Greece: Person Trampled As Fight Breaks Out At Free Food Handout

Person Trampled As Fight Breaks Out At Greek Free Food Handout (ZeroHedge, Feb 6, 2013):

In yet another day marked by simply unbearable propaganda, about an hour ago an EU official pulled a Lanny Breuer and was quoted as saying that “things are going well” in Greece. Oh are they? Then perhaps the same official can explain why a clip of a scuffle breaking out at a free food handout in Greece, where one man was “trampled and injured“, and where a “Reuters photographer was hit on the head with cauliflower heads” has been the most watched item on Greek TV in the past day?

From Reuters:

Hundreds of Greeks scuffled for free vegetables handed out by farmers on Wednesday, leaving one man trampled and injured and prompting an outcry over the growing desperation created by economic crisis.

Read moreGreece: Person Trampled As Fight Breaks Out At Free Food Handout

Timothy Geithner Joins The Council of Foreign Relations As ‘Tireless And Creative Practitioner And Thinker’

Tim Geithner Joins CFR As “Tireless And Creative Practitioner And Thinker” (ZeroHedge, Feb 6, 2013):

Well that didn’t take long. It appears spending time with the family is over-rated (or perhaps they couldn’t stand him either) as Turbo Timmy has landed his first post-Treasury gig (Citi next?). The Council of Foreign Relations has graciously brought this “tireless and creative” thinker on board as a Distinguished Fellow. His role… “to strengthen their capacity to produce thoughtful analysis of issues at the intersection of economic, political, and strategic developments.” We assume this is his gracious ‘giving back’ phase before six-months down the line slithering over to the big bucks at a bank when he suspects no one will be looking…The mutual adoration society continues..

Read moreTimothy Geithner Joins The Council of Foreign Relations As ‘Tireless And Creative Practitioner And Thinker’

Hilarious: German Education Minister Annette Schavan Stripped Of PhD For Plagiarism

Wednesday Humor: German Education Minister Stripped Of PhD For Plagiarism (ZeroHedge, Feb 6, 2013):

Some thought the irony of a Treasury Secretary who cheated on his taxes was extreme but Germany has gone one better as the nation’s Education Minister has just been stripped of her PhD due to plagiarism. As Spiegel Online reports, the University of Düsseldorf has revoked German Education Minister Annette Schavan’s degree because “she systematically and deliberately presented intellectual efforts throughout her entire dissertation that were not her own.” As such, she was guilty of “intentional deception through plagiarism.” Allegations that parts of her dissertation were not consistent with academic standards were first raised last spring and were hardened in October when a blogger released detailed findings of citation shortcomings he had found in the education minister’s dissertation. Of course, she has taken the political route to this problem – denial –  admitting merely to “oversights,” and adding that “There was no cheating involved.” The university voted 12 to 2 to revoke her degree and invalidate her academic title. Schavan is yet to resign from Merkel’s Cabinet. What next? A skeet-shooting gun tzar, a job tzar responsible for thousands of jobs losses while in the private sector, or a Nobel Peace Prize winner building a drone army.
Via Spiegel Online,

Merkel’s Education Minister Has Ph.D. Title Revoked

German Education Minister Annette Schavan has long been dogged by accusations that she had plagiarized parts of her Ph.D. thesis. Now, the University of Düsseldorf has revoked her degree. She may be forced to resign from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet.

Read moreHilarious: German Education Minister Annette Schavan Stripped Of PhD For Plagiarism

Student Loan Bubble Forces Yale And Pennsylvania University To Sue Their Own Students

Student Loan Bubble Forces Yale, Penn To Sue Their Own Students (ZeroHedge, Feb 5, 2013):

We have not been shy about exposing the massive (and unsustainable) bubble of credit being blown into the economy via Student Loans from the government. We have not been afraid to note the dramatic rise in delinquencies among these loans – and the implications for the government. However, as Bloomberg reports, it appears the impact of this exuberance has come back to bite the colleges themselves. In what can only be described as a vendor-financing model, the so-called Perkins loans (for students with extraordinary financial hardships) have seen defaults surging more than 20%. The vicious circle, though, has begun as the ponzi of using these revolving loan funds to ‘fund’ the next round of students is collapsing thanks to the rise in delinquencies. Schools such as Yale, Penn, and George Washington are becoming very aggressive at going after delinquent student borrowers. While financially hard-up graduates complain of no jobs, the schools are not impressed: “You could take a job at Subway or wherever to pay the bills … It seems like basic responsibility to me,” but perhaps that is the point – avoiding responsibility is seemingly rewarded in the new normal.

Via Bloomberg,

Yale Suing Former Students Shows Crisis in Loans to Poor

Needy U.S. borrowers are defaulting on almost $1 billion in federal student loans earmarked for the poor, leaving schools such as Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania with little choice except to sue their graduates.

The record defaults on federal Perkins loans may jeopardize the prospects of current students since they are part of a revolving fund that colleges give to students who show extraordinary financial hardship.

Read moreStudent Loan Bubble Forces Yale And Pennsylvania University To Sue Their Own Students

China, Japan On The Brink

China, Japan on the brink (Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 6, 2013):

Chinese warships have pointed missile radars at Japanese military targets and taken the two regional powers to the brink of “a dangerous situation”, say Japanese officials.

The news overnight marks a dangerous escalation of a four-month diplomatic and military stand-off between Australia’s two largest trading partners, involving disputed islets in the East China Sea.

Japan’s defence minister, Itsunori Onodera, told reporters last night that a Chinese frigate pointed a missile control radar at the Japanese destroyer Yuudachi on January 30.

Read moreChina, Japan On The Brink

Beware: A President Who Justifies Secret Drone Killings Of Americans Can Justify Anything

Beware: A President who justifies secret drone killings of Americans can justify anything (Natural News, Feb 6, 2013):

The U.S. Justice Department has just released a 16-page memo outlining its justification for why President Obama can order drone killings of American citizens. The paper is a wild tour of bizarro-land justifications from a government that no longer abides by any Constitutional limits or even principles of human rights.

As NBC News frighteningly reports:

A confidential Justice Department memo concludes that the U.S. government can order the killing of American citizens if they are believed to be “senior operational leaders” of al-Qaida or “an associated force” — even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the U.S.

White House press secretary Jay Carney, the mouthpiece of tyranny and lawlessness in America today, added that “These strikes are legal, they are ethical and they are wise.” (FreeBeacon.com)

Read moreBeware: A President Who Justifies Secret Drone Killings Of Americans Can Justify Anything

First US City Passes Anti-Drone Legislation

Congratulations Charlottesville, Virginia! The First City to Pass Anti-Drone Legislation (Liberty Blitzkrieg, Feb 5, 2013):

This simple piece of legislation proves that you can make a difference at the local level.  We need a lot more of this type of thing all over these United States.  As I have said many times, it’s not that I am against drones in all capacities; however, we must be vigilant about how these things are used and must have serious safeguards in place to protect civil liberties.  Kudos to the Rutherford Institute for leading the charge here.

From US News:

Charlottesville, Va., has become the first city in the United States to formally pass an anti-drone resolution.

Read moreFirst US City Passes Anti-Drone Legislation

Huge Victory Against Fluoride In Australia

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Huge victory against fluoride in Australia (Natural News, Feb 6, 2013):

Nearly 200,000 Australians have been released from the medical slavery that is artificial water fluoridation thanks to a major governmental policy change. The Liberal National Party (LNP) government of the Australian state of Queensland has not only cut $14 million of funding that had previously been used for fluoridation, but has also decided to allow local councils to decide for themselves whether or not to fluoridate, a move that has already prompted the northern city of Cairns to end its water fluoridation program.

As reported by The Australian, former “One Nation” member of parliament (MP) Rosa Lee Long, who is now mayor of the north Queensland Tablelands Regional Council, successfully lobbied LNP to end a longstanding policy that compelled local communities to fluoridate without approval from local residents. The government of Queensland last year also ended a policy that required larger communities to fluoridate their water, which is similar to existing fluoridation mandates in California and elsewhere.

Read moreHuge Victory Against Fluoride In Australia

U.S. Postal Service Plans To End Saturday Mail Delivery By August

Postal Service plans to end Saturday mail delivery by August (Washington Post, Feb 6, 2013):

The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday that it plans to stop delivering mail on Saturdays — but will continue delivering packages — starting Aug. 1.

Unless forbidden to do so by Congress, which has moved in the past to prohibit five-day-a-week delivery, the agency for the first time will delivery mail only Monday through Friday. The move will save about $2 billion a year for the postal service, which has suffered tens of billions of dollars in losses in recent years with the advent of the Internet and e-commerce, officials said.

Read moreU.S. Postal Service Plans To End Saturday Mail Delivery By August

Australian Politician Ann Bressington Exposes Agenda 21, Club of Rome (Video)

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Read moreAustralian Politician Ann Bressington Exposes Agenda 21, Club of Rome (Video)

ON THE BRINK: A Chinese Naval Vessel Locked Onto Japanese Navy Ship … In Separate Incident, Vessel Locked Onto Japanese Navy Helicopter!!! Japanese Officials: Two Regional Powers On The Brink Of “A Dangerous Situation!!

ON THE BRINK: A Chinese Naval Vessel Locked Onto Japanese Navy Ship… In Separate Incident, Vessel Locked Onto Japanese Navy Helicopter!!! Japanese Officials: Two Regional Powers On The Brink Of “A Dangerous Situation!! (InvestmentWatch, Feb 6, 2013):

Chinese warships have pointed missile radars at Japanese military targets and taken the two regional powers to the brink of “a dangerous situation”, say Japanese officials.

The news overnight marks a dangerous escalation of a four-month diplomatic and military stand-off between Australia’s two largest trading partners, involving disputed islets in the East China Sea.

Japan’s defence minister, Itsunori Onodera, told reporters last night that a Chinese frigate pointed a missile control radar at the Japanese destroyer Yuudachi on January 30.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/china-japan-on-the-brink-20130206-2dx25.html#ixzz2K3M7j4vd

Japan protest over China ship’s radar action

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21337444

Chinese-Japanese Tension Reached Critical Last Week

“A Chinese military vessel last week locked its weapons-targeting radar on a Japanese warship, Japan’s Ministry of Defense said Tuesday, marking a brief but dangerous escalation in the showdown for maritime territory between Asia’s two largest economies.

Read moreON THE BRINK: A Chinese Naval Vessel Locked Onto Japanese Navy Ship … In Separate Incident, Vessel Locked Onto Japanese Navy Helicopter!!! Japanese Officials: Two Regional Powers On The Brink Of “A Dangerous Situation!!

Police now accompanying Smart Meter installations: Two homeowners arrested for saying NO!

Police now accompanying Smart Meter installations: Two homeowners arrested for saying NO! (Natural News, Feb 5, 2013):

As if police in most major cities didn’t have enough to do already, now they are being deployed as enforcers for the nanny state.

Cops in Naperville, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, have arrested two mothers after they attempted to block utility workers from installing so-called “smart meters” on their homes. The women, who were known to be vocal opponents of the wireless electric meters, apparently, were not the only smart meter opponents, however, because city officials told the Chicago Tribune they have ordered police to accompany utility crews as they install the meters on other homes where they were previously sent away.

“The previous installation attempts were met with some resistance and we wanted to ensure our employees’ safety,” City Manager Doug Krieger told the paper.

Translation: Your home isn’t really your home anymore.

Read morePolice now accompanying Smart Meter installations: Two homeowners arrested for saying NO!

IRAN WAR: What U.S. Mainstream Media DOES NOT Want You To See! (Documentary)

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IRAN WAR EXPOSE: What U.S. Media DOES NOT want you to see! (Veterans Today, Feb 4, 2013):

Meet the Woman Who Stopped War Against IranThe Story of Gwenyth Todd, Editorial Board Member, Veterans Today

Press TV’s documentary program “Untold Truths” reveals documentary film about the life and experiences of former White House Middle East policy adviser, Gwenyth Todd, who has escaped to Australia to keep safe from FBI prosecution.

This documentary speaks for itself.


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Veterans Today ran  a series of articles on Gwenth’s story last summer when her lawyers finally came around to understanding that if she got her story out there would no longer be a reason to kill her so she could not. This sometimes takes a little time to sink in.

Read moreIRAN WAR: What U.S. Mainstream Media DOES NOT Want You To See! (Documentary)

Argentina Freezes Supermarket Prices To Halt Soaring Inflation; Chaos To Follow

Argentina Freezes Supermarket Prices To Halt Soaring Inflation; Chaos To Follow (ZeroHedge, Feb 5, 2013):

Up until now, Argentina’s descent into a hyperinflationary basket case, with a crashing currency and loss of outside funding was relatively moderate and controlled. All this is about to change. Today, in a futile attempt to halt inflation, the government of Cristina Kirchner announced a two-month price freeze on supermarket products. The price freeze applies to every product in all of the nation’s largest supermarkets — a group including Walmart, Carrefour, Coto, Jumbo, Disco and other large chains. The companies’ trade group, representing 70 percent of the Argentine supermarket sector, reached the accord with Commerce Secretary Guillermo Moreno, the government’s news agency Telam reported. As AP reports, “The commerce ministry wants consumers to keep receipts and complain to a hotline about any price hikes they see before April 1.”

Read moreArgentina Freezes Supermarket Prices To Halt Soaring Inflation; Chaos To Follow

Chinese Warship Prepared To Fire At Japanese Destroyer Last Week

Chinese Warship Prepared To Fire At Japanese Destroyer Last Week (ZeroHedge, Feb 5, 2013):

It seems the world may have been this close to World War III as recently as last week. Kyodo reports that a Chinese warship last week directed “fire-control” radar against Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel in the East China Sea, where Japan and China are involved in a dispute over the ownership of a group of uninhabited islands, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Tuesday. The Japanese government lodged a protest with China on Tuesday afternoon as the radar was for taking aim at a firing target.  “Beaming of radar for firing is very abnormal, and it could have put us in a very grave situation if things went wrong,” Onodera told a press conference, urging the Chinese side to refrain from taking such aggressive moves.

The FT adds:

Mr Onodera on Tuesday did not explain why Japan waited several weeks to protest the incidents, but a defence ministry spokesman said it took time to recheck data collected by the Japanese ships to eliminate the possibility of a false alarm. “This is sensitive matter and we needed to be sure before we protested.”

Read moreChinese Warship Prepared To Fire At Japanese Destroyer Last Week

U.S. Sues McGraw-Hill, S&P Over Mortgage-Bond Credit Ratings

McGraw-Hill, S&P Sued by U.S. Over Mortgage-Bond Ratings (Bloomberg, Feb 5, 2013):

McGraw-Hill Cos. (MHP) and its Standard & Poor’s unit were sued by the U.S. over claims S&P knowingly understated the credit risks of instruments that were central to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

The U.S. Justice Department filed a complaint yesterday in federal court in Los Angeles, accusing McGraw-Hill and S&P of mail fraud, wire fraud and financial institutions fraud. Under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, the U.S. seeks civil penalties of as much as $1.1 million for each violation. The company’s shares tumbled the most in 25 years yesterday when it said it expected the lawsuit, the first federal case against a ratings firm for grades related to the credit crisis.

Read moreU.S. Sues McGraw-Hill, S&P Over Mortgage-Bond Credit Ratings

Obama To Meet With Goldman’s Blankfein, Other CEOs Tuesday

Obama to meet with Goldman’s Blankfein, other CEOs Tuesday (Reuters, Feb 5, 2013):

President Barack Obama will meet with chief executives from 12 companies including Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s Lloyd Blankfein and Yahoo Inc’s Marissa Mayer on Tuesday to discuss immigration and deficit reduction.

“The president will continue his engagement with outside leaders on a number of issues – including immigration reform and how it fits into his broader economic agenda, and his efforts to achieve balanced deficit reduction,” a White House official told Reuters on Monday.

Other chief executives include Arne Sorenson of Marriott International Inc, Jeff Smisek of United Continental Holdings Inc, and Klaus Kleinfeld of Alcoa Inc.

Read moreObama To Meet With Goldman’s Blankfein, Other CEOs Tuesday

Former US Major General’s URGENT WARNING: Fukushima Estimate Of Situation (Video)

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Obama On Guns: ‘We’re Not Going To Wait Until The Next Newtown’

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Obama on guns: ‘We’re not going to wait until the next Newtown’ (NBC News, Feb 4, 2013):

Declaring “we’re not going to wait until the next Newtown,” President Barack Obama appealed directly to the American public on Monday to pressure reluctant lawmakers in Congress to move forward with gun control legislation.

Obama flew to Minneapolis, Minn., to urge constituents to contact their representatives and press for a package of new gun laws, including a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines, universal background checks for gun buyers and new rules targeting gun traffickers.

“We don’t have to agree on everything to agree it’s time to do something,” Obama said, standing in front of a group of uniformed law enforcement officers.

Read moreObama On Guns: ‘We’re Not Going To Wait Until The Next Newtown’

Pre-Emptive Cyber-Wars Begun They Have

Pre-Emptive Cyber-Wars Begun They Have (ZeroHedge, Feb 4, 2013):

As the world’s economic powers squabble over the intricacies of cause and effect in a vicious cycle of currency devaluation and domestic economic defense; it appears, NYTimes reports, that the US is leading the way in another direction. A secret legal review on the use of America’s growing arsenal of cyberweapons has concluded that President Obama has the broad power to order a pre-emptive strike if the United States detects credible evidence of a major digital attack looming from abroad – i.e. if we ‘suspect’ someone is going to hack us, we can hack them. In what appears to be Stuxnet’s bigger (and scarier) brother,one official noted, “there are levels of cyberwarfare that are far more aggressive than anything that has been used or recommended to be done.” New policies will also govern how the intelligence agencies can carry out searches of faraway computer networks for signs of potential attacks on the United States and, if the president approves, attack adversaries by injecting them with destructive code – even if there is no declared war. Cyberweaponry is the newest and perhaps most complex arms race under way, based in Cyber Command at The Pentagon, with the unspoken question being, ‘What are we going to do about China?’

Via NY Times
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A secret legal review on the use of America’s growing arsenal of cyberweapons has concluded that President Obama has the broad power to order a pre-emptive strike if the United States detects credible evidence of a major digital attack looming from abroad, according to officials involved in the review.

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Secret Rules To Let Obama Order ‘Pre-Emptive’ Cyber Attacks

Secret rules to let Obama order ‘pre-emptive’ cyber attacks (PressTV, Feb 4, 2013):

A secret legal review on the use of America’s growing arsenal of cyberweapons has concluded that President Obama has the broad power to order a pre-emptive strike if the United States detects credible evidence of a major digital attack looming from abroad, according to officials involved in the review.

That decision is among several reached in recent months as the administration moves, in the next few weeks, to approve the nation’s first rules for how the military can defend, or retaliate, against a major cyberattack.

New policies will also govern how the intelligence agencies can carry out searches of faraway computer networks for signs of potential attacks on the United States and, if the president approves, attack adversaries by injecting them with destructive code – even if there is no declared war.

Read moreSecret Rules To Let Obama Order ‘Pre-Emptive’ Cyber Attacks

China’s Creeping Toxic Smog Cloud Blankets Japan

China’s Creeping Toxic Smog Cloud Blankets Japan (ZeroHedge, Feb 4, 2013):

These days one has to laugh with the Japanese, as the temptation to laugh at them is just so high.

Because, sadly, the endless barrage of negative developments surrounding the “Land of the Rising Sun” may soon require a constitutional amendment replacing that key adjective to “Setting.” And while everyone knows that Japan’s economy is the Keynesian voodoo religion’s event horizon laughing stock, caught between a 30 year deflationary implosion which is the only permissive factor allowing it to sustain interest payments on a 235% debt/GDP mountain, and a banking, debt and funding crisis should the government “succeed” in generating inflation, it is the intangibles that will be the proverbial straw that breaks this particular camel’s back. Intangibles, such as 2011’s tsunami and Fukushima explosion, which have made sure that every piece of domestic sushi will be pre self-cooked for generations.

Yet glowing in the dark may have just been the beginning: now Japan also has a toxic, photochemical smog problem to boot.

It is true that we were confused why China had not retaliated too aggressively in the ongoing spat over some meaningless islands in the China Sea. At least not yet. It turns out that China was merely biding its time in deciding on how to most Geneva Unconventionally punish its militant island neighbor to the east. Turns out that the punishment will come in the form of an export that Japan will hardly be happy with: the unprecedented smog that until recently was blanketing China. The same toxic smog is now over Japan.

Read moreChina’s Creeping Toxic Smog Cloud Blankets Japan

Obama Says Boy Scouts Should Allow Gays As Members

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Obama says Boy Scouts should allow gays as members (Guardian/AP, Feb 4, 2013):

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Sunday that gays should be allowed in the Boy Scouts and women should be allowed in military combat roles, weighing in on two storied American institutions facing proposals to end long-held exclusions.The president’s comments in a pre-Super Bowl interview on CBS come ahead of this week’s meeting of the Boy Scouts’ national executive board. A proposal to open up the Scouts’ membership to gays is expected to be discussed and possibly voted on at the gathering in Texas.

Read moreObama Says Boy Scouts Should Allow Gays As Members

Bob Janjuah Sees ‘Final Parabolic Spike Up’ To 1575 Followed By Up To 50% Market Crash

Bob Janjuah Sees “Final Parabolic Spike Up” To 1575 Followed By Up To 50% Market Crash (ZeroHedge, Feb 5, 2013):

Bob Janjuah may nt have rvrted to his RBS wrtng style of yore, yet, but the New Nrml appears to also fnly b getting to 1 of our fvrte strategists, who has finally gone bold, ALL CAPS.From Bob’s World: Are We There Yet?

I last wrote in November (Risk not on?) and since then markets have broadly continued to track the medium-term bigger picture outlook set out in that note, as well as the shorter-term tactical “S&P500 1450/1475 rule? that I also discussed in that piece and in my earlier September note (Stop Loss Update). I wanted to publish now to provide some extra clarity:

Read moreBob Janjuah Sees ‘Final Parabolic Spike Up’ To 1575 Followed By Up To 50% Market Crash