The Federal Reserve has always operated with insufficient scrutiny. It can enter into agreements with foreign central banks and foreign governments, and the GAO is prohibited from auditing or even seeing these agreements.
Write your Representatives and tell them to join 124 Congressmen in support of HR 1207.
Presidential Candidates & The SPP
The Security and Prosperity Partnership Of North America has been around for quite some time now, yet it's discussion is far away from the Presidential debate. In fact, Ron Paul has been one of the few Congressmen opposed to such "partnership". There is a reason FOX and the talking heads are keeping Ron Paul out of their limelights. They don't want a well-informed and well-educated constituency. We do! If you don't know what the SPP is, please visit the thread.
This is North Korea's Taepodong-2 missile which has a range of 4,000 miles. Intelligence analysts do not believe it would be capable of hitting Hawaii which is 4,500 miles away
Here it is, the fourth of July, and international fireworks are going off in a spectacular, albeit scary display of pyrotechnics. An American president who campaigned and won as the “peace” candidate, the one who would exhibit more caution in foreign affairs, is opening up a whole new front in George W. Bush’s “war on terror.” In the “Afpak” theater, Obama is launching an unprecedented wave of military aggression on a scale not seen since Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union — although more “pro-American” commentators might want to compare it to the D-Day invasion.
In any case, by the time Obama’s war has reached its height, those 130,000 US soldiers being pulled out of Iraq’s cities will be fighting in Afg ...
Founders Bank, Worth, Illinois, with approximately $962.5 million in assets, was closed. The PrivateBank and Trust Company, Chicago, Illinois, has agreed to assume all deposits (approximately $848.9 million). (PR-119-2009)
Millennium State Bank of Texas, Dallas, Texas, with approximately $118 million in assets, was closed. State Bank of Texas, Irving, Texas, has agreed to assume all deposits (approximately $115 million). (PR-118-2009)
The First National Bank of Danville, Danville, Illinois, with approximately $166 million in assets, was closed. First Financial Bank, N.A., Terre Haute, Indiana, has agreed to assume all deposits (approximately $147 million). (PR-117-2009)
The Elizabeth State Bank, Elizabeth, Illinois, with approximately $55.5 million in assets, was closed. Galena State Bank and Trust Company, Galena, Illinois, has agreed to assume all de ...
Police seeking record US aid to avoid layoffs The Associated Press Posted: 07/02/2009 12:07:27 PM PDT
WASHINGTON - The nation's police departments are clamoring for an unprecedented amount of federal aid to forestall big local tax hikes or the possible layoff of nearly 40,000 police officers - enough to staff the entire New York City Police Department. When President Barack Obama signed the huge economic stimulus bill earlier this year, $1 billion was set aside to help local and state police avoid layoffs or keep their police academy classes intact.
The response has been staggering: Departments applied for more than $8.3 billion in aid, meaning only a fraction of the demand can actually be met.
July will be a nervous month for mayors and police commanders as they await offic ...
The Salt Lake Tribune Updated: 07/02/2009 09:10:38 AM MDT
Hoping to protect its top-secret operations by decentralizing its massive computer hubs, the National Security Agency will build a 1-million-square-foot data center at Utah's Camp Williams.
The years-in-the-making project, which may cost billions over time, got a $181 million start last week when President Obama signed a war spending bill in which Congress agreed to pay for primary construction, power access and security infrastructure. The enormous building, which will have a footprint about three times the size of the Utah State Capitol building, will be constructed on a 200-acre site near the Utah National Guard facility's runway.
Congressional records show that initial construction -- which may be ...
I am giving Graybeard credit for the short version. I moved on to the 22 page study and sent him the link to the long version.
His comments: Thanks, Sushi. That's a long piece, but once I started--I couldn't 'put it down'. Yes, I think that it's valuable (and interesting) information. Maybe it will even inspire someone to buy gold and silver.
Since it's so long, it would probably be helpful to mention that it's well worth reading-if one is interested in history and/or money.
In a fascinating 22-page study of money and currency, Christopher Weber shows that every gover ...
Michael Kreca, a 43-year-old Patriot who posted on LibertyForum and was a financial reporter for Business Week, was shot to death by a San Diego police officer. The badge carrying armed monkey did not follow proper procedure. It is speculated that Michael may have been contracted with the U.S. Navy. (details here)
