Archive for the 'Elite' Category
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 […]
Interpol and U.N. Back ‘Global Policing Doctrine’
October 13th, 2009I was thinking, “Wow, this seems very familiar. Where have I seen something like this before?” HAHA. This is just too much. Start em’ young with Justice League International: The text says: Once upon a time—There was the Justice League of America. But that was another era, when the world could afford borders and boundaries, […]
The Frankenfood Industry’s Strong Arm Tactics with Researchers
October 13th, 2009Via: GM Watch: The increasingly fractious relationship between public sector researchers and the biotech seed industry has come into the spotlight in recent months. In July, several leading seed companies met with a group of entomologists, who earlier in the year had lodged a public complaint with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over restricted […]
Russian Mafia/Government Crooks vs. Hedge Fund Crooks
October 13th, 2009Via: Guardian: Thousands of Russians are watching a YouTube video that accuses their government and officials of high corruption. A Russian version of a video by Hermitage Capital, the London-based hedge fund claiming to be victim of a $230m (£146m) scam, has attracted over 12,000 hits, and is the most viewed news clip on YouTube […]
Food Production ‘Must Rise 70%’ Over the Next 40 Years
October 13th, 2009Via: BBC: Food production will have to increase by 70% over the next 40 years to feed the world’s growing population, the United Nations food agency predicts. The Food and Agricultural Organisation says if more land is not used for food production now, 370 million people could be facing famine by 2050. The world population […]
Shooting of Prominent IMF Economist Baffles Police
October 12th, 2009“It had to be random?” Is that the new “Probable Suicide”? Via: WJLA: Police are still looking for clues after a prominent economist was shot in the garage of his upscale home. Ashoka Mody has been identified in an email to his fellow employees at the International Monetary Fund as the man shot Thursday night […]
