MUST-READ: BATTLE OF THE TITANS

As banking factions go to war with each other, expect some collateral damage. Excellent article by Ellen Hodgson Brown at Truthout.org.

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AS RESTRICTIONS ARE PROPOSED, BANK SHARES DROP

Yesterday President Barack Obama proposed new legislation to limit the vast scope of the largest financial institutions. Stricken by rumours of the proposal, some banks saw their stock drop by up to 5.45%.

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WHO'S BEHIND THE RAND CORPORATION?

Herman Kahn of the RAND Corp.

The RAND Corporation specializes in thinking the unthinkable. A very interesting think tank, to say the least. Their roster of employees includes an impressive number of movers and shakers on the American political stage during the last five decades. Chalmers Johnson at Alternet.org has written an extensive article on its background.

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MUST-WATCH: THE PARALLAX VIEW

Here's a great movie for all of you tinfoilers out there. In order to uncover a series of political murders an investigative reporter (Warren Beatty) infiltrates a shady recruitment agency for hitmen.

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WHO SAID SWINE FLU?

Al Jazeera today: Pharmaceutical companies lobbied heavily to the WHO and exaggerated the H1N1 “epidemic" for enormous profits.

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PETER STRAARUP: DET ER BANKERNES SKYLD

Epn.dk citerer i dag formanden for Finansrådet Peter Straarup som følger: “Banksektoren må også vedstå, at vi i visse tilfælde har produceret produkter, der tjener finansielle og spekulative formål – og ikke iagttager kundernes risikovillighed."

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NASTY!

Who said Frankenfood? Ammonia-treated beef... you know, for kids!

NYT article here

THE RECESSION

The good times aren't exactly rollin' in the U.S. (or anywhere else for that matter). As reported by The New York Times in this article, millions of Americans now have government-sponsored food stamps as their only source of “income".

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IKKE STOR EFTERSPØRGSEL PÅ FRIHED

Gør dig selv en tjeneste: Læs denne rammende kronik af Eva Smith.

SWIFT ACTION

The EU proposes the implementation of legislation for sharing financial records from the SWIFT interbank system with U.S. authorities.

Legal framework draft here

$75 BILLION WORTH OF SPYING

As reported by Wikileaks, the annual U.S. spy budget has now reached $75 billion. New developments include officially mixing military and civilian intelligence.

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TECH NEWS: NANO-SENSORS

Technological advancements in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanotechnology have inspired a revolutionary observing system known as global environmental MEMS sensors (GEMS). The GEMS concept features in situ, micron-scale airborne probes that can monitor all regions of the Earth with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution.

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BETTER THAN A NHL SALARY

It seems like certain people are making a lot of money from the good old hockey stick. Learn who in this New York Times article.

Illustration and discussion of the hockey stick curve here.

A SOUND PERSPECTIVE OR PLAIN NUTTS?

Someone suggesting that reason & science should apply to drug legislation instead of being driven by fear, moral outrage and ignorance... how crazy is that?

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HIDDEN MOTIVES PT. 2

A very interesting article from New York Times on the connections between the CIA, the invading armies, Afghan officials and the global drug trade. Keep in mind that the resulting multi-billion Dollar amounts are not laundered through pizzerias: During periods of limited liquid financial resources such as the current crisis, drug money and other illegal cash flows keep the economic carrousel going.

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