The Real World News and Commentary – September 6, 2012

Connecting the Dots in the Real World

Created by Roy Perlmutter   September 6 2012

 

Catherine Austin Fitts-They’re Going to Depopulate or Bankrupt the Rest of Us

http://usawatchdog.com/catherine-austin-fitts-theyre-going-to-depopulate-or-bankrupt-the-rest-of-us/

 

Do You Believe Me Now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TTgnVAeAmw

 

New York Times Proves Clint Eastwood Correct — Obama Is Lousy CEO

http://www.forbes.com/sites/richkarlgaard/2012/09/03/did-the-new-york-times-just-get-obama-fired/

 

Danny Kaye – Hans Christian Andersen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZYzbkk5X4M

 

The Competitor in Chief     Obama Plays to Win, in Politics and Everything Else

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/us/politics/obama-plays-to-win-in-politics-and-everything-else.html?pagewanted=3&_r=3&hp&adxnnlx=1346688036-MzgJyIUa3P4Rdy/Cgzx/ew

 

Clint Eastwood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoqKdWY692k

 

Gran Torino

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ecW-d-CBPc

 

The list of areas where we are sailing uncharted waters is long…  Core long-dated bond yields have hit their all time lows in 2012. In Holland (our longest time series), 10 year yields hit their lowest level in 495 years worth of history back in June this year and are only around 20bps higher now.

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/09/04/1145111/jim-reids-journey-into-the-unknown/

 

The Catastrophic State of Italy’s Labor Market

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/monti-struggles-against-bleak-outlook-for-italian-economy-a-853907.html

 

Protesting Greek pensioners barge into ministry

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/european-business/protesting-greek-pensioners-barge-into-ministry/article4517368/

 

… but not until after the US elections in November.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/sep/04/eurozone-six-day-week-greece

 

The Truth About Competitive Devaluation

http://etfdailynews.com/2012/09/04/the-truth-about-competitive-devaluation/

 

Spanish Unemployment to Swell as Public Jobs Vanish

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-04/spanish-unemployment-to-swell-as-public-jobs-vanish-euro-credit.html

 

Asian exports crumble

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100019794/asian-exports-crumble/

 

Global crisis moves East as China suffers rapid downturn    

China’s industrial output is contracting at the fastest pace since the depths of the global financial crisis, with knock-on effects spreading across the Far East.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9518859/Global-crisis-moves-East-as-China-suffers-rapid-downturn.html

 

Chinese companies are increasingly short of cash – and are having to resort to ever more desperate means to get hold of it.

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/08/31/how-bad-is-chinas-cash-crunch/#axzz25ZMj8ySY

 

Four Myths About the Gold Standard

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/four-myths-gold-standard-145155800.html;_ylt=AvKkSCkgTkXltlUN0uPaqLqiuYdG;_ylu=X3oDMTQ4bG01MnNnBG1pdANDTkJDIFRvcCBTdG9yaWVzBHBrZwMyOTA2MjI4Ni1mNzJjLTM0MjctOGYxYi1lZWY5ZmM5ZmYwMDgEcG9zAzQEc2VjA01lZGlhQkxpc3RNaXhlZExQQ0FUZW1wBHZlcgMyYzNjZmY1MS1mNmE0LTExZTEtYWRmYy00YjE3MDI3YzgxMmY-;_ylg=X3oDMTFpNzk0NjhtBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3

 

Silver Delivery Problems Expected: GATA

http://www.kitco.com/KitcoNewsVideo/

 

Ron Paul – Jay Leno 9/4/12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dACAqV_e9eY&feature=youtu.be