Analysis Topic: Politics & Social Trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Banks Modern Day Pirates Without Boats / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Pravda
Pirates are all the rage these days. The brazen audacity of Somali Pirates seems to make headlines every other day. Not only does crime pay, it pays lavishly; over $15 billion a year by some estimates. Traditionally, a Pirate is someone who robs or plunders on the high seas. The most successful or notorious villains in history passed into folklore.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Socialism Returns to Haunt United States / Politics / US Politics
By: John_Browne
America is more than a country; it is the ideal of liberty. In economic terms, liberty translates into the entrepreneurial spirit of hard work, risk taking and self-reliance. And this spirit has made America rich beyond compare.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
House of Frauds, Tory Lords of the Manor Expense Claims / Politics / US Politics
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The Telegraph continued with its leaking of outrageous expense claims at tax payers expense, where the reaction from the Speaker of the Commons was to deride the media for publishing the content rather than on seeking to hold MP's to account, which is not so surprising given his own past track record of going on spending binges to the tunes of several hundreds of thousands at tax payers expense beyond his salary.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Leftists Attack Critics of the Fed Money Printing Machine / Politics / Central Banks
By: LewRockwell
Tom Woods writes: Question Authority (Unless I Say Not To)Finally, I’ve been attacked – sort of.
So far the response to my book Meltdown, a free-market look at the financial crisis, has been almost eerily favorable. That’s very gratifying, to be sure, but criticism is what gets debate going and pushes a given subject matter beyond its typical confines.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Global Debt Enslavement - From Gold Reserves to Petrodollars / Politics / Global Financial System
By: Stephen_Lendman
Reviewing Ellen Brown's "Web of Debt:" Part III - This is the third in a series of articles on Ellen Brown's superb 2007 book titled "Web of Debt," now updated in a December 2008 third edition. It tells "the shocking truth about our money system, (how it) trapped us in debt, and how we can break free." This article focuses on global debt entrapment.
Monday, May 11, 2009
How Scotland's Unscrupulous Money Men Sought to Control Colonial America / Politics / Global Financial System
By: BBC
Neil Oliver and A History Of Scotland are about to go Stateside to document Scotland's international moneymen, who weren't averse to "playing the markets" for their own ends in the 18th century.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Plan to Shut Down Fannie and Freddie as Tax Payer Bailout Grow / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Mike_Shedlock
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) says Options for Fannie, Freddie May Include 'Wind-Down'.
Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, May 11, 2009
U.S. Economy in Free Fall, Why is the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve in this picture? / Politics / Oil Companies
By: Robert_Singer
The world is engulfed in a global economic crisis of staggering ferocity rivaling three other financial meltdowns—which all began in the month of October. [1]Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, May 11, 2009
Debt Fuelled American Military Empire That Supports the Old World Order / Politics / US Politics
By: Global_Research
Those dastardly French! What arrogance! In 1789, they tried to destroy the Ancien Régime (read Old Order).
The Old Order is an aristocratic, social, and political system that prevailed in Europe between the 14th and 19th centuries. In it, power is held by the monarchy, the clergy, and the aristocracy, and society is divided into three Estates—the nobility, the clergy, and the rest of the people who are powerless. The Ancien Régime retains the privileges of both the nobility and aristocracy that existed in feudal times, and the people, whose lives have the value of mere livestock, exist only for the benefit of the state. The Ancien Régime is also militaristic, aggressive, and imperialistic. Wars are common, and between the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XVI, France fought in at least 27 of them.
Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Cost of Health Care Plan Soars; Obama might Renege on Campaign Promises / Politics / Healthcare Sector
By: Mike_Shedlock
YahooFinance is reporting Upfront costs complicate Obama's health care plan.
Read full article... Read full article...Costs are emerging as the biggest obstacle to President Barack Obama's ambitious plan to provide health insurance for everybody.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
“I had a dream.” It was 2008 and Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States. / Politics / US Politics
By: Robert_Singer
The world is engulfed in a global economic crisis of staggering ferocity rivaling four other financial meltdowns—which all began in the month of October. [1]
Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Monsanto: Seeds of Truth / Politics / Agricultural Commodities
By: Submissions
Sheila Samples writes: I have learned over the past decade if I want to know what's really going on in the United States, I have to cruise through the foreign media to see what's creating a furor or causing a stink. So, while searching for the status of Spain's on-again, off-again criminal proceedings against six Bush Administration war criminals, this headline in Der Spiegel caught my eye -- "Frankenfood Ban is Neither Populism nor Panic-Mongering."
Sunday, May 10, 2009
How to Fix the Economy: The Retirement Plan Solution / Politics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Submissions
The St. Petersburg Times Newspaper, Business Section asked readers for ideas on "How Would You Fix the Economy?"
This guy nailed it!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Banking System Report from Iron Mountain / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Richard_C_Cook
What impresses me in the current financial crisis is the near-total failure of so-called progressives to appreciate the magnitude of what is going on or the level of intelligence behind it. How many will say, for instance, that the crash was deliberately engineered by the creation, then destruction, of the investment bubbles of the last decade?
Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Global Financial & Economic Crisis: How Much Time do We Have? / Politics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Global_Research
Adrian Salbuchi writes: A good doctor is one who will tell his patient what ails him, no matter how bad the news... A good doctor begins by making a correct diagnosis of his patient's condition. A bad doctor, however, either cannot make a proper diagnosis (because he lacks expertise) or, worst still, he hides the truth afrom his patient...
Friday, May 08, 2009
Bankers Capture the Money Machine: Reviewing Ellen Brown's "Web of Debt:" Part 2 / Politics / Global Financial System
By: Stephen_Lendman
This is the second of several articles on Ellen Brown's remarkable book titled "Web of Debt....the shocking truth about our money system, (how it) trapped us in debt, and how we can break free." It's a multi-part snapshot. Reading the entire book is strongly recommended - easily obtainable through Amazon or Brown's webofdebt.com site.
Friday, May 08, 2009
The Truth About Tax Havens / Politics / Taxes
By: Jennifer_Barry
Suddenly in March, the news was full of denunciations of “tax havens.” While there is no standard definition of this term, tax havens are generally nations with low taxes, privacy in financial matters, and limited reporting to foreign tax bureaucracies. These countries, generally smaller and less developed, are being blamed for much of the world’s economic and social ills.
Friday, May 08, 2009
Corrupt Labour Government Ministers Have Their Snouts In the Trough / Politics / UK Politics
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Tory supporting newspaper, The Telegraph has pulled off a scoop of getting their hands on outrageous and unforgivable MP expense claims right from the Prime Minister downwards albeit at an alleged cost of £300,000 paid to the leaker which the Police are looking into.
Friday, May 08, 2009
Banks Survive 5 MPH Bumper Stress Test / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Dr_Martenson
With great fanfare it was leaked (at strategic market moments throughout the week) and then announced that the 19 largest banks all passed the so-called "stress tests." Under a test track of their own choosing, and with the ability to negotiate the interpretation of the damage resulting from an ultra low-speed collision, the banks have now been proclaimed "safe at any speed." If you are not comforted by this news, you are not alone.
Friday, May 08, 2009
The Bank Stress Test Scam (Part 1) / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Mike_Stathis
I haven't made any comments about these so-called stress tests for the banks because it was obvious (to me anyway) it was just the latest PR scam devised by Larry Summers (carried out by his puppet, Geithner) to exaggerate the financial health of the banking system.
While I was confident the results of these “tests” would be ludicrous, I wanted to hold off until they were released so I could deliver the knockout punch. In short, it's clear these "stress tests" weren't so stressful, as I had suspected.
Read full article... Read full article...