BY PENNY BRIGHT 5 October 2008 Just before 5pm Friday 3 October 2008, I lodged a formal complaint with the Serious Fraud Office about National Party leader John Key’s failure to declare his pecuniary interest in Tranz Rail shares at a time it was an ‘Item of Business’ before Parliament. […]
https://www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/8308 [youtube]676-wftOu94[/youtube] Former New Zealand Herald Political cartoonist Malcolm Evans was awarded the Qantas Media Awards 2003 Cartoonist of the Year. His Palestinian-related work caused controversy and resulted in him leaving the Herald. In this short film, Evans presents something of the cartoonists craft – and showcases his art along […]
Martha Rose Crow, M.S. I just watched Bush on CNN call for another round of legislation by the House of Representatives so they will approve a bailout for wal-street (spelling intended) again when almost every American is opposed to handing over such a large amount of money to speculator gamblers […]
https://www.naturalnews.com/024316.html High intake of the artificial sweetener aspartame may lead to the degeneration of brain cells and various mental disorders, according to a research review conducted by South African scientists from the University of Pretoria and the University of Limpopo and published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
By CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM https://www.counterpunch.org/ketcham09272008.html Since the late 1990s, federal agents have reported systemic communications security breaches at the Department of Justice, FBI, DEA, the State Department, and the White House. Several of the alleged breaches, these agents say, can be traced to two hi-tech communications companies, Verint Inc. (formerly Comverse […]
By Ellen Brown https://www.bestcyrano.org “I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men.” – Sir Isaac Newton, after losing a fortune in the South Sea bubble Something extraordinary is going on with these government bailouts. In March 2008, the Federal Reserve extended a $55 billion […]
https://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JI26Ak02.html By Pepe Escobar WASHINGTON and SAO PAULO – The George W Bush administration’s US$700 billion no-accountability scheme, globally, informally dubbed “cash for trash”, is making all the headlines. Simultaneously, there’s the small matter of the United Nations General Assembly sanctioning the troubled birth of a new, multipolar world. As […]
Grasping at Straws By Mike Whitney Published on The Smirking Chimp (https://www.smirkingchimp.com) Created Sep 21 2008 – 8:35am On Friday morning, Senator Christopher Dodd, the head of the Senate Banking Committee, was interviewed on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Dodd revealed that just hours earlier at an emergency meeting convened by […]
What Did Bush&Co Know And When Did They Know It? by Steve Brant Economic Shock and Awe", as Arianna put it , indeed. In another parallel to the planning of the Iraq War, there is this curious answer given by Deputy White House Press Secretary Fratto at the end of […]