Archive for November, 2010
FDIC List of Problem Banks Grows
November 25th, 2010It’s all about fraud and hiding the reality of what’s really on their books. CNBC link ahead. Hold nose. Via: CNBC: The number of banks on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp’s confidential “problem” list grew over the summer even while the overall industry posted solid net income. The FDIC says its list of troubled banks […]
Nigel Farage To European Parliament: “The Euro Game Is Up… Just Who The Hell Do You Think You Are? You Are Very Dangerous People”
November 25th, 2010Via: ZeroHedge: “Good morning Mr. van Rompuy, you’ve been in office for one year, and in that time the whole edifice is beginning to crumble, there’s chaos, the money’s running out, I should thank you – you should perhaps be the pinup boy of the euroskeptic movement. But just look around this chamber this morning, […]
Europe Can’t Afford to Bailout Spain
November 25th, 2010Via: New York Times: Europe so far has survived the bailout of Greece. The financial rescue of Ireland also is manageable. Even if Portugal becomes the third country to succumb and seek aid, as many people widely predict, it is unlikely to push Europe to the financial brink. But any bailout of Spain — with […]
Upcoming WikiLeaks Release Could Damage International Relations Between U.S. and Allies
November 25th, 2010Via: CBC: The U.S. government has notified Ottawa that the WikiLeaks website is preparing to release sensitive U.S. diplomatic files that could damage U.S. relations with allies around the world. U.S. officials say the documents may contain accounts of compromising conversations with political dissidents and friendly politicians and could result in the expulsion of U.S. […]
Director of Operations for BP’s Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Recovery Efforts and Former Texas Solicitor General Die in Plane Crash
November 25th, 2010Via: AP: An executive helping to guide BP’s recovery from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a top Texas lawyer and his mother-in-law were killed in a small plane crash in waters off northern Florida, officials said Wednesday. James Patrick Black, 58, died about a mile from the Destin airport in the Florida Panhandle on […]
South Korea: New Rules of Engagement Allow Much Stronger Retaliation Against North Korea
November 25th, 2010Via: BBC: The government also said it was changing its rules of engagement to allow it to respond more forcefully to similar incidents. The old rules have been criticised as too passive. The BBC’s Chris Hogg in Seoul says the cabinet had decided that under the old rules of engagement there was too much emphasis […]
India to Deploy 36,000 Extra Troops on Chinese Border
November 25th, 2010Via: BBC: India has formed two new army divisions – comprising more than 36,000 men – to defend the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. The remote north-eastern state adjoins China which claims large parts of it. The 56th Division will be based in the nearby state of Nagaland to guard the eastern flank of Arunachal […]
Evidence of Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program May Be Fraudulent
November 25th, 2010Via: TruthOut: Since 2007, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – with the support of the United States, Israel and European allies UK, France and Germany – has been demanding that Iran explain a set of purported internal documents portraying a covert Iranian military program of research and development of nuclear weapons. The “laptop documents,” […]
Michael Brea Allegedly Killed Mother with Freemason Sword
November 25th, 2010Update/Unconfirmed: Victim Had Worked at Marriott Hotel That Was Destroyed on 9/11? Ofgoatsandmen sent this one over. I’m not able to confirm this. We have to be very careful when considering information from the Daily Mail. Via: Daily Mail: Brea’s mother had apparently worked at the Marriott at the World TradeCenter. But the slain woman […]
Jury Finds Tom DeLay Guilty On All Counts
November 25th, 2010Via: Raw Story: Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay — once one of the most powerful and feared Republicans in Congress — was convicted Wednesday on charges he illegally funneled corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. Jurors deliberated for 19 hours before returning guilty verdicts against DeLay on charges of money laundering and […]
