Tag Archives: NC Renegade

Why Economy Is Slowing: ‘Things Could Get Much Worse’

Posted on July 9, 2012 by DRenegade

The global economy is weak and getting weaker, due in large part to the same policies that helped bring the world back from the brink just a few years ago. Measures like lowering interest rates and creating money for central banks to … Continue reading →

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Israel perturbed by Obama’s outreach to Mursi – against his word

Posted on July 9, 2012 by DRenegade

Israeli government and military leaders were taken aback by the news of US President Barack Obama’s invitation to the new Egyptian president Mohammed Mursi to visit Washington in September – in breach of the president’s assurances to US Jewish leaders … Continue reading →

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Justice unseals indictment charging 5 in Brian Terry’s death, offers $1M reward for leads on fugitives

Posted on July 9, 2012 by DRenegade

The Justice Department on Monday unsealed an indictment charging five individuals allegedly involved in Border Patrol agent Brian Terry’s death, and announced a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to the arrest of those suspects still at … Continue reading →

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Egypt parliament set to meet, defying army

Posted on July 9, 2012 by DRenegade

(Reuters) – Egypt’s parliamentary speaker said the chamber would reconvene on Tuesday, risking a showdown with the army after the new, Islamist president defied the generals by quashing the dissolution of the legislature they had ordered last month. Quoted by … Continue reading →

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Opening for “The Newsroom” on HBO

Posted on July 8, 2012 by DRenegade

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4r7hIWln7Q See additional comments on Tea Party Nation. Language warning. I agree that the first step to solving a problem is to recognize that the problem exists. The second step is whether the problem is worth addressing. If it is … Continue reading →

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The Collapsing US Economy and the end of the world

Posted on July 8, 2012 by DRenegade

By Paul Craig Roberts In a recent column, “Can The World Survive Washington’s Hubris,” I promised to examine whether the US economy will collapse before Washington in its pursuit of world hegemony brings us into military confrontation with Russia and … Continue reading →

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Executive Order — Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions

Posted on July 7, 2012 by DRenegade

EXECUTIVE ORDER – – – – – – – ASSIGNMENT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMUNICATIONS FUNCTIONS By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is … Continue reading →

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Maybe We Really Do Need a Third Party – Erick Erickson

Posted on July 7, 2012 by DRenegade

Senator Max Baucus of Montana receives campaign donations from the parent company of Phillip Morris. Senator Baucus then puts a provision in the highway transportation bill banning roll your own cigarette operations, a business that does not exist in Montana. Forty … Continue reading →

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134 killed in southern Russia floods disaster

Posted on July 7, 2012 by DRenegade

Flash floods deluged Russia’s southern Krasnodar, killing at least 134 people — many feared drowned in their beds — in the region’s worst natural disaster in decades, officials and witnesses said Saturday. President Vladimir Putin inspected the damage by helicopter, … Continue reading →

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Iran says it has plan to close Strait of Hormuz

Posted on July 7, 2012 by DRenegade

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will block the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the passageway through which a fifth of the world’s oil flows, if its interests are seriously threatened, a senior Iranian military commander … Continue reading →

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Bill O’Reilly, Constitutional Scholar

Posted on July 7, 2012 by DRenegade

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcyyIkvXv_o From YouTube: O’Reilly tells a viewer that government health care is permitted thanks to the preamble to the Constitution. Bestselling author Tom Woods responds. http://www.LibertyClassroom.com h/t Brock

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Insect Drones

Posted on July 7, 2012 by DRenegade

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azQeJLUWljc From YouTube: An undergraduate engineering student at Johns Hopkins University, Tiras Lin, has used high-speed, high-resolution cameras to gain a new perspective on the mechanics of a painted lady butterfly’s flight patterns. Information gathered from his research may be … Continue reading →

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Next week is the gold war

Posted on July 7, 2012 by DRenegade

“Nothing will unnerve the paper gold shorts more quickly and do more to undercut their confidence than to strip them of the real metal and force them to come up with more hard gold bullion to make good on deliveries. … Continue reading →

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Open Letter to the Tea Party Nation

Posted on July 7, 2012 by DRenegade

I read with interest several comments on the TPN website about a post of mine that had been reproduced there. Some very good questions were raised. Most of them about what I might have ever done, what I expected the … Continue reading →

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Clinton: Russia and China will ‘pay price’ for supporting Assad

Posted on July 6, 2012 by DRenegade

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlcJjMEiHiI Russia rejects in the strongest possible terms allegations that it supports President Assad in the Syrian conflict. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Moscow and Beijing must ‘pay a price’ for backing Assad. “I do not believe that … Continue reading →

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