Video: Bankers party while America burns – Dennis Kucinich

A Democratic Congressman in the US has launched a scathing attack on some bank executives, who he accuses of throwing parties while the US economy goes up in smoke. Dennis Kucinich added that restoring good relations with Russia is vital for the recovery of the American economy.

Russia test launches ICBM from White Sea, hits Kamchatka target

MOSCOW, November 28 – The Dmitry Donskoi Typhoon-class strategic nuclear-powered submarine has carried out another test launch of a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile, a Defense Ministry source said on Friday.

“The Bulava was launched from a submerged position in the White Sea toward a target located at the Kura test site on the Kamchatka Peninsula,” the source said.

Global Crisis. International Trade in Potential Jeopardy: Shipping continues it’s Downward Plunge

Denial of Letters of Credit

The Baltic Dry Index continues to lower as the demand for raw materials continues to drop to unseen levels.

Ron Paul Warns Of Secret Plans To Create International Central Bank

Texas Congressman Ron Paul has warned that international forces are planning the creation of a global central bank that will see a new fiat monetary system come to dominate the world economy.

The 2008 presidential candidate also warned that Barack Obama’s administration will only represent a change in faces and not in policies.

America’s Child Soldiers: US Military Recruiting Children to Serve in the Armed Forces

In violation of its pledge to the United Nations not to recruit children into the military, the Pentagon “regularly target(s) children under 17,” the American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) says.

The Pentagon “heavily recruits on high school campuses, targeting students for recruitment as early as possible and generally without limits on the age of students they contact,” the ACLU states in a 46-page report titled “Soldiers of Misfortune.”

This is in violation of the U.S. Senate’s 2002 ratification of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.