[[ Despite FBI assertions to the contrary, journalist Michael Hastings was under investigation by the agency. In an email sent out hours before his death, Hastings said his "close friends and associates" were being harassed by the FBI and he was going to "go off the radar for a bit,"
Telling the truth has become a revolutionary act, so let us salute those who disclose the necessary facts.
22 Jun 2013
Breaking! Michael Hastings Was Running From Feds
[[ Despite FBI assertions to the contrary, journalist Michael Hastings was under investigation by the agency. In an email sent out hours before his death, Hastings said his "close friends and associates" were being harassed by the FBI and he was going to "go off the radar for a bit,"
Gangster Banksters, World Bankster Criminals, Military Suicide Epidemic, Brazil Protests
“Woman dressed as vagina stops fight with penis.”
By Centralsomgaz: The residents of Glastonbury are a hardy bunch, used to sharing their
High Street with fairies, zombies, Goddesses and religious pilgrimage,
barely batting an eyelid at some of the more colourful characters
appearing in the town.
But on Friday afternoon a scuffle between a man and a man dressed in a penis costume, while a woman dressed as a vagina tried to calm the situation down was enough to raise a few eyebrows.
Members of the Nomadic Academy of Fools had been performing some street theatre to help promote two of the plays in their Fooling around: Four Days of Plays run at the Assembly Rooms.
But police were called after one man took offence to their costumes and took his frustration out on one of the actors.
Chris Murray, who was wearing the costume said: "He started shouting at me, saying it was disgusting and children could see us.
"I could tell by his body language that he was really angry. I tried to calm him down, I wasn't looking for a fight; but he grabbed my hat, tore it off and chucked it on the pavement."
But on Friday afternoon a scuffle between a man and a man dressed in a penis costume, while a woman dressed as a vagina tried to calm the situation down was enough to raise a few eyebrows.
Members of the Nomadic Academy of Fools had been performing some street theatre to help promote two of the plays in their Fooling around: Four Days of Plays run at the Assembly Rooms.
But police were called after one man took offence to their costumes and took his frustration out on one of the actors.
Chris Murray, who was wearing the costume said: "He started shouting at me, saying it was disgusting and children could see us.
"I could tell by his body language that he was really angry. I tried to calm him down, I wasn't looking for a fight; but he grabbed my hat, tore it off and chucked it on the pavement."
Financial Sector Thinks It’s About Ready To Ruin World Again
The Onion: NEW YORK—Claiming that enough time had surely passed since they last
caused a global economic meltdown, top executives from the U.S.
financial sector told reporters Monday that they are just about ready to
completely destroy the world again.
Representatives from all major banking and investment institutions cited recent increases in consumer spending, rebounding home prices, and a stabilizing unemployment rate as confirmation that the time had once again come to inflict another round of catastrophic financial losses on individuals and businesses worldwide.
“It’s been about five or six years since we last crippled every major market on the planet, so it seems like the time is right for us to get back out there and start ruining the lives of billions of people again,” said Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. “We gave it some time and let everyone get a little comfortable, and now we’re looking to get back on the old horse, shatter some consumer confidence, and flat-out kill any optimism for a stable global economy for years to come.”
“People are beginning to feel at ease spending money and investing in their futures again,” Blankfein continued. “That’s the perfect time to step in and do what we do best: rip the heart right out of the world’s economy.”
Representatives from all major banking and investment institutions cited recent increases in consumer spending, rebounding home prices, and a stabilizing unemployment rate as confirmation that the time had once again come to inflict another round of catastrophic financial losses on individuals and businesses worldwide.
“It’s been about five or six years since we last crippled every major market on the planet, so it seems like the time is right for us to get back out there and start ruining the lives of billions of people again,” said Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. “We gave it some time and let everyone get a little comfortable, and now we’re looking to get back on the old horse, shatter some consumer confidence, and flat-out kill any optimism for a stable global economy for years to come.”
“People are beginning to feel at ease spending money and investing in their futures again,” Blankfein continued. “That’s the perfect time to step in and do what we do best: rip the heart right out of the world’s economy.”
Negotiation: Part 1 - The Opportunity and Part 2 - The Challenges
WHY THE REAL EU FUHRER IS NOW MARIO DRAGHI
The Slog: Slipping quietly onto the Telegraph’s website at 10.45 pm Thursday night was this potentially earth-shaking piece (the italics are mine):
‘EU agrees rules on bank rescues by bailout fund: using the €500bn
rescue fund to shore up struggling banks directly is a pillar of
Europe’s so-called banking union, which seeks to hand European institutions the job of supervision and rescue rather than leaving weaker member states
to fend for themselves.’ It came to nine lines in total, attracted six
comments, and has now been reduced to a tiny sub-head 75% of the way
down the Finance page.
History will come to see this as perhaps the outstanding media miss of the entire eurozone crisis.
History will come to see this as perhaps the outstanding media miss of the entire eurozone crisis.
#Bondpocalypse: Treasuries' Worst Week In 50 Years; Stocks Worst Week In 2013
Submitted by Tyler Durden: 5Y yields rose a stunning 37% this week - the most in the 50 year record of Bloomberg data.
The 38bps increase in yields is also among the worst absolute shifts
over that period but off such low levels it is quite a shock. Credit
markets saw hedge protection bought early on in the week and then
covered as real money started to sell their bonds on the back of
redemptions in the last two days. The high-yield bond ETF had its biggest weekly loss in 13 months
(notably clinging to the Lehman ledge levels). Equity markets suffered
too (down 3.5 to 4.0% from the FOMC) with the S&P's worst week of
the year (even as it bounced off its 100DMA). Most sectors hung around
the 3-4% drop but homebuilders are down over 8% since the FOMC. The USD
surged over 2.1% on the week with JPY's worst week in 43 months. VIX ended the day down 1.7 vols at 18.8% but beware as OPEX and hedge unwinds into underlying covers seems prevalent. Gold's worst week in 21 months left it back under $1300.