Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Microsoft Pushes for Single Global Patent System
September 3rd, 2009Via: Cnet: A senior lawyer at Microsoft is calling for the creation of a global patent system to make it easier and faster for corporations to enforce their intellectual property rights around the world. In a blog posting on Tuesday, Microsoft’s Deputy General Counsel Horacio Gutierrez said that a backlog of patent applications internationally was […]
Bush’s Third Term? You’re Living It
September 3rd, 2009Please understand: THERE ARE NO POLITICAL SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS THE U.S. IS FACING. The outcome of this election is meaningless, one way or the other. The more you keep grasping for glimmers of hope within the political system, the worse off you will be. … Will a big Democratic win calm people down? Maybe […]
Pfizer Agrees to Pay Largest Healthcare Fraud Penalty in History
September 2nd, 2009Via: BBC: US drugmaker Pfizer has agreed to pay $2.3bn (£1.4bn) in the largest healthcare fraud settlement in the history of the Department of Justice. A subsidiary pleaded guilty to misbranding drugs “with the intent to defraud or mislead”. Pfizer illegally promoted four drugs and caused false claims to be submitted to government healthcare programmes […]
Gold Is Probably About to Put on a Show
September 2nd, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. I’m not able to make a high confidence call on which way gold is going to go, but I think it’s about to make a strong move. If I was forced to guess, I’d say that it will break higher, which […]
UN Chief Visits ‘Doomsday’ Seed Vault in Arctic
September 2nd, 2009Via: AFP: UN chief Ban Ki-moon visited Wednesday a vault carved into the Arctic permafrost, filled with samples of the world’s most important seeds in case food crops are wiped out by a catastrophe. “The world faces many daunting challenges today, one of the greatest of which is how to feed a growing population in […]
French Government Document on Swine Flu Vaccination Program
August 31st, 2009I have no idea how credible the English translation is since I don’t read French at all. However, there are many Cryptogon readers in France so I thought I would post this in case it is useful for any reason. Via: The Flu Case: The document dated August 21st and signed by the French Health […]
‘Blood Oath’ Sealed Stanford Deal, Court Is Told
August 31st, 2009Via: New York Times: R. Allen Stanford’s relationship with the chief regulator of his Antigua bank was closer than most. At a meeting in 2003, they became blood brothers, cutting their wrists and mixing their blood in a “brotherhood ceremony” that Mr. Stanford’s chief financial officer said promoted an elaborate scheme to hide a multibillion-dollar […]
Backbone of Complex Networks of Corporations: The Flow of Control
August 31st, 2009From: Backbone of Complex Networks of Corporations: The Flow of Control, by J.B. Glattfelder, S. Battiston: Having identified important shareholders in the global markets, it is now also possible to address the following questions. Who holds the power in an increasingly globalized world? How important are individual people compared to the sphere of influence of […]
Illuminati Symbolism Inside St. Louis Catholic Church
August 31st, 2009The Shrine of St. Joseph Catholic Church St. Louis, Missouri Via: Reddit:
Japan: Opposition Party Wins in Historic Election
August 30th, 2009Via: Washington Post: Breaking a half-century hammerlock of one-party rule in Japan, the opposition Democratic Party won a crushing election victory on Sunday with pledges to revive the country’s stalled economy and steer a foreign-policy course less dependent on the United States. But it was pent-up voter anger, not campaign promises, that halted 54 years […]
