Archive for the 'Elite' Category
And Now… A 50-Year Bond?
September 8th, 2011Check Kiting: Check kiting is the illegal act of taking advantage of the float to make use of non-existent funds in a checking or other bank account; it is a form of check fraud. It is commonly defined as intentionally writing a check for a value greater than the account balance from an account in […]
Ikea Used East German Political Prisoners as Slave Labor to Manufacture Furniture
September 7th, 2011Via: Telegraph: Swedish retail giant Ikea used political prisoners in East Germany as “slave labour” to make furniture, secret police files unearthed by a German broadcaster appear to show. Ikea developed strong links with the communist state in the 1970s, opening a number of manufacturing facilities, one of which, according to Stasi records discovered by […]
FedEx and Pepsi Are Top Defense Contractors? 5 Corporate Brands Making a Killing on America’s Wars
September 7th, 2011Via: AlterNet: Chances are, if you’ve ever sent a package overnight, bought a PC or a can of soda, you’ve paid your hard-earned money to a major Pentagon contractor. While large defense corporations that make fighter jets and armored vehicles garner the most attention, tens of thousands of “civilian” companies, from multi-national corporations hawking toothpaste […]
20 Quotes From European Leaders That Prove That They Know That The Financial System In Europe Is Doomed
September 7th, 2011Via: Economic Collapse Blog: The financial crisis in Europe has become so severe that it has put the future of the euro, and indeed the future of the EU itself, in doubt. If the financial system in Europe collapses, it is going to plunge the entire globe into chaos. … If we see nations such […]
More Restaurants Are Targeting Customers Who Use Food Stamps
September 7th, 2011State sponsored transfats, sawdust, sugar, salt and high fructose corn syrup. The Way It Could Be: Urban Farming Guys Via: USA Today: The number of businesses approved to accept food stamps grew by a third from 2005 to 2010, U.S. Department of Agriculture records show, as vendors from convenience and dollar discount stores to gas […]
Capital of Scrap: Dying Detroit Looting Itself
September 5th, 2011Those bailouts are going well. Via: Russia Today:
Multiple White House Officials Knew About Fast and Furious Arms Trafficking Operation
September 4th, 2011Via: CBS: CBS News has obtained a series of emails that show the White House had more information on ATF’s controversial Fast and Furious operation than previously disclosed. But administration officials insists nobody at the White House knew specifically that ATF was allowing guns to “walk” into the hands of suspected gun traffickers for Mexican […]
The Washington Post Piece About the ‘Wasted’ Tens of Billions of Dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan
September 4th, 2011There are, however, a few metrics by which “victory” for the U.S. in Afghanistan may be measured. First of all, the fact that mayhem continues is a victory for the corporations that profit from the absurd war-related contracts. There’s the unknown billions of heroin related dollars that are generated from covert operations in Afghanistan. The […]
DARPA Researchers Rig Cyborg Beetles to Capture Energy That Powers Neuro Control Electronics
September 3rd, 2011The creature flaps its wings and generates power for the electronics that the remote operators use to control its flight. Sound familiar? Governments figured out this model long ago: Income tax, property tax, sales tax, fuel tax, fart tax, etc. They’ve got everyone coming and going, the system feeds on our activity through taxes and […]
Biological ‘Computer’ Destroys Cancer Cells: Diagnostic Network Incorporated Into Human Cells
September 3rd, 2011This is interesting, especially if you liked the film, I Am Legend. Via: Science Daily: Researchers led by ETH professor Yaakov Benenson and MIT professor Ron Weiss have successfully incorporated a diagnostic biological “computer” network in human cells. This network recognizes certain cancer cells using logic combinations of five cancer-specific molecular factors, triggering cancer cells […]
