Archive for the 'Elite' Category
The Fed as Giant Counterfeiter
February 2nd, 2010Via: Ludwig von Mises Institute:
San Jose State economics professor Jeffrey Rogers Hummel tells all his students that the easiest way to understand the Federal Reserve is to think of it as a giant, legalized counterfeiter. I had always known that the Fed and other central banks were like counterfeiters, but I still thought that the [...]
CIA Officers Working for Private Corporations
February 2nd, 2010Related: They Made a Killing: The Use of Knowledge of Covert Operations in the Stock Market
Via: Politico:
In the midst of two wars and the fight against Al Qaeda, the CIA is offering operatives a chance to peddle their expertise to private companies on the side — a policy that gives financial firms and hedge funds [...]
Jim Cramer: Illuminati Not That Bad
February 1st, 2010It’s the usual nonsense for the first couple of minutes, but then, “And you know what, the Bavarian Illuminati, the Trilateral Commission, Goldman Sachs and the Queen of England are not all bad.”
White House to Paint Grim Fiscal Picture
February 1st, 2010For a much more meaningful translation of the story below, see: America’s Impending Master Class Dictatorship:
One stark and sobering way to frame the crisis is this: if the United States government were to nationalize (in other words, steal) every penny of private wealth accumulated by America’s citizens since the nation’s founding 235 years ago, the [...]
Bailouts Created More Risk in System
February 1st, 2010Via: AP:
The government’s response to the financial meltdown has made it more likely the United States will face a deeper crisis in the future, an independent watchdog at the Treasury Department warned.
The problems that led to the last crisis have not yet been addressed, and in some cases have grown worse, says Neil Barofsky, the [...]
Microsoft Executive Thinks That Individuals Should Have to Obtain Government Licenses to Use Internet
January 31st, 2010Via: AFP:
The world needs a treaty to prevent cyber attacks becoming an all-out war, the head of the main UN communications and technology agency warned Saturday.
International Telcommunications Union secretary general Hamadoun Toure gave his warning at a World Economic Forum debate where experts said nations must now consider when a cyber attack becomes a declaration [...]
Bill Gates: “We must make this the decade of vaccines”
January 29th, 2010Sure, Bill. Tell me another one. Oh, by the way, how are those flying syringes coming along?
Via: AP:
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research new vaccines and bring them to the world’s poorest countries, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said Friday.
Calling upon governments and business [...]
Actual Bloomberg Headline: “Secret Banking Cabal Emerges From AIG Shadows”
January 29th, 2010When you’re one step ahead of the crowd you’re a genius. When you’re two steps ahead, you’re a crackpot.
–Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Lincoln Square Synagogue, Feb. 1998 (Arizona Jewish Post; Sept. 18, 1998; p. B-10.)
Via: Bloomberg:
The idea of secret banking cabals that control the country and global economy are a given among conspiracy theorists who stockpile [...]
Bernanke Confirmed by Senate for 2nd Term as Fed Chairman
January 29th, 2010Via: Washington Post:
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Ben S. Bernanke for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman, but he scraped by with the narrowest margin in the history of the position and his weakened political standing could weigh on the central bank’s ability to maneuver for years to come.
The Senate voted 70 to 30 [...]
Howard Zinn Dies at 87
January 29th, 2010Via: Reuters:
Historian and activist Howard Zinn, whose 1980 book “A People’s History of the United States” was a rallying cry for the American left in a conservative era, has died aged 87.
Family members said Zinn, who for decades was a fixture in the U.S. civil rights and anti-war movements and lived in Auburndale, Massachusetts, died [...]
