“What an unfortunate mess..”
Maman Poulet has a collection of links reacting to the Republic of Ireland’s government tax-payer guarantee to the banks, ... to Germany’s national debt. Also, to add an almost comic element to Germany’s evasive action, almost ... banks. Meanwhile Germany has joined in, apparently in response to a consortium of banks withdrawing [more...]
Date: 2008-10-05 19:36:16
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Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/27/2009
I’ve written several times about the Islamic Saudi Academy and its attempts to expand onto a new campus in Fairfax County, Virginia. Now comes word that one of its alumni — a valedictorian, no less — has been sentenced to life in prison for training with Al Qaeda and plotting to kill President Bush. In other news, non-Muslim female police in southern England are now required to wear veils when they enter mosques while on duty. A special hijab which includes a badge has been designed for them. [more...]
Date: 2009-07-28 03:53:00
Add Your Comment:
« PreviousReading Rod Blagojevich Next »The Republican Response All That Debt Posted by Joe KleinWednesday, September 9, 2009 at 1:15 pm 60 Comments • Trackback (1) Andrew Sullivan is right on target about why the budget deficits--and national debt--are so high: it's the Republicans, obviously.Indeed, there are only two presidents in the past 50 years who took the national debt seriously after it exploded when Lyndon Johnson refused to fund the Vietnam war--George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-09 17:15:12
Financial Dispatch: Global sell-off rocks Wall Street
Vertu makes phones starting at $6,000 and going up in price. Who can spare that in this economy? Andrew Torgan CNN Financial News Producer Stocks on Wall Street tumbled at the open as investors around the world fear that consumers may not be confident enough to lift the economy out of recession. Before the opening bell, stock futures plunged after markets overseas extended Friday’s sell-off on Wall Street that came on the heels of a weaker than expected reading on consumer confidence. [more...]
Date: 2009-08-17 18:05:19
August 18 2009: You are using the wrong image
Lewis Wickes Hine Doffer Donnie November 1910 Donnie Cole. 'Our baby doffer,' they called him. This is one of the machines he has been working at for some months at the Avondale Mills, Birmingham, Alabama. Said, after hesitation, 'I'm 12,' and another small boy added, 'He can't work unless he's twelve.' Child labor regulations conspicuously posted in the mill Ilargi: I see all sorts of people claim that Germany, France and Japan are now no longer in a recession. [more...]
Date: 2009-08-18 15:36:00
The Move To Depopulate The Planet…
The Move to Depopulate the Planet Text size Stephanie R. Pasco Infowars August 27, 2009 It is my intention to give you clips from documents, many from the United Nations that prove there is a plan to depopulate this planet. I will also provide quotes from various people and organizations that further show this agenda is afoot. I pray the guidance of the Lord God Almighty will be with me in this pursuit to warn others of this dark plot against humanity. [more...]
Date: 2009-08-30 09:35:49
ScamBuster 276
From the Desk of: Mr. Samuel Thanong +66846700568 I wish to seek your assistance for the transfer of $25 million dollars depository made by a foreign investor for an investment programme that has remained dormant for years now. I discovered that the account holder died without making a will on the depository. This money cannot be approved to a local bank account holder, but can only be approved to a foreigner. If you will stand as next of kin to the fund, it will be shared equally. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-18 08:35:45
Recovering from Neoliberal Disaster: Why Iceland and Latvia Won’t (and Can’t) Pay the EU for the Kleptocrats’ Ripoffs By Prof. Michael Hudson
17 August, 2009 — Global ResearchCan Iceland and Latvia pay the foreign debts run up by a fairly narrow layer of their population?The European Union and International Monetary Fund have told them to replace private debts with public obligations, and to pay by raising taxes, slashing public spending and obliging citizens to deplete their savings.Resentment is growing not only toward those who ran up these debts – Iceland’s bankrupt Kaupthing and Landsbanki with its Icesave accounts, and heavily [more...]
Date: 2009-08-22 16:39:26
Words from the (investment) wise 9.27.09
Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009) After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-27 12:05:27
Recovering from Neoliberal Disaster: Why Iceland and Latvia Won’t (and Can’t) Pay the EU for the Kleptocrats’ Ripoffs by Prof. Michael Hudson
by Prof. Michael HudsonGlobal Research, August 17, 2009Can Iceland and Latvia pay the foreign debts run up by a fairly narrow layer of their population?The European Union and International Monetary Fund have told them to replace private debts with public obligations, and to pay by raising taxes, slashing public spending and obliging citizens to deplete their savings.Resentment is growing not only toward those who ran up these debts – Iceland’s bankrupt Kaupthing and Landsbanki with its Icesave [more...]
Date: 2009-08-17 18:41:21
SMACKDOWN WEEK: I see a city in the clouds
MORE BEARISH: Municipals MORE BULLISH: Foreign ownership of Treasuries Municipals There are a number of problems with municipals today. First let's get to the least often discussed: munis aren't cheap. On an absolute yield basis: (10-year muni rates according to MMA): Now we know that general interest rates are low, but even on a percentage-of-Treasury basis, munis are at best fair value. From 2001-2007, the average 10-year muni/Treasury ratio was 86.9%. Currently its 90.2%. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-09 12:38:00
So your employer owes you $100M….
Certainly an interesting debate and one that I have discussed in the past. Compensation discussions are too often simplified and things are often a lot more complex than could be thought initially. The man on the left, Andrew J. Hall, heads Citigroup’s energy-trading unit, Phibro LLC. There is currently a major discussion between him and the now government ran Citigroup. It’s easy to imagine Citigroup’s argument. [more...]
Date: 2009-07-26 11:00:01
In The News Today
Dear CIGAs, The Formula has sharks teeth in it. Phase two of this crisis will tear the veil of MOPE away, showing that the creation of tons of funny money for the financial industry only clouded the sheeple’s vision of the continuing downward spiral of the Formula. No practical solution exists when OTC derivatives melt down to the real economy. Hyperinflation, as a currency event, is on the horizon. [more...]
Date: 2009-07-25 02:38:00
Floatin' Powa News Service: Better Run Through The Jungle...
Poll: 70% of Americans see Israel as US friend This is how we treat a friend? Iraqi PM to visit Syria for security talks Oh I feel more secure already. US military delegation starts visit to Syria A U.S. military delegation arrived in Damascus on Wednesday to hold talks with Syrian officials on the possibility of cooperation on regional issues, the independent Syria-News website reported. The visit has bee confirmed by U.S. [more...]
Date: 2009-08-15 15:18:00
Words from the (Investment) Wise (Sept. 27, 2009)
After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-27 14:33:29
Small-cap, mid-cap indices nudge higher
Volatility ruled the roost as the key benchmark indices slipped with investors taking home some cash ahead of a long weekend and with the market open only for three days next week. Mostly lower global stocks also weighed on sentiment. The market remains closed for a public holiday on Monday, 28 September 2009 and again on Friday, 2 October 2009.The BSE 30-share Sensex fell 88.43 points or 0.53%, up about 80 points from the day's low and off close to 120 points from the day's high. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-25 15:59:00
Electing The Fourth Reich…
http://www.wholetruthcoalition.org/category/hiddenhistory/ Are you fed up with the damage politicians and their political correctness have done to our country? Are you ashamed of what has become of our way of life, our health system, immigration laws, justice system, police, our national pride and morality and our once mighty armed forces? Are you angry enough to want to do something about it NOW? [more...]
Date: 2009-09-19 11:24:18
The Economy: "Bill Bonner Interview, 9/6/09" (Excerpt")
"Bill Bonner Interview, 9/6/09" (Excerpt) "Daily Bell: When did you decide that the Keynesians were wrong and Adam Smith had a better idea? Bill Bonner: Oh about 20 years ago. I never liked the Keynesians; they are manipulators. The free market economists- the original economist Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson- were not manipulators. They called themselves moral philosophers. Adam Ferguson studied colonies of bees and he compared them to humans from a philosophical and moral point of view. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-15 15:35:00
The Global Carry Trade and the Crimes of Patriots
This article was submitted by The Institutional Risk Analyst “In a government of laws, the existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our government is the potent, the omnipotent teacher. For good or ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. If government becomes a lawbreaker it breeds contempt for law: it invites every man to become a law unto himself. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 15:37:24
Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009)
After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-27 07:51:48
Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009)
After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-27 07:51:48
South Africa's Recession Continues Even As The Rand Surges
by Edward Hugh: Barcelona "The banking sector in South Africa has insubstantial leverage and did not enter in to excessively risky lending practices that were the hallmarks of the credit-boom days. However, South Africa’s Current Account Deficit remains wide and its ability to service its short-term debt is on the wrong side of comfortable. [more...]
Date: 2009-08-23 14:11:00
When will the Recession end? Here's a collection of opinions.
This is the subject of my Mini poll which I invite you to vote in just below my Web site clock to the right ... global in New York.Don't count on debt-laden households to spend their way back to growth. As for banks ... , which means they are unlikely to throw open the cash spigots. The federal government is mired in debt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 07:44:00
Maria Duval - Are We Approaching A New Era Soon?
Are We Approaching A New Era Soon? Unless one is living on another planet, one would have most likely sensed that our world is changing rapidly. If you have been following my articles, you will know that I, at times, receive messages of a spiritual nature. Much of my dreams and visions had foretold personal and some global level occurrences [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 01:54:00
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/12/2008
Some headlines to look at:“Muslim Killed Catholic Girl in Love With Flatmate”“London Fundraisers Linked to Stoning of 13-Year-Old”“Possibly Tens of Thousands of Somalis in the US Illegally”“New Anti-Christian Attack in Mosul, Two Sisters Killed”But then there’s this:“Denmark: Ready to Ban Headscarves for Judges”So it’s not all bad news [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 04:52:00
U.S. Government Has Bought into 9 Major U.S. Banks
Finally, leadership! Every commentator has whined for it. Every investor has pined for it. Every politician has inclined towards it ... into 9 major U.S. banks. Hundreds of billions in loans, giveaways, bribes and trash collection ... , but the math is a little funny anyway. France is putting up 360 billion euros. Germany tossed a half [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 03:16:35
Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/2/2009
In tonight’s news: Israel is poised to send ground troops into Gaza.A Muslim family was removed from a plane before takeoff, and is being compensated by the airline for the error. CAIR is in high dudgeon about the incident.Thousands of shoes were dumped on a Miami expressway — is that a message for President-eject Bush? [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 04:42:00
Annual Report - 2008 - 2009 - Hotel Leela
HOTEL LEELAVENTURE LIMITEDANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009DIRECTOR'S REPORTTOTHE MEMBERSYour Directors have pleasure in presenting the Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Company together with its Audited Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2009.1. Financial Results:The Company's performance during the year under review is summarised below: Rupees in crores Financial Year Financial Year [more...]
Date: 2009-09-09 02:44:00
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-26
Exchanges battle for eastern Europe - Financial News (subscription) http://cli.gs/4Egh6 # On the Street and off the Cuff - Crain’s Manchester Business http://cli.gs/d43eQ # Surplus office space triggers fall in rent - Gulf Times http://cli.gs/eusNB # Realtors take to the Street to raise $2.5 bn - Economic Times http://cli.gs/Uh78A # Property News: Scene set for UK home rental boost - Financial Times http://cli.gs/9VX9A # Pre-IPOs fall out of favour in SE Asia market [more...]
Date: 2009-07-26 15:45:00
Brother Can You Spare 20 Trillion Dimes?
I hope it's going to be a Thursday thump... At least when you hear the "thump" you know you've hit something! The market encountered virtually no resistance on the way down back to our mid-points and we could not be more thrilled as we went bearish at the top and we've been lining up our buys all week, expecting to hold 8, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 14:46:09
Bankruptcies on the rise around the world
After having spotted a few news stories earlier today about record rates of personal bankruptcy in the U.S., it didn't take long to see that bankruptcies are a world-wide phenomenon, something that shouldn't come as that big of a surprise given the depth of the current recession and the impact that rising unemployment has had on budgets everywhere. [more...]
Date: 2009-08-12 14:18:00
The Implanted Radio-Frequency Identification Chip: “Smart Cards” in a Surveillance Society
Dandelion Salad by Tom Burghardt Global Research, September 6, 2008Antifascist Calling… RFID tags implanted in physical objects or human beings If incorporating personal details into an RFID (radio-frequency identification) chip implanted into a passport or driver’s license may sound like a “smart” alternative to endless lines at the airport and [more...]
Date: 2008-09-07 17:29:50
“Levy’s decision to replace Jol with Ramos has been catastrophic” - Andy Dunn
Comment & analysis round-up Quote of the day: “Some of the stuff I’ve had to deal with has been soul-destroying and my family has stopped reading the papers. There’ve been people saying I’ve had two heart attacks and that I’m ready for a third, others saying I need my head examined. I didn’t envisage any of this, not in the slightest [more...]
Date: 2008-10-05 10:02:08
Who Really Rules Your World
We have all heard it said that “money is the root of all evil” and probably thought that was a bit of an exaggeration ... distribution of wealth; inflation; national debt; currency crises and devaluations; recessions; depressions ... to govern the world. If you have any doubt about that, please read on. National Debt: We’ve all heard [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 11:53:02
Stock Market Dictionary - M
MFifth letter of a NASDAQ stock symbol specifying that the issue is the company's fourth class of preferred shares. M1Measure of the U.S. money stock that consists of currency held by the public, travelers checks, demand deposits and other checkable deposits including NOW (negotiable order of withdrawal) and ATS (automatic transfer service) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:44:00
Whole-business Securitization Lands in Europe: Ten Lessons to Remember
Dr. Dennis Vink asked: Introduction The asset-backed market has grown to become one of the largest capital markets in the world in terms of size and volume. Since 1998, companies have increasingly often used whole–business securitization to refinance whole lines of businesses that frequently form a substantial portion of the assets [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 08:47:37
There Is An Alternative To Capitalism
While the defenders of capitalism attempt to pose the solution to the crisis of their beloved capitalist system in terms of increasing Free Trade, opposing government regulations, transparency, social responsibility, but still promote the public bail out of private captial with no strings attached, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 09:04:00
Economic crisis, part 2: Waiting for the other shoe to drop
Posted by n3wday on October 16, 2008 This is the second installment of an article written for the Kasama site ... , III”) While bourgeois economists argue over the precise meaning of the word ‘recession’, the debt ... to expropriate surplus value. But capital is not a collection of things, it is a process; a matrix [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 04:00:39
Recovering from Neoliberal Disaster: Why Iceland and Latvia Won’t (and Can’t) Pay the EU for the Kleptocrats’ Ripoffs
By Professor Michael Hudson August 17, 2009 Can Iceland and Latvia pay the foreign debts run up by a fairly narrow layer of their population? The European Union and International Monetary Fund have told them to replace private debts with public obligations, and to pay by raising taxes, slashing public spending and obliging citizens to deplete their savings. [more...]
Date: 2009-08-17 16:26:00
Berries And Cream - My Little Bastille Day
Allright before I get on to this dessert and explain this post title, ... - A Collection of Charleston Recipe", and I am sure it will find a good home among one of you. I have read ... . I also know that it is available through Amazon Germany and since Amazon France seems to deliver [more...]
Date: 2008-07-14 05:40:00
0% Global Interest Rates Totally Destroys Banking
October 29, 2008 Elaine Meinel Supkis Dear readers of this edition: Typepad stupidly changed their coding. It is very buggy! I can't get it to work right and it is their fault. Especially when it comes to making things bigger or smaller, it does this RANDOMLY. I hope to correct this and am fighting with their staff [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 15:09:33
CHRISTIAN POETRY
Any consideration of the interplay between the predominant religion of European culture and the poetry that developed within its influence should properly begin with the textual legacy of sacred scripture. For in the Bible there is a fund of images, narrative reference, rhetorical formulas, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 14:59:00
Project Humanbeingsfirst Index
Honorific of the day “you are a completely stupid fool, a disgrace to humanity” -- Paul Craig Roberts, United States Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Dec 06, 2008Quote of the day “The answer to 1984 is 1776” -- Alex Jones “The answer to 1776 is the USA Patriot Act” -- The Chairman “The answer to Patriot Acts anywhere is Gandhi ” [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 22:06:00
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/17/2008
Take a look at the Islamic terror plot uncovered in Arizona, with a connection to the “Flying Imams”.Also look at the financial news from Spain — not good. Unemployment over 11%.Thanks to C. Cantoni, Insubria, JD, Paul Green, TB, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 04:53:00
The Welfare Reform White Paper, Policy Making, Implementation, and the Government of Narnia
(This is quite long at 4,400 words, and the word version here may be easier on the eye) 1 INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS I’ve reserved judgment on the Welfare Reform White Paper ‘Raising Expectations’ until I had time to read it, and to revisit in the light of the accompanying documents - the Green Paper ‘No-one written off’ and Professor [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 21:48:20
Carnival of Family Life Harvest Festival
The leaves on the East Coast are changing and the days are getting cooler ... , saying, “Enjoy this collection of fantastic haikus on brain and mind topics, and contribute yours ... , “We’re setting up a new home in Berlin, Germany.” Check out their new couch. Mac presents Eco [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 00:00:09
Project Humanbeingsfirst Index
Honorific of the day “you are a completely stupid fool, a disgrace to humanity” -- Paul Craig Roberts, United States Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Dec 06, 2008Quote of the day “The answer to 1984 is 1776” -- Alex Jones “The answer to 1776 is the USA Patriot Act” -- The Chairman “The answer to Patriot Acts anywhere is Gandhi” [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 22:40:00
The King William's College quiz
Last year, right after Xmas, I started getting dozens of visits to this blog - all resulting from Google (or other) searches for information about the Jemmerling collection. I asked why, and some kind person explained to me that people were looking for the answer to question 15.6 of the King William's College [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 17:32:00
Review - Ivanov, Donmar West End (Wyndham’s Theatre), with Kenneth Branagh
While the rest of the world was holding its breath to find out if McCain had had his chips and the moose huntin’ maverick was back at Walmart, the West End Whingers were bating their collective, slightly wheezy breath with a far more pressing concern: would Ivanov be yet another success in their consecutive list of theatrical junkets? [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 09:17:05
Full text: CPP 40th anniversary statement
Just got this now via email from the NDFP International Office: CPP 40th anniversary statement Publish at Scribd or explore others: Politics philippines Or if you prefer to read it now: STRENGTHEN THE PARTY AND INTENSIFY THE PEOPLE’S STRUGGLE IN CELEBRATING THE 40th FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY Message of the Central Committee Communist Party [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 18:20:21
