The Real World News and Commentary – October 18, 2012

Created by Roy Perlmutter   October 18 2012

 

United States Budget Dilemma

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EW5IdwltaAc

 

Dollar Index Disguises Global Inflation Threat

…But what matters to main-street is not whether the dollar is ‘strong’ or ‘weak’ because, in reality, those words are nothing more than impractical rhetoric.  What matters is the value of a dollar in terms of what a consumer can buy with it.

http://www.usagold.com/publications/2012octsp.html

 

Kissinger: Obama Will Create A New World Order

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SISUIhprOa8

 

Germany shocks EU with fiscal overlord demand

Germany has stated its exorbitant price for keeping Greece in the euro and agreeing to mass bond purchases by the European Central Bank.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9613384/Germany-shocks-EU-with-fiscal-overlord-demand.html

 

UK food banks used by record number, says Trussell Trust

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19953938

 

Corruption Continues Virtually Unchecked in Greece

While Athens waits for more aid from the European Union, the country continues to be administered in the same old careless manner. Corrupt politicians and the rich continue to help themselves to Greece’s funds, and little is being done about it.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/corruption-continues-virtually-unchecked-in-greece-a-861327.html

 

It’s A Small World After All

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g54JAkO25fI

 

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