In 1886, Tolstoy wrote: ‘Slavery has long been abolished. It was abolished in Rome, and in America, and in Russia, but what was abolished was the word and not the thing in itself.’ (Tolstoy, What Then Must We Do?, Green Classics, 1991, p.104) In 2011, ‘the thing in itself’ is […]
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Source: pubrecord.org What if the greatest scam ever perpetrated was blatantly exposed, and the US media didn’t cover it? Does that mean the scam could keep going? That’s what we are about to find out. I understand the importance of the new WikiLeaks documents. However, we must not let them […]
By Justin Thyme (NZ) 8 February 2011. · The gain is incalculable greed and enormous profits for the super rich – none of whom at all live in New Zealand.· Trans-Tasman Resources Ltd (TTR) is well advanced in its plans now to develop the iron-sands. https://www.ttrl.co.nz/cms.aspx?page=What_are_Iron_Sands&flag=1 · The company is working […]
It may turn out to be the most important bank you’ve never heard of. Amagerbanken was taken over by the Danish government today. As with the Irish banks, Amagerbanken suffered huge losses on loans to property developers and investors in commercial real estate. But the rescue comes under new regulations […]
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Iceland’s special prosecutor into the banking crisis has confirmed that raids have taken place today and that arrests have been made. The Central Bank of Iceland is among the institutions under investigation. Read the rest here
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Jefferson’s most magnificent creation — The Rotunda at UVa in Charlottesville. Full Disclosure: The author is a graduate of the University of Virginia. Uncanny how little has changed about bankers in 200 years. Jefferson’s revolution of 1800… Thomas Jefferson’s Top 10 Quotes On Money And Banking #1 “If the American […]
[ Bought to you by : ] Crisis in Egypt Dr Nigel Parsons from Massey University’s politics department is an expert on the Middle East, who’s lived and worked in Egypt. Mohammed Hassan is an Egyptian student in Auckland who helped organise a rally over the weekend. The two discuss […]
Former Managing Director of Goldman Sachs: Egyptians, Greeks, Tunisians and British Are All Protesting Against Pillaging of Their Economies Nomi Prins – former managing director of Goldman Sachs and head of the international analytics group at Bear Stearns in London – notes that the Egyptian people are rebelling against being […]