2011 April | American Pendulum

Lethal Injection Treads Murky Ethical Waters

Posted by admin National News/Opinion Saturday, April 30th, 2011

“We would have hoped that Georgia would have had the foresight and decency to halt executions in light of the national and international concerns about the source and viability of lethal injection. Instead, the Georgia Department of Corrections went around the law to buy questionable drugs and then used them to extinguish two men,” said Kathryn Hamoudah, chairperson of Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.

Gerald Celente: Jeff Rense Radio Interview – Libya and State of Economy

Posted by admin National News/Opinion Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Gerald Celente on Jeff Rense Radio 27 Apr 2011

Rania Khalek: News Media Too Busy Covering Spectacle to Do Its Job

Posted by admin National News/Opinion Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Since you have been busy this week with non-stop coverage of the royal wedding and the spectacle that is Donald Trump, I thought I would take it upon myself to fill you in on the less newsworthy items that you missed. Clearly, the royal wedding of a country that is not your own, in addition to the frantic rantings of an ego obsessed real state tycoon, take priority over middle east turmoil, vicious attacks on labor, and deadly tornadoes ripping through the country.

Scott Horton: Interview with Kevin Zeese – Voters for Peace

Posted by admin National News/Opinion Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Interview: Scott Horton and Kevin Zeese on Bradley Manning and recent

U.S. and NATO Bomb Disabled Children's School

Posted by admin Top Stories Saturday, April 30th, 2011

The force of the blast blew in windows and doors in the parent-funded school for children with Down’s Syndrome and officials said it damaged an orphanage on the floor above.

St. Louis Fed Stunner: Admits QE May Lead To Rise Rather Than Drop In Unemployment

Posted by admin Economy Saturday, April 30th, 2011

It is, in fact, as we have always expected: QE not only does not result in relative economic outperformence (the opposite), it simply leads to higher inflation, and subdued economic growth. And the Chairman of the Federal Reserve was not aware of this data?

NATO Strike Kills Gadhafi's Son and Three Grand Children

Posted by admin Top Stories Saturday, April 30th, 2011

NATO strike has killed Gadhafi’s youngest son, 29 year old Seif al-Arab, and three of Gadhafi’s grandchildren. Seif was playing and talking with his parents and nieces and nephews when the bomb struck.

Doug Casey: We Are in a Depression – the Eye of the Hurricane

Posted by admin Economy Saturday, April 30th, 2011

My take on this is that we entered what I call the “Greater Depression” in 2007. And now, because the government has printed up trillions of dollars in the last couple of years, we’re in the eye of the hurricane. We’ve only gone through the leading edge of the storm. People think this will just be another cyclical recovery like all the others since WWII. But it’s not. It’s going to wind up with the currency being destroyed. It’s going to be a disaster… a worldwide catastrophe.

Un-Believable, But True, Chart of U.S. Debt: $127 Trillion

Posted by admin Economy Friday, April 29th, 2011

This is unbelievable…but true. Total Obligations of the U.S. is $127.8 Trillion dollars.

Mike Whitney: Grand Theft Benny

Posted by admin Top Stories Friday, April 29th, 2011

In truth, the Fed must have colluded with the banks to move the toxic assets off their books (and onto the Fed’s balance sheet) with the proviso that the banks withhold foreclosed homes from the market.