China Buys (lots of) Gold

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2012/01/29/why-are-the-chinese-buying-record-quantities-of-gold/

Forbes asks 'why?'. A definition of disingenuous...

Shelf Corporations

How to make a fraudulent fortune, legally:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/28/us-usa-shell-companies-idUSTRE75R20Z20110628

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/28/us-usa-shell-companies-pentagon-idUSTRE75R21G20110628

http://www.reuters.com/article/video/idUSTRE75R21G20110628?videoId=216547784

And here is a website advertising how to start one:

http://aged-corporations.com/

Media Manipulation

http://benbagdikian.net/

Mitt Romney

Douchebag extraordinaire, and criminal to boot::

http://tdarkcabal.blogspot.com/

Gold Price Manipulation

Proof, as if any were needed:

http://brotherjohnf.com/2012/01/22/tacitordoseclorum-gold-manipulation-series-19-parts/

Unconditional Basic Income

Another good idea on how to re-create wealth and value in society:

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedingungsloses_Grundeinkommen&ei=EzIfT86tKZHjtQb3u6ytDA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dbedingungsloses%2Bgrundeinkommen%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DLNV%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:de:official%26prmd%3Dimvnsb

Irish Bank Doesn't Accept Cash or Cheques

And this is not a joke!

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/bank-that-does-not-accept-cash-now-says-no-to-cheques-3001869.html

Community Currencies

This is a very interesting interview, offering some solutions to the current currency crisis:

http://www.corbettreport.com/corbett-report-radio-057-solving-the-money-problem-with-matthew-slater/

And here's his website. Refreshing to hear someone coming up with solutions:

http://matslats.net/

And this from the Grauniad, of all places:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/26/economy-uk-high-street

Gold and Silver Becoming Currency - in the US!

Things happening thick and fast now:

'AN ACT Relating to establishing the 2012 gold and silver legal
2 tender act of Washington state'

from:

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2731.pdf

PS Get rid of your dollars if you've got any!

Also, more recently:

http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/03/pf/states_currencies/index.htm?eref=aol

Yuan Becoming International Currency

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/chinas-yuan-set-for-more-international-role-2012-01-26

(along with PMs, of course)

;)

Thorium

Interesting:

http://www.wimp.com/thoriumcrisis/

But still the question remains, what type of energy will they use to build these towns/cities/communities? You still need raw materials, and I'm not sure if there are trees or oil fields on the moon...

Iran Turns The Tables

Brings the phrase 'shooting yourself in the foot' to a whole new level, as EU cuts off its own lifeline:

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-01-27/news/30670483_1_oil-exports-iranian-oil-mohammad-ali-khatibi

http://www.tehrantimes.com/politics/94830-iran-need-not-sell-oil-to-europe-ahmadinejad

Can't say I blame Iran. The West has been too arrogant, too racist for too long. Victory must smell sweet, as they cut deals with other countries in other currencies...

UPDATE:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/iran-blinks-delays-vote-european-crude-export-halt-even-us-escalates-military-developments-agai

Different Davos

Meanwhile, back in the real world:

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/MA27Dj02.html

Where We're At

This FANTASTIC piece just about sums everything up:

http://news.goldseek.com/GoldenJackass/1327611600.php

Hold on to your hats!

Ralph Nader

A true American hero:

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/1/25/he_says_one_thing_and_does

Should have been President.

QE3

As inevitable as sunrise:

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2012/1/25_Jim_Sinclair_-_Mainstream_Entities_Will_Now_Enter_Gold_Market.html

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/gold-extending-gains-realization-feds-only-option-ctrlp

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/287592/20120125/fed-no-qe3-but-low-rates-through-2014-gold-rebounds.htm

And why it will end with implosion:

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/bernanke-goes-all

Iran NOT making Nuclear Weapons

Don't believe everything you read - it's mostly propaganda:

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/contrary-widespread-claims-there-no-evidence-iran-building-nuclear-weapon

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/120126/iran-nuclear-weapon-unlikely-2012-isis-report

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30358.htm

Looks like we have here another simple case of wanting to get 'our' hands on their central bank, oil and gold reserves. For background, see Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Syria, etc.

China & Qatar Drop Dollar

It's breaking out all over! The Dollar is toast, long live the rest of the world:

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NA24Ak03.html

Dollar Dead - Gold as Currency

The recent EU sanctions against Iran have been the best example of shooting yourself in the foot, ever, with huge unintended consequences, as this article proves:

http://www.debka.com/article/21673/

Cold Fusion Latest

Interesting:

http://www.postcarbon.org/article/677927-the-peak-oil-crisis-cold-fusion