Greece is just the “tip of the iceberg” of a sovereign debt crisis that has the potential to derail a global recovery, Nouriel Roubini has warned. TelegraphUK 29 Apr 2010... »

FinanceYahoo.com Fear of a sovereign debt crisis in Europe resurfaced Tuesday, sending stocks tumbling around the globe. In the U.S. the Dow shed 213 points and the S&P lost 28... »

By Dan Denning TheDailyReckoning.com April 29th, 2010 “Euro debt crisis deepens as ‘contagion’ spreads from Greece to Spain,” lead today’s Independent. And now you get the feeling that policy makers only... »

PapersPlease.org We’ve been getting a lot of questions about the new Arizona “immigration” law, S.B. 1070. As we read the text (PDF) of the law, it imposes no new requirement to... »

BeatTheChip.com Arizona now becomes the U.S. cultural experiment for police state practices. While due process attempts to self-manage are scorned by the Obama Administration, it does not mean Washington... »

Salt Tyrants By Walter Williams JWR.com Here’s how my June 14, 2006 column started: “Down through the years, I’ve attempted to warn my fellow Americans about the tyrannical precedent and... »

By: Timothy P. Carney WashingtonExaminer.com The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has issued its 2009 congressional scorecard, and once again, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tex. — certainly one of the two most free-market... »

Secession a solution for some in La Jolla By Michael Stetz SignOnSanDiego.com Let’s hope somebody has the National Guard on speed dial. La Jolla is rebelling. Some residents want out from under San Diego’s... »

By Coach Dave Daubenmire April 29, 2010 NewsWithViews.com “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm,... »

• Merkel says Greece should not have joined Euro • Markets panic as Spain’s debt is downgraded Larry Elliott and Ian Traynor Guardian.co.uk Wednesday 28 April 2010 Fears that Britain could become embroiled in... »

Carl Mortished TimesOnlineUK April 29, 2010 The crisis affecting the eurozone worsened yesterday when Spain’s credit rating was downgraded less than 24 hours after Greece was sent into financial meltdown. Fear of... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 04/28/2010 The propaganda machine’s favorite subversive mechanism to instill confidence in the prevalent population, is by nudging none other than the Confidence Index itself. And indeed, over... »

By Tony Paterson IndependentUK Wednesday, 28 April 2010 Growing opposition from the German public to a planned bailout of Greece is jeopardising Angela Merkel’s chances in a key state election next week... »

The Greek debt crisis is spreading “like Ebola” and Europe must act now to protect the stability the financial markets, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.... »

America Is Losing Its Imperial Status, And Global Institutions Such As The IMF, G20 And BIS Are Filling The Void IMF As Grim Reaper of Austerity? WashingtonsBlog As I wrote last June: When... »

The European Central Bank may soon have to invoke emergency powers to prevent the disintegration of southern European bond markets, with ominous signs of investor flight from Spain and... »

By Don Miller MoneyMorning.com A request by Greece to trigger a $60 billion rescue package has failed to quell turmoil surrounding the country’s bonds – heightening concerns that the debt contagion... »

by Ivan Eland AntiWar.com April 28, 2010 In an astute op-ed piece in the Christian Science Monitor, James Bovard points out that the love of liberty by the Tea Party crowd... »

A recent ‘tea party’ rally showed lots of anger toward President Obama, but little consistent support for liberty in America. By James Bovard CSMonitor.com Rockville, Md. Many “tea party” activists staunchly oppose big... »

Perhaps Carl Levin Can Disclose His Yea Vote For Gramm-Leach-Bliley (S.900) by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 04/27/2010 Does Goldman deserve the theatrical roasting it has been subjected to all day? Of course.... »

By Pete Davis WallStreetPit.com |Apr 27, 2010 Today’s marathon Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee hearing into Goldman Sachs’ (GS) role in the financial crisis found Goldman executives and senators talking past each other... »

by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. LewRockwell.com Although supporters of the market economy often have good reason for pessimism, it is important, especially in this age of globalization, not to lose sight... »

by Kevin Swindle Knowledge IS the Killer of Fear.com In the coming years, I think there is a strong possibility that there is going to be crisis and martial law in... »

By Timothy N. Baldwin, JD. April 28, 2010 NewsWithViews.com Columnist, Alan Caruba, wrote a recent article entitled, “A Whiff of Revolution,” in which he generally describes the people of the United States... »

By Michael LeMieux April 28, 2010 NewsWithViews.com I recently had the honor of reviewing what I believe will be one of the most important books written in the last 50 years; “Income... »

PART 1 of 3 By Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Ph.D., J.D. April 28, 2010 NewsWithViews.com The more I scan the Internet these days, the more disappointed I become, because of the ever-increasing superficiality,... »

I Am The US Taxpayer’s Lack Of Surprise (And Money): IMF To Provide Another €10 Billion To Greece By Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 04/27/2010 Where does it end? 100 billion? 1 trillion? 1... »

Immigration Reform Could Mean National ID Card for All Workers New America Media.com Apr 26, 2010 A national identification card of any sort has long been thought politically unfeasible in Washington, D.C. But... »

Geoffrey Hunt Mercatornet.com Tuesday, 27 April 2010 Although it is undoubtedly useful, personal identity technology could potentially lend itself to the gradual erosion of democracy and support for an authoritarian, protective state.... »

ConnexionFrance.com SHOPPERS in France could soon be able to use their finger to pay for everyday shopping, in a move that aims to tackle fraud and speed up supermarket queues.... »

by Mike Adams NaturalNews.com Tuesday, April 27, 2010 Now that the U.S. government has achieved its monopoly over health care, new technologies are in the works that will allow the government to... »

By Daniel Tencer RawStory.com Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 An Ohio sheriff known for taking extreme steps to crack down on undocumented immigrants and a Republican state representative are urging the state... »

By Arthur Raymond DeseretNews.com The political and legal fallout now plaguing Arizona after that state’s passage of one of the nation’s toughest new immigration laws could soon be headed for Utah. Arizona’s... »

By Monty Pelerin EconomicNoise.com Just as the major banks report super earnings, Richard Koo issues his report on their condition. If banks were required to keep honest books and mark their... »

BY IANTHE JEANNE DUGAN WallStreetJournal.com APRIL 27, 2010 As U.S. cities and towns wrestle with financial problems, investors are finding a new way to profit on their misery: by buying derivatives that... »

By RANDALL W. FORSYTH Barrons.com WHAT IF THEY GAVE a bond auction and nobody came? That is the ultimate doomsday scenario with the unprecedented fiscal deficits around the world — that governments’... »

By Anthony Faiola WashingtonPost.com Tuesday, April 27, 2010 RECANATI, ITALY — This 12th-century gem, birthplace of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, rests on a lyrical hilltop in the Apennine Mountains. But these... »

Trains, buses stop running as Portuguese workers vent anger over pay freeze FinanceYahoo.com April 27, 2010 LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Commuters in Portugal’s main cities struggled into work Tuesday as public... »

Charles Hugh Smith OfTwoMinds.com Human beings resist change until there is no other choice, and then they adapt and habituate rather quickly. Human beings are remarkably adept at short-sightedness and denial. 100,000... »

By Nicholas C. Arguimbau Countercurrents.org What is going to happen and how it came to pass that we weren’t forewarnded Look at this graph and be afraid. It does not come from... »

William N. Grigg FreedomInOurTime.com Slavery consists of being “subject to the incessant, uncertain, arbitrary will of another man.” – John Locke, Second Treatise of Civil Government When an officer tells you to... »

by Mike Endres FinancialSense.com Fact: There is no difference between the Republican and Democratic political parties. Both are concerned only with maintaining power in the Presidency and Congress and over the... »

Revolutionary violence is as American as an apple pie we threw away Brian Doherty Reason.com Last spring, University of Hartford historian Robert Churchill released a new book about “libertarian political violence and... »

by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr LewRockwell.com Let’s be clear about something. A person who decides to give up his US citizenship is not guilty of disloyalty to America; quite the opposite.... »

By Chris Hedges TruthOut.com Acts of rebellion which promote moral and political change must be nonviolent. And one of the most potent nonviolent alternatives in the country, which defies the corporate... »

by Ron Paul LewRockwell.com Lately many have characterized this administration as socialist, or having strong socialist leanings. I differ with this characterization. This is not to say Mr. Obama believes in... »

By Betty Freauf April 27, 2010 NewsWithViews.com The TEA Party folks are a mixed bag of people opposed to redistribution of wealth and loss of freedom. Although they may have differed in... »

By Chuck Baldwin April 27, 2010 NewsWithViews.com Be Careful How You Answer Let me ask readers a question. What’s more important: freedom and its undergirding principles, or the entity meant to protect it?... »

Lindsey Graham homosexual controversy underscores why government is broken Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, April 26, 2010 Homosexual rumors surrounding Senator Lindsey Graham underscore the core reason why the vast majority of... »

By James West MidasLetter.com Monday, April 26, 2010 Allegations of fraud brought last week by the Securities and Exchange Commission is a shocking departure from the culture of collusion among the U.S.... »

Senate Panel Previews Electronic Health Technology By Matt Cover CNSNews.com Monday, April 26, 2010 The Senate Committee on Aging last week offered a preview of the government’s future role in health care, showing... »

by Tom Burghardt Global Research April 26, 2010 Unfailingly, defense industry boosters and corporate media acolytes promote the disturbing hypothesis annunciated by former Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, that the nation... »

Gordon Duff MyCatSeat.com “CHATTER” FLOWING IN FROM EVERYWHERE “SUITCASE” NUKE SAID TO BE IN PLACE Rumors of an upcoming terror attack to be blamed on Iran are moving around the world, “backchannel... »

By Joan Veon April 26, 2010 NewsWithViews.com There are those who have been talking about a single global regulator for years and as a result of the 2008 Credit Crisis, there have... »

By: Bob Chapman GoldSeek.com Monday, 26 April 2010 As the world faces an ongoing sovereign debt debacle we see an attempt to defuse an oncoming scandal involving Goldman Sachs, Paulson and... »

By Tom Braithwaite FinancialTimes.com The US is preparing to pivot from domestic regulatory reform to a push for a tough new international capital regime after the weekend’s G20 and International Monetary... »

By BETSY SCHIFFMAN DailyFinance.com While many home sellers fret over the possibility of a double dip in the real estate market, at least one economist thinks there’s no sense in worrying... »

By J.J. Jackson CapitolHillCoffeHouse.com Watch out all you who dare to speak up against our government in Washington as those at the reins of power are snatching up every last bit... »

Nelson Hultberg SilverBearCafe.com As America sinks deeper into the tyranny of bureaucratic corporatism via today’s incestuous relationship between Washington and Wall Street, it is inspiring to see thousands of Tea Parties... »

Emily Kaiser Reuters.com Rich countries may not be able to resharpen their crisis-fighting tools fast enough to get them ready for the next downturn, leaving them increasingly reliant on cash-rich... »

Szandor Blestman SilverBearCafe.com I had the misfortune of listening to CNBC the other day while visiting my mother. The talking heads on the tube were discussing the surge in stock prices... »

Joe Bageant SilverBearCafe.com (Editor’s Note: Sometimes the most important energy is that which is needed to just “wake up”. Come on people. Pull your heads out of the sand. Denial is... »

By BRIAN KNOWLTON NYTimes.com April 25, 2010 WASHINGTON — Amid mounting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing numbers of overseas Americans are taking the weighty step of renouncing their... »

Peter Schiff InvestmentNews.com In a speech to Wall Street today, President Obama talked of a “failure of responsibility” in Washington and on Wall Street. But the financial sector is the most... »

by Vin Suprynowicz LewRockwell.com Every time I make some passing reference in print to the tyrant Lincoln, as I did a few weeks ago, a fair number of readers insist on... »

LewRockwell.com Lew Rockwell interviews Michael Boldin, founder and head of the Tenth Amendment Center. What is the Tenth Amendment, and why should we care? (“Amendment 10 – Powers of the States... »

By David Hambling Wired.com Police forces all over the UK will soon be able to draw on unmanned aircraft from a national fleet, according to Home Office plans. Last month it... »

By Attorney Jonathan Emord April 26, 2010 NewsWithViews.com Having fought and won the American Revolution, the first citizens of this country with few exceptions considered individual liberty an inalienable birthright and committed... »

Germany’s finance minister Wolfgang Schauble has raised fresh obstacles to the €40bn (£35bn) aid package for Greece, warning that Berlin will not transfer funds until Athens agrees to tougher... »