Brazil, Argentina abandon US dollar
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:03:52 GMT
Brazil’s President Lula da Silva (R) and Argentina’s President Fernandez de Kirchner
Brazil and Argentina have launched a new payment system in their bilateral trade, doing away with the US dollar as a medium of exchange.
The two Latin American nations started the Payment System on Local Currency (SML) on Monday following a last month agreement inked by their presidents to use local currencies in a bid to end (...)
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Brazil, Argentina abandon US dollar
7 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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Amazing Video: $700 billion "No Banker left behind"-law
6 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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Betrayed by the Bailout: The Death of Democracy
4 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsOn this date, October 3, 2008, the American people were betrayed by those whom they had elected to represent them. The members of Congress who voted for the Wall Street “bailout” violated their oath of office to “support and defend the Constitution” ... “that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same” ... “and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: ...”
Without holding any meaningful hearings or public discussions and (...) -
The USA is "No. 1" in nothing but weaponry, debt, and delusion
3 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
The USA is "No. 1" in nothing but weaponry, debt, and delusion No. 1? America by the numbers
Michael Ventura Published on February 23, 2005
No concept lies more firmly embedded in our national character than the notion that the USA is "No. 1," "the greatest." Our broadcast media are, in essence, continuous advertisements for the brand name "America Is No. 1." Any office seeker saying otherwise would be committing political suicide. In fact, anyone saying otherwise will be labeled (...) -
The Costs to American Taxpayers of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: $3 Trillion
3 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentThe Costs to American Taxpayers of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: $3 Trillion
By Thomas R. Stauffer
Conflicts in the Middle East have been very costly to the U.S., as well as to the rest of the world. An estimate of the total cost to the U.S. alone of instability and conflict in the region?which emanates from the core, Israeli-Palestinian conflict?amounts to close to $3 trillion, measured in 2002 dollars...
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The negative return economy: a discourse on America’s black budget
3 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
The negative return economy: a discourse on America’s black budget
"The American corporate insider has the lowest cost of capital on the planet. When you can combine US Treasury securities with fiat currency with organized crime profits and leverage that in the stock market, then you can in essence make money for free...." — Catherine Austin Fitts
By Chris Sanders and Catherine Austin Fitts *(Also published World Affairs, Journal of International Issues )
Keep the people frightened (...) -
The World You’ll Come to Know
1 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
5 commentsBy David Glenn Cox
I was talking to my son yesterday about the economy and politics in general. He’s twenty-three, self-employed, and ambitious. Even as a child he was ambitious. “Dad,” he’d say, “can I borrow the lawnmower?” Then he’d come back at sundown with $150.00. He never cared for cartoons, video games, or school but his one weakness was the Three Stooges, the originals with Curly not Shemp. He was a purist and Shemp was no Curly, just as Dan Quayle was no Jack Kennedy.
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Funny Online Game: Wallstreetpong - Save Dow Jones
1 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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Marc Faber says US bailout won’t stop recession, buy gold
1 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
Marc Faber says US bailout won’t stop recession, buy gold
Posted: 30-09-2008 INTERNATIONAL. Any proposal to rescue the US financial system will fail to avert a recession said Marc Faber, the Swiss fund manager and Gloom Boom & Doom editor and publisher, now based in Thailand.
A stock rally in the event that a package is approved will be temporary and should be used as ’an opportunity’ to sell, said Faber.
"The rejection of the package is good because it shows that some people (...) -
Amazing Video: The Money Masters - How International Bankers Gained Control of America
30 September 2008 par (Open-Publishing)