Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Like Other War Criminals, Bush Has to Plan Travel Carefully; Cancels Visit to Switzerland
February 6th, 2011Via: Reuters: Former President George W. Bush has canceled a visit to Switzerland, where he was to address a Jewish charity gala, due to the risk of legal action against him for alleged torture, rights groups said on Saturday. Bush was to be the keynote speaker at Keren Hayesod’s annual dinner on February 12 in […]
Beijing Bomb Shelters House One Million People
February 5th, 2011Via: Telegraph: To understand how far ordinary Chinese have been priced out of their country’s property market, you need to look not upwards at the Beijing’s shimmering high-rise skyline, but down, far below the bustling streets where nearly 20m people live and work. There, in the city’s vast network of unused air defence bunkers, as […]
Gibbs: Important U.S.-Egypt Relationship Will Remain
February 5th, 2011Imagine my shock. Via: AP / Washington Post: The White House says that whatever government emerges in Egypt, the U.S. expects its relationship with its key Arab ally to continue to provide regional stability. Related: U.S. Discussing Transition Plan with Egyptians
Mubarak Family Fortune Could Reach $70 Billion
February 5th, 2011Via: Guardian: President Hosni Mubarak’s family fortune could be as much as $70bn (£43.5bn) according to analysis by Middle East experts, with much of his wealth in British and Swiss banks or tied up in real estate in London, New York, Los Angeles and along expensive tracts of the Red Sea coast. After 30 years […]
Madoff and JP Morgan
February 4th, 2011Via: Guardian: The UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) was warned about Bernard Madoff in October 2008, two months before the fraudster confessed that his investment empire was a sham, according to a lawsuit unsealed in New York. The allegation was made in a suit filed against JP Morgan, one of Madoff’s banks, on behalf […]
Son of Ex-Enron Boss Found Dead
February 4th, 2011Via: AP: The youngest son of former Enron President Jeff Skilling was found dead in his Southern California apartment this week. John Taylor Skilling, 20, was found dead in his Santa Ana home around 10.30pm on Tuesday after his friends called police when he didn’t show up for a planned dinner, police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna […]
Obama Administration Allows Unrestricted Planting of GMO Alfalfa
February 4th, 2011Via: Politics of the Plate: On Thursday, the Obama administration showed whose side it is on in the battle between proponents of sustainable, organic agriculture and the big businesses that profit from conventional, chemical agriculture. Big Ag won. It wasn’t even close. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) […]
When Irish Eyes Are Crying
February 4th, 2011Via: Vanity Fair: First Iceland. Then Greece. Now Ireland, which headed for bankruptcy with its own mysterious logic. In 2000, suddenly among the richest people in Europe, the Irish decided to buy their country—from one another. After which their banks and government really screwed them.
Rumsfeld to Receive ‘Defender of the Constitution Award’
February 1st, 2011Via: Raw Story: Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will be honored with the “Defender of the Constitution Award” at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), an annual event attended by numerous conservative activists, journalists, and politicians. Similar Absurdity: Obama Awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
Bank Bailouts Explained
January 31st, 2011Related: Quantitative Easing Explained
