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The New Greek Tragedy

It’s the year 2012 AD and you’d think humanity, with all the advances in technology and communication, would have converted more of the explosion of information into knowledge and wisdom!

Sadly, we have not.

No, what history has allowed us to do with new technology is simply better-document the triumph of human nature over personal responsibility, accountability and moral courage.

Personally, I attribute this to an increasingly luxurious life provided by modern society offering far less opportunity to develop personal character, creating a direct and instant race to full depravity. In other words, the shortest path of least resistance to base human behavior.

All issues of the day are subordinate to the impending financial destruction of the western civilization. Greek tragedies were popular as an art form in the theaters of Athens 2,500 years ago; however, today we witness reality instead of entertainment, offering real human suffering — instead of pleasure — to the audience.

I invite you to visit daily as I provide organized headlines based on each day’s news to document what I call the Cultural War within leading to The New Greek Tragedy (both the Greeks and EU’s in general, followed shortly thereafter by most of the western financial world who, financially, are leveraged negatively in the extreme).

Eerily and ironically, it strongly parallels the chilling prophecy Nikita Kruschev, who succeeded Joseph Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union, remarked to Ezra T. Benson, who served as the Secretary of Agriculture during the Eisenhower administration, during Kruschev’s visit. Kruschev said it will be the slow injection of socialist/communist principles into America, not nuclear missiles, that would destroy our nation.

And like frogs sitting in a slow-boiling pot, we're just sitting back and watching.

Sunday, February 26, 2012


The New Greek Tragedy
for 2/25/2012
Retirement
Investment
US
How much does retirement really cost?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/24/us-column-miller-retirementcost-idUSTRE81M24M20120224
Financial Crisis
Depression
EUROPE
Lloyds expects lower income in 2012
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/24/business/uk-lloyds-loss/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1
US
Buffett Says He Was 'Dead Wrong' on Housing Market
http://www.newsmax.com/US/BuffettLetter/2012/02/25/id/430532
Sears to ‘Unload’ 1,200 Stores?
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/02/sears-to-unload-1200-stores/
Ex-Cop Admits To Robbing Bank To Get Health Benefits In Federal Prison
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2012/02/24/ex-cop-admits-to-robbing-bank-to-get-health-benefits-in-federal-prison/
Guest Post: The "Housing Recovery" In One Index
http://www.zerohedge.com/
Remaining Abandoned Chickens Turned Over Two Rescue Groups
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/02/23/remaining-chickens-turned-over-two-rescue-groups/
Elitism
EUROPE
European bank bonus cuts mask basic pay hikes (Analysis)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/23/us-banks-bonuses-idUSTRE81M1DH20120223
Inflation
US
Why College Aid Makes College More Expensive (Analysis)
New research shows how federal spending on higher education can backfire
http://www.smartmoney.com/spend/family-money/why-college-aid-makes-college-more-expensive-1330033152060/
Investment
asia
Thailand Best After China Among Emerging Markets
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-22/thailand-proving-best-after-china-among-global-emerging-markets.html
US
Euphoria Shifts From Stocks To Commodities
http://www.zerohedge.com/
NYSE Volume At New Decade Low
http://www.zerohedge.com/
Grantham Nails It: "The Industry So Much Prefers Bullishness...So Does The Press"
http://www.zerohedge.com/
Recession
US
ECRI Sticks to Recession Call, Even Amid Positive Signs
http://www.cnbc.com/id/46513890
Residential Mortgage Crisis
US
Rents Keep Rising, Even as Housing Prices Fall
http://www.cnbc.com/id/46523606
Are You a Default Risk?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204778604577241191123819730.html? mod=WSJEurope_hps_MIDDLE_Video_Third
Sovereign Debt
Europe
Juncker: "Greece May Need A Third Bailout"
http://www.zerohedge.com/
Greek Debt Deal Merely Buys Time: World Bank's Zoellick
http://www.cnbc.com/id/46522445
No Silver Bullet to Resolve Europe Debt Crisis, World Bank’s Zoellick Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-25/no-silver-bullet-to-resolve-europe-debt-crisis-world-bank-s-zoellick-says.html
G20 inches toward $2 trillion in rescue funds
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/26/us-g-idUSTRE81N1L620120226
British Discover Raising Tax Rates Lowers Revenue
http://thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/europe-mainmenu-35/10961-british-discover-raising-tax-rates-lowers- revenue
US
Economic doomsday predictions gathering strength
Bipartisan Policy Center joins warning that debt ceiling, election will collide
http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/economic-doomsday-predictions-gathering-strength/
Wyoming House advances doomsday bill
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/wyoming-house-advances-doomsday-bill/article_af6e1b2b-0ca4 -553f-85e9-92c0f58c00bd.html
David Rosenberg Presents The Six Pins That Can Pop The Complacency Bubble
http://www.zerohedge.com/
GWOT
Extremism
US
'Sovereign citizen' movement now on FBI's radar
The Homeland Security Department has ranked the movement as a major threat. Its members reject the law, and some kill police
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-terror-cop-killers-20120224,0,5474022.story
War
Asia
2 American officers killed in Afghan ministry
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/25/world/asia/afghanistan-americans-killed/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Middle East
Mideast war in March?
NATO considering intervention as opposition fights Syrian regime
http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/mideast-war-in-march/
Hopes For Peace Dim As Tehran Lashes Out
http://www.lignet.com/ArticleAnalysis/Hopes-for-Diplomacy-With-Iran-Dim-as-Tehran-Lashes? s=al&PROMO_CODE=E158-1
U.S. Bulks Up Iran Defenses
Pentagon Plans New Sea, Land Measures to Counter Any Attempt to Close Persian Gulf Oil Gateway
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204778604577243640137724400.html? mod=WSJEUROPE_hpp_MIDDLETopNews
U.S. Agencies See No Move by Iran to Build a Bomb
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/world/middleeast/us-agencies-see-no-move-by-iran-to-build-a-bomb.html?_r=2&hp
Iran uranium "discrepancy" still unresolved: IAEA
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/25/us-nuclear-iran-uranium-idUSTRE81O08V20120225
'Iran ready to wipe Israel off the map'
Tehran's deputy defense minister warns Jerusalem against strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, says 'any action by Zionist regime will bring about its destruction'
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4194444,00.html
Israel raids south Gaza after rocket attacks
http://news.yahoo.com/israel-raids-south-gaza-rocket-attacks-014001863.html;_ylt=At2aXZciaE5dffVV4Si4wbWs0NUE; _ylu=X3oDMTNsOGk2ZjRoBG1pdANUb3BTdG9yeSBGUARwa2cDNTgzNzc3NWQtNzc5Ny0zMzBkLTliNmMtMmViMzIw OGFjMDIxBHBvcwM2BHNlYwN0b3Bfc3RvcnkEdmVyAzI2NzZmODIwLTYwMWItMTFlMS1iNWVlLWJiOTIzNTA0NzllOA--
Cultural War
Journalism
US
WND gets good news in suit against Esquire
Magazine facing $250 million action for false report
http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/wnd-gets-good-news-in-suit-against-esquire/
Religion
US
Anti-Mormon bias persists, notably among Democrats
http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/06/anti-mormon-bias-persists-notably-among-democrats/115623
Revolution
Africa
Senegal's democracy at stake in troubled election
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/24/us-senegal-election-idUSTRE81N1QY20120224
Politics
2012 Election
Europe
Anti-Putin rally held in his hometown
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_PROTEST? SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-02-25-08-05-47
US
VP Biden: 'Americans Are Tired Of Being Tired'
Community College To Career Bus Tour Rolls Into Davidson County
http://www.wxii12.com/news/30535232/detail.html#ixzz1nKMTH2wM
Are Republican Hopefuls Swinging Too Far Right?
http://news.yahoo.com/republican-hopefuls-swinging-too-far-031939559--abc-news.html;_ylt=AmeSnkLivernAV1tgohvZLas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNpbDIydGh0BG1pdAMEcGtnA2YwZDljNWJjLTc3Y2ItMzYxZi05OWE5LWViZTViYjY0NGNmYwRwb3MDNQRzZWMDbG5fTGF0ZXN0TmV3c19nYWwEdmVyA2EzYjYxM2QwLTYwMjktMTFlMS1iZjk1LTRmYzFlODc5YjZlOQ--;_ylv=3
Is Santorum a threat to religious liberty?
Exclusive: Kathy Shaidle covers static over 'Satan,' more from America's top hosts
http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/is-santorum-a-threat-to-religious-liberty/
Specter: Santorum candidacy not ‘realistic’
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/24/specter-santorum-candidacy-not-realistic/
Do the GOP candidates get Iran? (Analysis)
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/24/opinion/walsh-gop-iran/index.html?hpt=hp_bn4
Mayoral Candidate Claims Rival Sent Him Topless Dancer, Taped Lap Dance
http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2012/02/24/mayoral-candidate-claims-rival-sent-him-topless-dancer-taped-lap-dance/
Autos
US
Obama’s Green-Car Plan Runs Into Limits
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-24/obama-s-green-car-plan-runs-into-alternative-fuel-limits-cars.html
Energy
US
'Obama waging war against fossil fuels'
Rep. Johnson: 'The president's policies are hurting hardworking taxpayers'
http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/obama-waging-war-against-fossil-fuels/
Extremism
Middle East
Clinton warns of Arab Spring backsliding
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_TUNISIA_US? SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-02-25-07-14-42
Fraud, Waste or Abuse
US
Green company gets $390M subsidies, lays off 125
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/green-company-gets-390m-subsidies-lays -125/394051
Gay Rights
US
Maryland Republican: Meeting gay couples left me 'changed person'
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-maryland-gay-marriage-republican-supporter-20120223,0,3727286.story
Liberalism
US
Md. OKs gay-marriage bill; Va. tables ‘personhood’ measure
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/23/social-issues-dominate-state-lawmakers-debates/
Obamacare
US
Quinnipiac: Most Americans Want Obamacare Repealed
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/quinnipiac-poll-repeal-obamacare/2012/02/24/id/430515
Political Correctness
US
Rocklin Considering Banning Residents From Smoking Outside Their Own Homes
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/02/24/rocklin-considering-banning-smokers-from-smoking-outside-their-own-homes/
Religion
US
Bible class in public high schools? Sure, says Arizona House
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-arizona-bible-20120222,0,1459123.story
Health
Memory
US
Can’t focus? Take this quiz
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/02/23/cant-focus-take-this-quiz/
Sleep
US
How to fake a good night's sleep
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/02/23/how-to-fake-good-nights-sleep/
Environmental
Hypocrisy
US
Documents: PETA kills more than 95 percent of pets in its care
http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/24/documents-peta-kills-more-than-95-percent-of-pets-in-its-care/#ixzz1nP1mXYuv
Technology
Privacy
US
Manage (and make cash with?) your data online
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/24/tech/web/owning-your-data-online/index.html?hpt=hp_bn9
Travel
Entertainment
Central America
Jamaica's secret caves and waterfalls
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2012/02/25/horseback-cliff-diving-rank-among-jamaicas-top-attractions/?intcmp=features
Life's Rich Pageant
Conundrum
Asia
Hogs going wild in Pakistani capital
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN_BOAR_WARS? SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-02-25-03-19-44
Religion
US
Chicago Woman Gives Up Facebook For Lent
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/02/24/chicago-woman-gives-up-facebook-for-lent/
Sleep
US
New York air traffic controllers filmed 'sleeping on the job'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2106016/New-York-air-traffic-controllers-filmed-sleeping-job.html

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