Brilliant Video On The Global Food Crisis - Taiwanese Next Media Animation

Highly entertaining as always from NMA.

Food prices are skyrocketing around the world. The FAO Food Price Index is at a record high.  Mother Nature has caused supply shocks in places like Russia and Australia, thus driving up prices.  Governments have exacerbated the problem by hoarding and implementing export controls.  Meanwhile, Indians and Chinese are driving up global food demand, thanks to their changing diets.  And hedge funds are not helping, either. They have artificially driven up prices through speculative trading.  Higher food prices have been blamed for causing instability in Egypt and Tunisia.  Maybe Thomas Malthus was right. Will the instability spread? Or will science once again find a solution?

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VIDEO - Ron Paul Discusses 2012 Presidential Run, Says: "U.S. To Blame For Egyptian Chaos"

Brand new interview.  Just aired on RT a few minutes ago.

Video - RT's Dina Gusovsky talks to Congressman Ron Paul about the situation in Egypt, the future of the Conservative Movement, and whether or not he will run for President in 2012.

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RAW VIDEO: Police Shoot Egyptian Boy In Cold Blood

Warning - Graphic Content

We just found this clip this morning through a German TV link.  Start watching at the 30 second mark.  Description is inside.

Link - How the Mubarak Family Made Its Billions

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Mubarak Resigns - Tahrir Square Erupts In Celebration

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Budget Deficit Widens to $50 Billion In January - 28th Consecutive Month Of Robbing The Cradle

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MAN BEATS BANK - And Creates Mortgage Banking MERS Bomb - Lost Paperwork Means Free Homes

Very interesting story, and not without ramifications for other states.

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Nobel Prize Winning Economist Milton Friedman On Lord Bernanke: "My Preference Would Be To Abolish The Federal Reserve" (2006)

Video - Excerpts from an interview from May 22, 2006, in which Friedman discusses the dangers of big government and advocates abolishing the Federal Reserve.  Clip inside of Friedman on marijuana and drug prohibition.

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Ratigan On The Roots Of The Foreclosure Crisis: "It Was Wild West On Wall Street"

Video - Dylan Ratigan - Jan. 31, 2011

How It All Began

On fire as usual, Ratigan speaks with the mayor of Victorville, California, a real estate wasteland where new homes were razed without ever having occupants.  Another data point from housing bubble ground zero.

Check out the 30 best and worst counties nationwide for underwater mortgages...

Vegas wins again...

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Paul Ryan Faces Off Against Bernanke: "There Is Nothing More Insidious That A Country Can Do To Its Citizens Than Debase Its Currency" (Video)

Video - Bernanke testifies before Paul Ryan and House Budget - Feb. 09, 2011

Bernanke faces off against Paul Ryan

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Facing off against some of his toughest critics on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers they need a "credible program" to reduce the nation's growing deficit.

"Even after economic and financial conditions return to normal, the federal budget will remain on an unsustainable path... unless the Congress enacts significant changes in fiscal programs," Bernanke told the House Committee.

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Bernanke Confidante, QE2 Critic, Warsh Quits The Fed

Undoubtedly with plans to go back to Morgan Stanley...

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Milton Friedman On Greed - Phil Donahue Show (1979)

Friedman on poverty, greed, free markets and Capitalism.  Too bad he's not around anymore to explain away the ideological failure of free markets aided and abetted by the captured ruling class. The Kleptocracy won again, Miltie.  Did Friedman imagine and calculate for the distortion of free markets when greed and control of regulators could mean a $3 billion paycheck for John Paulson.  And did greed propel Paulson to collude with Goldman Sachs to create 'shitty CDOs' that were designed to, and succeeded at, failing.  Or were they just having some fun with Timberwolf and Abacus.

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"There Are No Buyers Of Portuguese Debt..."

Fleckenstein inside:

• "The only difference between the U.S. and Greece is a printing press."

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Comedy Central Presents: Bernanke On The Economy

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VIDEO - Ron Paul With Larry Kudlow: Dollar Collapse Will Bring Down U.S. Empire (Feb. 08, 2011)

Solid clip from last night.  Dr. Paul discusses His Quantitativeness as well as his own platform versus that of Paul Ryan.

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