Daily Archives: July 13, 2012

Punk Economics 5: China Panics, US “Recovers” and Germany Flinches

David Mc Williams latest video on Punk Economics is a real tonic! Real economics is what I call this!

Mickey Jones – “Double Bogey Blues” at the 2nd Annual Bandit the Biker Dog Memorial Blood Drive

Are we been softened up for the next austerity measures in the coming budget????

SLASHING the damaging bank debt burden, tackling the health budget and rampant unemployment all emerged as critical concerns as officials from the EU and IMF wrapped up their seventh mission to monitor progress under the Irish bailout programme yesterday. Ireland is … Continue reading

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An incomplete step towards a Banking Union

The EZ crisis – born as a debt crisis (Greece) – has grown up into a banking crisis (Ireland, Cyprus, Spain, …). This column argues that Spain is symptomatic of larger banking problems, so the EU Summit decisions on banking … Continue reading

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13th July 2012 – Worst Syria Massacre leaves 200 dead in Tremseh

More than 200 men, women and children appear to have been killed in this latest atrocity. Everything we have seen of the Syrian regime’s behaviour over the last seventeen months suggests that these reports are credible. They demand a united response … Continue reading

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GEITHNER: Tucker knew about Libor scamming in 2008

Reblogged from The Slog. 3-D bollocks deconstruction: Washington Post calls out Deputy BoE Governor Tucker…pants on fire have been edited out to protect the guilty. The Post’s lead story this morning asserts as follows: ‘While president of the Federal Reserve … Continue reading