Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Gordon Brown on Saddam Hussein: “This New World Order That We Were Trying to Create Was Being Put at Risk”
July 21st, 2010Mafia Money-Laundering Profits Swell in Credit Crisis
July 21st, 2010Via: Bloomberg: The mafia has cranked up money laundering activities in Italy after the credit crunch prompted banks to stop lending, leaving a funding gap that criminal capital has filled, according to the Bank of Italy. “The crisis has given organized crime room to thrive because access to credit has become more difficult,” said Anna […]
New Revenue Source for British Government: Dormant Bank Accounts
July 19th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans to use “hundreds of millions of pounds” from dormant bank accounts to fund community projects, while Business Secretary Vince Cable said lenders “ripped off” customers. Cameron said he will press ahead with a proposal set out in the coalition government’s program to establish a “Big Society […]
Engineers Detect Seepage “A Distance” from BP’s Capped Oil Well
July 19th, 2010For weeks, Matt Simmons has been saying that there’s much more to this than the riser we’ve all seen in the videos. Still… We have no idea what’s actually happening down there. Note: Simmons is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, according to Wikipedia (which doesn’t provide any source), and this ASPO bio […]
Top Secret America
July 19th, 2010Blah. The map doesn’t show the names of the companies. Additionally, according to the fine print on the map: “The locations of company headquarters have been adjusted to appear on the map within a mile of its actual location.” *shaking head* I guess this might deter some under-12-year-olds from figuring out the locations. You can, […]
New Zealand: Country Calendar: Growing Strong — Whangarei Growers Market
July 19th, 2010We were over at my mother and father in laws’ house on Saturday. They have a television, so we all watched Country Calendar. Country Calendar is usually very good, but it was particularly good this time. Most of the food purchased in New Zealand is sold through the retail networks of just two large corporations. […]
Columbia University Brain Imaging Center Routinely Injected Mental Patients with Drugs that Contained Potentially Dangerous Impurities
July 18th, 2010The article describes the “impurities” as, “Unknown chemicals that may or may not be related to the tracer itself.” In other words, the victims could have been injected with anything. As usual, the New York Times fails to provide any context for this atrocity du jour, but feel free to build that context on your […]
U.S. Special Forces Selected Lockheed Martin for $5 Billion Soup to Nuts Treatment
July 16th, 2010Via: Zacks: Lockheed Martin Corp. won a contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command to provide full-scope logistics support to warfighters around the globe. The company will provide a wide range of mission-critical services, from aircraft and vehicle maintenance to IT and electronics support. The contract has a potential value of $5 billion spread over […]
Cheney Has Mechanical Blood Pump Installed in His Rotting Heart
July 16th, 2010Via: MSNBC: Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday that he underwent surgery last week to have a tiny pump implanted to assist in the functioning of his heart as he experiences “increasing congestive heart failure. The surgery, to insert a left ventricular assist device, was performed at Fairfax Hospital in Virginia. Cheney, 69, has […]
Goldman Paying $550 Million to Settle Civil Fraud Charges
July 16th, 2010Pocket lint. Via: ABC: Resolving a high-profile government case linked to the mortgage meltdown, Goldman Sachs & Co. has agreed to pay a record $550 million to settle civil fraud charges that it misled buyers of complex investments. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement Thursday with the Wall Street titan, just hours after […]
