Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Bank of America to Pay $137 Million in State Fraud Cases
December 8th, 2010Bum change. Via: Washington Post: Bank of America will pay $137.3 million to settle allegations that it defrauded schools, hospitals and dozens of other state and local government organizations, federal officials said Tuesday. The settlement stems from a long-running investigation into misconduct in the municipal bond business that raises money for localities to pay for […]
20 Statistics
December 6th, 2010Via: Economic Collapse Blog: Today global wealth is more highly concentrated in the hands of the elite than it ever has been at any other point in modern history. Once upon a time, the vast majority of the people in the world knew how to grow their own food, raise their own animals and take […]
A Billion New $100 Bills Quarantined in Huge Vaults in Fort Worth, Texas and Washington, DC
December 6th, 2010Your what hurts? Who needs to be a conspiracy theorist with mainstream news like this? “Officials don’t know exactly what caused the problem…” “Officials don’t know how many of the 1.1 billion bills include the flaw…” “The defective bills – which could number into the tens of millions, potentially representing billions of dollars in face […]
Human Resources
December 5th, 2010If Cryptogon had a “required viewing” list, Human Resources would be at the top. However, this is not a movie for beginners. I’ve been gazing down the barrel of this predicament of ours for twenty years and I felt my pulse quicken and the hair on my arms standing on end as I watched this. […]
JP Morgan Takes Large Longside Position in Copper Ahead of ETF Launch
December 5th, 2010Via: Telegraph: The American investment bank JP Morgan is the mystery trader that grabbed more than half the copper on the London Metal Exchange, The Daily Telegraph has learned. The $1.5bn (£1bn) trade was described in the LME’s daily update as “between 50pc and 80pc” of the 350,000 tonnes in reserves. This pushed up the […]
Court Ruling: Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets Pose Risk of Irreparable Environmental Harm
December 3rd, 2010In case you’re wondering how this is going to wind up (on appeal), here are some hints: Monsanto Wins as Supreme Court Backs Alfalfa Seed Planting Change We Can Believe In: Obama Chooses Monsanto Creature, Tom Vilsack, for Secretary of Agriculture Has Obama Ever Met an Industrial Food Shill He Didn’t Appoint? Obama Gives Key […]
DynCorp and Afghan “Dancing Boys”
December 3rd, 2010Well, well, well. Related Search: DynCorp Human Trafficking Via: Guardian: A scandal involving foreign contractors employed to train Afghan policemen who took drugs and paid for young “dancing boys” to entertain them in northern Afghanistan caused such panic that the interior minister begged the US embassy to try and “quash” the story, according to one […]
Nigeria to Charge Dick Cheney in Pipeline Bribery Case
December 2nd, 2010Via: Bloomberg: Nigeria will file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and officials from five foreign companies including Halliburton Co. over a $180 million bribery scandal, a prosecutor at the anti-graft agency said. Indictments will be lodged in a Nigerian court “in the next three days,” Godwin Obla, prosecuting counsel at the Economic […]
Fed Withholds Collateral Data for $885 Billion in Financial-Crisis Loans
December 2nd, 2010“Collateral.” *wink* Via: Bloomberg: The Federal Reserve withheld details on individual securities pledged as collateral by recipients of $885 billion in central bank loans, denying taxpayers a measure of the risks they faced from its emergency aid.
Pedophile Cult Urges Support for Dangerous FrankenpHood Crops
December 2nd, 2010Update: Pedophile Cult Leadership: Pro-GM Statement “Cannot be Considered an Official Position of the Holy See” Via: Catholic News Service: The Vatican did not endorse an 11-page final statement in favor of easing restrictions on and allowing more widespread use of genetically modified crops, especially in poorer nations, said a Vatican official. “The statement is […]
