Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Regrets of the Dying
December 4th, 2011In other news, Six in 10 Kiwis hate or dislike their job. Via: Inspiration and Chai: For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People […]
New Zealand Government Wants to Rein In Access to Raw Milk
December 4th, 2011New Zealand is a company town and that company is Fonterra. It makes them insane knowing that farmers are cutting them out of the equation by selling directly to consumers. Other parasitic middlemen (the diabolical Foodstuffs and Woolworths duopoly) are cut out of the deal when people buy goods directly from farmers. In short, farmers […]
Wall Street’s “Secret Government”
December 2nd, 2011Via: Alternet: We now have concrete evidence that Wall Street and Washington are running a secret government far removed from the democratic process. Through a freedom of information request by Bloomberg News, the public now has access to over 29,000 pages of Fed documents and 21,000 additional Fed transactions that were deliberately hidden, and for […]
Armed U.S. Police Officers Will Be Allowed to Operate in Canada
December 1st, 2011Via: The Star: Armed U.S. police officers will for the first time be allowed to operate in Canada along with the RCMP as part of far-reaching changes in Canadian-American border operations to be unveiled next week by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama. The joint action plan to be announced at the White […]
Woman “Imprisoned” on Scientology Cruise Ship for 12 Years
December 1st, 2011Via: The Sideshow: For most people, an extended stay aboard a luxury cruise liner sounds like a dream vacation. But Valeska Paris says she was held against her will aboard the Scientology cruise ship “Freewinds” for more than a decade. During her stay on the vessel, she alleges, she was forced into hard labor and […]
Bloomberg Refers to NYPD as His Own Army
December 1st, 2011Via: Politicker NY: “I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world. I have my own State Department, much to Foggy Bottom’s annoyance. We have the United Nations in New York, and so we have an entree into the diplomatic world that Washington does not have,” Mayor […]
Movers, Deputies Refuse to Evict 103-Year-Old Woman
December 1st, 2011Via: WSBTV: A 103-year-old woman and her 83-year-old daughter were just moments from being evicted from their home Tuesday, when sheriff’s deputies and the moving company hired by the bank decided not to go through with the action. Channel 2’s Ryan Young was there when the family started thanking God for the miracle. At just […]
Paulson Gave Hedge Fund Managers Inside Information
November 30th, 2011Mmm hmm. Via: Bloomberg: On the morning of July 21, before the Eton Park meeting, Paulson had spoken to New York Times reporters and editors, according to his Treasury Department schedule. A Times article the next day said the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency were inspecting Fannie and Freddie’s […]
That Was Fast: New Zealand Government Has Reneged on Promise to Give Public a Say on Opencast Coalmine
November 30th, 2011Thanks, National voters. For f*ck’s sake. Via: New Zealand Herald: The Government has reneged on its promise to give the public a say on whether Bathurst Resources’ Denniston opencast coalmine should go ahead, on the first working day after the election, says Forest and Bird. After the Government’s back down last year on opening national […]
Merck Pays a Pittance for Mass Deaths
November 30th, 2011Via: Counterpunch: One of the most downplayed stories of our time ended with a whimper this week. “Merck has agreed to pay $950 million and has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge over the marketing and sales of the painkiller Vioxx,” the New York Times reported Nov. 23 (in the business section, where important medical […]
