(NYTimes) – South Dakota became the first state in the nation to enact a law explicitly authorizing school employees to carry guns on the job, under a measure signed into law on Friday by Gov. Dennis Daugaard. Read the rest of this entry »

(GlobalResearch) – In less than a week two billionaires have joined the anti-teacher “Billionaires Club”: a group of ultra-wealthy individuals hell-bent on destroying public education and teachers’ unions. The newest members of the club are Oprah Winfrey and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg.

Winfrey has used her show — twice in one week — as a platform against public education. She first hosted billionaire Bill Gates to discuss his “philanthropy” in education, as he promoted the new anti-public education propaganda film Waiting for Superman. Read the rest of this entry »

(DailyMail) – Teachers are being forced to report children as young as three to the authorities for using alleged ‘racist’ language, it was claimed last night.

Munira Mirza, a senior advisor to London Mayor Boris Johnson, said schools were being made to spy on nursery age youngsters by the Race Relations Act 2000.

More than a quarter of a million children have been accused of racism since it became law, she said. Read More Here

(OftWoMinds) – Tyranny of the Majority, Corporate Welfare and Complicity

When 60% of the employed citizenry pay no Federal income tax, then the nation is in danger of sliding into the Tyranny of the Majority: we vote for more largesse, and you pay more tax. Complicity has consequences. Read More Here

(RollingStone) – Looting Main Street: How the Nation’s Biggest Banks are ripping off American Cities – Matt Taibbi – Read More Here

(TampaBay) – A bailout for news? Read More Here

(HeraldNet) – Senate expected to approve $667 million tax bill today

New sales taxes on candy, beer and bottled water would start in June, and on carbonated beverages in July Read More Here

(InnWorldReport) – Risk of Japan going bankrupt is real, say analysts – Read More Here

(FinancialTimes) – Soros warns Europe of disintegration

The eurozone area and wider European Union is now “on the brink” of disintegration unless Germany steps up and provides loans at below-market rates to Greece, George Soros, the hedge fund manager, has warned. Read More Here

(DiamondBack) – Depressed about our future

America is broke. We Americans have spent the last 15 years borrowing money for consumption instead of investment. Because of our high levels of debt, several prominent economists, including Gerald Celente — who predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union, the housing bubble and the tea parties — and Peter Schiff — who predicted both the NASDAQ bubble and the housing bubble — are predicting a coming collapse that will dwarf the housing bubble. Read More Here

(VancouverSun) – Thousands protest Quebec tax hikes

Thousands of protesters whom organizers described as members of Quebec’s “silent majority” demonstrated peacefully Sunday in front of the provincial legislature against tax hikes in the recent provincial budget. Read More Here

(C4L) – The Insanity of Government ‘Reform’

Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity — repeating something and expecting different results — is known to nearly everyone. Yet mere knowledge of this definition apparently has not kept the “best and the brightest” among us from becoming its practitioners. Read More Here

(InternationalForecaster) – Intervention Is Prolonging Economic Problems For Years – Bob Chapman

Banks only saved themselves not the economy, Greece singled out in the credit default crisis, the plan for a deflationary depression, every nation is in trouble, Greece now in a situation to default, banks continue to mislead, the floodgates open for lobbyists and special interests, lending costs climb, net neutrality suffers by a court ruling, Internet downgraded by court ruling Read More Here

Video: Ron Paul’s Texas Straight Talk – April 12, 2010 – Video Link Here

(AlterNet) – The Preposterous Reality: 25 Hedge Fund Managers Are Worth 680,000 Teachers (Who Teach 13 Million Students)

“It’s going to take a lot of political will — over a long period of time — to reorder our most basic economic values.”
In 2009, the worst economic year for working people since the Great Depression, the top 25 hedge fund managers walked off with an average of $1 billion each. With the money those 25 people “earned,” we could have hired 658,000 entry level teachers. (They make about $38,000 a year, including benefits.) Those educators could have brought along over 13 million young people, assuming a class size of 20. That’s some value. Read More Here

(InfoClearingHouse) – The Inverse Relationship Of The Real Economy And The Stock Market In USA

Just the other day, a man who has been in business and has also been in commercial real estate said that he was mystified as to why the “economy is in recovery, but we aren’t seeing any evidence of it in business or commercial real estate.” I explained to him that the STOCK MARKET WORKS IN AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP TO THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR ECONOMY. THE TRUTH IS THAT MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THE STOCK MARKET IS UP, IT IS AT THE EXPENSE OF WORKERS AND THEIR JOBS. IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME, THEN READ ON, PLEASE. Read More Here

(DailyMail) – Outrage as British Taxpayers Face £600 Million Bill to Fund EU Bail-Out of Greece’s Sinking Economy

Greece was last night handed a generous national bailout by its euro partners which will end up costing British taxpayers more than £600million a year. In a move aimed at shoring up dwindling confidence in the stricken country, the 16 eurozone members announced they would lend 30billion euros this year alone. But another cash injection from the International Monetary Fund means Britain will have to pay part of a further £13billion bill to prop up Greece in the money markets. Read More Here

(DailyWealth) – Spend It Now! A Huge New Tax Is Coming…

Everything you buy is about to become 20% more expensive…

I’m not kidding. The latest idea out of Washington is to pay for its insatiable appetite for spending with what’s called a “Value-Added Tax.” Read More Here

(NYPost) – Metal$ are in the pits – Trader blows whistle on gold & silver price manipulation

The banks, which do the Federal Reserve’s bidding in the metals markets, have long been the government’s lead actors in keeping down the prices of gold and silver, according to a former Goldman Sachs trader working at the London Bullion Market Association. Read More Here

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(IND) – China’s gold rush ‘will be stampede by 2020′ – Read More Here

(NYTimes) – Stocks Soar, but Many Analysts Ask Why

The unemployment rate remains locked in a range that recalls the economic doldrums of the early 1980s. Housing is stuck in a ditch, with foreclosures rising. And consumers are still reluctant to part with the little cash they do have. Read More Here

(NorthJersey) – Cash-strapped states using income audits to get funds

State audits on income and sales taxes for the smallest businesses as well as out-of-state inquiries on operations in other states are on the rise, accountants say. Read More Here

(BusinessInsider) – There Are No New Taxes Coming In America…. Except The Massive One That Will Sock The Economy In The Gut – Read More Here

(ContrCostaTimes) – Chiang: Worst yet to come for California budget crisis

State Controller John Chiang said Monday the worst of California’s budget crisis is still to come. Read More Here

(NYTimes) – State Debt Woes Grow Too Big to Camouflage

California, New York and other states are showing many of the same signs of debt overload that recently took Greece to the brink — budgets that will not balance, accounting that masks debt, the use of derivatives to plug holes, and armies of retired public workers who are counting on benefits that are proving harder and harder to pay. Read More Here

(InfoClearingHouse) – Eighteen Million, Out in the Road

How cold and callous can we become? When, as a society and as a nation, we can undergo a massive earthquake under our very feet and before our very eyes, how can we just ignore its victims? Read More Here

(InfoClearingHouse) – Video: Tent Slums Spring Up in America

Concentrations of homeless people are nothing new in America, but recent BBC and Los Angeles Times reports depict a rising trend of shanty slums, such as a “city” of newly homeless people living in tents near the Ontario airport in Los Angeles. View Video Here

(InfoClearingHouse) – Workhouse Nation – The Plight of Mass Unemployment in America. What are the Causes? Read More Here

(WickedLocal) – Bay State foreclosures up 13.8 percent

Completed foreclosures in Massachusetts fell 19.6 percent in February, compared to January, but were 10.4 percent higher than in February 2009, according to data released Thursday morning. Also, foreclosure deeds jumped 13.8 percent to 2,058 in the first two months of the year from 1,809 during the same period in 2009, the Warren Group reported. Read More Here

(CBS2Chicago) – Report: 20,000 Illinois Teachers Could Lose Jobs

9,800 Teachers Are Already Out, Many More Layoffs Are Planned Read More Here

(AP) – IN could see new wave of foreclosures

The number of Indiana mortgages that were 90 days or more overdue jumped to its highest level in more than a year in January, a statistic that has many fearing a surge of home foreclosures in 2010. Read More Here

(FortWorthBP) – Commercial real estate to see ‘storm’ of foreclosures

The 2010 Tarrant County commercial real estate market looks to be similar to 2009 with one big difference according to local foreclosure expert George Roddy Sr.: a ‘closing window of opportunity.’ Read More Here

(WSWS) – President Obama’s public support for the mass firing of teachers at a Rhode Island high school is a declaration of war on all teachers and on the working class as a whole. Read the rest of this entry »

(PressTV) – U.S. Teachers Fall Victim to Tidal Wave of Pink Slips

US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan expresses concern as budget deficits expose American teachers and educators to risk of imminent layoff. Read More Here

(ArizonaRepublic) – McCain Says He Was Misled On Bankster Bailout

Under growing pressure from conservatives and “tea party” activists, Sen. John McCain of Arizona is having to defend his record of supporting the government’s massive bailout of the financial system. Read More Here

(YahooTechTicker) – “Crisis of Confidence”: Yes, Risks of U.S. Default Are Very Real, Charles Ortel Says

With America facing $1 trillion annual deficits and debt-to-GDP ratios on par with those of Europe’s so-called PIGS, some are asking what was once unthinkable:Is the U.S. at risk of defaulting on its debt? Read More Here

(HardAssetsInvestor) – Andrew Schectman: Gold Driven By Manipulation, Supply Shortages

Although gold’s still well off its December 2009 highs, the price has strengthened in recent weeks; on Thursday, it hit $1,118.40/oz. Not half bad for a metal whose bubble has supposedly popped. But gold still has much further to go, says Andrew Schectman, co-founder of precious metals dealer Miles Franklin. Read More Here

(PaulWatson) – Update: Citigroup Says Feds Ordered 7 Day Restriction On Bank Withdrawals

A new advisory being sent by America’s third largest bank to its account holders has stoked fears that major financial institutions could be preparing for old fashioned bank runs if the economy takes a turn for the worse. Read More Here

(WSWS) – US Federal Reserve Raises Discount Rate: What is the Economic Significance?

In a move that took the financial markets by surprise, the US Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced that, effective Friday, it was raising its discount rate by a quarter point, from 0.50 percent to 0.75 percent. Read More Here

(WSWS) – US States Slash Medicaid

US states are imposing major cuts to Medicaid, the health insurance program for low income Americans jointly funded with the federal government. The cuts are being enacted in response to huge budget deficits in states throughout the country and a sharp increase in enrollment fuelled by the unemployment crisis. Read More Here

(GlobalResearch) – Debt Dynamite Dominoes: The Coming Financial Catastrophe

Understanding the Nature of the Global Economic Crisis Read More Here

(SeekingAlpha) – Wealth Disparities in U.S. Approaching 1920s Levels

Folks, there is no way we can have economic prosperity in this country when the top 1% has all of the money. The middle class is basically being destroyed right in front of our very eyes. Consumption economies die when the consumers have no money to consume! Read More Here

(Reuters) – More generations living under same roof

More generations are living under the same roof and the trend will deepen as families grappling with near double-digit unemployment share expenses, a study showed on Monday. Read More Here

(USAToday) – Lufthansa cancels 800 flights amid ‘biggest strike in German aviation history’

A strike by more than 4,000 Lufthansa pilots has grounded about 800 flights today. That has disrupted the travel plans of about 10,000 passengers around the globe, according to The Associated Press. Read More Here

(MoneyNews) – Buffett’s Partner: ‘It’s Over’ for U.S. Economy

Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner in Berkshire Hathaway, warns in a new column that the U.S. economic empire is crumbling before our eyes, thanks to federal debt and poor planning. Read More Here

(CNN) – British Airways cabin crews vote to strike

Union members representing British Airlines cabin crews said Monday they have voted overwhelmingly to strike, though no date was announced. Read More Here

(Money&Markets) – On the Brink of a Bond Market Apocalypse

Trusting Washington and Wall Street is bankrupting millions of Americans … and now they’re at it again! Read More Here

(WashingtonExaminer) – Continental Airlines cutting 600 call center jobs as more customers book online

Continental told employees about the furloughs on Monday and said they would take effect April 11. Read More Here

(HuffingtonPost) – The IMF Destroys Iceland and Latvia

The International Monetary Fund operates primarily as a banker bailout machine. They cajole and tempt and confuse and threaten the leaders of governments worldwide to pay off the failed bets of the big bankers using the taxpayer funds of their countries. This has been going on a long time, at least since the early 1980s. Read More Here

(WSWS) – US super-rich get five times more income than in 1995

The incomes of the very rich in the US grew phenomenally between 1992 and 2007, while their tax rates plummeted, according to recently uncovered IRS statistics. Read More Here

(SunTimes) – ‘Doomsday is here for the state of Illinois’

It will take a massive tax increase — and $2 billion more in cuts — to reach solvency, group says Read More Here

On January 6, 2010, Obama proudly unveiled his “Innovative Agenda”. Financed by Public- Private Partnerships, the goal is to train over 100,000 elementary school math and science teachers. The Intel Foundation has committed to spending $200 million dollars to this venture, with 4 other companies providing another $50 million dollars. Read the rest of this entry »

(Guardian) – California may be the eighth largest economy in the world, but its state staff are being paid in IOUs, unemployment is at its highest in 70 years, and teachers are on hunger strike. So what has gone so catastrophically wrong? Read the rest of this entry »

(Guardian) – California may be the eighth largest economy in the world, but its state staff are being paid in IOUs, unemployment is at its highest in 70 years, and teachers are on hunger strike. So what has gone so catastrophically wrong? Read the rest of this entry »

Unemployment in the US is at Great Depression levels. When discouraged and part-time workers are included, the real unemployment rate (how it used to be counted in official statistics) is over 20%. This has predictable outcomes for our children: one million homeless students, class sizes of 40-50 while 100,000 laid-off teachers sit at home, and our children’s growing disgust with American so-called ingenuity and leadership. Read the rest of this entry »

The core essence of “Greater Things” is that there is always a better way to do things — anything — whether it be religion, politics, science, academia — anything. To the extent that we get institutionalized and codified in a set belief system, is the extent that we inhibit the ability to grow and learn new and better ways. - Dr. Andrew Moulden. A growing number of doctors, other health professionals and citizens are attempting to prevent the humanitarian disaster planned for this October when the new H1N1 vaccine is to be deployed in a grand scale, military, war on terror manoeuvre . Read the rest of this entry »

“Highly likely” that large scale operations will be implemented in US and UK Read the rest of this entry »

The Los Angeles Board of Education has voted to lay off as many as 5,400 teachers and support personnel for the upcoming school year. Read the rest of this entry »

Robert Bobb, the emergency financial manager of the Detroit Public Schools, followed through on threats to carry out drastic cuts, naming 23 schools targeted for closure. In a separate announcement, the school finance chief said layoff notices are going out for 600 teachers. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s no secret that the US educational system doesn’t do a very good job. Like clockwork, studies show that America’s schoolkids lag behind their peers in pretty much every industrialized nation. We hear shocking statistics about the percentage of high-school seniors who can’t find the US on an unmarked map of the world or who don’t know who Abraham Lincoln was. Read the rest of this entry »

MORE than 30,000 government employees – about 14 per cent of the public work force – could lose their jobs and new taxes will be introduced as Puerto Rico attempts to shore up its ailing economy, the governor of the US island territory announced on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »