Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Geithner’s New York Fed Told AIG to Limit Swaps Disclosure
January 7th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, then led by Timothy Geithner, told American International Group Inc. to withhold details from the public about the bailed-out insurer’s payments to banks during the depths of the financial crisis, e-mails between the company and its regulator show. AIG said in a draft of a regulatory […]
Stimulus to Bring Body Scanners to Airports
January 7th, 2010Mission accomplished. Via: CNN: The U.S. government is using $25 million in stimulus money to buy and install full body scanners in airports this year, in an effort to ramp up security and create jobs. The Transportation Security Administration is using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to purchase 150 of the full […]
European Parliament to Investigate “Pandemic” Scam
January 6th, 2010Via: Global Research: The Council of Europe member states will launch an inquiry in January 2010 on the influence of the pharmaceutical companies on the global swine flu campaign, focusing especially on extent of the pharma‘s industry’s influence on WHO. The Health Committee of the EU Parliament has unanimously passed a resolution calling for the […]
Chertoff Shills for Body Scanner Manufacturer
January 5th, 2010Via: Boston Globe: Since the attempted bombing of a US airliner on Christmas Day, former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff has given dozens of media interviews touting the need for the federal government to buy more full-body scanners for airports. What he has made little mention of is that the Chertoff Group, his security consulting […]
Use of Potentially Harmful Chemicals Kept Secret Under Law
January 4th, 2010Via: Washington Post: Of the 84,000 chemicals in commercial use in the United States — from flame retardants in furniture to household cleaners — nearly 20 percent are secret, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, their names and physical properties guarded from consumers and virtually all public officials under a little-known federal provision. The policy […]
Britain: Children Reaching Age 3 Without Being Able to Say a Word
January 4th, 2010The piece says that television isn’t a factor, but keep this USA Today article in mind: A study released Monday adds to the debate over whether television impairs children’s language development. It found that parents and children virtually stop talking to each other when the TV is on, even if they’re in the same room. […]
Theft of Death Camp Sign Possibly Linked to a Plot to Bomb Swedish Parliament
January 4th, 2010Via: Guardian: It sounds like the plot of a Steig Larsson thriller: a band of eastern European criminals is contracted to steal an iconic piece of Nazi memorabilia, which is then sold to a mysterious collector to finance a neofascist bomb attack on the Swedish parliament. But today it emerged that Swedish investigators are helping […]
“The Crotch Bomber” Is Another Dupe
January 4th, 2010Via: Veterans Today: When nothing adds up, its time we starting looking at what we know. Our recent terrorist, now dubbed “the crotch bomber” is another dupe. He could have been working for anyone, drugged, brainwashed or simply influenced, maybe by crazy Arabs, maybe by the Mossad, maybe by the CIA. We only know the […]
New Zealand Licks Uncle Scam’s Toes: Total Network Surveillance System Operational
January 4th, 2010I suppose the news here is that they admit it. Related: NZ Plugs Into Secret Pentagon Intranet NZ Attorney General on GCSB Intercepts in Urewera 16 Case: “That Evidence Will Never See the Light of Day.” US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand Building Biometric Database World Spy Chiefs Gather in New Zealand Secret Power, […]
Bankers Get $4 Trillion Gift From Barney Frank
December 30th, 2009Via: Bloomberg: I quickly discovered why members of Congress rarely read legislation like this. At 1,279 pages, the “Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” is a real slog. And yes, I plowed through all those pages. (Memo to Chairman Frank: “ystem” at line 14, page 258 is missing the first “s”.) The reading was […]
