Michael Savage: Don't trust feds on flu shot … 'Not everything your government tells you is true' … Asking listeners to put aside his political orientation for a moment, talk-radio host Michael Savage questioned the federal government's recommendation that citizens get a flu shot. … "Did Harry Reid take a flu shot? Did Barack Obama take a flu shot? Did Barack...Read More
Mario Draghi: the closest thing the Eurozone has to a leader? Who leads the Eurozone? Having "saved" the euro last year, I think that title belongs to Mario Draghi, head of the ECB. This article looks at why that is, and why it's less than ideal. … Having "saved" the euro last year, I think that title belongs to Mario Draghi, head of the ECB. This article looks at why...Read More
Michael Savage: Don't trust feds on flu shot … 'Not everything your government tells you is true' … Asking listeners to put aside his political orientation for a moment, talk-radio host Michael Savage questioned the federal government's recommendation that citizens get a flu shot. … "Did Harry Reid take a flu shot? Did Barack Obama take a flu shot? Did Barack...Read More
Beleaguered Canadian miner Eldorado Gold Inc. (TSX:ELD) (NYSE:EGO) is facing renewed antagonism to its projects in Greece.France Press reports that hundreds of demonstrators marched in Athens on Jan. 12 against Eldorado's Hellas gold project in the northern region of Halkidiki, as locals claim it is causing irreversible damage to the environment.Several citizens' groups, backed by the radical lef...Read More
The government of El Salvador has asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) to help the country push for a halt of Vancouver-based Goldcorp's (TSX: G), (NYSE: GG) Cerro Blanco gold-silver project in southern Guatemala, reports La Informaci??n (in Spanish).The article says El Salvador's human rights defense attorney general (PDDH), Oscar Luna, claims Cerro Blanco mine will greatly...Read More
Save? Party like it's 2013! … Economic forecast for 2013: Forget the fiscal cliff, this is the year to spend, spend, spend … If the words 'fiscal cliff' send you into a comatose state, fear not, help is at hand. Here, TNT is going to explain in layman's terms the economic forecast for 2013. No, we haven't gone all Financial Times on you, but if you want to make sure...Read More
It's Death of Little Nell time again in the field of climate "science." The New York Times – aka Pravda – has announced the closure of its Environment Desk. Rumours that the entire environment team, headed by Andy Revkin, have volunteered to be recycled into compost and spread on the lawn of the new billion dollar home Al Gore bought with the proceeds of his sale of Curre...Read More
Paul Salopek: Going for a seven-year walk … US journalist Paul Salopek is going to spend the next seven years walking from Ethiopia to the tip of South America, retracing the journey of early humans out of Africa and around the world. Along the way he will be writing articles, shooting video and tweeting. Salopek will take some 30 million footsteps during this journey, which he calls "t...Read More
Save? Party like it's 2013! … Economic forecast for 2013: Forget the fiscal cliff, this is the year to spend, spend, spend … If the words 'fiscal cliff' send you into a comatose state, fear not, help is at hand. Here, TNT is going to explain in layman's terms the economic forecast for 2013. No, we haven't gone all Financial Times on you, but if you want to make sure...Read More
It's Death of Little Nell time again in the field of climate "science." The New York Times – aka Pravda – has announced the closure of its Environment Desk. Rumours that the entire environment team, headed by Andy Revkin, have volunteered to be recycled into compost and spread on the lawn of the new billion dollar home Al Gore bought with the proceeds of his sale of Curre...Read More
Paul Salopek: Going for a seven-year walk … US journalist Paul Salopek is going to spend the next seven years walking from Ethiopia to the tip of South America, retracing the journey of early humans out of Africa and around the world. Along the way he will be writing articles, shooting video and tweeting. Salopek will take some 30 million footsteps during this journey, which he calls "t...Read More
Greek Finance Ministry plans to put an end to cash payments. Purchases worth more than 500 euro will be not possible with cash money anymore. Finance minister Yiannis Stournaras told the Parliament on Thursday that he examines that "the expansion of electronic transactions with credit cards and other electronic payment methods for a wide range of transactions for amounts much smaller than tho...Read More
Opposition eyes Syria seat at UN, Arab League …Participants pose for a group picture during a meeting to form a new Syrian opposition group called the National Coalition of Forces of the Syrian Revolution and Opposition in Doha late on November 11, 2012. The opposition Syrian National Coalition has urged the international community to help it take over Syria's seats at the UN and Arab Le...Read More
In general, rifles, shotguns, revolvers and handguns may be registered in the District of Columbia. Per DC Official Code … as amended by the Firearms Control Amendment of 2008, registration of the following firearms is prohibited in the District of Columbia. – Firearms eligible for registrationDominant Social Theme: Some guns are more dangerous than others.Free-Market Analysis: The Dis...Read More
Greek Finance Ministry plans to put an end to cash payments. Purchases worth more than 500 euro will be not possible with cash money anymore. Finance minister Yiannis Stournaras told the Parliament on Thursday that he examines that "the expansion of electronic transactions with credit cards and other electronic payment methods for a wide range of transactions for amounts much smaller than tho...Read More
Opposition eyes Syria seat at UN, Arab League …Participants pose for a group picture during a meeting to form a new Syrian opposition group called the National Coalition of Forces of the Syrian Revolution and Opposition in Doha late on November 11, 2012. The opposition Syrian National Coalition has urged the international community to help it take over Syria's seats at the UN and Arab Le...Read More
Euro-Crisis Hope Confidence in European Banks Is Returning … There is cause for hope in Southern Europe. New numbers indicate that trust is returning to banks located in countries that have been hit hardest by the euro crisis. But even as discrepencies in the Continent's Target2 payment system shrink, danger still lurks. The turning point came almost exactly four months ago. On Sept. 6,...Read More
Yesterday morning here over a latte and a croissant–Kurfuerstendamm Ecke Schlueterstrasse–I got my ear bent by someone telling me that Israel and Western countries are now worried about the fate of 50 metric tons of uranium secretly stashed away in Syria. Reflecting for a couple of minutes after clicking off my cell, I strongly suspected that I was not the sole recipient of that messag...Read More
Sunday Interview: Sir Evelyn de Rothschild: 'To be rather abrupt, I don't think there's been a great change since 2008' One of the great City veterans and scion of the financial dynasty, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild tells Andrew Cave why banking culture needs to be reformed if lenders are to regain public trust. Veteran investment banker Sir Evelyn Rothschild is far from convinced that...Read More
A bill to register gold and silver coins: It had to come. It has been introduced in Illinois, the most anti-gun state in the USA. … Creates the Precious Metal Purchasing Act. Provides that a person who is in the business of purchasing precious metal shall obtain a proof of ownership, create a record of the sale, and verify the identity of the seller. Provides that a person who is in the busi...Read More