CHRISTOPHER STORY SPEAKS ON EU CORRUPTION

MEANWHILE, ON THE INTERNET...

The guardian's take on the recent assassination of hamas official mahmoud al-mabhouh

engineering the economic collapse

TODAY'S NEWS

Links for today:

All roads lead to Goldman Sachs

A new temperature record in experimental physics

Outsourcing food stamps

More trouble for Robert Rubin and Citigroup

BACK TO THE LAB

In 1951 an entire village in France suffered what appeared to be an unexplained collective episode of mental illness. A new book ties it in with the infamous CIA mind control experiments developed under code names such as MKULTRA and MKNAOMI.

Article by F. William Engdahl here.

FIXING THE ECONOMY?

As explained in a previous post, drug money and other illicit profits can help keep the world economy afloat in times of contracted money supplies like the current period.

Here's a very interesting interview with Antonio Maria Costa of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, casting light on this troubling state of affairs.

DEATH FROM ABOVE

And the saga continues...

NYT article on the latest wave of drone attacks in Pakistan.

MERCENARIES – COMING TO A COUNTRY NEAR YOU?

Links to a couple of interesting articles from Pakistan Daily. As the war in Afghanistan is spilling into neighbouring Pakistan, the presence of mercenaries and other 'civilian' contractors in Pakistan increases, and the locals are less than happy about the situation, to say the least.

Pray that 'Democracy' never comes your way.

You may want to follow these developments closely. And bookmark Pakistan Daily for future reference.

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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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