Archive for the 'Elite' Category
DEA Struck A Deal With Mexico’s Most Notorious Drug Cartel
January 14th, 2014Via: Business Insider: An investigation by El Universal has found that between 2000 and 2012, the U.S. government had an agreement with Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel that allowed the organisation to smuggle billions of dollars of drugs in exchange for information on rival cartels. Sinaloa, led by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, supplies 80% of the […]
Big Money Behind War: The Military-Industrial Complex
January 13th, 2014Via: Al Jazeera: In January 1961, US President Dwight D Eisenhower used his farewell address to warn the nation of what he viewed as one of its greatest threats: the military-industrial complex composed of military contractors and lobbyists perpetuating war. Eisenhower warned that “an immense military establishment and a large arms industry” had emerged as […]
New Google Venture: California Life Company
January 13th, 2014Via: CNN: Calico — or the California Life Company — has been set up to research subjects related to aging and its associated diseases. Announcing Calico at a media briefing, Google said that the new and independent company will largely focus on age-attendant conditions such as Alzheimer’s, cancer and heart disease.
U.S. Military on Path to Become Google’s Single Largest Customer
January 10th, 2014Via: DailyCaller: Google CEO Larry Page has rapidly positioned Google to become an indispensable U.S. military contractor. Google recently purchased Boston Dynamics, a robotics pioneer that produces amazing humanoid robots for the U.S. Defense Department. This development invites attention to Google’s broader military contracting ambitions — especially since Boston Dynamics is the eighth robotics company […]
‘A World Made Safe for Selling Mountains of Pointless Junk to Tranquillised Shoppers’
January 7th, 2014Via: Guardian: Until the late 19th century much of our city space was owned by private landlords. Squares were gated, streets were controlled by turnpikes. The great unwashed, many of whom had been expelled from the countryside by acts of enclosure, were also excluded from desirable parts of town. Social reformers and democratic movements tore […]
Nightmare: Australian Farmer Loses Organic Certification After Monsanto’s GM Canola Planted Next Door by Neighbor
January 7th, 2014Ok, I’m visualizing thousands of Cryptogon readers out there sending support to help these guys win this thing. I kicked it off with AU$15. Via: Safe Food Foundation: Steve Marsh lives and farms at Kojonup in Western Australia. In 2010 he lost his organic certification when GM canola from next door jumped the fence and […]
Senate Confirms Yellen as Fed Chair
January 7th, 2014Oh yeah, the swelling ranks of homeless people will be riding the wave of Recovery any minute. Via: CNN: The Senate confirmed Janet Yellen as the next Federal Reserve chairman Monday, ensuring that the central bank’s pro-growth policies since the Great Recession will likely continue.
The Business of War: SOFEX
January 4th, 2014Via: VICE:
IMF Paper Warns of ‘Savings Tax’ and Mass Write-Offs as West’s Debt Hits 200-Year High
January 3rd, 2014Via: Telegraph: Much of the Western world will require defaults, a savings tax and higher inflation to clear the way for recovery as debt levels reach a 200-year high, according to a new report by the International Monetary Fund. The IMF working paper said debt burdens in developed nations have become extreme by any historical […]
Billionaires Dumping Stocks
January 3rd, 2014Via: Money News: Despite the 6.5% stock market rally over the last three months, a handful of billionaires are quietly dumping their American stocks . . . and fast. Warren Buffett, who has been a cheerleader for U.S. stocks for quite some time, is dumping shares at an alarming rate. He recently complained of “disappointing […]
