Archive for the 'Elite' Category
40 Statistics About The Fall Of The U.S. Economy That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe
May 28th, 2013I didn’t know about #38: One Million U.S. Students Homeless, New Data Show: For the first time in history, public schools reported more than one million homeless children and youth, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Education. The 1,065,794 homeless students enrolled by U.S. preschools and K-12 schools in the 2010-2011 […]
Dairy Farmer Acquitted on Three of Four Charges in Raw Milk Trial
May 27th, 2013In fascist America, being convicted of just one of the absurd charges against you is considered a victory. Via: Journal Sentinel: Dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger was acquitted on three of four criminal charges early Saturday morning in a trial that drew national attention from supporters of the raw, unpasteurized milk movement. Jurors in Sauk County […]
New Zealand, China in Talks on Convertibility of Currencies
May 27th, 2013Via: Wall Street Journal: Seeking to help its exporters, New Zealand is negotiating with China to make their currencies directly convertible, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister John Key said. Wellington’s push is aimed at driving down costs for companies that do business with China, which is close to overtaking Australia as New Zealand’s No. 1 […]
Protesters Around the World March Against Monsanto
May 26th, 2013Via: USA Today: Protesters rallied in dozens of cities Saturday as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces, organizers said. Organizers said “March Against Monsanto” protests were held in 52 countries and 436 cities, including Los Angeles where demonstrators waved signs that read “Real Food 4 […]
Is Google Going To Make Internet Access Available To Everyone?
May 24th, 2013Via: Bloomberg: Google (GOOG) Chairman Eric Schmidt’s April 13 tweet was bold, ambitious, and a bit inexplicable. “For every person online, there are two that are not,” wrote the co-author of the book The New Digital Age. “By the end of the decade, everyone on Earth will be connected.” Commenters were flummoxed by Schmidt’s prediction. […]
Feds Consider RICO Charges Against Hedge Fund
May 22nd, 2013It’s too bad that the Feds gave billions of dollars to AIG, the Squid et al, instead of prosecuting them as criminal enterprises. Lehman? Fuggetaboutit. Via: Wall Street Journal: Federal prosecutors are considering charging hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors LP as a criminal enterprise through a powerful legal tool used against the Mafia and drug […]
Bill Oddie’s BankWatch
May 22nd, 2013“He’s a Banker, of course he’s gonna charge.” *chortle* Via: Global Witness: Research Credit: BJ
Vaccine Injured Children in Small African Village Used Like Lab Rats
May 21st, 2013Via: VacTruth: In December 2012, vaccine tragedy hit the small village of Gouro, Chad, Africa, situated on the edge of the Sahara Desert. Five hundred children were locked into their school, threatened that if they did not agree to being force-vaccinated with a meningitis A vaccine, they would receive no further education. These children were […]
China Now Spends $125 Billion Per Year On Riot Gear And ‘Stability Maintenance’
May 20th, 2013Via: AFP: Mannequins in riot gear, armoured cars and drones line a police equipment and “anti-terrorism technology” trade fair in Beijing as vendors seek to profit from China’s huge internal security budget. The country is estimated to have more than 180,000 protests each year and the ruling Communist Party spends vast sums on ensuring order […]
‘War on Terror’ Is Permanent
May 19th, 2013Via: Guardian: That the Obama administration is now repeatedly declaring that the “war on terror” will last at least another decade (or two) is vastly more significant than all three of this week’s big media controversies (Benghazi, IRS, and AP/DOJ) combined. The military historian Andrew Bacevich has spent years warning that US policy planners have […]
