2011 September | American Pendulum

Business Insider Asks the Wall Street Protesters How They Manage Their Own Money

Posted by admin Economy Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

In light of their resistance to the banks and financial infrastructure in America, Business Insider went down to Wall Street yesterday to ask the few dozen protesters how they manage their own money. See what they had to say.

The Market is On the Edge of a Cliff

Posted by admin Economy Monday, September 19th, 2011

If Blankfein is under investigation and hiring someone of Weingarten’s caliber, a massive legal storm is about to begin on Wall Street. These lawsuits will involve the US Federal Reserve. And when push comes to shove, Blankfein (and other Wall Street executives who broke the law) will be blaming Bernanke and the Fed.

American Powder Keg: Black Panther Chairman Declares “The Hour of War Is At Hand”

Posted by admin Top Stories Sunday, September 18th, 2011

Mac Slavo – As you watch the following short speech from Black Panther National Chairman Malik Shabazz, consider that, while you may disagree with his solutions to the problems or where he places some of the blame, his core message is very similar to those of others that are fed up with what’s going on in this country.

Valedictorian Speech on U.S. Education: Truthful, Blunt, and Harsh

Posted by admin Top Stories Sunday, September 18th, 2011

MUST WATCH!! – Erica Goldson, a young American valedictorian has nothing but harsh words for the educational institution that she grew up on. This is a fantastic, rare, and honest speech.

Matt Taibbi on the "Rogue Trader" banking scandal at UBS

Posted by admin Featured Media Sunday, September 18th, 2011

David Shuster and Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi discuss the “Rogue Trader” scandal at UBS. Kweku Adoboli, a 31-year-old trader for the Swiss bank, is under arrest in London on charges of losing $2 billion in unauthorized trading. Taibbi says the financial industry is too powerful in Washington right now for politicians to pass any meaningful legislation that might prevent this kind of scandal.

Michael Pento: JP Morgan Silver Manipulation & US Debt Crisis

Posted by admin Economy Sunday, September 18th, 2011

Michael Pento interview by King World News

Flaming Banks, Burned-Out Economy

Posted by admin Economy, Top Stories Sunday, September 18th, 2011

by Max Keiser- “AMERICANS ABOUT READY TO GET THEIR CLOCKS CLEANED”

Ayn Rand Collected Social Security

Posted by admin World Sunday, September 18th, 2011

But alas she did and said it was wrong for everyone else to do so. Apart from the strong implication that those who take the help are morally weak, it is also a philosophic point that such help dulls the will to work, to save and government assistance is said to dull the entrepreneurial spirit. In the end, Miss Rand was a hypocrite but she could never be faulted for failing to act in her own self-interest.

Debt Deflation in Europe and America: Guns and Butter Interview with Michael Hudson

Posted by admin World Sunday, September 18th, 2011

European banking crisis causing a constitutional crisis of the European Central Bank; Germany; the myth of Social Security in the US.; bank balance sheet crisis; food, fuel and climate crisis; the super congress; debt deflation; FHA lawsuit against the banks; criminalization of the financial sector; Modern Monetary Theory; the coming lost decade; debt cancellation.

Why America Needs to Dismantle its Security Apparatus

Posted by admin Top Stories Sunday, September 18th, 2011

Sherwood Ross-Some constructive steps would be the termination of the world’s largest and best funded crime syndicate, the Central Intelligence Agency; the closure of all U.S. foreign bases; the elimination of our nuclear and germ warfare arsenals; the immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces now fighting in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and Libya; an end to the training by the Pentagon of foreign police forces; an end to its roles as the world’s No. 1 arms peddler and the world’s No. 1 jailer; a massive reduction of military spending by about 90 percent for starters and a hefty increase in Peace Corps spending as well as for humanitarian rescue operations in Africa and elsewhere.