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Weekly News Wrap-Up 8.17.12

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  The Middle East is in the spot light again this week, and it’s all because of continued talk of war.  Matan Vilnai, an Israeli defense minister, said Israel is “ready as never before.”  He’s talking about a

The Next One will be the Big One

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  I don’t see how anyone could say the financial system is stable.  The facts say it is anything but well-balanced and steady.  The Western world is in crisis with Europe leading the way over the financial cliff.

One-on-One with Professor William Black

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Professor William Black is an outspoken critic of Wall Street.  Black, a former bank regulator and professor of law and economics, says, “Outright fraud caused the great recession, and they are able to do it now with

Weekly News Wrap-Up 8.10.12

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  There’s a new U.S. intelligence report that is raising urgency over Iran’s nuclear program.  The White House has, once again this week, reaffirmed its commitment to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.  Commenting on the new information,

Greg Hunter-Financial Survival Network Interview

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com The Financial Survival Network (FSN) invited me on to talk about the state of journalism in the mainstream media (MSM).  People are largely in the dark about what is really going on in the world today and are

Charles Biderman-What else is there besides gold?

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Charles Biderman, CEO of Trim Tabs Investment Research, says, “If Europe, the U.S and Japan are all printing money to pay bills, what else is there besides gold?”  Everone should be holding physical gold in their portfolio.  

Is Silver Manipulation Case Being Dropped?

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Lots of news out this week about the silver manipulation case being dropped by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) with zero action.  The first of several stories was put out by the Financial Times on Monday. 

One-on-One with Eric Sprott

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Eric Sprott of Sprott Asset Management is one of the best performing money managers with returns topping 20% for more than a decade.  He has $10 billion under management, and it’s no secret Mr. Sprott is a

Weekly News Wrap-Up 8.3.12

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said to his top generals, “We’ll be at war within weeks.”  The quote and story comes from Debka.com, a credible source.  Meanwhile, this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told

MSM Spins Housing Recovery-Again

Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  The latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices report came out yesterday.  This report is considered one of the best measures of the housing market nationwide.  It didn’t take long for the mainstream media (MSM) to, once again, spin a

One-on-One With Rick Ackerman

Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com    Professional trader Rick Ackerman thinks “the next market meltdown is going to look like the flash crash” of a few years ago.  Ackerman is the creator of an investment newsletter called “Rick’s Picks.”  He says the dollar is “ultimately garbage” and

Weekly News Wrap-Up 7.27.12

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Once again, Syria is at the top of the News Wrap-Up.  Russia is sending a large contingent of marines to Syria.  They will park off the coast, ready to go ashore if needed.  I told you this

Mainstream Media Recovery Hoax

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  USA Today’s headline Monday in the “Money” section of the newspaper read “Will fragile U.S. economy shatter?”  This story should have come with an apology to readers for reporting a so-called “recovery” for a couple of years

Peak Credit – End of Civilization?

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Could the credit crisis we face globally destroy civilization as we know it?  Richard Duncan, author of a new book called, “The New Depression: The breakdown in paper money,” says yes!  Duncan claims the $50 trillion in

One-on-One with James Rickards

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Investment banker and Wall Street insider James Rickards says the Libor rate rigging scandal “is the greatest fraud and greatest potential liability in history.”  He thinks rate rigging banks could be on the hook for “$2.5 trillion,”