Archive for May, 2010
Goldman Sachs Linked to Toxic Oil Dispersal Chemical Used by BP in Gulf of Mexico
May 24th, 2010Many tentacles. Via: Picasso Dreams: 2003 … The Blackstone Group, Apollo Management L. P. and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners buy Ondeo Nalco.
A Billionaire Goes All-In on Gold
May 24th, 2010Via: Wall Street Journal: Gold is setting records again, boosting the holdings of central banks, Armageddon worrywarts, and ordinary people who own gold bars, coins and jewelry. But few individuals stand to benefit as much as low-profile billionaire Thomas Kaplan. A New York-born commodities magnate who earned a doctorate in British colonial history at Oxford, […]
Flashback 2002: Australian Scientist Urged Government to Use Biological Weapons Against “Overpopulated” Countries
May 24th, 2010Via: The Age: World-famous microbiologist Sir Macfarlane Burnet, the Nobel prize winner revered as Australia’s greatest medical research scientist, secretly urged the government to develop biological weapons for use against Indonesia and other “overpopulated” countries of South-East Asia. The revelation is contained in top-secret files declassified by the National Archives of Australia, despite resistance from […]
Live Video Link of Damaged BP Oil Riser
May 24th, 2010BP video link
Israel Responsible for Faking Aussie Passports, Diplomat Expelled
May 24th, 2010Via: Sydney Morning Herald: Australia’s relations with Israel have hit a new low, with the Rudd Government expelling an Israeli diplomat over the fake passports affair. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Stephen Smith, told Parliament today that inquiries by Australian intelligence agencies into the use of fake Australian passports in Dubai had concluded the fakes […]
Ted Molczan on Recently Launched Unmanned Spacecraft
May 23rd, 2010Readers of Blank Spots on the Map by Trevor Paglen will definitely remember Ted Molczan. Via: New York Times: The secretive flight, civilian specialists said in recent weeks, probably centers at least partly on testing powerful sensors for a new generation of spy satellites. Now, the amateur sky watchers have succeeded in tracking the stealthy […]
U.S. Drops Criminal Probe of AIG Executives
May 23rd, 2010Via: Reuters: The U.S. Justice Department has dropped a probe of American International Group Inc executives involving the credit default swaps that sent the insurer to the brink of bankruptcy and forced a huge taxpayer bailout, lawyers for the executives said on Saturday. The investigation had centered on AIG Financial Products, which nearly brought down […]
Obama Wins the Right to Detain People with No Habeas Review
May 23rd, 2010Via: Salon: Today, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals adopted the Bush/Obama position, holding that even detainees abducted outside of Afghanistan and then shipped to Bagram have no right to contest the legitimacy of their detention in a U.S. federal court, because Boumediene does not apply to prisons located within war […]
Obama Channels Bush Senior with New International Order Speech
May 23rd, 2010Via: The Australian: BARACK Obama wants to shape a new “international order” in which the US co-operates with other nations and seeks long-term support by promoting its democratic values. The US President’s weekend speech to cadets at the West Point military academy was practically a trial run for the national security policy he will announce […]
Disclosure: I’m Long United States Oil Fund
May 23rd, 2010WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. I bought United States Oil Fund (symbol: USO) on Friday afternoon. Since this trade represents a potential conflict of interest with some of the subject matter dealt with here I felt that you should be aware of it.
