[ … and when we say ‘rock’ we don’t mean the good kind of rock ] The Conflict A cartoon published in an American newspaper in 2002 showed former president George Bush sitting behind his desk in the Oval Office, utterly confused by a news report he was reading about […]
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https://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/ I realise that Democracy Now are, to some extent, gatekeepers, but both these interviews are worth a listen. “Top Secret America” Washington Post Investigation Reveals Massive, Unmanageable, Outsourced US Intelligence System” https://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/19/top_secret_america__washington_post “Tim Shorrock Asks Why It Took the Washington Post So Long to Investigate the US Intelligence System” […]
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I don’t play cards, but if I did… I’d get some of these https://financialterrorists.wordpress.com/2010/05/19/financial-terrorists-playing-cards/ https://financialterrorists.wordpress.com/sample-cards/ chuckle chuckle
I don’t really mean ‘mad’ mad, Max is without a doubt the least mad money man on the planet. Want to know more? [youtube]1gpOGgptVLI[/youtube]
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/7895242/Mystery-trader-buys-all-Europes-cocoa.html Even Willy Wonka might struggle to use this much chocolate. Yesterday, somebody bought 241,000 tonnes of cocoa beans. The purchase was enough to move the entire global cocoa market, sending the price to the highest level since 1977, and triggering rumours and intrigue in the City. It is […]
In an attempt to be proactive, or seem proactive, governments and scientists are ‘considering‘ changing the climate. Using man made volcano-like smoke stacks, reflective particles in the upper atmosphere, aerosolized particles dispensed from aircraft …and other such dangerous (not to mention expensive) ideas. Whilst I’m in no rush to usher […]
Watch this movie. On at the Auckland film festival https://www.nzff.co.nz/default.aspx?id=8791®ion=2 Still tickets available for the last two shows. … ooooh but hurry. ========================= The official ‘redband’ trailer for American The Bill Hicks Story www.americanthemovie.com This groundbreaking new documentary uses a stunning new animation technique to tell the story of the modern cultural […]
There are those who would argue that the financial crisis was caused by over-enthusiastic worship of the Almighty Dollar. Call it brutal financial karma, but that church is looking pretty empty these days. A new report from Morgan Stanley analyst Emma Lawson confirms what many had suspected: the dollar is […]
Really can’t wait until TVNZ ditches its One Network News sponsor so I can finally start hearing some more interesting factoids on the banks… … like ‘how much money flows out of the country everyday ‘ & financial discussions could finally include statements such as: ‘Should most New Zealandic banks […]