Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Democrats Propose $1.9 Trillion Increase in Debt Limit
January 21st, 2010Must See: In 2009, the Federal Reserve Bought 80% of U.S. Debt?! Via: AP: Senate Democrats on Wednesday proposed allowing the federal government to borrow an additional $1.9 trillion to pay its bills, a record increase that would permit the national debt to reach $14.3 trillion. The unpopular legislation is needed to allow the federal […]
FBI Sting Nets 22 Executives Charged with Paying Bribes Abroad
January 20th, 2010When arms companies do this inside the U.S., it’s called lobbying. In other news: Bribes Represent Almost One Quarter of Afghanistan’s GDP. Will the FBI arrest the people responsible for installing the crooked Afghan regime? Via: Christian Science Monitor: Twenty-two executives at military and law-enforcement supply companies have been arrested in a sting operation by […]
Google Postpones Release of Android Phones in China
January 20th, 2010Via: BBC: Google says it has postponed the launch of two Android based mobile phones in China following a dispute with the government over censorship. The formal launch was due to take place on Wednesday, a spokesperson said. The announcement came as the Chinese government said Google and other foreign firms must obey the country’s […]
Can You Do This With Your Tap Water?
January 19th, 2010Via: GaslandMovie: CAN YOU DO THIS WITH YOUR TAP WATER? from JOSHFOX on Vimeo. When filmmaker Josh Fox discovers that Natural Gas drilling is coming to his area—the Catskillls/Poconos region of Upstate New York and Pennsylvania, he sets off on a 24 state journey to uncover the deep consequences of the United States’ natural gas […]
Haiti: Dubya and Clinton to the Rescue?
January 19th, 2010Bush as President Occasionally Phoned Clinton
January 18th, 2010But first… From: Bush, the Little Voice in Hillary’s Head: What is thy bidding, my Master? And this set from: Change We Can Believe In: Obama Honors George H.W. Bush for Public Service: And now back to our regularly scheduled programming. Via: AP / New York Times: George W. Bush had a special phone friend […]
What Happened to the Institute for the Study of Globalization and Covert Politics (isgp.eu)
January 17th, 2010Update: Apparently, the Site Was Taken Down Because of a Address Chance isgp.eu: January 18, 2010, To those who were concerned, As many of you noticed, ISGP has been down for a week. Eurid, located in Brussels, had withdrawn the domain because they somehow found out I wasn’t living at the registered address anymore. Don’t […]
Obama Regime Wants Record $708 for Defense Department, Plus $33 Billion More for War Escalation
January 14th, 2010Via: AP: President Barack Obama will ask Congress for an additional $33 billion to fight unpopular wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on top of a record $708 billion for the Defense Department next year, The Associated Press has learned – a request that could be an especially hard sell to some of the administration’s Democratic […]
Obama Staffer Wants ‘Cognitive Infiltration’ of Conspiracy Groups
January 14th, 2010The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. —Henry A. Wallace, The Danger of American Fascism Sunstein’s paper may be downloaded here. Wow. Clip a clothes peg over your nose if you try to make it through that one. Via: Raw Story: In a […]
Goldman Pump Fake Sachs
January 13th, 2010Captain Obvious swoops low, smiles and says, “Glad to be of service! Happy trading.” Via: New York Times: For years, Wall Street whispered that Goldman Sachs profited handsomely by trading ahead of — or even against — its own clients. On Tuesday, a Goldman executive made an unusual admission that, in some cases, the rumors […]
