Archive for the 'Elite' Category
This Mob Is Big in Japan
May 13th, 2008Must read. Full text follows. Via: Washington Post: This Mob Is Big in Japan By Jake Adelstein Sunday, May 11, 2008; B02 I have spent most of the past 15 years in the dark side of the rising sun. Until three years ago, I was a crime reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest newspaper, […]
“Green” City to Rise in the Desert
May 6th, 2008Oh sure. Via: TheStar: A new kind of oasis is forming in the middle of the desert. In one of the harshest environments imaginable, where temperatures regularly rise to 50C and sandstorms can limit visibility to a few metres, construction has begun on what will be the greenest city on Earth. Abu Dhabi is developing […]
Anti-Psychotic Drug Use Soars in U.S. and U.K. Children
May 5th, 2008Before reading the piece below, please see: The Danger of Excessive Vaccination During Brain Development: The Case for a Link to Autism Spectrum Disorders. Cui bono? Via: AP / Newsweek: American children take anti-psychotic medicines at about six times the rate of children in the United Kingdom, according to a comparison based on a new […]
Rockefeller Family Members Urge ExxonMobil to Develop Alternative Energy Sources
May 1st, 2008Imagine my shock. Via: PR Newswire: A total of 15 Rockefeller Family members have filed or co-filed four shareholder resolutions urging ExxonMobil to look beyond its current focus also to more effectively address a rapidly evolving energy industry, including the growing market in renewables and alternative fuels that competitors Shell, Chevron, BP, Total and Petrobras […]
McCain Accused of Accepting Improper Donations from Rothschilds
April 29th, 2008Via: Guardian: A US campaign watchdog has accused presumptive Republican president nominee John McCain of violating election laws by accepting campaign contributions from two prominent Londoners. At issue is a fundraising luncheon held in March at London’s Spencer House, during McCain’s swing through the United Kingdom. An invitation to the event lists Lord Rothschild and […]
‘Retired’ Goldman Sachs Executive to Head Trading for Merrill Lynch
April 28th, 2008What we have here isn’t some, “unseen hand of the market.” It’s more like a bunch of tentacles. Henry Paulson is the United States Treasury Secretary. He’s also a former CEO of Goldman Sachs. Joshua Bolten is the current White House Chief of Staff. He served as Goldman’s executive director for legal and government affairs […]
U.S. Department of Justice: International Criminals Launder Billions of Dollars Through U.S. Financial Institutions, and Invest Profits in Publicly Traded Companies
April 25th, 2008I had always assumed the entire business of the markets to be a massive criminal enterprise that allowed public participation simply because it made a few people extremely wealthy… Assume maximum criminal behavior… —Insider Crimes, Funny Money and Options Rackets I told you that trying to trade this crap, as a retailer, is the equivalent […]
On Average, U.S. Military Units Pay $88 for Fuel, Per Day, Per Service Member in Iraq
April 21st, 2008Cui bono? Mmm hmm. Via: AP: Think you’re being gouged by Big Oil? U.S. troops in Iraq are paying almost as much as Americans back home, despite burning fuel at staggering rates in a war to stabilize a country known for its oil reserves. Military units pay an average of $3.23 a gallon for gasoline, […]
Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear
April 14th, 2008Must read… If you like the Horror genre. Via: Vanity Fair: Today, 37 years after PCB production ceased in Anniston, and after tons of contaminated soil have been removed to try to reclaim the site, the area around the old Monsanto plant remains one of the most polluted spots in the U.S. People in Anniston […]
Allegations that Speculators Are Colluding, Attempting to Crash Iceland for Profit
April 12th, 2008“This isn’t a free market; it’s a black magic trick, involving supercomputers, psychological operations and lots and lots of leverage.” —CBOT Resembles Carnival Act as Billion Dollar Black Box Operators Move In Full text follows. Via: Financial Times: On a gloomy North Atlantic evening in January, a group of international hedge fund managers gathered in […]
