Archive for the 'Elite' Category
JPMorgan Said to End Proprietary Trading to Meet Volcker Rule
September 2nd, 2010Hmm. This is hard to believe. I smell a swindle in here somewhere, but I can’t point to anything specific. Are they really going to roll this up? Note how the article states that they’re firing between 50 and 75 employees. For a firm like Morgan, this means that room fulls of black box developers […]
Karzai’s Brother Calls for U.S. to Shore Kabul Bank as Withdrawals Accelerate
September 2nd, 2010Dear Uncle $ugar, We have replenished our supply of suitcases and we’re ready to fill them up and head to the airport. Send money soon. Love and kisses, The Karzai Clan In other news: Brother of Afghan Leader Is Said to Be on CIA Payroll Afghan Drug Trade: “Most of the government officials are involved.” […]
International Center for 9/11 Studies Secures Release of Thousands of Photos and Videos from NIST
September 1st, 2010Via: 911 Blogger: The International Center for 9/11 Studies has secured the release of hundreds of hours of video footage and tens of thousands of photographs used by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for its investigation of the collapse of the World Trade Center Twin Towers and Building 7. This material is […]
The Unhealthy Truth: One Mother’s Shocking Investigation into the Dangers of America’s Food Supply
September 1st, 2010The Unhealthy Truth: One Mother’s Shocking Investigation into the Dangers of America’s Food Supply—and What Every Family Can Do to Protect Itself by Robyn O’Brien
Ten To-Big-To-Fail Bailed-Out Banks Spent $16.3 Million Lobbying in First Half of 2010
September 1st, 2010I love it! “Invested the most to influence members of Congress…” “Investing” in corrupt politicians has got to be the most profitable form of financial speculation of them all. Bum change, applied properly, can result in billions of dollars in lucre flowing into the slimy coffers of these public menace corporations. Maybe, when these firms […]
Do the Evolution
August 31st, 2010Via: Pearl Jam – Do the Evolution / YouTube: Research Credit: MC
Is China Looking at a $430 Billion Loss on U.S. Treasury Bonds?
August 31st, 2010WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. I don’t see how they could be looking at a loss of that magnitude right now. The only way that’s possible is if there’s some unthinkably large position that they have not acknowledged. Initially, this feels like Information Operations to me. […]
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 […]
