Geopolitical – Week of 8.19.12

Statement of SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro on Money Market Fund Reform
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 22 August 2012

Germany Backs Draghi Bond Plan Against Bundesbank
The Telegraph 23 August 2012
Germany’s director at the European Central Bank has thrown his weight behind mass purchases of Spanish and Italian deb

Euro Sign Scultpures in Frankfurt Face Uncertain Future
euobserver.com 21 August 2012
The two large blue and yellow euro sign sculptures, one located outside the European Central Bank in Frankfurt

Giving In to the Surveillance State
The New York Times 22 August 2012
In March 2002, John M. Poindexter, a former national security adviser to President Ronald Reagan, sat down with Gen. Michael V. Hayden.

This Former Marine Was Picked Up By The Feds Over Facebook Posts About 9/11
Business Insider 18 August 2012
A former U.S. Marine who accused the government of lying about 9/11 and spoke of “The Revolution” on Facebook was detained on Thursday.

Suicide of Deloitte partner Daniel Pirron linked to Standard Chartered’s Iran scandal
The Telegraph 18 August 2012
The family of a senior partner at Deloitte has called for answers after he apparently committed suicide.

Social Security Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets
Info Wars 15 August 2012
First it was the Department of Homeland Security, then it was the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…

Robert Newman’s History of Oil

YouTube 3 August 2011

‘There Are No Simple Tricks to Resolve the Crisis’
Spiegel 13 August 2012
In a SPIEGEL interview, Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, 40, urges the crisis-hit countries of Southern Europe to issue bonds.

White House Pulls Down TSA Petition
Cryptogon 12 August 2012
At approximately 11:30 am EDT, the White House removed a petition about the TSA airport screening procedures.