In an interview with Max Keiser, economist Paul Craig Roberts argues that the deliberate off-shoring of jobs from the U.S is destroying the economy – outsourcing or off-shoring of manufacturing base in particular is something that is occurring in many developed economies.
A UK Police Federation article that seems to advocate the forced chemical sedation of suspects is a move into dangerous territory.
It appears that the Federation wish to formulate a strategy which they hope will lead to recognition and acceptance of so-called “excited delirious syndrome” and to formalise chemical methods of dealing with suspects who exhibit symptoms they say are associated with it including: running for no apparent reason; running wildly; being naked (trying to get cool); stripping off clothes (trying to get cool); apparent superhuman strength; seemingly unlimited endurance; violent resistance; violent resistance after being restrained; muscle rigidity; and the subject claiming “he can’t breathe”.
Those with ‘concealed-weapons’ permits may now carry guns in church—at least in Louisiana. thanks to a Bill signed by Governor Bobby Jindal on Tuesday night. As reported by Politico, the law allows “permit holders who take an additional eight hours of tactical training each year” to carry firearms into houses of worship.
Prior to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithners visit to Berlin at the end of May, Webster Tarpley gave this interview discussing the proposals for regulation of trading and speculation, and also covers the ‘casino’ economy, ways of addressing recession and the free market fetish.
Adrian Salbuchi is an Argentinian economist who has plenty to say about the banking system and the Global Financial Crisis. This video is a year or so old but it acts as a good introduction to his thoughts, and we’ll be covering more of his material in future.
Using his experience of the financial difficulties experienced in Argentina, Adrian explains the lead up to the Global Financial Crisis, describing the whole Global Financial System as one vast Ponzi Scheme, based on:
(1) Artificially controlling the supply of public State-issued Currency
(2) Artificially imposing Banking Money as the primary source of funding in the economy
(3) Promoting “doing everything by Debt” and
(4) Erecting complex channels that allow privatisation of profits when the model is in expansion mode and socialisation of losses when the model goes into contraction mode.
There’s a lot of talk about BP being a purely British company. Actually, the ownership structure and control of the company is a lot more complex.
Some facts that have not been reported in the news:
1. 29% of BP is owned by JP Morgan and US companies own 39% of it total
2. Halliburton, one of the main contractors on the rig, is considered the party responsible for failing to cap the well properly. They moved their headquarters out of the US to Dubai recently.
3. The former CEO from 1997 to 2009 who was ousted by a sex scandal was also Chairman of Goldman Sachs. Goldman sold a massive amount of its BP holdings in early 2010 and one of its employees bragged in an e-mail in early April that they were “shorting” the Gulf and looking forward to huge profits from an environmental disaster there.
Get yourself down to Dynadot for some cheap deals on .us domains.
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Yeah, yeah been away a while I know. Too busy trying to earn a crust and not doing the stuff I want to.
Been away for a while and then started visting NamePros and DigitalPoint again. NamePros is as good as ever – almost certainly the best Domainers forum out there, but DigitalPoint has turned into a big steaming pile of shite.
Look at the domains forum there – the ‘WTB’ posts are all the same – “I want to but a cheap PR5 or PR6 domain with lots of traffic”. Get real you stupid losers – people aren’t going to be selling that kindof stuff for reseller prices.
Forget DigitalPoint – stick with NamePros.
I can feel the mojo coming back so expect more frequent posts in future. Sorry for the extended absence.