Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
The Summers Conundrum
November 13th, 2008Maybe I need to add a Change and Hope category. Via: The Nation: We all know in the backs of our minds that Barack Obama’s incredible victory will eventually be followed by disappointment. But does it have to come so soon, and hit so hard? The answer will be yes, if Lawrence Summers is named […]
Obama’s Bailout Bunch Brings Us More of the Same
November 13th, 2008Via: Bloomberg: It’s hard to believe Barack Obama would even think of calling this change. Take a good look at some of the 17 people our nation’s president-elect chose last week for his Transition Economic Advisory Board. And then try saying with a straight face that these are the leaders who should be advising him […]
Palestinian Couple Evicted from Home of 50 Years as Jerusalem Settlers Move In
November 11th, 2008Change. Via: Guardian: Israeli police have evicted a disabled Palestinian man and his wife from their home of 52 years in a Palestinian district surrounded by settlers. The eviction, which took place before dawn on Sunday, comes after years of litigation that culminated in an Israeli supreme court ruling in July ordering the couple out […]
British Government Seeks Unprecedented Powers to Censor the Media
November 10th, 2008Via: Independent: Britain’s security agencies and police would be given unprecedented and legally binding powers to ban the media from reporting matters of national security, under proposals being discussed in Whitehall. The Intelligence and Security Committee, the parliamentary watchdog of the intelligence and security agencies which has a cross-party membership from both Houses, wants to […]
Gordon Brown: Now Is the Time to Build Global Society
November 10th, 2008Via: Reuters: The international financial crisis has given world leaders a unique opportunity to create a truly global society, Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown will say in a keynote foreign policy speech on Monday. In his annual speech at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet, Brown — who has spearheaded calls for the reform of international financial […]
FBI Finds Most Terrorism Threat Reports Baseless
November 8th, 2008Captain Obvious strikes yet again. Via: Reuters: The FBI tracked about 108,000 potential terrorism threats or suspicious incidents from mid-2004 to November 2007, but most were found groundless, a Justice Department review found on Friday. The department’s office of inspector general gave the figure in an audit of the FBI’s terrorism case-tracking system, called Guardian, […]
Ron Paul Warns of Great Shift Toward Global Government Under Obama
November 7th, 2008Via: Infowars: Texas Congressman and 2008 presidential candidate Ron Paul has warned that the euphoria surrounding the election of Barack Obama combined with the overwhelming fear of major international crises could facilitate a cataclysmic shift toward a new world order. Appearing live on the Alex Jones show earlier today, the Congressman spoke of a feeling […]
Rahm Emanuel: One of the Biggest Recipients of Wall Street Money in Congress
November 7th, 2008Lobbying by the financial industry before and during the financial crisis has come under criticism from consumer groups, members of Congress and President-elect Barack Obama. “It’s ridiculous that the perpetrators of this mess should be the people dictating to Congress how to get out of it,” says Kathleen Day of the non-profit Center for Responsible […]
Just Three ‘Superbanks’ Now Dominate Industry
November 7th, 2008Via: MSNBC: The financial crisis that has been sweeping the globe has reshaped nearly every corner of the economy, but no industry has been altered more radically than banking. Several of the nation’s biggest banks have failed or been absorbed by healthier institutions, leaving three giant “superbanks” with an unprecedented concentration of market power: Bank […]
OBAMA CONSIDERING JON CORZINE, ANOTHER FORMER GOLDMAN SACHS CHIEF EXECUTIVE, FOR TREASURY SECRETARY
November 6th, 2008Change can happen. Change we need. Yes, friends, change is having different former CEOs of Goldman Sachs serving as Treasury Secretary. Via: Star Ledger: Gov. Jon Corzine, a multimillionaire and former Wall Street chief executive, is being actively vetted by the Obama transition team as a possible candidate for Treasury secretary in the new administration, […]
