09) China Now Japan’s Top Partner Zero Hedge.com (20 Aug 09) Regulators Shut Guaranty Financial ABC

Geopolitical –  Week of  8.16.09

Geopolitical – Week of 8.16.09

“The Voluntary Slaves of a ‘Compassionate’ Government” Art Diamond blog.com (21 Aug 09) Germany: Terror Plot Emerges as Secret Service Game IPS News (20 Aug

Geopolitical – Week of 08.16.09

Geopolitical – Week of 08.16.09

New York Sues Schwab Over Auction-rate Securities Biz Journal | 17 August 2016 But did not underwrite…

Geopolitical –  Week of  8.09.09

Geopolitical – Week of 8.09.09

Two Convicted For Refusal to Decrypt Data The Register (11 Aug 09) Geithner Asks Congress For Higher U.S. Debt Limit Reuters (08 Aug 09) How

Geopolitical –  Week of  8.02.09

Geopolitical – Week of 8.02.09

GOP Senator: White House Encroaching on First Amendment ABC News (05 Aug 09) Democrats’ Break Looking Like a Bad Trip Politico.com (04 Aug 09) William

Geopolitical –  Week of  7.26.09

Geopolitical – Week of 7.26.09

The Day the President Turned Black (But Has he Turned Back?) Greg Palast.com (29 July 09) Judge: Swine Flu is Reason to Suspend Constitutional Rights

Geopolitical –  Week of  7.12.09

Geopolitical – Week of 7.12.09

Drug War in Mexico Global Post (16 July 09) Strangeness in The Skies BrassCheck (July 09) The Man Who Knew Cheney’s Secret Truthout (14 July

Geopolitical –  Week of  7.05.09

Geopolitical – Week of 7.05.09

Federal Web Sites Knocked Out by Cyber Attack Yahoo News (08 July 09) Obama Faces Discord in Debut as Climate-Change Leader (Update2) Bloomberg.com (08 July

Geopolitical –  Week of    6.28.09

Geopolitical – Week of 6.28.09

Mr. Sunshine? Ron Paul Wins Support to Audit Fed Reserve Fox News (30 June 09) Eva Golinger on Honduras Coup Chavez Code ((01 July 09)

Geopolitical –  Week of 6.21.09

Geopolitical – Week of 6.21.09

Congress Considers Referendum on Puerto Rico’s Political Status Truthout (23 June 09) 9/11 FEMA Videographer at Ground Zero Goes Public Voltairenet.org (22 June 09) Thailand’s

Money & Markets – Week of 6.14.09

Money & Markets – Week of 6.14.09

Mafia Blamed For $134bn Fake Treasury Bills Financial Times (18 June 09) The Retreat of the Shadow Lenders, Why Deflation and not Inflation is the

Geopolitical –  Week of    6.14.09

Geopolitical – Week of 6.14.09

Glenn Beck: The Letter Glenn Beck.com (19 June 09) De-Dollarization: Dismantling America’s Financial-Military Empire Global Research.ca (13 June 09) Secret Papers ‘Show How Shell Targeted

Food & Health – Week of  6.14.09

Food & Health – Week of 6.14.09

Brazil Invests 7.6 billion USD in Family Farming MercoPress (18 June 09) Submit Comments to USDA Against GE Trees Global Justice Ecology.org (June 2009) Catastrophic

Geopolitical –  Week of    6.07.09

Geopolitical – Week of 6.07.09

U.N. Imposes Tough New Sanctions On N. Korea CBS 11tv.com (12 June 09) New Arms Treaty Must Exclude Weapons in Space – Russian General Mlitary

Geopolitical – Week of 5.31.09

Geopolitical – Week of 5.31.09

Nord Stream Participants Ready to Readjust Route – Putin RIA Novosti (06 June 09) Investigative Author, Daniel Estulin Exposes Bilderberg Group Plans PRWeb (23 May

Geopolitical –  Week of 5.24.09

Geopolitical – Week of 5.24.09

House Calls for Closer Watch on Food Supply Democratic Underground.com (28 May 09) Active and Retired Top Military Brass Met to Discuss What Really Happened

Geopolitical –  Week of 5.17.09

Geopolitical – Week of 5.17.09

Obama Youth Corps Smashes Through Congress Porcupine Rim (24 March 09) Suspected Terror Plot Foiled Fox Business (21 May 09) How MI5 Blackmails British Muslims

Geopolitical – Week of 5.10.09

Geopolitical – Week of 5.10.09

Police Want Thumbprint At Traffic Stop Working 4You (13 May 09) Tomgram: Pepe Escobar, Pipelineistan Goes Af-Pak TomDispatch.com (12 May 09) Obama Considers Detaining Terror

Geopolitical – Week of 5.04.09

Geopolitical – Week of 5.04.09

Russia, NATO in Battle of Wills Over Georgia Reuters UK (08 May 09) NY Fed Chairman Stephen Friedman Resigns Zero Hedge (07 May 09) Democratic

Turk on Gold

Turk on Gold

“The outlook for gold remains bullish. Central bank ‘printing presses’ are running at full steam trying to keep up with those governments around the world

Geopolitical – Week of 4.26.09

Geopolitical – Week of 4.26.09

America’s Most Dangerous Cities Forbes.com (24 Apr 09) How Rome Got it Wrong Common Ground (May 2009) Generic Congressional Ballot Rasmussen Reports (28 Apr 09)

Ten Principles For a Black Swan-proof World

Ten Principles For a Black Swan-proof World

By Nassim Nicholas Taleb 1. What is fragile should break early while it is still small. Nothing should ever become too big to fail. Evolution

Geopolitical –  Week of  4.19.09

Geopolitical – Week of 4.19.09

The Global Financial Crisis The Great Depression of the 21st Century FAA Relents, Will Open Database on Airplane-bird Collisions to Public CNN.con/US (22 April 09)

Geopolitical –  Week of  4.12.09

Geopolitical – Week of 4.12.09

1,500 Farmers Commit Mass Suicide In India The Independent (15 April 09) The Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution The United States Constitution on Line

Geopolitical –  Week of 4.05.09

Geopolitical – Week of 4.05.09

Obama Administration Quietly Expands Bush’s Legal Defense of Wiretapping Program The Raw Story (07 April 09) Almost Half of French Approve of Locking up Bosses

Geopolitical –  Week of  3.29.09

Geopolitical – Week of 3.29.09

Govt. Seeks to Reverse Ted Stevens’ Conviction Associated Press (01 April 09) “We the People” to “King of the World”: “You’re Fired!” Truthout (01 April

Geopolitical –  Week of  3.15.09

Geopolitical – Week of 3.15.09

Who owns Colorado’s rainwater? Los Angeles Times (18 March 09) The Radical Polarization of Law Enforcement The August Review (18 March 09) Lose Your Property

Most Foreclosures Pack Into a Few Counties

Most Foreclosures Pack Into a Few Counties

STATE-BY-STATE GRAPHIC: Foreclosures in 2008 WASHINGTON — More than half of the nation’s foreclosures last year took place in 35 counties, a sign that the

Geopolitical – Week of 3.08.09

Geopolitical – Week of 3.08.09

Georgians Could Pay Future State Taxes in Gold bizjournals.com (06 March 09) The Big Bad Database of Senator Norm Coleman wikileaks.org (11 March 09) Madoff

Geopolitical – Week of 3.01.09

Geopolitical – Week of 3.01.09

360,000 Veterans May Have Brain Injuries USA Today Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez Tightens State Control of Food Amid Rocketing Inflation And Food Shortages Telegraph.co.uk (04 March

Geopolitical – Week of 2.22.09

Geopolitical – Week of 2.22.09

Judge Questions Law Giving Telecoms Immunity Truthout (24 Feb 09) NAFTA Renegotiation Must Wait, Obama Says Truthout.org (20 Feb 09) Army Charity Hoards Millions Truthout.org

Geopolitical – Week of 2.08.09

Geopolitical – Week of 2.08.09

Jonathan Turley Discusses Obama Administration Prosecutions of Bush War Crimes MSNBC / YouTube (10 Feb 2009) Congress Nears Passage of $789 Billion Stimulus Plan Bloomberg.com

Geopolitical – Week of 2.1.09

Geopolitical – Week of 2.1.09

County to State of California: Check Is Not In the Mail sun-herald.com (04 Feb 2009) Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael T. Conahan Plead Guilty to

Geopolitical – Week of 1.25.09

Geopolitical – Week of 1.25.09

Grand Jury Investigates Los Angeles Priest Cases NY Times (29 Jan 2009) Wen and Putin Lecture Western Leaders Financial Times (29 Jan 2009) Behind the

Geopolitical – Week of 1.18.09

Geopolitical – Week of 1.18.09

Intelligence Agencies’ Databases Set to Be Linked Wall Street Journal (22 Jan 2009) Henry Kissinger: The World Must Forge a New Order or Retreat to

Geopolitical – Week of 1.11.09

Geopolitical – Week of 1.11.09

Chávez Lets West Make Oil Bids as Prices Plunge NY Times (14 Jan 2009) U.S. Military Report Warns ‘Sudden Collapse’ of Mexico is Possible El

Geopolitical – Week of 12.28.08

Geopolitical – Week of 12.28.08

Russia-Ukraine Gas Row Heats Up News.bbc.co.uk (31 Dec 2008) Bush Signs Pension Relief Bill Into Law Reuters (30 Dec 2008) Pakistan Moves Troops To Indian

Geopolitical – Week of 12.21.08

Geopolitical – Week of 12.21.08

Israel Strikes Demolish Hamas Compounds, Kill 192 Truthout (27 Dec 2008) Internet Overtakes Newspapers as News Source in 2008 PewResearchCenter (23 Dec 08) CIA Using

Geopolitical – Week of 12.14.08

Geopolitical – Week of 12.14.08

US Army Special Operations Forces Unconventional Warfare, FM3-05.130 wikileaks.org Jesse Ventura: CIA Embedded in Every State Government Grand Jury Probes Richardson Donor’s New Mexico Financing

Geopolitical – Week of 12.07.08

Geopolitical – Week of 12.07.08

The Case for Fraud: All-American Business Enterprise It’s My Take (21 Nov 2008) The Case for Fraud: Our “Prison Industry” It’s My Take (26 Nov

Give Mint Oil for Xmas

Give Mint Oil for Xmas

I just got my box of mint oil drams from Crosby Mint Farm. It is excellent. In fact, I sent the planned presents out to

Geopolitical – Week of 11.30.08

Geopolitical – Week of 11.30.08

Darwinian Struggle To Find Ticket Out Of Thailand Scoop Independent News (1 Dec 2008) F2C: Freedom to Connect 2009 freedom-to-connect.net

Geopolitical – Week of 11.23.08

Geopolitical – Week of 11.23.08

Obama to Keep Gates as Defense Secretary TruthOut (25 November 2008) One Kind of War Morphs Into Another Kind: Bolivia Halts US Anti-Drug Efforts progress.org

Geopolitical – Week of 11.09.08

Geopolitical – Week of 11.09.08

Obama Set to Push ‘Big Bang’ Reform Package Financial Times (9 Nov 2008) Obama and EU to Reinvent Global Politics, Pundit Says Euro Observer (06

Obama Won – What is Next?

Obama Won – What is Next?

President-elect Obama and his transition team now have 77 days to assemble a staff and Cabinet, determine the chief policies and goals for their first

Geo-Political – Week of 10.26.08

Geo-Political – Week of 10.26.08

States in Trouble Due to Economic Downturn Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (24 Oct 2008) State Revenues Plummet – July-September Revenue Numbers Are Worst

Geopolitical – Week of 10.12.08

Geopolitical – Week of 10.12.08

Secret U.S. Mission Hauls Uranium from Iraq MSNBC (5 July 2008) Toxic Pellets Found in Russian Rights Lawyer’s Car NY Times (16 Oct 2008) Mind

Geopolitical – Week of 10.5.08

Geopolitical – Week of 10.5.08

Races to Watch IX: Wall Street’s Favorite Candidates OpenSecrets.org (9 Oct 2008) Did US Government Snoop on Americans’ Phone Calls? Truthout.org (9 Oct 2008) Secret

Ten Reasons NOT To Bail Out Wall Street

Ten Reasons NOT To Bail Out Wall Street

by Catherine Austin Fitts and Carolyn Betts, Esq. (1) Crime that pays is crime that stays. There is reason to believe that Wall Street and

Geopolitical – Week of 9.22.08

Geopolitical – Week of 9.22.08

Time For A Gold Ruble? By John Laughland – Russia News & Information Agency (24 Sep 2008) October 1st Military Starts Martial Law Mission YouTube

Geopolitical – Week of 9.15.08

Geopolitical – Week of 9.15.08

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC): A “Doorway” to The New World Order? By Paul Bondarovski – WarIsCrime.com (10 Sep 2008) City Uses DNA to Fight

Geopolitical – Week of 9.08.08

Geopolitical – Week of 9.08.08

America’s Best Days Rasmussen Report (28 Aug 2008) Early Security Issues Tarnish Google’s Chrome Browser By Nancy Gohring – ITWorld.com (3 Sep 2008) Rense.com Now

Geopolitical – Week of 9.01.08

Geopolitical – Week of 9.01.08

Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC A YouTube Video (1 Sep 2008) Supercomputer Weather: Super Hurricane Gustav By Alastair Thompson & David Mclellan – Scoop Independent

Geopolitical – Week of 8.25.08

Geopolitical – Week of 8.25.08

Russia May Cut Off Oil and Gas to Europe By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (28 Aug 2008) Steve Jobs Obituary Published by Bloomberg By

Geopolitical – Week of 8.18.08

Geopolitical – Week of 8.18.08

Who Started Cold War II? By Patrick J. Buchanan – AntiWar.com (19 Aug 2008) Scott Forbes 9/11 Power Down: The Elephant in The Room A

Geopolitical – Week of 8.11.08

Geopolitical – Week of 8.11.08

Householders to be Hit by £1,000 Water Bill With Prices Set to Soar 60% BY Sean Poulter – DailyMail.co.uk (12 Aug 2008) Waste Management Raises

Geopolitical – Week of 8.04.08

Geopolitical – Week of 8.04.08

U.S. Attorney Scandal Probe Enters White House Circle By Murray Waas – The Huffington Post (7 Aug 2008) Libraries Step Into The Age of iPod

Geopolitical – Week of 7.28.08

Geopolitical – Week of 7.28.08

All The Privileged Must Have Prizes By John H. Summers – TimesHigherEducation.co.uk (10 Jul 2008) The Border Wall – A Film By Wayne Ewing Kremlin’s

Geopolitical – Week of 7.21.08

Geopolitical – Week of 7.21.08

The Conscientious Objector A new documentary film ~ Read about Desmond Doss at Wikipedia Exposing Bush’s Historic Abuse of Power By Tim Shorrock – Salon.com

Geopolitical – Week of 7.14.2008

Geopolitical – Week of 7.14.2008

Michigan Talks Homeland Security With Israeli Police ClickOnDetroit.com (17 Jul 2008) The Black Ivies By Sam Smith – The Progressive Review (16 Jul 2008) ACLU

Geopolitical – Week of 7.07.08

Geopolitical – Week of 7.07.08

Police Raid Berwyn Heights Mayor’s Home, Kill His 2 Dogs Washington Post | 31 July 2008 Bush Signs Spy Bill and Draws Lawsuit By Randall

Community Wizards

Community Wizards

I grew up in a community where all the kids freely used the “F” word. Then I went to work on Wall Street, where the

Geopolitical – Week of 6.30.08

Geopolitical – Week of 6.30.08

Ex-Agent Says CIA Ignored Iran Facts By Joby Warrick – Washington Post (1 Jul 2008) Agents Can Randomly Seize Travelers’ Laptops or PDAs By Jim

Geopolitical – Week of 6.23.08

Geopolitical – Week of 6.23.08

The Hedge Schools By John Walsh – Irish Cultural Society of the Garden City Area I Still crouching ‘neath the sheltering hedge, Or stretched on

Geopolitical – Week of 6.16.08

Geopolitical – Week of 6.16.08

Beware the Chicago Boys By Naomi Klein – The Guardian (14 Jun 2008) Israel Seen Rehearsing Iran Attack By Doina Chiacu – Reuters (20 Jun

Geopolitical – Week of 6.09.08

Geopolitical – Week of 6.09.08

BP Statistical Review – 2007 British Petroleum’s review of world energy trends Rating Countries for the Happiness Factor By Marina Kamenev – BusinessWeek.com (11 Oct