The Real World news and Commentary – August 17, 2012

The Real World News & Commentary –
What the Mainstream Media Did Not Show You Today
Created by Roy Perlmutter   August 17 2012

 

Executive Order Promises To Give Total Control Of The Internet To The DHS

In an event that was devoid of the usual pomp and circumstance, President Obama issued an Executive Order, (EO) that effectively handed the Department of Homeland Security, (DHS) the ability to take complete control over the internet

http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2012/8/prweb9770458.htm

 

Wow!…It’s getting harder to hang a felony charge on a past or present Goldman exec than it is to hang panties on a porn star. The darn things just keep sliding off.


“Whether the decision by the Department of Justice is the product of weak laws or weak enforcement,” Weil concludes, “Goldman Sachs’ actions were deceptive and immoral.”


Remember, the Justice Department is one of the same government agencies that can’t bring itself to pose a single embarrassing question to John Corzine, former CEO of Goldman Sachs, former New Jersey Senator, former CEO of the fraudulently destroyed M.F. Global and perennial scumbag.


In particular, the Justice Department can’t bring itself to ask Corzine what happened to the $1.6 billion of customer funds that he (allegedly) “disappeared” while overseeing M.F. Global.


How embarrassing these charades of justice must be for President Obama!

http://dailyreckoning.com/why-goldman-sachs-may-have-trouble-maintaining-its-business-model/

 

Goldman Exec: It’s Unfortunate To Have Shitty Deal “On E-Mail”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_NtV6Rptd4&feature=player_embedded&o=783886&s=789047&u=56108648&l=475818&r=Milo

 

Goldman Sachs (#2)

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cid=N00009638

 

Fed Buying 61 Percent of US Debt

http://www.moneynews.com/Headline/fed-debt-Treasury/2012/03/28/id/434106

 

Europe’s present economic difficulties are contributing to historically low U.S. government borrowing rates as investors seek safe havens. The U.S. would do well to take advantage of these low interest rates to start a serious program of medium-term budget retrenchment rather than to allow those low interest rates to lead the country further down the path to fiscal ruin.

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/us-learn-europe-budget-struggles-181711191.html

 

Fed’s $16 Trillion Dollar Secret Slush Fund Props Up Our Way Of Life

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-07-25/markets/29978854_1_debt-ceiling-full-report-money

 

Bill Gross On Where “Bad Bonds Go To Die”: Joins Paul Singer In Hatred Of Treasurys

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/bill-gross-where-bad-bonds-go-die-joins-paul-singer-hatred-treasurys

 

Nixon Ends Bretton Woods International Monetary System

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRzr1QU6K1o

 

Institutions Scream Ahead Of Imminent Death Of Money Markets

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/institutions-scream-ahead-imminent-death-money-markets

 

The Silver Bullet And The Silver Shield

http://dont-tread-on.me/?p=425

Aaaand It’s Gone: This Is Why You Always Demand Physical

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/and-why-you-always-demand-physical

 

Little Big Town – Pontoon (Live CMA Fest 2012)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHQTgKfv9Hg&feature=related

 

On July 15, 1794, a group of local residents gathered at Neville’s house to protest the seizure of a neighbor’s property for unpaid whiskey tax. They demanded Neville’s resignation, and also that he turn over his tax records to be burned. Neville’s home was guarded by a unit of federal marshals. After a period of standoff, one of the farmers began to approach Neville’s house under a white flag of truce, and he was shot and killed, presumably by one of the marshals.

http://dailyreckoning.com/the-whiskey-rebellion-part-ii-enforcing-the-wealth-tax/

 

Bix posits that there is actually a faction working within the cabal of banking elite who are working to undo their monetary hegemony and usher in a new era of honest currency.

http://silverunderground.com/2012/08/tinfoil-tuesday-the-road-to-roota/

 

German shipping experts say that two-thirds of the country’s marine fleet is in financial distress. If the crisis drags on much longer, the Greeks may leapfrog ahead to become world leaders in container shipping. The irony of prudent Greeks cleaning up after a reckless debt spree by the Germans is lost on nobody.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/9473476/World-shipping-crisis-threatens-German-dominance-as-Greeks-win-long-game.html

 

Mark Grant And Rick Santelli On Europe: “It’s A Ponzi Scheme To Be Honest With You”

(start video at 2 minutes 30 seconds)

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/mark-grant-and-rick-santelli-europe-its-ponzi-scheme-be-honest-you

 

Mystery Of July Retail Sales “Beat” Solved: It Is All In The “Seasonal Adjustment”

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/mystery-july-retail-sales-beat-solved-it-all-seasonal-adjustment

 

The Band Perry – “You Lie” LIVE (Studio Session)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC1UYKtF7vk

 

Owning a charming holiday home in the heart of rural France may no longer be the life-long dream of Francophiles across the world, thanks to new substantial tax rises. A massive tax rise affecting foreigners who own second homes in the country has been given its blessing by France’s highest authority, the Constitutional Council.

The legislation was approved on August 9, despite strong claims by many in the property market that it is against EU laws.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120813-france-gives-green-light-holiday-home-tax-hike?

 

The Number Of Desperately Poor People In Japan Is Growing At An Alarming Rate

http://www.businessinsider.com/japans-huge-poverty-gap-keeps-getting-wider-2012-8

 

Ex-CIA Analyst Tells Us The Real Reason Israel Wants To Strike Iran Before The US Election

http://www.businessinsider.com/ex-cia-analyst-explains-the-real-reason-israel-wants-to-strike-iran-before-the-us-election-2012-8

 

Cartoon in 2 Parts

Part 1:  http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/sites/default/files/resize/Dilbert_2-470×146.gif

Part 2:  http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/sites/default/files/resize/Dilbert%201-465×144.gif