The Real World News and Commentary – October 11, 2012

Connecting the Dots in the Real World

Created by Roy Perlmutter   October 11 2012

 

Clint Eastwood’s Speech From The Republican National Convention

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on8Xf8kk_A8

 

Europe and Britain sinking under weight of welfare costs

It’s not just that much welfare spending has become bloated, unfair and sometimes outright corrupt, it is also that it is no longer economically affordable.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeremy-warner/9595165/Europe-and-Britain-sinking-under-weight-of-welfare-costs.html

 

Insight – Growth crisis exposes burden of French largesse

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/09/uk-france-largesse-idUKBRE89805U20121009

 

Little Big Town – Little White Church – CMA Music Fest 2011

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

 

Eleven EU Countries Agree on Transaction Tax

The idea of a financial transaction tax in the European Union has been slowly gaining support over the last two years, with Germany and France advocating most vehemently in favor. Now they have convinced nine other EU states to join them…

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/eleven-eu-finance-ministers-agree-to-support-financial-transaction-tax-a-860320.html

 

Debt Crisis Gives European Separatists a Boost

The debt crisis is fueling the fortunes of separatists in a handful of European Union countries. Affluent regions in Spain, Britain, Belgium and Italy no longer feel a sense of solidarity with poorer parts of their own countries — but they want to remain part of the EU.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/debt-crisis-gives-european-separatists-a-boost-a-860112.html

 

Gold Can Save Us From Disaster  by Steve Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2012/10/03/gold-can-save-us-from-disaster/

 

Gran Torino – Trailer

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