Archive for January, 2009
Japan: Tent Village Established in Tokyo for Unemployed People
January 9th, 2009Japan is a show stopper. Keep a close eye on the situation there. Via: ABC: A tent village housing more than 250 homeless people has been set up in Tokyo’s Hibiya Park, opposite one of the country’s most luxurious hotels. The organisers say many of the people in the park are victims of the recent […]
Auto Bailout Federal Loan Deals Bar Strikes
January 9th, 2009Oh sure, bankers buy new palaces with their bailout money, but if autoworkers get any funny ideas… Via: AP: Provisions of General Motors’ and Chrysler’s $17.4 billion in federal loans automatically places them in default if union workers go on strike. A General Motors Corp. filing this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission detailed […]
Holocaust Denied: The Lying Silence of Those Who Know
January 9th, 2009Full text. Via: John Pilger: Writing in the New Statesman, John Pilger calls on 40 years of reporting the Middle East to describe the ‘why’ of Israel’s bloody onslaught on the besieged people of Gaza – an attack that has little to do with Hamas or Israel’s right to exist. “When the truth is replaced […]
And Now… Swindling Via Loan Modification
January 9th, 2009Via: Mr. Mortgage: It is obvious that these loan modification plans have been born as a result of panic and the need to protect the bank’s balance sheets rather than doing what is beneficial for the home owner and broader housing market. Research Credit: Lagavulin
The Amish and Small Businesses
January 9th, 2009* gasp * People without high school “educations” can run successful businesses?! HAHA. The New York Times. HAHA. Via: New York Times: The Amish, the religious sect that has determinedly kept the modern world at bay, have been leaving a quiet life of farming for jobs in small businesses — all the while trying to […]
Austrian Banker, Who Placed Billions of Dollars with Madoff, Vanishes
January 9th, 2009Fuggetaboutit. Via: New York Times: With an aggressive style that stood out in the staid world of Austrian banking even more than her bouffant red wig, Sonja Kohn made few friends gathering billions for Bernard L. Madoff from wealthy investors in Russia and across Europe. Now, she has even fewer. Mrs. Kohn has dropped out […]
Enduring Priorities in an Age of Change: War and Profits Over People
January 9th, 2009Via: Chris Floyd: Yet it is here, on “entitlements,” that Obama wants to make a “tough stand” on government spending. It will be a “central part” of his entire economic program. Getting “entitlements” under control will be one of the first major campaigns of his administration, he says, promising plans in February, just days after […]
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January 9th, 2009Thank you. Pookie $75 SA $10 DR NZ$100
December Earnings
January 9th, 2009Cryptogon and Farmlet earnings from all sources came to a total of $2,078.26. I’d have to check my records, but I’m pretty sure that this represents one of the top three months for earnings, ever. Thank you to everyone who helped keep us going in December, and throughout 2008.
States of Emergency Declared Across Europe Over Gas
January 9th, 2009Via: Times: Governments across Europe declared states of emergency and ordered factories to close as Russia cut all gas supplies through Ukraine yesterday in their worsening dispute over unpaid bills. José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President, accused the two countries of taking the EU’s energy supply “hostage” amid a cold snap across the Continent, […]
