“The American oligarchy spares no pains in promoting the belief that it does not exist, but the success of its disappearing act depends on equally strenuous efforts on the part of an American public anxious to believe in egalitarian fictions and unwilling to see what is hidden in plain sight.” — Michael Lind, To Have and to Have Not
Yes, of course, we all have very strong differences of…Continue
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Grumbling over the Supreme Court's recent decision in Citizens United continue to rumble like distant thunder. Will the decision go down in history as one more in the Court's long line of egregious opinions? Likely! Will it have much effect on the American political landscape? Likely not! Simply ask yourself, how much worse can it get?
Wall Street tactics akin to the ones that fostered subprime mortgages in America have worsened the financial crisis shaking Greece and undermining the euro by enabling European governments to hide their mounting debts, The New York Times’s Louise Story, Landon Thomas Jr. and Nelson D. Schwartz reported on Sunday.
As worries over Greece rattle world markets,… Continue
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In the aftermath of the Enron crisis, we learned that Wall Street firms had been helping Enron deceive investors by lending money to it through convoluted structures that were intended to let Enron claim they were not really loans, and that the company was therefore less indebted than it was. In return, Enron paid interest rates that were higher than it would have faced on a… Continue
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Professor Phil Jones admitted his record keeping is 'not as good as it should be'.
The academic at the centre of the ‘Climategate’ affair, whose raw data is crucial to the theory of climate change, has admitted that he has trouble ‘keeping track’ of the information. "No global warming since 1995?"
* Data for vital 'hockey stick graph' has gone missing.
* There has been no global warming since 1995.
* Warming periods… Continue
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Could the endgame of this Greek tragedy be a eurozone breakup? The single currency's supporters maintain that such an outcome is mere mythology.
Greece accounts for only 3 percent of the 16 member states' combined GDP, they say, and has lower debts than some of the banks bailed-out during sub-prime. A loan of E20 billion (£17.5 billion) would do the trick, we're told. That's less than the British government injected into either Lloyds or the Royal Bank of Scotland.
A VILLAGE primary school has saved Valentine's Day by giving its ugliest pupils the day off.
Stephen's parents didn't get the letter
St Brian's Church of England School, near Grantham, was faced with having to ban children from exchanging cards in case the mutant offspring of local poor people took offence and set fire to the… Continue
The U.N. panel of climate experts overstated how much of the Netherlands is below sea level, according to a preliminary report on Saturday, admitting yet another flaw after a row last month over Himalayan glacier melt.
Reuters Feb 13 2010
A background note by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said a 2007 report wrongly stated that 55 percent of the country was below sea level since the figure… Continue
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EVERY member of the eurozone has weaknesses that limit its potential. Spain seems to contain a continent’s-worth of frailties in just one country. Like Ireland, its consumers are weighed down by huge mortgage debts. Spain has a rigid system for setting wages, also a source of inefficiency in Greece and Portugal. The attempt to free up Spain’s jobs market by allowing temporary work contracts has reduced incentives to train workers, holding back productivity. That is true also of Italy. And, like… Continue
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The Dow is below 10000 , gold is rising up again , The PIIGs are dring the Euro zone and the Euro down the tube , The US Dollar is not in a better shape , The German surplus is diluted in the wider Eurozone area , The European union is in danger Mr. Chapmanalso known as …Continue
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BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraq has ordered hundreds of private security guards linked to Blackwater Worldwide to leave the country within seven days or face possible arrest on visa violations, the interior minister said yesterday.
The order comes in the wake of a US judge's dismissal of criminal charges against five Blackwater guards who were accused in the September 2007 shooting deaths of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad.
It applies to about 250 security contractors who worked for Blackwater… Continue
Eggs come from sheep, crisps are made of plastic and butterflies produce cheese - these are just some of the wrong answers given by children in a test of their knowledge of food sources, it was revealed.
The survey of more than 1,000 school children showed that nearly two thirds struggled to identify the origins of the everyday foods they eat.…
Information about the secret bank manual, interviews with bank auditors wanting to expose the secret, and a secret meeting with a judge, include the following:
1. Laws that bankers do not want you using against them in court;
The argument is won: capitalism as an effective system to organise society and provide for human needs has expired. The evidence is conclusive. Trillions of dollars to kickstart the economy in the US and Europe may have given an ephemeral lease of life to the financial class to spin the casino wheel once again, but it is more apparent by the day that the tentative “recovery” has spluttered to a standstill. Gridlocked by unprecedented levels of personal and national debts, the engine of… Continue
Medina Campaign Launches a Series of Webcast Town Hall Meetings
By: Nelda Carrizales Skevington - Medina Townhall on Feb 09, 2010
WHARTON, TX, Tuesday, February 9, 2010 – In an effort to continue the conversation with Texans across the state, the Medina campaign announces it will launch a series of three webcast town hall meetings prior to the primary. The webcasted We Texans town hall… Continue
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There was a time, not too long ago (relatively speaking), that governments and the groups of elites that controlled them did not find it necessary to conscript themselves into wars of disinformation. Propaganda was relatively straightforward. The lies were much simpler. The control of information flow was easily directed. In fact, during the early Middle-Ages in… Continue
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