Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Egypt Bans Individuals from Taking Gold Out of Country
February 28th, 2011Thinking about trying to flee from point A to point B with gold after the shit hits the fan? Via: Reuters: Egypt on Sunday banned the export of gold for the next four months, a measure bankers said seemed aimed at preventing businessmen and former government officials who acquired capital illegally from transferring it abroad. […]
Kenyan Official, Investigating Congo Gold Smuggling Case, Shot and Killed
February 28th, 2011Via: Reuters: A senior Kenyan official has been shot dead while investigating gold smuggling from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenyan police said on Monday. Eric Kiraithe, a police spokesman, said the man was an official at Kenya’s Revenue Authority. “We have not arrested any suspects involved in gold smuggling but we have identified […]
Seymour Hersh and The Knights of Malta: A Look at the Aftermath
February 28th, 2011Definitely interesting. Via: WhoWhatWhy: It seems unusual for a staid, respected publication (one that has received three National Magazine Awards in just this past decade) to start treating a celebrated journalist (who himself has won two National Magazine Awards in just this past decade) as if he were nothing more than a paranoid crank. It […]
Take a Closer Look at Those Obama Posters
February 27th, 2011*chortle* Via: io9:
Budget Problems? Just Use Prison Labor
February 26th, 2011The New York Times outdoes itself with this one. “Financial experts agree.” Oh sure. See, Land Of The Free: Never In The Civilized World Have So Many Been Locked Up For So Little, for a bit of context. Via: New York Times: Before he went to jail, Danny Ivey had barely seen a backyard garden. […]
‘Who Did We Issue Those To? Who Bought Those Bonds?’
February 26th, 2011Solution to the debt crisis? According to Damon Vickers, author of, The Day After the Dollar Crashes: A Survival Guide for the Rise of the New World Order, a sort of globalist debt jubilee would be carried out as a part of implementing the New World Order. Note: Vickers wants to see the New World […]
New Pathogen Found in Roundup Ready GM Crops Causes Spontaneous Abortions and Infertility in Livestock?
February 24th, 2011Via: Institute of Science in Society: An open letter appeared on the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance founded and run by Judith McGeary to save family farms in the US [1, 2]. The letter, written by Don Huber, professor emeritus at Purdue University, to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, warns of a pathogen “new to […]
Saudi Regime Will Attempt to Maintain Power with $37 Billion Lolly Scramble
February 23rd, 2011Via: Reuters: Saudi King Abdullah returned home on Wednesday after a three-month medical absence and unveiled benefits for Saudis worth some $37 billion in an apparent bid to insulate the world’s top oil exporter from an Arab protest wave.
Wealthy Businessman Linked to Congo Gold Smuggling Jet [Wait for It] ‘Was Recently Appointed to an Advisory Post in the Obama Administration’
February 23rd, 2011Update: Kenyan Killed in Congo Gold Smuggling Probe Via: Reuters: A senior Kenyan official has been shot dead while investigating gold smuggling from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenyan police said on Monday. Eric Kiraithe, a police spokesman, said the man was an official at Kenya’s Revenue Authority. “We have not arrested any suspects […]
Cables Show China Used Debt Holdings to Press U.S.
February 22nd, 2011Duh. Via: AFP: Leaked diplomatic cables vividly show China’s willingness to translate its massive holdings of US debt into political influence on issues ranging from Taiwan’s sovereignty to Washington’s financial policy. China’s clout — gleaned from its nearly $900 billion stack of US debt — has been widely commented on in the United States, but […]
