Police State War On Photojournalism 'As a photographer, I am deeply concerned about restrictions placed on photographing in public places since September 11, 2008. In America, even here in the Constitution free zone of southern New Mexico, these restrictions are not fully in effect yet, not like they are in Britain. Aspects of the liberty control grid now in effect on the other side of the pond, however, will eventually make their way over here. It appears Britain is the incubator for the police state apparatus going into place.' Federal Reserve Sets Stage For Weimar-style Hyperinflation 'The Federal Reserve has bluntly refused a request by a major US financial news service to disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion of emergency loans from US taxpayers and to reveal the assets the central bank is accepting as collateral. Their lawyers resorted to the bizarre argument that they did so to protect 'trade secrets.' Is the secret that the US financial system is de facto bankrupt? The latest Fed move is further indication of the degree of panic and lack of clear strategy within the highest ranks of the US financial institutions. Unprecedented Federal Reserve expansion of the Monetary Base in recent weeks sets the stage for a future Weimar-style hyperinflation perhaps before 2010.' A Giant Breach in Earth's Magnetic Field 'NASA's five THEMIS spacecraft have discovered a breach in Earth's magnetic field ten times larger than anything previously thought to exist. Solar wind can flow in through the opening to "load up" the magnetosphere for powerful geomagnetic storms. But the breach itself is not the biggest surprise. Researchers are even more amazed at the strange and unexpected way it forms, overturning long-held ideas of space physics.' Read more...Wednesday, 17 December 2008
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
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