[ The basic problem here – is lending people money … … when they don’t have any money … … and then charging interest. ] A general strike is underway across Europe today as millions are protesting spending cuts and tax hikes they say have deepened the region’s economic crisis. […]
Corporate Corruption
A year ago, it was reported that Libya’s new NATO-installed prime minister, Abdurrahim el-Keib, was in fact a long-time US resident, having taught at the University of Alabama and was formally employed by the Petroleum Institute, based in Abu Dhabi, UAE and sponsored by British Petroleum (BP), Shell, France’s Total, […]
ANSWER : ‘Lots of people’ … but none more than these folks
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CREW and Brave New Foundation have released Strategic Maneuvers, a new report and short film revealing the extent of the Pentagon’s revolving door phenomenon, in which retired high-ranking generals and admirals cash in on their years of military experience by taking lucrative jobs with the defense industry. [youtube]jv4CQJuANYM[/youtube]
Editorial: Callous cash perk ditched The hospital doctors’ “cash for ash” perk is shameful. A charge, so notional that it varies from $13 to $90, for the few minutes it takes a doctor to fill out a form certifying a body fit for cremation has, by shabby tradition, gone […]
… and that’s just Pakistan … Video here
An analyst says the US as a human rights champion is an Orwellian notion and it has no right being on anybody’s human rights council. The United States has applied as a candidate for membership on the United Nations Human Rights Council, which will be voted on at an upcoming […]
UPDATE here The White House website has been bombarded with petitions that have mushroomed to [50] states moving to secede. The first petition came in from Louisiana the day after Obama’s re-election, and since then a chorus of others have issued their grievances. Now, under White House rules stated in […]
Say goodbye to online service providers protecting the identities of their users. With just a bit of begging, a Texas-based intelligence firm succeeded in convincing Skype to send over sensitive account data pertaining to a teenage WikiLeaks fan. read full article…