Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Bailouts Created More Risk in System
February 1st, 2010Via: AP: The government’s response to the financial meltdown has made it more likely the United States will face a deeper crisis in the future, an independent watchdog at the Treasury Department warned. The problems that led to the last crisis have not yet been addressed, and in some cases have grown worse, says Neil […]
Microsoft Executive Thinks That Individuals Should Have to Obtain Government Licenses to Use Internet
January 31st, 2010Via: AFP: The world needs a treaty to prevent cyber attacks becoming an all-out war, the head of the main UN communications and technology agency warned Saturday. International Telcommunications Union secretary general Hamadoun Toure gave his warning at a World Economic Forum debate where experts said nations must now consider when a cyber attack becomes […]
Bill Gates: “We must make this the decade of vaccines”
January 29th, 2010Sure, Bill. Tell me another one. Oh, by the way, how are those flying syringes coming along? Via: AP: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research new vaccines and bring them to the world’s poorest countries, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said Friday. Calling upon […]
Actual Bloomberg Headline: “Secret Banking Cabal Emerges From AIG Shadows”
January 29th, 2010When you’re one step ahead of the crowd you’re a genius. When you’re two steps ahead, you’re a crackpot. –Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Lincoln Square Synagogue, Feb. 1998 (Arizona Jewish Post; Sept. 18, 1998; p. B-10.) Via: Bloomberg: The idea of secret banking cabals that control the country and global economy are a given among conspiracy […]
Bernanke Confirmed by Senate for 2nd Term as Fed Chairman
January 29th, 2010Via: Washington Post: The Senate on Thursday confirmed Ben S. Bernanke for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman, but he scraped by with the narrowest margin in the history of the position and his weakened political standing could weigh on the central bank’s ability to maneuver for years to come. The Senate voted 70 […]
Howard Zinn Dies at 87
January 29th, 2010Via: Reuters: Historian and activist Howard Zinn, whose 1980 book “A People’s History of the United States” was a rallying cry for the American left in a conservative era, has died aged 87. Family members said Zinn, who for decades was a fixture in the U.S. civil rights and anti-war movements and lived in Auburndale, […]
Head of Davos Security Dead, Just Before Start of Meeting, Police Suspect Suicide
January 27th, 2010Via: BBC: The police commander in charge of security at the World Economic Forum in Davos has been found dead in his hotel room, local authorities have said. Markus Reinhardt, 61, had been head of police in the Swiss canton of Graubunden since 1984. “All indications point to a suicide,” local police said in a […]
Americans Sign Petition to Repeal the First Amendment
January 26th, 2010I need a Zombies category.
Why Does the Spending Freeze Exempt the Military?
January 26th, 2010Mmm hmm. Via: The Atlantic: President Obama’s announced freeze on non-military discretionary spending will be chewed over by analysts and spit on by both liberals and skeptical conservatives. But one aspect of the policy that won’t receive much chewing over is its qualifier: “non-military.” Even during periods of great deficit hawkery, it’s become rote in […]
From Spas to Banks, Mexico Economy Rides on Drugs
January 26th, 2010In other news: SEC Mulled National Security Status for AIG Details Via: Reuters: Mexico probably made more money in 2009 moving drugs than it did exporting oil, its single biggest legitimate foreign currency earner. From the white Caribbean beaches of Cancun to violent towns on the U.S. border and the beauty parlors of Mexico City’s […]
