Archive for the 'Elite' Category
MPs Claim Rates as Living Expenses Then Don’t Pay Councils
June 20th, 2009Via: Telegraph: Dozens of MPs have made “phantom” claims for council tax on their parliamentary expenses – receiving thousands of pounds more than they actually paid their local authorities, Telegraph.co.uk can disclose. Senior MPs and ministers, including Beverley Hughes, David Blunkett and Mark Tami, are accused of over-claiming for council tax on their designated second […]
Allen Stanford Surrenders to FBI
June 19th, 2009Via: Washington Post: R. Allen Stanford, under investigation in an alleged $8 billion fraud involving sales of certificates of deposit through his Antiguan bank, surrendered to federal agents yesterday, his attorney said. The case is one of the largest alleged financial frauds in U.S. history and comes just months after New York financier Bernard L. […]
Cash to Become Extinct as Chips Take Off
June 18th, 2009Via: News AU: CASH is accelerating down the path to extinction as new technologies threaten to mark the end of loose change within a decade. Bank and credit union bosses say cash won’t be alone, with wallets and credit cards also likely to disappear too. They told The Advertiser’s round table forum that cash and […]
Church of England Attempts to Broaden Appeal with Songs by U2 and Prayers for Google and WalMart Executives
June 16th, 2009Via: Telegraph: Christian services that feature DJs, songs of the Irish band U2 and prayers for the chief executives of Google and Wal-Mart are being promoted by the Church of England. The ideas for alternative-style worship are part of an initiative launched by Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, to appeal to the younger […]
Bill Gates Helps Fund Mass Circumcision Programme
June 16th, 2009Via: New Scientist: Microsoft founder Bill Gates last week injected $50 million into a programme to circumcise up to 650,000 men in Swaziland and Zambia. The goal of the project is to curb the transmission of HIV in two of the AIDS hotspots of the world, as circumcision has been shown to more than halve […]
Ahmadinejad Stresses Need for a New World Order
June 16th, 2009Via: PressTV: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for the creation of a new world order in dealing with the many challenges arising in the international political arena. “What we need now is a dramatic change in world political thought,” said President Ahmadinejad in a Tuesday address to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Moscow. “Western-style […]
Elmer Fudd Nation
June 16th, 2009Via: Counterpunch: If I was an oligarch and I wanted to buy my spoiled little shit of a son a toy that would make him laugh and laugh for hours, I’d buy him a middle-class American. Because Americans are funny the way all dupes and chumps are funny. You can trick today’s Americans time and […]
Ancient Mass Grave Found on Olympics Site
June 15th, 2009Related Audio: Rik Clay’s interviews on Red Ice Creations Via: Reuters: An ancient burial pit containing 45 severed skulls, that could be a mass war grave dating back to Roman times, has been found under a road being built for the 2012 British Olympics. Archaeologists, who have only just begun excavating the site, say they […]
CIA Chief Believes Cheney Almost Wants U.S. Attacked
June 15th, 2009Why not go all the way and detail Cheney’s role in 9/11? Or any of the dozens of other links between the regime and 9/11? Ah, because the same regime is in power! How’s the Change working out? Obama Exempts CIA Torture Staff from Prosecution Obama Signals His Reluctance to Look Into Bush Policies Obama […]
Witnesses Defend Lover Who Fatally Shot Banker During S&M Session
June 13th, 2009Via: AFP: GENEVA: A prominent French banker who was shot dead by his lover during a sado-masochistic sex session was “calculating and manipulative”, a witness told a Geneva court yesterday. Edouard Stern, 50, scion of one of France’s wealthiest families and whose influential circle of friends included President Nicolas Sarkozy, was found dead in March […]
