Are we headed for another Lehman moment in Europe?

Are we headed for another Lehman moment in Europe?



With the Eurozone crisis heating up, protests getting violent in Greece and rating agencies renewing their downgrades of PIIGS nations, what does all of this mean for some of Europe's biggest banks that are most exposed to these countries? Are we headed towards another banking crisis, this time in Europe? Where will it start, and can contagion reach the US? You are going to be shocked to find out what entrepreneurial investor and independent analyst Reggie Middleton says US taxpayers could be on the line for.

Lew Rockwell: 'We stand to face hyperinflation'

More and more economists are saying we are heading back to a recession and consumer confidence has plunged to new lows. While the concern sweeps the country there are some reports that the Federal Reserve would be doing some quantitative easing in September, but who does this benefit? Lew Rockwell, chairman of the Ludwig Von Mises Institute, tells us who will gain from the quantitative easing.





Criminal banks run the world and the FED is the largest Kinkos in the world

Will al-Qaeda get Libyan WMD?

Will al-Qaeda get Libyan WMD?



Libya's future is uncertain and the rebels are suspected to have Al-Qaeda connections. Libya's uranium stockpile could fall into the wrong hands and, in turn, nuclear weapons could be developed to spread acts of terror. Conn Hallinan, columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus, gives us his account of the situation.

Rebels will not negotiate with Gaddafi

Rebels will not negotiate with Gaddafi



The pursuit for Gaddafi continues in Tripoli and the Libyan rebels claim that all they can provide Gaddafi with is safety and a fair trial. The rebels have taken



over a majority of the country and it is alleged that Gaddafi wants to have talks with the rebels. Maria Finoshina gives us the latest from Tripoli.

Winning the lottery and losing big

Winning the lottery and losing big




Each year thousands of immigrants win the "green card" lottery, and come to the US thinking they'll score the American Dream. What many find is a nightmare, where their education and jobs don't count, and few resources are there to help them navigate life in the country that invited them.

Specter of Communism in NYC

Specter of Communism in NYC

As the first sentence of the Communist Manifesto goes, "the specter of communism hangs over Europe." In the US, the specter of communism hangs over the bottom floor of a brick building on the West side of downtown New York City. Communism is no bogeyman, and more and more people are flocking there to discuss new solutions to America's economic and social problems.

NO NO NATO

NO NO NATO


As leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization met in Lisbon, thousands met in the streets for protest of their policies and very existence. The root of many activists' complaints, from the war in Afghanistan to tactical nuclear weapons in Europe, boil down to US policies

US defense budget bringing down empire?

US defense budget bringing down empire?

With US debt skyrocketing to $13.5 trillion, the rallying cry from Washington is to cut spending. But many politicians refuse to address defense spending, thought it accounts for 58 percent of the discretionary pie, more than a trillion dollars a year all-in, or almost half of what the entire rest of the world combined spends. With the US relying on countries like China in essence to fund its wars and military bases around the world, even mainstream members of the Washington establishment are screaming that the US is bringing on its own demise as an imperial power with the excessive spending it can't afford. A reality that for all it's military spending, the US appears defenseless against

Fresh meat for US war machine? Veterans Day no lost opportunity

Fresh meat for US war machine? Veterans Day no lost opportunity


Veteran's Day in the US, and the military's hoping to boost its numbers by capitalizing on public emotion for war heroes. Army video games and parades are among the tools aimed at young people from poor neighborhoods, as recruiters try to fill their quotas. RT's Lauren Lyster met an Iraq veteran who says he couldn't take any more war, and that others shouldn't have to either.

9/11 hero hopeless, with little healthcare

9/11 hero hopeless, with little healthcare

Fears Republicans will try to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare law have risen following the US midterm elections. From once being at the top of the global life expectancy chart - America has slumped to nearly 50th with many blaming the ailing healthcare system for the slide. RT's Lauren Lyster has been talking to a 9/11 hero, for whom reform of the system is the only hope to stay alive

Fed Reserve: What's another $600 billion?

Fed Reserve: What's another $600 billion?


In an effort to boost the economy, the Federal Reserve announced a second round of bond buying that is called QE2. They plan to buy $600 billion of long-term government bonds by the middle of 2011 to further drive down rates on mortgages and other debt. The hope is that this will speed up the economic recovery and force job growth, haven't we seen this before?






GET READY FOR INFLATION FOLKS! All of these drooling retards I have had the misfortune of running across with their "That Doesn't Affect Me" attitude, well, Here It Comes! The Fed IS the U.S. Government, & they are INTENTIONALLY destroying OUR {The People} economy. IT AFFECTS US ALL! Here comes the ass-raping America! The Price You Pay for NOT FUCK'IN PAYING ATTENTION! MINDLESS, IGNORANT FUCKS! 2:19 Krugman is a fuck'in drooling retard. Nobel Peace Prizes apparently depreciate on par w/ the USD

US slams China in major smear campaign

US slams China in major smear campaign


China's emergence as a major economic superpower has raised concern among policymakers in Washington. They fear Beijing's rise could result in a US fall. But the trade wars between the two have some experts saying that America is out to bankrupt China's rising economy.






Criminals in the US administration, FED, banks and corporations managed to move 95% of production to China in last 20 years to profit from a 1 dollar a day slavish wage. Meanwhile, US citizenry has become fatter, stupider and lazier. And because anything related to America has become synonymous for Hypocrisy, nobody in the world is really surprised that they now blame China for what they did themselves. Expect these clowns declaring another pathetic 'War on currency manipulation' or something.

The cost of your food: people's lives

The cost of your food: people's lives

The cheap imported food that you eat doesn't come without a cost. The rise of agribusiness has been uprooting the small indigenous farmers in countries like Brazil for decades. In Brazil, it's benefiting rich land owners and transnational corporations while small farmers have been forced off their land and into cities for hopeless lives in the favela, searching for jobs that never came. But a huge social movement with broad political support is helping some of these landless workers get their lives back. We go to a commune where they are growing their own food and living a sustainable socialist life, escaping the capitalism that has oppressed them.

Brazil's Silent Revolution

Brazil's Silent Revolution

In a country characterized by a a vast divide between the haves and have nots, the poor are making a comeback. Brazil's social program Bolsa Familia has helped lift millions out of poverty, narrowing the divide between rich and poor, fueling the rise of one of the fastest growing major economies in the world. What can the rest of the globe learn from the success of a once depressed and self-consious country?

US leading economic world war

US leading economic world war

Despite the truce that G20 countries made this weekend agreeing not to devalue currencies to tackle financial imbalances, some fear the US has been long involved in a currency war. The US has waged well-known wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Yet some say it is also waging a lesser-known battle that is just as costly and much larger in scale.

US poverty: From bad to worse?

US poverty: From bad to worse?

US President Obama is pushing forward plans to double the country's exports in the next five years. The move, that could generate two million jobs, comes amid hopes that the country is finally pulling out of the depths of recession. But with the number of Americans facing poverty at a 50-year high, millions are still fighting for survival. RT's Lauren Lyster reports from New Jersey about the everyday hardship that Americans must face.