Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Ex Judge Convicted of Racketeering; Taking Bribes from For-Profit Juvenile Detention Centers
February 19th, 2011Via: AP: A former juvenile court judge was convicted Friday of racketeering in a case that accused him of sending youth offenders to for-profit detention centers in exchange for millions of dollars in illicit payments from the builder and owner of the lockups. Luzerne County ex-Judge Mark Ciavarella, 61, left the bench in disgrace two […]
New Zealand: Rural Broadband Scheme ‘Destructive’
February 17th, 2011Via: New Zealand Herald: John Key says he wants to “streamline and improve” bureaucracy. Bill English says the country can’t afford waffly policy. Great. They can do away with the Ministry of Economic Development. That should save billions and get rid of policy that is not only waffly but downright destructive. The decision to start […]
Curveball’s Nonsense Led U.S. to War in Iraq?
February 16th, 2011We’re to believe that al-Janabi made it all happen. It’s fascinating how Project for the New American Century, with its vigorous agitating for regime change in Iraq, wasn’t mentioned in this piece at all. The U.S. was going to whack Iraq, al-Janabi or no al-Janabi. Via: Guardian: In a small flat in the German town […]
Is Mubarak a Mason?
February 15th, 2011I went to read, How The Mubarak Family Made Its Billions, and there it was: See: The Hidden Hand that Shaped History: Has the course of History been directed by a small group of people with common interests? The paintings and pictures of the great men of the past centuries reveal a common thread which […]
U.S. Diplomat Calls African Dictator a Good Guy
February 14th, 2011Via: AP: A U.S. diplomat called Equatorial Guinea’s dictator of 31 years one of “the good guys” in leaked diplomatic cables and urged Washington to engage with its third largest oil supplier or risk endangering energy security. In 2009 cables published by WikiLeaks, Anton K. Smith, the ranking U.S. diplomat at the time, described a […]
France Wants New Global Finance System
February 14th, 2011Via: RTE: France will help the transition to a global financial system based on ‘several international currencies’, the French Economy Minister said today. France, as current head of the Group of 20 countries, will help the transition to a global financial system based on ‘several international currencies’, French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said today. Lagarde, […]
IMF Calls for Dollar Alternative
February 11th, 2011Mix the big confetti currencies together and what do you get? Confetti. Via: CNN: The International Monetary Fund issued a report Thursday on a possible replacement for the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. The IMF said Special Drawing Rights, or SDRs, could help stabilize the global financial system. SDRs represent potential claims on the […]
Deutsche Boerse-NYSE Euronext Merger
February 10th, 2011Via: Reuters: Deutsche Boerse is in advanced talks to buy NYSE Euronext in a deal that would create the world’s largest trading powerhouse and put a bastion of American capitalism into foreign hands. The discussions, announced on Wednesday, came only hours after the London Stock Exchange said it had agreed to buy Canadian market operator […]
When Wal-Mart Metastasizes, Neighborhoods Get Poorer
February 10th, 2011Old news, but worth repeating. Via: Reuters: Wal-Mart’s lengthy struggle to open in New York City has hit fresh problems — a controversial report that said America’s biggest discounter does not just sell cheap, it makes neighborhoods poorer. The report concludes that Wal-Mart, the biggest U.S. private employer, kills jobs rather than creates them, drives […]
Jet Loaded with Millions in Gold and Cash Seized by Congolese Authorities Linked to Texas Philanthropist
February 9th, 2011Via: Dallas News: A Gulfstream jet seized by Congolese authorities suspected of being used to smuggle gold from rebel-controlled strongholds is apparently owned by a North Texas aviation firm owned by Southlake philanthropist David Disiere, records show. Dow Jones reported today that the tail number on the jet is N886DT, which FAA records shows to […]
