Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Goldman Sachs Could be Largely Unaffected by ‘Financial Overhaul’
August 16th, 2010Don’t worry, I won’t bring back the smirking Blankfein banner. Via: Los Angeles Times: As Wall Street scrambles to find the best and most profitable way to operate under the new financial reform law, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. — the firm that was expected to suffer the most under the legislation — could emerge practically […]
Afghanistan Says Finds 1.8 Billion Barrel Oilfield
August 15th, 2010Via: Reuters: Afghanistan said on Sunday it had discovered an oilfield with an estimated 1.8 billion barrels in the north of the war-ravaged country, where U.S. and other foreign forces are trying to tame a Taliban-led insurgency. The discovery of the basin between northern Balkh and Shiberghan provinces was made after a survey conducted by […]
But Will It Make You Happy?
August 14th, 2010In the “normal” world, in our “normal” careers, we would have an annual combined income of roughly US$100,000. What horror would the U.S. government commit with the portion of the taxes it would demand from us? We now live well on a tiny fraction of what we would make in our “normal” careers. We have […]
The Hidden Tragedy of the CIA’s Experiments on Children
August 13th, 2010Via: TruthOut: Shortly after deciding to initiate her own LSD experiments on children, Bender attended a conference sponsored by a CIA front group, the Josiah Macy Foundation. The conference focused on LSD research and featured Dr. Harold A. Abramson as a presenter. In 1960, Abramson conducted his own LSD experiments on a group of six […]
2010 Bohemian Grove Membership List and Maps
August 13th, 2010Via: NorCal Truth Upload to ScribD: To view clearly, you must downlaod this document. This list is now available for public research. Not all who visited the Bohemian Grove in 2010 are listed, only members. Example: Arnold Schwarenegger is not listed – yet visited and gave a lakeside talk. — More at NorCal Truth.
White House Press Secretary: Leftwing Critics of Obama ‘Ought to Be Drug Tested’
August 11th, 2010Via: Guardian: The Obama administration’s most public face, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, has tried to climb down from angry remarks he aimed at leftwing critics, calling them “crazy”. In an interview with The Hill newspaper in Washington DC, Gibbs revealed frustration at attacks on the administration from liberal Democrats and others on the […]
Elizabeth Warren Uncovered What the Government Did to ‘Rescue’ AIG, and It Ain’t Pretty
August 10th, 2010Unless the AIG imbroglio is untangled, the rest of this is nonsense. —Cryptogon, April 20, 2010 Here’s another one for your voluminous Captain Obvious file. Via: Alternet: The government’s $182 billion bailout of insurance giant AIG should be seen as the Rosetta Stone for understanding the financial crisis and its costly aftermath. The story of […]
Plane Carrying Former Senator Ted Stevens Crashes in Alaska
August 10th, 2010Update: Ted Stevens Killed In Plane Crash Via: CBS News: Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history who lost his seat after a corruption conviction that was later dismissed, was killed Tuesday in a small plane crash in Alaska. He was 86. A family friend said Stevens was among five people killed in […]
Many Girls Now Begin Puberty at Age 7, 8
August 10th, 2010See: Child Diabetes Blamed on Food Sweetener: Scientists have proved for the first time that a cheap form of sugar used in thousands of food products and soft drinks can damage human metabolism and is fueling the obesity crisis. Fructose, a sweetener derived from corn, can cause dangerous growths of fat cells around vital organs […]
U.S. to Sell $30 Billion Worth of Fighter Jets to Saudi Arabia
August 9th, 2010Via: Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration plans to sell advanced F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia but won’t equip them with long-range weapons systems and other arms whose inclusion was strongly opposed by Israel, diplomats and officials said. The proposed $30 billion, 10-year arms package, which would be one of the biggest single deals […]
