In Germany, the French and British efforts, initiated in 2010 to reinforce the bonds between their military forces and their arms industries, have long been dangerously underestimated, according to a recent analysis published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). "A new Entente Cordiale," spanning the English Channel, is being created, which will undercut German efforts to set up an EU army and thwart the organization of a unified European arms industry.

The DGAP's choice of calling it an "Entente Cordiale" refers to the Franco-British alliance of 1904, as the German Reich's power was growing menacingly. It was formed to synchronize the two countries' global interests and forge a common defense in Europe against the expansion of German domination. The awareness that European policy is essentially being dictated by Berlin has led to this new Franco-British alliance.

Barroso explained that the European Commission will begin work on the new treaty and the creation of something which he declines to call the United States of Europe, but which can only be that, although it will be considerably less democratic than the United States of America. Apart from a portentous, daft digression into historical mysticism (Barroso said that "Europe has a soul") it was a coherent explanation of what the Eurofanatics are about to do. A continent surely doesn't have a soul. Human beings, theologians, atheists and humanists have been unable to agree, after many centuries of argument, whether or not men and women have souls. But a continent? No, definitely not.

In other respects, Barroso was pretty straightforward. It has long been obvious that the logic of the euro crisis is that there must be political union, to follow the banking union belatedly being established in a bid to correct the design flaws of the troubled currency union. This latest stage of the project looks to me like a doomed rejection of democracy which is at odds with the lessons of European history. But there you go. I thought the single currency was bonkers from the start.

Yet, regardless of what Eurosceptics think or want, Barroso and his fellow leaders are going off down that road, and the electorates of Europe don't seem minded to stop them. For Britain, which doesn't want to go on the journey, this makes it decision time. An EU federation of some sort, which Britain appears to have no interest in joining, is on the way, and relatively soon.

Jennifer Robins, former series producer and current storyliner, insisted that the programme could be compared with the parables of Jesus or the stories of the Old Testament such as David and Goliath or the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by fire and brimstone.

She likened Albert Square to the Garden of Eden and ancient Israel and claimed its main theme was no more than an “age old struggle between good and evil”.

Its long suffering characters such as the chain-smoking Dot Cotton bear the hallmarks of Moses or Job, she claimed. Meanwhile villains such as “Dirty” Den – who was ultimately murdered by his second wife and buried under concrete - could be compared with Satan himself, destined to be “hurled into a pit of fire”.

Addressing the BBC’s “Re:Think:” conference, organised by the team behind programmes such as Songs of Praise, she dismissed claims that the programme was tawdry, sensationalist or immoral. Citing examples of storylines involving paedophilia, a gay Muslim sham marriage and assisted suicide she said the programme was often close to a “morality play”.

She said the programme offered its viewers “hope” and “lessons in how to live” as well as helping make stories from the Bible “relevant” to a younger generation. “Despite the twists and turns of the plot lines all our conclusions are essentially moral: good triumphs, evils is punished and the value of human life is asserted.”

Speaking at his annual state of the European Union address, Barroso, in a desperate bid to save the euro from destruction, said that the nations of the EU need to realise they are 'in the crisis together.' He said the crisis, which had hit Greece, Portugal and Spain had 'fuelled populism and extremism' in Europe. Barroso said: "Europe needs a new direction."

"Old ideas" will not work anymore and greater political union is needed in order to save the euro currency, he said. Barroso said the EU needs to "move toward a federation of nation states" that involves shared sovereignty, drawing a distinction between that and a "superstate."

"Pooled sovereignty means more power, not less," he argued. The EC chief even claimed that the EU should have its own military force which would be able to intervene in conflicts 'when needed.'

Williams says, “You’re likely going to see a dollar sell-off... That should evolve into hyperinflation.” Williams, “Doesn’t see the current system holding together without hyperinflation beyond 2014.” He contends the real annual deficit is “$5 trillion per year” and says, “That’s beyond containment.”

Williams predicts, “Hyperinflation is virtually assured because the Fed doesn’t have any options left.” Williams says people should get prepared because we are facing a “man-made disaster.”

Right now, the US dollar is the primary reserve currency of the world. Even though that status has been chipped away at in recent years, US dollars still make up more than 60 percent of all foreign currency reserves in the world. Most international trade (including the buying and selling of oil) is conducted in US dollars, and this gives the United States a tremendous economic advantage. Since so much trade is done in dollars, there is a constant demand for more dollars all over the globe from countries that need them for trading purposes.

So the Federal Reserve is able to flood our financial system with dollars without it causing a tremendous amount of inflation because the rest of the world ends up soaking up a lot of those dollars. But now that is changing. China and Russia have been spearheading a movement to shift away from using the US dollar in international trade. At the moment, the shift is happening gradually, but at some point a tipping point will come (for example if Saudi Arabia were to declare that it will no longer take US dollars for oil) and the entire global financial system is going to change.

When that tipping point comes the global demand for US dollars is going to absolutely plummet and nightmarish inflation will come to the United States. If such a scenario sounds far out to you, then you have not been paying attention. In fact, China and Russia have been working very hard to move us toward exactly such a scenario.

Just the other day, China and Germany agreed to start conducting an increasing amount of trade with each other in their own currencies. You would think that a major currency agreement between the 2nd and 4th largest economies on the face of the planet would make headlines all over the United States. Instead, the silence in the US media was deafening.

At this point, Moody's is threatening to cut the credit rating of the federal government if a deal is not reached soon to reduce our debt to GDP ratio. And Moody's is not the only one concerned about our exploding debt. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble recently stated that he believes that "there is great uncertainty about the course American politics will take in dealing the US government's debts, which are much too high".

Once the US dollar loses reserve currency status, that will be a major turning point in the history of our country. We will never fully recover from that, and we will never get back to the same level of prosperity that we are enjoying today. So enjoy spending those dollars while you can. The party is almost over.