Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Bush 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 Eurid, located in Brussels, had withdrawn the domain because they somehow found out I wasn’t living at the registered address anymore.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 […]
SEC Orders AIG Bailout Details Sealed Until 2018
January 13th, 2010Via: Reuters: It could take until November 2018 to get the full story behind the U.S. bailout of insurance giant American International Group (AIG.N) because of an action taken last year by the Securities and Exchange Commission. In May, the SEC approved a request by AIG to keep secret an exhibit to a year-old regulatory […]
Federal Reserve Seeks to Protect U.S. Bailout Secrets
January 12th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: The Federal Reserve asked a U.S. appeals court to block a ruling that for the first time would force the central bank to reveal secret identities of financial firms that might have collapsed without the largest government bailout in U.S. history. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan will decide whether the Fed […]
The Recession Generation
January 12th, 2010From the article below: The situation could get even uglier if, as many predict, a depressed post-crisis landscape forces Americans to let go of the mythology of upward mobility. Oh the horror. Things will get worse if people live within their means and refuse to buy crap that they don’t actually want or need? This […]
Wealthy Clients Flee UBS
January 11th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: UBS AG Chief Executive Officer Oswald Gruebel said it’s “imperative” the largest Swiss bank halt withdrawals by wealthy clients after six quarters of net outflows. “In wealth management it is imperative that we stop the outflow of assets and increase the inflow,” Gruebel said today in a memo to staff obtained by Bloomberg […]
Geithner Has Support of Obama, Democratic Lawmakers, Aides Say
January 11th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner retains the confidence of President Barack Obama as he faces questions about why the Federal Reserve Bank of New York tried to withhold details of the government’s financial-industry rescue, administration officials said. Aides to top congressional Democrats also said that Geithner has support on Capitol Hill as lawmakers prepare […]
