Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
WACHOVIA BANK IN FLORIDA DISTRIBUTING COUNTERFEIT $100 BILLS
July 23rd, 2008We already knew that Wachovia was/is in deep trouble. And there is no way that this is a coincidence. Ten counterfeit $100 bills in one transaction, from a struggling bank, in the middle of a banking crisis!? No way. I know. I know. People will say, “If this was a conspiracy to keep a large, […]
Fannie, Freddie Spent Millions on Lobbying
July 20th, 2008Via: AP: For years, mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tenaciously worked to nurture, and then protect, their financial empires by invoking the political sacred cow of homeownership and fielding an army of lobbyists, power brokers and political contributors. New attention is being focused on the bruised mortgage companies as the Bush administration presses […]
Bush Lobbyist in Cash for Access Video
July 13th, 2008Via: Times Online: A lobbyist with close ties to the White House is offering access to key figures in George W Bush’s administration in return for six-figure donations to the private library being set up to commemorate Bush’s presidency. Stephen Payne, who claims to have raised more than $1m for the president’s Republican party in […]
ISRAELI WARPLANES MOVED INTO IRAQ?
July 11th, 2008Yes, no, maybe so, I don’t know. Via: Jerusalem Post: Israel Air Force (IAF) war planes are practicing in Iraqi airspace and land on US airbases in the country as a preparation for a potential strike on Iran, sources in the Iraqi Defense Ministry told a local news network on Friday. The report, carried also […]
CIA Operative Fired for Refusing to Suppress or Falsify Reports That Iran Had Suspended Work on Nuclear Weapon
July 3rd, 2008Via: Washington Post: A former CIA operative who says he tried to warn the agency about faulty intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs now contends that CIA officials also ignored evidence that Iran had suspended work on a nuclear bomb. The onetime undercover agent, who has been barred by the CIA from using his real name, […]
“Some Guests Left Wearing Strange Featureless Human Masks”
June 28th, 2008UPDATE 2: Ad Campaign for Automobile Firm Faceless Droids Stalk the Wealthy UPDATE 1: It’s Some Kind of PR/Marketing Stunt For what, though? More pics from Dlisted. — End Update — Leaving an Elton John party… Woh. Via: Mail on Sunday:
Britain: MP Resigns Over Maniac Fascist 42 Day Detention Policy
June 13th, 2008Via: Independent: David Davis became an unlikely hero of liberal Britain yesterday by sacrificing his political career to launch a one-man crusade against the Government’s plan for suspected terrorists to be detained for 42 days without charge. The former SAS reservist, who supports the death penalty for premeditated murder, shook Britain’s political establishment to its […]
Top Secret British Government Document Left on Train
June 12th, 2008It’s right out of Yes Minister. Via: Guardian: Highly classified intelligence documents relating to two of the most sensitive issues involving Britain’s security interests – al-Qaida in Pakistan and the situation in Iraq – have been found on a train near London, it was disclosed last night. The documents, including one marked Top Secret, are […]
Developmental Aid Workers Are Killing Africa
June 6th, 2008Must Read Related: Money Raised for Africa ‘Goes to Civil Wars’ Via: Der Spiegel: No one has to starve in Africa. Hunger there results from the failures of unscrupulous rulers — and their friends in the West. Paradoxically, it is the aid workers who are standing in the way of progress. If you follow the […]
Food Is Gold, and Investors Pour Billions Into Farming
June 5th, 2008One of two things is about to happen to people who can’t or won’t take responsibility for the food that crosses their own lips: 1) They’re going to be ripped off; or 2) They’re going to be killed off. Hmm. Why not both? Via: New York Times: “Farmland can be a bubble just like Florida […]
