Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Vatican Warned Irish Bishops Not to Report Abuse
January 18th, 2011Via: AP: A newly revealed 1997 letter from the Vatican warned Ireland’s Catholic bishops not to report all suspected child-abuse cases to police — a disclosure with the potential to fuel more lawsuits worldwide against the Vatican, which has long denied any involvement in cover-ups. The letter, obtained by Irish broadcasters RTE and provided to […]
Ex Tunisia President’s Wife Left with 1.5 Tons of Gold
January 18th, 2011Via: CNBC: The French government suspects that former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his family may have fled the country with 1.5 tons of gold, French daily Le Monde reported Monday. According to the French secret service, Leila Trabelsi, the wife of the ex-president, went to the Central Bank of Tunisia to fetch […]
David Rockefeller Greeted by Adoring Fan Upon Arrival in Chile
January 18th, 2011Rudolf Elmer, Former Julius Baer Banker, Hands 2,000 Private Banking Files to WikiLeaks
January 17th, 2011Via: Sydney Morning Herald: THE Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer has provided WikiLeaks with two CDs containing information on more than 2000 bank clients suspected of tax evasion. The disks were handed over in London last night to the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange. They are said to contain secret bank details of clients, including politicians, multinationals, […]
Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science
January 16th, 2011Please click through and read the whole thing. Via: The Atlantic: Much of what medical researchers conclude in their studies is misleading, exaggerated, or flat-out wrong. So why are doctors—to a striking extent—still drawing upon misinformation in their everyday practice? Dr. John Ioannidis has spent his career challenging his peers by exposing their bad science. […]
Third-Largest Maker of Solar Panels in the U.S. Moves Factory to China
January 16th, 2011Via: New York Times: Aided by at least $43 million in assistance from the government of Massachusetts and an innovative solar energy technology, Evergreen Solar emerged in the last three years as the third-largest maker of solar panels in the United States. But now the company is closing its main American factory, laying off the […]
Do I Suggest Opening an Account with the Bank of China?
January 15th, 2011WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. The Bank of China is now allowing Americans to open yuan denominated accounts out of its New York and Los Angeles branches. Over email, several people have asked me what I think about this. I think that keeping some portion of […]
The Rise of the New Global Elite
January 14th, 2011Via: The Atlantic: In the sort of coincidence that delights historians, conspiracy theorists, and book publishers, June 21 also happened to be the day Peterson threw a party—at Manhattan’s Four Seasons restaurant, of course—to launch The Manny, the debut novel of his daughter, Holly, who lightly satirizes the lives and loves of financiers and their […]
Haiti: Another Success Story… for U.S. Corporations
January 14th, 2011Via: NPR: In the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12, 2010, those who were desperate to find something positive in the tragedy that claimed an estimated 230,000 lives talked about the “opportunity” the destruction could present for the impoverished nation to “build back better.” On the tragedy’s one-year anniversary, it’s become […]
Mitre/JASONs Advise Pentagon to Collect DNA and Complete Human Genome Sequences for All Military Personnel
January 14th, 201123andme.mil? Don’t laugh. Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of 23andMe, was one of the briefers on this. As you may or may not know, Wojcicki is married to Google’s Sergey Brin. I don’t know what’s more terrifying to consider: What the military is going to do with this, or what Google is going to do with this. […]
