Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Top Contributors: Presidential Candidate Barack Obama
April 20th, 2010Via: OpenSecrets: This table lists the top donors to this candidate in the 2008 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not donate , rather the money came from the organization’s PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals’ immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates. Because of contribution limits, organizations that […]
Janet Tavakoli: Did Goldman Sachs Commit Fraud?
April 20th, 2010Via: Jesse’s Café Américain: Yes. The only thing that was surprising how long the SEC took to do it. The complaint does not go quite far enough. It was a blatant fraud, more than just a failure to disclose information. And this may be the beginning of a lot of questions about a lot of […]
Elliot Spitzer: “There are no coincidences in this world. None.”
April 20th, 2010Update: AIG-Goldman Sachs Trades Should Be Probed by SEC, Cummings Says Via: Business Week: The regulator suing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for fraud should widen its probe to determine whether securities backed by bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. were improperly created, said two lawmakers. It is “not beyond the realm of comprehension” that Goldman […]
Poll: Four Out of Five Americans Don’t Trust Washington; One Third View Government as Major Threat
April 19th, 2010Via: AFP: Nearly one out of three Americans view the US government as a “major threat” to their freedoms, and four out of five say they don’t trust Washington to solve their problems, according to a new poll out Monday. Just 19 percent say they are “basically content” with the federal government, against 56 percent […]
Goldman Lawyers Advised Lehman
April 19th, 2010Via: Telegraph: The US law firm supporting Goldman Sachs against fraud allegations was Lehman Brothers’ legal adviser as it crashed into bankruptcy two years ago. Rodgin Cohen, the senior chairman at Sullivan & Cromwell, was the man who made the fateful call on Sunday September 14, 2008 to Dick Fuld, the boss of Lehman, to […]
100 Years of U.S. Medical Fascism
April 19th, 2010Via: Ludwig Von Mises Institute: As far as other conservative Republicans go, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has repeatedly stated that he sees “some good things” in Obamacare, especially the expanded use of Medicaid. Voters naïve enough to think they will get a complete repeal from the Republican Party appear to be in for a […]
Crime Prediction Software Is Here and It’s a Very Bad Idea
April 18th, 2010Via: Gizmodo: There are no naked pre-cogs inside glowing jacuzzis yet, but the Florida State Department of Juvenile Justice will use analysis software to predict crime by young delinquents, putting potential offenders under specific prevention and education programs. Goodbye, human rights! They will use this software on juvenile delinquents, using a series of variables to […]
The Game That Goes On and On: a Swiss Bank, a President, and the Permanent Government
April 18th, 2010Flashback: Backbone of Complex Networks of Corporations: The Flow of Control Via: Smirking Chimp: Last August, the presidential press corps followed Barack Obama and his family to Martha’s Vineyard for their brief vacation. The coverage focused on summery fare–a visit to an ice cream parlor, the books the president had brought along. Nearly everyone mentioned […]
Venice Was a Quiet Mena
April 16th, 2010Via: Mad Cow Productions: “Venice was a kind of quiet Mena (Arkansas),” stated a former drug pilot for The Company. “Jackson Stephens built this huge headquarters next to the airport. And he was in charge. But I do remember seeing Porter Goss around the airport a lot.” The airport where three of the four terrorist […]
Goldman Sachs Charged with Fraud Related to Subprime Securities
April 16th, 2010Via: AP: The government has accused Goldman Sachs & Co. of defrauding investors by failing to disclose conflicts of interest in mortgage investments it sold as the housing market was faltering. The Securities and Exchange Commission said in a civil complaint Friday that Goldman failed to disclose that one of its clients helped create — […]
