Archive for the 'Elite' Category
The Private Jets of African Dictators and Other Heads of State
August 30th, 2010No shark tanks? Via: Telegraph: This year Brighton’s international photography festival has been curated by British photographer Martin Parr, and, rather than plump for well-known headline names, he has decided to showcase the work of obscure or niche practicioners. Among the most left-field on the shortlist is Nick Gleis, who photographs the pimped up private […]
U.S. Wasted Billions in Rebuilding Iraq
August 30th, 2010This AP piece is maddening. It states, “More than $5 billion in American taxpayer funds has been wasted,” and then, “That amount is likely an underestimate.” Likely an underestimate? HAHA. I like Call the Politburo, We’re in Trouble: Or what about the US Embassy in Baghdad, that 104-acre (42 hectares), almost three-quarters-of-a-billion-dollar, 21-building homage to […]
The Kochtopus
August 28th, 2010Polemical essays can be worth reading, as long as one understands that the author’s goal is to push his or her rat poison, by showing you how bad that rat poison is over there. With this caveat in mind, you’re all set to feast on the tidy reality offered by a strongly polemical piece. I […]
Karzai Aide in Corruption Inquiry Is Tied to CIA
August 27th, 2010Shocking. Shocking. Are you shocked? I’m shocked. Via: New York Times: The aide to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at the center of a politically sensitive corruption investigation is being paid by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to Afghan and American officials. Mohammed Zia Salehi, the chief of administration for the National Security Council, appears […]
Republican Candidate for New York Governor: Turn Prisons Into “Dormitories” for Welfare Recipients
August 23rd, 2010Via: AP: Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino said he would transform some New York prisons into dormitories for welfare recipients, where they could work in state-sponsored jobs, get employment training and take lessons in “personal hygiene.” Paladino, a wealthy Buffalo real estate developer popular with many tea party activists, isn’t saying the state should […]
Tony Robbins Issues Financial Collapse Warning
August 23rd, 2010Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Update: My Commentary Is Off Topic I don’t know what came over me with the commentary below about my absurd attempt to make it as a real estate agent. Robbins’ voice is powerfully associated with my grim End Day experience in […]
Commander’s Guide to Money as a Weapons System
August 23rd, 2010In short, get the target population hooked on money by associating the basics of human existence (which we have destroyed) with money. Sound familiar? Via: U.S. Army Combined Arms Center – Center for Army Lessons Learned / Hosted at Cryptome: Warfighters at brigade, battalion, and company level in a counterinsurgency (COIN) environment employ money as […]
Gene Burnett – Jump You F*#kers (A Song For Wall Street)
August 22nd, 2010Research Credit: Carol
The Purpose Behind Engineered Economic Collapse
August 19th, 2010Via: Neithercorp: When one understands how Elites view economy, and realizes their primary motivations, the fact that they purposely triggered a collapse is perfectly logical. Nothing besides all out war inspires more fear and desperation in a society than a financial upheaval. Such elements on a mass scale allow changes in our collective psychology that […]
85% of Big Pharma’s New Drugs Are “Lemons” and Pose Health Risks to Users
August 18th, 2010Via: Natural News: …The problems with Big Pharma’s hugely hyped medications are far worse than most people have even dreamed. Independent reviewers found that about 85 percent of new drugs offer few if any new benefits — but they carry the risk of causing serious harm to users. According to Donald Light, Ph.D., a professor […]
