Former advisor to President Ronald Reagan, Paul Craig Roberts has weighed in on the big sell-off in paper-gold and paper-silver last Monday that occurred suspiciously prior to the Boston Marathon Bombing, and this one is worth p0ndering folks: Update to the Update: The Attack on Gold — Paul Craig Roberts Now, I have to doff my hat to Roberts for calling it like it really is: "Now, to protect its bank rescue policy, the Fed is attempting to drive down the price of bullion, thus depriving Americans of any way of protecting their life savings from the inflation that the Fed’s money … [Read more...]
PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS AND ANOTHER RETROSPECTIVE ON THE 2012 (S)ELECTION
Yesterday was my favorite holiday of the year, that quintessentially American holiday called Thanksgiving, where we tend to gather with family and friends, eat lots of turkey and/or ham, watch some football games (or, if you're like me, studiously avoiding them), and having long and fun conversations. Well, yesterday was no different for me, though much of my family circle is now constricted, and the groups around the table are smaller, but the conversation is no less lively, and as one might expect, was this year centered on the recent US presidential (s)election. Readers here will recall, … [Read more...]
MEDVEDEV’S DIRECTIVES: RUSSIA SERVES WARNING
As most of you here are aware, I am a regular reader of The Daily Bell from Great Britain, and while I have my occasional philosophical disagreements, in the main I value its articles and contributors, one of whom is Paul Craig Roberts, who has written a rather sobering article that recently appeared in the Bell. But before I get to that, while reading this article, I would like the reader to pay special attention to those portions of it that concern Russia, and more particularly, Dmitri Medvedev's directives to the Russian armed forces: Is Washington Deaf As Well as Criminal? Well, the … [Read more...]
TIDBIT: PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS GETS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ECUADOR’S ACTIONS
At least someone out there is getting the significance of Ecuador's actions... but, stay tuned for more, for I will have something else to say about Ecuador's actions on Saturday and in the coming week. But, for the moment, ere is Paul Craig Roberts' take: Ecuador President Rafael 'We Are Not a Colony' Correa Stands Up to the Jackbooted British Gestapo … [Read more...]
PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS: AMERICANS LIVE IN A MATRIX
Well I found this in my email box today and I just couldn't resist posting it, because in the main I am agreed with it... now it's undectable underwear bombs as the latest silliness... read this, and enjoy, or weep, as the case may be: http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2012/05/10/does-the-west-have-a-future/ Three Cheers to Paul Craig Roberts for posting this; I couldn't agree more. … [Read more...]