Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Musical Chairs with Peter Sutherland
June 11th, 2010Goldman Sachs Sold $250 Million of BP Stock Before Spill: The brokerage firm that’s faced the most scrutiny from regulators in the past year over the shorting of mortgage related securities seems to have had good timing when it came to something else: the stock of British oil giant BP. According to regulatory filings, RawStory.com […]
Efforts to Limit the Flow of Spill News
June 10th, 2010Via: New York Times: When the operators of Southern Seaplane in Belle Chasse, La., called the local Coast Guard-Federal Aviation Administration command center for permission to fly over restricted airspace in Gulf of Mexico, they made what they thought was a simple and routine request. A pilot wanted to take a photographer from The Times-Picayune […]
No Secrets: Julian Assange’s Mission for Total Transparency
June 7th, 2010This is a very interesting piece about Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. Via: The New Yorker: He had come to understand the defining human struggle not as left versus right, or faith versus reason, but as individual versus institution. As a student of Kafka, Koestler, and Solzhenitsyn, he believed that truth, creativity, love, and compassion are […]
Israel Seizes Gaza Aid Boat Rachel Corrie
June 5th, 2010Via: Guardian: Israel risked a fresh wave of international condemnation yesterday as its troops detained a boat carrying humanitarian aid attempting to break the blockade of Gaza and forcibly diverted it to the port of Ashdod. Five days after the botched assault on a six-boat flotilla ended with Israeli troops shooting dead nine activists, naval […]
France: Possible Link Between Arms Sales and Political Campaign Funds; Sarkozy Allegedly Involved
June 4th, 2010Via: BBC: French opposition MPs have called on President Nicolas Sarkozy to give details of any links to suspected commissions on arms deals allegedly used to fund political campaigns. The calls follow a report from Luxembourg police alleging Mr Sarkozy approved the creation of firms which received money from the commissions. They allegedly financed then […]
Bilderberg 2010: Plutocracy with Palm Trees
June 4th, 2010Via: Guardian: Another year, another Bilderberg. The first “participants” (as the delegates are known) won’t be arriving until Thursday, but already the Hotel Dolce in Sitges is buzzing with anticipation. This Catalan seaside town hasn’t hosted an event as large and politically sensitive as Bilderberg since the legendary 2008 Foam Party at the Mr Gay […]
Ex-Florida GOP Chairman Indicted on Charges of Grand Theft, Money Laundering; Arrested
June 2nd, 2010Just another day at the office. Via: Orlando Sentinel: Jim Greer, the former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida who has been under criminal investigation for his financial handling of the organization, was indicted on six charges including money laundering and grand theft, state officials announced today. Greer was arrested by Florida Department of […]
Foreign Banks Find Fortune in Crisis
June 2nd, 2010Via: Politico: Foreign banks are flexing newfound muscle in Washington, spreading their money and influence while winning government business that’s off-limits to their politically toxic American cousins. While Congress and President Barack Obama have been bashing big American banks as the cause of the nation’s economic troubles, foreign banks have been quietly increasing their presence […]
Goldman Sachs May Settle for $1 Per Share, or About $621 Million
June 2nd, 2010Maybe they’ll pass the hat around and collect some pocket lint before heading out for martinis. —Goldman Set to Settle SEC Fraud Case Soon No. It’s not comedy hour on Cryptogon. Via: Bloomberg: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will probably settle a lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission at a cost of a little […]
U.S Launches Criminal Investigation Into Oil Spill
June 2nd, 2010Ahh, like the criminal investigations into AIG and the squid. Also: BP Collects Billions in U.S. Government Contracts Obama Biggest Recipient of BP Campaign Cash Via: The Hill: The U.S. government has launched a formal criminal and civil investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday. Holder […]
