By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com 
Please remember the men and women of the U.S. Military who paid the ultimate price for the country on this Memorial Day.  Their sacrifice and that of their families makes our freedom possible.

 By Greg Hunter’s
USAWatchdog.com
I am seeing increasing chatter and stories on the Internet about a coming collapse or calamity.  Below is a list of dire predictions put together on Rense.com.  I have started with just the first two.  The people making the predictions are legitimate and big thinkers. 

By Greg Hunter’s
USAWatchdog.com   
The runaway gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is an unmitigated national emergency.  The mile deep, broken well is vomiting oil at a rate of at least 56,000 barrels a day according to Steven Wereley, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University.  That is 10 times higher than BP’s 5,000 barrel a day estimate. 

By Greg Hunter’s
USAWatchdog.com   
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have passed their versions of financial reform legislation.  Now, the process of reconciliation takes place between both bodies of Congress to iron out a final bill the President can sign into law.  There is plenty in the bill such as new consumer protection, increased power given to regulators to prevent systemic risk, and new powers to oversee the $600 trillion derivatives market. 

By Greg Hunter’s
USAWatchdog.com   
While the stock market was beginning its 376 point plunge yesterday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was quietly putting the best face it could on a banking system in serious trouble. 

By Greg Hunter’s
USAWatchdog.com   
A producer friend of mine from my investigative correspondent days at ABC used to say, “There are some people you just can’t help.”  I think it meant that some people were in so deep, were so blind, or were just too block-headed to listen to reason that no matter what you did, or how hard you tried, you would not be able to help them.   My friend is an excellent journalist and producer.  He also has a law degree from Duke University.  I have always been a lot …

By Greg Hunter’s
USAWatchdog.com
 
We would all like to think the U.S. will not suffer the same problems as Greece.  I am talking about drastic spending cuts to just about everything.  Teachers, police pensions and social programs are all going to take big cuts whether the Greeks like it or not.  It is not just the Greeks in financial trouble, but all of Europe.  You know it is bad when former Fed Chief Paul Volcker says, “You have the great problem of a potential disintegration of the euro.”  (Click here to see …

By Greg Hunter’s
USAWatchdog.com 
Recent headlines coming out of the financial world have been jaw dropping.  Here are a few: US faces same problems as Greece, says Bank of England (The Telegraph), World markets rattled by Goldman fraud (The Economic Times), Goldman Sachs faces criminal investigation (Guardian UK), Government Probe into Wall Street Sales Widening (Fox Business),

By Greg Hunter’s
USAWatchdog.com 
The Western financial world is officially in full panic mode.  A nearly $1 trillion bailout of Greece confirms that fact.  Our very own Federal Reserve is providing billions to the effort, but this is much more than a bailout for Greece.  It is a bailout for banks holding Greek debt and the debt of other European nations teetering on default. 

By Brian Sussman
Guest Writer for Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com   
(Mr. Sussman is a Radio Host in San Francisco, CA and has recently released an new book called ”Climategate.”)
In recent weeks while addressing Tea Party rallies here on the left coast, I ask the assembled patriots what appears to be an odd question: “Would all those from the former Soviet Union please raise your hands?”  A notable number of hands are always raised — the San Francisco Bay Area is home to a diverse population.  I then ask another curious question: “What does April 22 signify …

By Greg Hunter’s 
USAWatchdog.com    
In the early days of coal mining, canaries acted as a warning that odorless poisonous gas was present.  If there was a dangerous gas build-up, the canary would be the first to keel over.  You can use the “canary in a coal mine” metaphor to describe the situation in today’s financial world.  Greece is the canary. 

 By Greg Hunter’s
USAWatchdog.com 
Pick a financial fire and you can be sure the U.S. government will hose it down with gallons of money.  AIG, General Motors, Chrysler, insolvent states, FDIC, Fannie, Freddie and all the banks are just a few of the blazes Uncle Sam has sprayed money on.

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com 
A little more than a month ago, President Obama took a big step toward weaning the country off foreign oil.   His bold plan, announced at the end of March, included opening up 167 million acres along the Atlantic coastline as well as parts of the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the northern coast of Alaska for drilling.