And now for a world government. By Gideon Rachman / Published: December 8 2008. I have never believed that there is a secret United Nations plot to take over the US. I have never seen black helicopters hovering in the sky above Montana. But, for the first time in my life, I think the formation [...]
BEHIND THE PANIC: Financial Warfare over future of global bank power by F. William Engdahl October 9, 2008 … Using panic to centralize power As I document in my forthcoming book, Power of Money: The Rise and Decline of the American Century, in every major US financial panic since at least the Panic of 1835, [...]
The Bailout in Plain English. Speaking in the Tongues of Brokers. By Joe Bageant. Any number of cultural historians have noted the American belief that success is a sign of God’s favor. And over the past couple of decades he has had a downright love fest with the already-rich. So much so that the richest [...]
Were Legislators Threatened with Martial Law? Posted on October 6, 2008 by Ed Brayton. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) said on the House floor that members of the House were told in private that if they didn’t vote for the bailout bill, martial law would have to be imposed. Video below: http://www.youtube.com/v/HaG9d_4zij8&hl=en&fs=1 Now I’m not one [...]
Bailout bill loops in green tech, IRS snooping. By Declan McCullagh – CNET News. Last week, the Bush administration proposed a three-page bill to bail out Wall Street to the tune of $700 billion. It died in the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week. On Friday, though, the House approved a far bigger, broader, [...]
Economic Collapse Brinkmanship – 2012 Preview? Regardless of being threatened with the end of the financial system itself – the totally fearless lowest rated congress of the United States – didn’t blink. It also did not pass the Secured Housing Investment Trust (SHIT) bill – called by the government some other acronym. Regardless of what [...]
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TODAY Sept. 29, 2008 – by Michael C. Ruppert For years I have told you exactly what was going to happen and it has. Today’s economic meltdown, with the Dow dropping 777 points and $1.2 trillion in equity lost is no exception. In our second FTW Economic Alert back in 2002 I [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke bluntly warned reluctant lawmakers Tuesday they risk a recession with higher unemployment and increased home foreclosures unless they act on the Bush administration’s $700 billion plan to bail out the financial industry. Despite the warning, influential lawmakers in both parties demanded changes in the White House-backed proposal, [...]