Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Obama Reaches Out for McCain’s Counsel
January 19th, 2009Change. Via: New York Times: Not long after Senator John McCain returned last month from an official trip to Iraq and Pakistan, he received a phone call from President-elect Barack Obama. As contenders for the presidency, the two had hammered each other for much of 2008 over their conflicting approaches to foreign policy, especially in […]
UK: Budget Food
January 19th, 2009In the “developed” world, poor people are victims of their own ignorance and bad habits as they are of the predatory nature of the confetti currency system. I’ve seen the way poor people eat in various parts of the “developed” world and that diet, in my opinion, represents a death sentence; a program of genocide […]
U.S. TREASURY BANK REGULATORS HELPED INDYMAC (AND PROBABLY OTHERS) COMMIT FRAUD
January 18th, 2009Via: ABC News: A brewing fraud scandal at the Treasury Department may be worse than officials originally thought. Investigators probing how Treasury regulators allowed a bank to falsify financial records hiding its ill health have found at least three other instances of similar apparent fraud, sources tell ABC News. In at least one instance, investigators […]
U.S. Military Report Warns “Sudden Collapse” of Mexico Is Possible
January 15th, 2009Cryptogon subreddit participants are discussing this in relation to the North American Union. Via: El Paso Times: Mexico is one of two countries that “bear consideration for a rapid and sudden collapse,” according to a report by the U.S. Joint Forces Command on worldwide security threats. The command’s “Joint Operating Environment (JOE 2008)” report, which […]
Why Are so Many Oligarchs, Royal Families, and Special-Interest Groups Giving Money to the Clinton Foundation?
January 14th, 2009Via: Slate: Here is a thought experiment that does not take very much thought. Picture, if you will, Hillary Clinton facing a foreign-policy conundrum. With whom will she discuss it first and most intently: with her president or her husband? (I did tell you that this wouldn’t be difficult.) Here’s another one: Will she be […]
Obama’s Neocon Dinner
January 14th, 2009Here’s yet another one for the Yes-We-Can-KoolAid-Cult to forget about, or simply ignore in the first place. Via: Yahoo / McClatchy: This could ruin their reputation: President-elect Barack Obama Tuesday evening attending a dinner party at the home of conservative columnist George Will, attended by fellow conservatives William Kristol and David Brooks. The press pool […]
Operation Blackjack: The Story of Terrorist Nuclear Attacks on Major Western Cities
January 13th, 2009Update 1/20/2009 I think that this is some sort of viral marketing stunt. I can’t really imagine what the product might be. At best, there can’t be more than a couple of thousand people paying attention to it. If you’re interested in following this, whatever it is, the thread to watch is here. —END UPDATE— […]
GERMAN BOND AUCTION FAILS
January 13th, 2009I haven’t gotten around to writing my 2009-year-ahead post. In the interim, here’s what I wrote to a core Cryptogon supporter a few days ago: The phase we’re into now is akin to a car on an icy road that’s gone into a turn too fast. We’re in the “Oh shit” stage of the wreck. […]
Bush and Obama Teams Coordinating Theft of Additional Billions for Bankers
January 10th, 2009Change we can believe in. Via: Washington Post: Senior Bush administration officials are preparing to ask lawmakers for the second half of the $700 billion financial rescue package despite intense opposition in Congress and then use a presidential veto if the request is voted down, sources familiar with the matter said. The initiative, which is […]
Auto Bailout Federal Loan Deals Bar Strikes
January 9th, 2009Oh sure, bankers buy new palaces with their bailout money, but if autoworkers get any funny ideas… Via: AP: Provisions of General Motors’ and Chrysler’s $17.4 billion in federal loans automatically places them in default if union workers go on strike. A General Motors Corp. filing this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission detailed […]
