Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Ron Paul: “Great Danger Lies Ahead”
January 24th, 2010Here are several perspectives that you’ll never hear in a State of the Union speech:
Children Disappearing from Hospitals in Haiti
January 24th, 2010With $50 and a plane ticket to Haiti, one can buy a slave. Via: France24: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced Friday that several children have gone missing from hospitals in Haiti in the aftermath of the killer earthquake, raising fears of trafficking for adoption abroad. “We have documented let’s say around 15 cases of […]
America’s Impending Master Class Dictatorship
January 23rd, 2010Holy shit, this one will scorch your eyeballs! Forget my excerpts. Click through and read the whole thing. Highly recommended. Via: Kitco: Thanks to the endless barrage of feel-good propaganda that daily assaults the American mind, best epitomized a few months ago by the “green shoots,” everything’s-coming-up-roses propaganda touted by Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke, the […]
Taking Tea with the Lizards
January 22nd, 2010Via: Joe Bageant: But we know the truth. And the truth is that the same pack of greaseball oligarchs have done it again. Managed to slip the schnickle to the proles – again. Because in the big picture, the one where the money is counted (and money is the only thing that counts in capitalism’s […]
Supreme Court: Corporations Can Spend What They Want in Political Races
January 22nd, 2010Via: MSNBC: In a landmark ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down laws that banned corporations from using their own money to support or oppose candidates for public office. By 5-4 vote, the court overturned federal laws, in effect for decades, that prevented corporations from using their profits to buy political campaign ads. […]
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 […]
