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Crumbling Infrastructure Symbolizes U.S. Economy
Remember all of that “infrastructure spending” which was (supposedly) part of the stimulus package, which in turn supposedly led to a “U.S. economic recovery”? It never happened. Just like the supposed “recovery” itself, it was nothing but smoke-and-mirrors. No recovery, no investment in infrastructure. Only the debts from all that “stimulus” were real.
19Aug2011 | JeffNielson | 2 comments | ContinuedCalifornia is Bankrupt
Since California will never/could never have any “surplus” revenues to pay off these warrants they are nothing but a blatant fraud. In the “real world” we already have a term for such fraud: “kiting a cheque”. It is the last resort of all deadbeats – just before they declare bankruptcy.
12Aug2011 | JeffNielson | 4 comments | ContinuedWhy 2011 Is Not 2008
With many investors now having descended back to full-fledged “panic mode”, we explain why 2011 could never be another event like the Crash of ’08, as the nature of any such crash would be remarkably different.
8Aug2011 | JeffNielson | 3 comments | ContinuedThe Two ‘Faces’ of U.S. Debt-Ceiling Deal
Mercifully, it appears that the U.S. debt-ceiling farce has finally ended – with an anti-climactic “thud”. It is only fitting that the two-faced regime which negotiated such an agreement should present us with a scenario which has two distinct interpretations.
2Aug2011 | JeffNielson | 7 comments | ContinuedEconomic Rape of Europe Nearly Complete, Part IV
The ultimate goal of these ruling Oligarchs is nothing less than the full, economic integration of Europe. Not only would this bind every European citizen to the debts of all the individual Euro states, but once full economic integration had been achieved then Europe’s wealth could be plundered as a single entity – much more efficient than their current nation-by-nation looting.
1Aug2011 | JeffNielson | 0 comments | ContinuedEconomic Rape of Europe Nearly Complete, Part III
In this installment I will focus on the second strategy for completing the looting of Europe. It is a mere two-word phrase, and arguably the most-odious two-word combination in the realm of 21st century economics: “loss guarantees”. It is the ultimate form of “welfare” for both the banker Oligarchs and the bond parasites
28Jul2011 | JeffNielson | 2 comments | ContinuedEconomic Rape of Europe Nearly Complete, Part II
… the decision by Western banking authorities to designate the national gold hoards of these nations as “collateral” for their (fraudulent) bond debts has two entirely different (and separate) motivations. If the gold still exists, then naming gold as collateral for debts which could never be repaid (and where default is imminent) is nothing less than the theft of these nations’ gold reserves.
25Jul2011 | JeffNielson | 0 comments | ContinuedDinosaurs, Dodo Birds, Wooly Mammoths, and Free Markets
Connecting the dots of recent revelations of the Fed’s market manipulations jointly with the money center banks amidst the bailouts, as well as the public oil market manipulation, with evidence of long-running gold and silver markets manipulations and interest rate manipulation through derivatives.
22Jul2011 | RobKirby | 0 comments | ContinuedEconomic Rape of Europe Nearly Complete, Part I
The banksters had already perfected their terrorist weapons: interest-rate swaps and credit default swaps. Now they needed to determine if they actually “worked” – i.e. if their scam-victims were gullible enough to be fooled by bankster double-talk, and if our legal systems would “tolerate” this massive, systemic fraud.
22Jul2011 | JeffNielson | 0 comments | ContinuedFiscal Suicide, Part II: A Swirling Motion
Medicare cuts (or lack thereof), government-sourced personal income, emergency loans to the states, and more. Russ discusses how it is hard to see how we’ll get by without some of this being renewed — and none of it is factored into the deficit projections.
19Jul2011 | Lee Adler- The Wall Street Examiner | 0 comments | Continued