Financial Implosion and the New American Century
Posted by smeddum on October 26, 2008
Financial Implosion and the New American Century
What It Means for Societies and People in the Multipolar World Order
by Niloufer Bhagwat
Global Research, October 26, 2008
FutureFastForward.org
The New American Century, the strategic concept of Anglo-American – Zionist Capital has imploded, along with major Investment Banks and financial and banking institutions of close alliance partners, humiliatingly in full view of peoples and societies where they pillaged, killed, tortured and terrorized rendering millions homeless into refugees. Read the rest of this entry »
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UK governments funding banks’ off-shore tax evasion
Posted by seumasach on October 26, 2008
All of this only confirms that it is nonsense to talk of the government nationalising or part-nationalising the banks.
Time for government to insist that loopholes are closed
Ian MacWhirter
It has always been a scandal that banks connived with wealthy clients to use offshore tax havens to avoid paying income tax. But the use of offshore vehicles by banks such as Northern Rock and Royal Bank of Scotland has had far more profound consequences than loss of tax revenue.
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Milk with your Credit crunch?
Posted by smeddum on October 26, 2008
Milk with your credit crunch?
by MICHAEL CARABOTT Malta independent online
What’s the capital of Iceland? About e2.50. Milk with your credit crunch? What’s the difference between an investment banker and a large pizza? A large pizza can feed a family of four.
These are just some of the jokes doing the rounds in the UK at the minute. But despite the stiff upper lip and the Britons’ uncanny ability to take it squarely on the chin and get on with it, the mood is very bleak. Read the rest of this entry »
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General Motors, Driven to the Brink
Posted by smeddum on October 26, 2008
General Motors, Driven to the Brink
By BILL VLASIC and NICK BUNKLEY NewYorkTimes
Published: October 25, 2008
IN late May, senior executives at General Motors confronted a decision that few thought they would ever face: whether to continue developing the next generation of one of the most successful products in G.M.’s 100-year history — the full-size sport utility vehicle — or to punt the program entirely.
Saying Goodbye to the S.U.V. Read the rest of this entry »
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Cuba, EU re-establish cooperative ties
Posted by smeddum on October 26, 2008
Cuba, EU re-establish cooperative ties
www.chinaview.cn 2008-10-24 09:31:45
HAVANA, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque and European Commissioner of Development and Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel, signed a declaration on Thursday to restore the bilateral cooperation at the headquarters of the Cuban Foreign Ministry in Havana. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Age of Triumphalism is over
Posted by smeddum on October 26, 2008
The Age of Triumphalism is over
Americans are no longer in the mood to chase after distant evildoers.
By Andrew J. Bacevich LosAngelosTimes
October 26, 2008
All but lost amid the hullabaloo of the presidential campaign, the State Department recently dropped North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. Kim Jong Il pocketed a concession that even a year ago would have seemed unimaginable. The American people — feeling more threatened by Wall Street than by Pyongyang — managed barely a shrug. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: bush, Election 2008, end of US empire, Financial crisis, McCain, new world order, Obama, public opinion | 1 Comment »
Time for the EU to include Russia and abandon NATO
Posted by seumasach on October 26, 2008
Click on above link to see video.
Christopher King links the Anglo-American financial crisis to the same lack of morality that underlies US-UK-NATO murder in Iraq and Afghanistan. He calls on Europe to “reject the aggressive economic and foreign relations models” and the “fraudulent financial practices that have arisen from the failing social experiment” that is the USA.
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Serbia-Votes, Recognitions and a Prize
Posted by seumasach on October 26, 2008
Nesojsa Malic
Almost eight months after the US – followed by most NATO members –recognized the occupied Serbian province of Kosovo as a dependent state, the Serbian government finally did something about it. On October 8, the UN General Assembly approved Serbia’s request to seek the opinion of the International Court of Justice about the legality of Kosovo’s separation. Albania, the US and four Pacific island nations in its orbit were the only votes against. For a moment, Belgrade basked in victory, no matter how feeble or immaterial.
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Deal on American presence in Iraq close to collapse
Posted by seumasach on October 26, 2008
26th October, 2008
Senior Iraqi politicians have warned that a crucial deal between Baghdad and Washington governing the presence of American troops in the country is doomed to failure after eight months of talks.
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