Money Watch

Bob Chapman | By decree, by the privately owned Federal Reserve, zero interest rates are here to stay.

Zero Hedge | “We always had the pride to defend not just our own freedom, not just our own country, but the freedom of all of Europe.”

Daily Bell | The New Republic is yet another mouthpiece for theAnglosphere power elite, like the Economist, New Yorker and Weekly Standard (to name a few).

ZeroHedge | Chalk this one to “seasonal adjustments” or something, cause we no longer have any clue what is going on with the data fudging in America.

CNS News | President Barack Obama listed rising gas prices as among the many reasons to extend the payroll tax cut Tuesday.

Daily Bell | Spain is a huge economy relative to the rest of the European economy.

Business Insider | The debauch of the dollar will be even greater if the Fed exceeds its goal of a 2 percent per year increase in the price level.

Stephen Lendman | On February 12, Greece’s banker controlled parliament passed sweeping austerity measures on top of multiple previous rounds.

AFP | The EU, has launched an unusual social programme to counter the effects of the current cold snap.

Mac Slavo |Americans will not be able to ignore paying $40 more every time they pump gas into their minivans.

New American | The United Nations may be able to seize an opportunity.

Zero Hedge | Moody’s just went apeshit on Europe.

Eric Blair | Can a country like Greece have a genuine democracy when an unelected international agency forces tax-and-spend policies down their throat?

Zero Hedge | Stocks are not the only thing enjoying the ECB’s $800 billion balance sheet expansion.

The Economic Collapse | In the United States today, unemployment among those age 18 to age 34 is at epidemic levels.

Greg Hunter | It is official. State and federal governments have condoned forgery, perjury and fraud in what’s been called the “robo-signing” foreclosure debacle.

Reuters | Greek lawmakers looked set to agree to a deeply unpopular bailout deal on Sunday.

Bob Chapman | 2012 is going to be a difficult year, but not as dreadful as anticipated.

Mac Slavo | This is an interview that shouldn’t be missed.

The Economic Collapse | Do you want to see what a 21st century economic depression looks like? Just look at Greece.

RT | Protesters in Athens are clashing with police, some throwing stones and Molotov cocktails.

Zero Hedge | Reuters notes one of the more interesting examples of just how the Greek people are feeling.

Zero Hedge | What the literal debt burden of the world’s would look like expressed in piles of one hundred dollar bills.

Mac Slavo | The right to bear cell phones?

Daily Bell | The Internet and blogosphere have given rise to numerous new financial-economic theories.

Zero Hedge | As goes AAPL, so goes the US?

Zero Hedge | Angry union leaders announced a 48-hour general strike for Friday and Saturday.

The Blaze | Sometimes it’s called the “fear index”.

Daily Bell | The situation is now gradually getting desperate, which is proven by America’s attempt to isolate Iran financially.

Bob Chapman | There are many ways for sovereigns to sell their bonds or roll over existing bonds, and one of those wrinkles we mentioned last week.

ABC Australia | Scuffles broke out and a German flag was burned outside the Greek parliament as thousands of protesters demanded an end to proposed EU-backed austerity measures.

The Economic Collapse | If the global economy is not heading for a recession, then why is global shipping slowing down so dramatically?

Greg Hunter | In the last week or so, I’ve noticed an unusual amount of really well written and researched articles warning of impending doom and financial horror.

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | “The obstinate determination of governments to take us by forced march deeper into the euro impasse can only lead to the general aggravation.”

Prisonplanet.com | Ron Paul has warned that a new agency is itself an unconstitutional monster that will further degrade the financial health of the country.

Greg Hunter | The State AG’s are supposed to settle the enormous mortgage mess for a mere $25 billion.

The Economic Collapse | Did you see the Chrysler commercial featuring Clint Eastwood that aired during the Super Bowl the other night?

RussiaToday | The Greek Prime Minister is struggling to get coalition party leaders to buy-in to harsh new international bailout terms.

Zero Hedge | Protesters have attacked the Russian embassy in Tripoli and tore down the Russian flag, Al Jazeera reported on Sunday.

RIA Novosti | China has banned its airlines from paying a carbon emissions charge imposed by the European Union.

Greg Hunter | The most recent unemployment number is a total lie, and that lie was repeated all over the mainstream media (MSM).

Daily Bell | From the Washington Post, we learn that “January job gains have economists rethinking outlooks.”

Activist Post | In another example that we appear to be rapidly moving into a cashless society, Bank of America in California refused to accept cash for a mortgage payment.

Prisonplanet.com | Alex talks the economy with regular Friday guest Bob Chapman, publisher of the International Forecaster.

Washington’s Blog | Government Misrepresents Employment Picture.

Zero Hedge | It is rather sad that only those who see beyond the surface of the current pyramid scheme facade, are bold enough to endorse Paul.

Zero Hedge | Kyle Bass Urges Texas Endowment Fund to Hold Gold Hedge as Assets Shrink.

Zero Hedge | It appears that the people not in the labor force exploded by an unprecedented record 1.2 million.

Prisonplanet.com | Dr Jerome Corsi reports on the leak of 1,000 pages of HSBC internal records.

Natural News | It’s no secret that the U.S. national debt is poised to increase by more than $6 trillion during President Obama’s first four years in office.