Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Manufacturing a Food Crisis
May 19th, 2008Key word: Manufacturing. That’s a good word to remember when considering most global crises. Via: Nation Piece via Counter Currents: Collapse of prices from trade liberalization and loss of control over seeds to biotech firms is part of a comprehensive problem, says global justice activist Vandana Shiva: “Under globalization, the farmer is losing her/his social, […]
MI5 Linked to Max Mosley Sex Scandal
May 19th, 2008Oh my my my. What a shocking Coincidence! Full text follows. Via: Times Online: An MI5 officer has been forced to resign after admitting that his wife was a prostitute who took part in a notorious “Nazi-style orgy” with Max Mosley, the Formula One racing chief. The intelligence officer, who cannot be named for security […]
Violence in Mexico Spills Across U.S. Border
May 15th, 2008State authority is breaking down in Mexico—even by Mexican standards. I know what you’re thinking: Mexico has been collapsing for decades. That’s true, but I don’t ever recall top police officials running for their lives, while others are gunned down. Via: AP: Three Mexican police chiefs have requested political asylum in the U.S. as violence […]
Money Raised for Africa ‘Goes to Civil Wars’
May 14th, 2008Imagine my shock. Do you really think that anyone who’s ever made a loan or grant to any dictator, anywhere in the world, has any doubt about what is going to happen with the money? Sure, Bono is an idiot, people will say. Woops. Silly Bono. While there are lots of idiots in the world, […]
Correspondence with Jake Adelstein
May 14th, 2008After reading, This Mob Is Big in Japan, Jake Adelstein’s compelling Washington Post piece about organized crime in Japan, I decided to write to him to see if he had any comments on Benjamin Fulford’s remarkable claims. I was pleasantly surprised when Mr. Adelstein wrote back. Our correspondence is below. From the beginning, I didn’t […]
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 […]
