Archive for the 'Elite' Category
LATIN AMERICAN REGIONAL CURRENCY: SUCRE
October 17th, 2009Via: AFP: Leftist Latin American leaders agreed here on the creation of a regional currency, the Sucre, aimed at scaling back the use of the US dollar. Nine countries of ALBA, a leftist bloc conceived by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, met in Bolivia where they vowed to press ahead with a new currency for intra-regional […]
Change We Can Believe In: Obama Honors George H.W. Bush for Public Service
October 17th, 2009And all the crises and reforms (real reforms, too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter… The dictatorship, and the whole process of its coming into being, was above all diverting. It provided an excuse not to think for […]
Goldman Exec Named First COO of SEC Enforcement
October 17th, 2009The money is so dirty now, the gains so ill-gotten, that the most diabolical of ALL Wall Street firms needs to create a PRIVATE exchange because the existing bogus securities laws (WorldCom, Enron, blah blah) are too cumbersome and time consuming!? Watch this space; if you dare. —Goldman Sachs Creates Private Stock Exchange for Unregistered […]
Britain: Supranational Banking Organization May Be Needed
October 16th, 2009Funny how BIS isn’t mentioned. Via: Reuters: A global body with legal powers may be needed over time to enforce the world’s new financial rules, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) said on Wednesday. The FSA’s newly appointed and first director of international affairs, Verena Ross, said the Financial Stability Board (FSB) was key to ensuring […]
Ireland: Top Insurer Tells 1,000 Doctors Not to Give Swine Flu Vaccine
October 16th, 2009Via: Independent: An insurance company has warned 1,000 GPs not to administer the swine flu vaccine. The HSE plans to enlist family doctors to give the swine flu vaccine to patients with pre-existing medical conditions. But an insurance company which covers around 1,000 of the 2,200 to 2,500 GPs in the country advised them not […]
Woman’s Life Ruined by Seasonal Flu Shot
October 16th, 2009Update: Hoax? —End Update— Via: WUSA9: Many of you have been lining up to get the seasonal flu shot. But there is one Ashburn woman who wants you to hear her story before you do. Desiree Jennings is trapped in her body. Intellectually she’s all there, but her muscles are fighting each other. She’s been […]
Harrods to Sell Gold Bullion for First Time
October 15th, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Public participation phase? Via: Telegraph: It is renowned for its glitzy clientele and upmarket Knightsbridge location, but shoppers at department store Harrods will from today be able to buy the ultimate luxury accessory – gold bars. From this morning, Harrods will […]
Lazard CEO Bruce Wasserstein Dies at 61
October 15th, 2009Via: AP: Bruce Wasserstein, the CEO of Lazard Ltd. and a prominent Wall Street dealmaker who helped negotiate some of the largest corporate takeovers in history, died Wednesday. He was 61. The death of the driving force behind Lazard raises questions about the future of one of Wall Street’s top mergers and acquisitions advisory firms. […]
Saudis Seek Payments for Any Drop in Oil Revenues
October 14th, 2009Maybe you need a laugh this morning. Via: New York Times: Saudi Arabia is trying to enlist other oil-producing countries to support a provocative idea: if wealthy countries reduce their oil consumption to combat global warming, they should pay compensation to oil producers.
Guardian Censored, Can’t Identify the Reason Why
October 13th, 2009From Wikileaks, Trafigura Toxic dumping along the Ivory Coast: Following press reportage about dumping off the coast of Africa, Waterson & Hicks, a UK law firm acting for Trafigura, a large London based oil and commodity trader, ordered and received this confidential report (the so-called “Minton report”) into toxic dumping practices by its client along […]
