Archive for the 'Elite' Category
iPass Away – Do My Digital Downloads Die with Me?
March 8th, 2012Never mind the fact that there are no used e-book stores, check this out! Via: Which?: As it stands, the rights of iTunes and Amazon customers look pretty shaky when it comes to passing on downloads. If you buy a music track from a digital store, you’re essentially buying a licence to play that track […]
Justice Department May Sue Apple, Publishers for Colluding to Raise Prices of E-Books
March 8th, 2012Via: Reuters: The Justice Department has warned Apple (AAPL.O) and five major publishers that it plans to sue them, accusing them of colluding to raise the prices of electronic books, a person familiar with the probe said on Thursday. Several parties have held talks to settle the potential antitrust case, said the person, who was […]
Letter from Aldous Huxley to George Orwell About 1984
March 8th, 2012Via: Letters of Note: Within the next generation I believe that the world’s rulers will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging and […]
Indian Slums Provide Pharmaceutical Companies with Endless Supply of Human Guinea Pigs
March 7th, 2012Bargains. Via: MSNBC: Few people in the slums of Ahmedabad, India, know more about the supply of human guinea pigs for clinical drug trials than Rajesh Nadia. When Indian firms working for pharmaceutical companies need test subjects, they often turn to Nadia, who has carved a small niche for himself as a recruiter in the […]
Man Demonstrates Why TSA Body Scanners Are Worthless for Security Purposes
March 7th, 2012Update: TSA Threatens Mainstream Media Not To Cover Story Via: TSA Out of Our Pants: I’ve been on the phone all day for the last 2 days with reporters and journalists of all kinds, including the big bad MSM, and one South Florida reporter told me that he had been “strongly cautioned” by the TSA […]
New York: High-End Madam Provided Underage Girls for Wealthy Clients at Upper East Side Brothel
March 7th, 2012According to the article, Gristina has been doing this for, “15 or so years.” The police always know about these brothels from the start, so, why bust her now? My guess is that the DA’s office knows where she has stashed a decent chunk of change, and they want it. Via: New York Daily News: […]
Obama, Iran and Preventive War
March 5th, 2012Via: Salon: President Obama yesterday joined virtually every U.S. political leader in both parties in making the obligatory, annual pilgrimage and oath-taking to AIPAC: a bizarre ritual if you think about it. During his speech, he repeatedly emphasized that he “has Israel’s back,” rightfully noting that his actions in office prove this (“At every crucial […]
Britain: Government Plans Radical Privatization for Police
March 5th, 2012I like this moment of clarity from the unnamed West Midlands police authority spokesman: “Combining with the business sector is aimed at totally transforming the way the force currently does business – improving the service provided to the public.” Law enforcement = business. If you start thinking about Mussolini and corporatism as you read the […]
Banker Resignations
March 5th, 2012I have no idea what a normal rate of resignations is, but, for whatever it’s worth: American Kabuki: 116 RESIGNATIONS FROM WORLD BANKS 3/2/12. Research Credit: MoneyMustGo
And Now… Foreign Central Banks Will Buy U.S. Equities
March 3rd, 2012*chortle* The Bernanke better flip the confetti cannons to full-auto mode. Via: Zero Hedge: In other words, while the Fed’s charter forbids it from buying US equities outright, it certainly can promise that it will bail out such bosom friends as the Bank of Israel, the Swiss National Bank, and soon everyone else, if and […]
