Analysis Topic: Politics & Social Trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
New Falklands War for Oil Suits British and Argentinian Politicians / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: OilPrice_Com
The artificially-engendered revival of the dispute, which began in February 2010 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has been portrayed as a posturing by embattled Argentine Pres. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, taking advantage of both the start of exploratory oil and gas drilling by British company Desire Petroleum in the Falklands waters, and the talks by Latin American and Caribbean leaders of the Rio Group in the Mexican resort of Playa del Carmen, beginning on February 22, 2010. But the crisis may well play into the political posturing of equally embattled United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who faces a general election by June 2010 at the latest.
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
We Are Being Spent Into Oblivion / Politics / Government Spending
By: Roy_F_Grieder
As we continue to ponder and debate, with way too much focus, on the mundane and inane, the perfect storm grows and rapidly approaches. It brings with it a financial tsunami and a societal train wreck. October 2008 was the outer wall of the storm, we have been living in the eye since then. Now the inner wall approaches: the global debt crisis.
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
IMF Economic Fear Mongering Comes to America / Politics / US Debt
By: Ellen_Brown
In addition to mandatory private health insurance premiums, we may soon be hit with a “mandatory savings” tax and other belt-tightening measures urged by the President’s new budget task force. These radical austerity measures are not only unnecessary, however, but will actually make matters worse. The push for “fiscal responsibility” is based on bad economics.
Monday, March 01, 2010
Major War Coming Between Union Parasite "Haves" and Non-union "Have-Nots / Politics / Demographics
By: Mike_Shedlock
Perhaps by necessity, perhaps by desire, but most likely by both, An increasing percentage of Americans say they more enjoy saving than spending.
Monday, March 01, 2010
Bizarre Government Spending Habits / Politics / Government Spending
By: Dr_Ron_Paul
Last week I had the opportunity to bring up spending and transparency in two important hearings. On Wednesday I questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on some highly questionable uses of funds at the Federal Reserve, and on Thursday I asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about exorbitant spending at the State Department.
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Monday, March 01, 2010
Were the Founding Fathers Media Socialists? / Politics / US Politics
By: Ayn_Rand
The Federal Communications Commission’s Chief Diversity Officer, Mark Lloyd, wants government to socialize the media. In his 2006 book Prologue to a Farce, Lloyd calls for a far-reaching government program that would straitjacket private media companies and funnel tens of billions of dollars into a tax-supported “public” media--an agenda shared by many of his associates. A massive nonprofit media run by the state would better inform Americans, Lloyd claims, although, feeling generous, he allows that “there should be a place for private communications services in a republic.”
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Monday, March 01, 2010
The Axis of Greed, The Nature and Structure of the Economic Elite / Politics / US Politics
By: Global_Research
David DeGraw writes: This is the third-part of a six-part report. Part one can be viewed here, part two here.
Monday, March 01, 2010
Crashing Towards a New World Social Order 2012 / Politics / New World Order
By: Global_Research
Richard K. Moore writes: Historical background – the establishment of capitalist supremacy
When the Industrial Revolution began in Britain, in the late 1700s, there was lots of money to be made by investing in factories and mills, by opening up new markets, and by gaining control of sources of raw materials. The folks who had the most money to invest, however, were not so much in Britain but more in Holland. Holland was the leading Western power in the 1600s, and its bankers were the leading capitalists. In pursuit of profit, Dutch capital flowed to the British stock market, and thus the Dutch funded the rise of Britain, who subsequently eclipsed Holland both economically and geopolitically.
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Monday, March 01, 2010
Wall Street's Credit Crisis Bailout Hustle / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Global_Research
Matt Taibbi writes: Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren't just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy - they're re-creating the conditions for another crash
On January 21st, Lloyd Blankfein left a peculiar voicemail message on the work phones of his employees at Goldman Sachs. Fast becoming America's pre-eminent Marvel Comics supervillain, the CEO used the call to deploy his secret weapon: a pair of giant, nuclear-powered testicles. In his message, Blankfein addressed his plan to pay out gigantic year-end bonuses amid widespread controversy over Goldman's role in precipitating the global financial crisis.
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Monday, March 01, 2010
Did The Fed Pay “Face” For $187.53 Billion Chinese Owned Toxic Assets? / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Andrew_Butter
Two pieces of disturbing news on the wires this week:
1: The Chinese are NOT buying US debt anymore.
2: The Chinese ARE buying US debt (except they are buying it through intermediaries).
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Ron Paul on the Real Culprit For the Financial Crisis / Politics / Fiat Currency
By: Submissions
Ron Paul Blames the genesis of the Financial Collapse on when Nixon separated the Dollar from Gold that allowed Congress to run up unlimited deficits, the consequences of the lack of sound money led to the banking crash.
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Freedom and Truth, Leaps and Bounds / Politics / Mainstream Media
By: Viresh_Amin
Libertarian, Anarcho-Capitalist, and Austrian economist’s, along with other freedom thinkers are aware of the state and their influence over the masses. The brainwashing that occurs every day is excessively sickening and the manner in which it’s done is even worse. Through the control of the mainstream media the state has for decade’s channeled false information from school history books, newspapers, journals, and television to lead us to believe into their scams. The only pollution in the air is that which comes from corrupt minds.
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Reconcile This! / Politics / US Politics
By: Danny_Schechter
Reconciliation is one of those words that sounds great when used in another country
Right-wing whites along with the rest of the world embraced South Africa’s peace and reconciliation process as a way to put apartheid crimes on the record without a punitive witch-hunt that would intensify racial and political tensions. Archbishop Desmond Tutu chaired a panel to hear evidence without the power to execute or imprison or execute wrongdoers.
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Obama Healthcare and Snow-cialism / Politics / US Politics
By: Casey_Research
Vedran Vuk, Casey Research writes: There is a silver lining to every snowstorm - getting to know your neighbors both good and bad. With forty inches on my block this week, I've learned a lot about my neighbors and, strangely enough, socialism.
My corner of Baltimore seems like a good place to ride out a storm. After all, innumerable cars are plastered with Obama bumper stickers, and windows display signs like "Universal Healthcare Now." In essence, it's a very liberal neighborhood in an extremely liberal state. What better neighborhood to be in times of need, right?
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Economic and Social Crisis in America, Burglarious Stimulus / Politics / Economic Stimulus
By: John_Kozy
Paul Volker has recently said, "Well, we’ve got a problem in governing in this country…, our inability to deal with very large evident problems is apparent."
Indeed we do, and the problem is not new. The problem became evident to many long before Mr. Volker's term as Chairman of the FED, and he, along with many others, are complicit in perpetuating it.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
China Wins the Battle of the Brains / Politics / Social Issues
By: Tony_Sagami
Quick, name the top American colleges. Most Americans would tick off names like Harvard, Stanford, M.I.T., Rice, Vassar, Duke, University of California at Berkley, and our fantastic military academies.
How about foreign colleges? Oxford, Cambridge, McGill, The Sorbonne, University of Tokyo, University of Copenhagen, University of Zurich, Hebrew University of Israel, and Peking University are considered some of the best in the world.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Cut Government Spending by Cutting Public Sector Pay / Politics / Government Spending
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: It's fairly well known that the U.S. public sector is paid more than the private sector. What's less well known is that the gap between federal-employee pay and benefits and private-sector pay and benefits is increasing - by about 18% over the last decade.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Kurds Push for Oil Law with Baghdad Amid South’s Sudden Bright Future / Politics / Crude Oil
By: OilPrice_Com
While the Iraqi government has made overtures to its Kurdish counterpart in the north to end an oil standoff, much remains in doubt without an actual law keeping the industry in check - rules which this time the Kurds are pressing for rather than Baghdad.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
The Bank of the Fed is Closed…Forever / Politics / Central Banks
By: Robert_Singer
In an effort to explain our escalating financial crisis, an American Nightmare (an Environmental Dream), the pundits are focusing their angst on the 44th POTUS, who might very well go down as the single most inept president in all of American history. (How to Squander the Presidency in One Year, David Michael Green)
Barack Obama is not inept, greedy or stupid and he isn’t one of “us”.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Britain May Provoke New Falklands War With Argentina / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: Rick_Rozoff
On February 22 two major developments occurred in the Americas south of the Rio Grande. The two-day Rio Group summit opened in Mexico and Great Britain started drilling for oil 60 miles north of the Falklands Islands, known as Las Malvinas to Argentina.