Sounds like Inside Trading to me: Rep Kaptur
Posted by smeddum on September 29, 2008
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: bailout, bailout protest, democracy for America, Financial crisis, insider trading, kaptur, Paulson, Paulson plan | Leave a Comment »
BAIL OUT THE PEOPLE, NOT WALL STREET BANKERS!
Posted by alfied on September 29, 2008
Tell President Bush, Candidates Obama and McCain, Members of Congress,
Treasury Secretary Paulson, Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke, and members of the media:
Bail Out Main Street NOT Wall Street! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Financial crisis | Tagged: stop forclosure | Leave a Comment »
From Spain to South America: McCain’s Axis of Evil
Posted by smeddum on September 29, 2008
From Spain to South America: McCain’s Axis of Evil
September 29, 2008 By Nikolas Kozloff Zmag
Last week, John McCain set off a political firestorm when he suggested that he might not meet with Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in the White House. Speaking to a reporter from Spanish-language Union Radio, McCain said “Honestly, I have to analyze our relationships, situations and priorities, but I can assure you that I will establish closer relationships with our friends, and I will stand up to those who want to harm the United States.”
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Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: McCain, South America, Spain, US hubris | Leave a Comment »
Human Rights Watch in Venezuela
Posted by alfied on September 29, 2008
Human Rights Watch in Venezuela
Lies, Crimes and Cover-ups
By James Petras
28/09/08 “ICH ” — – Human Rights Watch, a US-based group claiming to be a non-governmental organization, but which is in fact funded by government-linked quasi-private foundations and a Congressional funded political propaganda organization, the National Endowment for Democracy, has issued a report “A Decade Under Chavez: Political Intolerance and Lost Opportunities for Advancing Human Rights in Venezuela” (9/21/2008 hrw.org). The publication of the “Report” directed by Jose Miguel Vivanco and sub-director Daniel Walkinson led to their expulsion from Venezuela for repeated political-partisan intervention in the internal affairs of the country. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: NGOs, Venezuela | Leave a Comment »
Kucinich says bailout doesn’t have the votes
Posted by smeddum on September 29, 2008
Kucinich says bailout doesn’t have the votes
RAW STORY
Published: Sunday September 28, 2008
As the Wall Street bailout talks continue, a critical Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is not confident that House will pass the legislation, as he told The Hill. “If the votes were there, this would be on the floor,” he said. “The votes aren’t there.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Bush’s Economic 9/11 and the Rise of Big Brother Banking
Posted by smeddum on September 29, 2008
Bush’s Economic 9/11 and the Rise of Big Brother Banking
By Roberto Lovato, New America Media
Posted on September 29, 2008, Printed on September 29, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/100682/
Editor’s Note: Behind the economic bailout is a looming specter of government as Big ‘Banker’ Brother, and activists are protesting for fear of further erosion of civil liberties, reports NAM contributor Roberto Lovato.
NEW YORK – Arun Gupta stood between the throngs of tourists and the small army of activists squeezing onto the narrow concrete island occupied largely by the 7,000 pound bronze Wall Street bull and declared, “We’re here to say no to the bailout.” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: 9/11, bailout protest, civil liberties, Paulson plan | Leave a Comment »
Dollar Intervention Risk `Meaningful’ on Volatility
Posted by smeddum on September 29, 2008
Dollar Intervention Risk `Meaningful’ on Volatility (Update2)
By Ye Xie
Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) — A growing number of currency traders and strategists are starting to speculate that finance ministers from the world’s biggest economies will join to support the dollar. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Financial crisis | Tagged: dollar collapse | Leave a Comment »
PRC, Middle East may fuel rebound of economy in US
Posted by smeddum on September 28, 2008
PRC, Middle East may fuel rebound of economy in US
SHIELDED: These regions will likely be affected by sluggish US consumption, but by comparison will see robust growth, WEF participants in Tianjin said
By Elizabeth Tchii
STAFF REPORTER
Monday, Sep 29, 2008, Page 12
“Globalization is changing the ball game [by] exposing the need to build up governance. It’s risk we’ve got to manage better.”
— Peter Mandelson, EU commissioner for trade
The US will most likely recover from its financial crisis sometime next year or in 2010, but participants at a World Economic Forum (WEF) panel discussion in Tianjin, China, said a full rebound would take years, with emerging markets such as China and the Middle East leading the way. Read the rest of this entry »
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Canada’s Harper Joins G-7 Chorus, Pins Crisis on U.S.
Posted by smeddum on September 28, 2008
Canada’s Harper Joins G-7 Chorus, Pins Crisis on U.S.
By Theophilos Argitis
Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said U.S. policies helped create the crisis in financial markets, adding to criticism from other Group of Seven leaders and saying there’s little his government can do to help. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Financial crisis, Multipolar world | Tagged: bailout, canada, economy, G8, politics, Stephen Harper | Leave a Comment »
Heidi Holland’s Dinner with Mugabe: Failed Demonography
Posted by smeddum on September 28, 2008
Heidi Holland’s Dinner with Mugabe: Failed Demonography
Filed under: Zimbabwe — gowans @ 5:31 pm Whats Left
By Stephen Gowans
Journalist Heidi Holland’s biography of Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe, Dinner with Mugabe, begins with the assumption that Zimbabwe’s long-standing president is a monster. In addition, Mugabe, who recently struck a deal with factions of the opposition MDC to share power, is accused by his biographer of creating “a de facto one party state,” [1] and of “failings and excesses” that have left Zimbabweans “starving” [2] – standard fare from Western journalists.
The fact that Zimbabwe’s opposition now controls the legislature and is due to hold a majority of cabinet posts clashes violently with Holland’s depiction of the country as a de facto one party state. By comparison, no one, much less Holland, complains about South Africa, truly a de facto one party state, which suggests that whatever beefs she has with Zimbabwe have nothing to with it being a de facto one party state, (which it isn’t) otherwise we might expect South Africa, and not just Zimbabwe, to fall within her sights (which it hasn’t.) Read the rest of this entry »
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