The era that defined Wall Street is finally, officially over. Michael Lewis, who chronicled its excess in Liar’s Poker, returns to his old haunt to figure out what went wrong.
To this day, the willingness of a Wall Street investment bank to pay me hundreds of thousands of dollars to dispense investment advice to grownups remains a mystery to me. I was 24 years old, with no experience of, or particular interest in, guessing which stocks and bonds would rise and which would fall. The (…)
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16 November 2008By David Glenn Cox
“Here’s what the American people need to know: that the United States government is acting; we will continue to act to resolve this crisis and restore stability to our markets. We are a prosperous nation with immense resources and a wide range of tools at our disposal. We’re using these tools aggressively.” (George W. Bush)
Or, this won’t hurt, the check is in the mail and I won’t..., well, I think you get the idea. We are not a prosperous nation; we once were but we (…) -
Sarah Rimmington: “Rich Countries Created this Crisis!” (Video)
16 November 2008On Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, a demonstration protesting the “Summit on Financial Markets, G20,” was held in Washington, D.C., Activist and attorney, Sarah Rimmington, was one of the individuals voicing her outrage about the $700 billion Bailout of the Wall Street bankers and fat cats by the taxpayers.
She said: “It’s the rich counties that created this crisis.” They are now acting, “as the gatekeepers to the money...The poor countries don’t’ even have a seat at the table...We want to see (…) -
Mumia Abu-Jamal on Pres. Barack Obama (2 audio videos)
16 November 2008Mumia Abu-Jamal on Pres. Barack Obama - video powered by Metacafe
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The source of wild speculation lies in the murky combination of ... CORRELATIONS
16 November 2008The source of wild speculation lies in the murky combination of ... CORRELATIONS
Those who have something on the high side have, in fear of their money and look to tight expectation at the World Summit on 14 financial and 15 November in Washington. In addition, still takes the choice Barack Obama and the subject hope to many minds in fitting. These times are already other fires overlooked, such as the fact that Israel has been a week no more foreign journalists in the Gaza Strip and does (…) -
Hillary Clinton’s chances of being US diplomat could be hurt by husband’s business deals
16 November 2008WASHINGTON (AP) _ Former President Bill Clinton’s globe-trotting business deals and fundraising for his foundation sometimes put his activities abroad at odds with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and could cause complications if President-elect Barack Obama picks her to be secretary of state.
By SHARON THEIMER | Associated Press Writer 5:47 PM EST, November 15, 2008
During her own White House campaign, the New York senator criticized China for its crackdown on protesters in Tibet and urged (…) -
Video: Kevin Zeese: “Break the Bailout!”
16 November 2008On Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, a demonstration protesting the “Summit on Financial Markets, G20,” was held in Washington, D.C.. Activist Kevin Zeese was one of the individuals voicing his outrage about the $700 billion Bailout of the Wall Street bankers and fat cats by the taxpayers.
He said: “It’s time to look forward to a new economy and funding the banksters and Wall Streeters is not going to get us that new economy. We’ve got to build from the bottom up and not the top down.” Mr. Zeese is (…) -
Canada’s ’Truth & Reconciliation’ Commission is a Hoax
15 November 2008A Critique of the Indian Residential Schools’ Truth and Reconciliation Commission by Bruce Clark PhD
The Indian Residential Schools’ Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a hoax contrived by the legal establishment to evade culpability for its ongoing culling of that part of the Indigenous race which relies upon constitutional and international law to protect its human rights...
The lead federal negotiator of the settlement contract was Frank Iacobucci of the Tory Law Firm that (…) -
Pak : War escalation, 12 killed in NW drones strikes
15 November 200820 militants die in Shabqadar operation
Source: "Pakistan Observer"
Peshawar—Once again ridiculing all international norms and laws, the US drones on Friday wee hours fired more missiles into tribal regions of Pakistan and killed upto 12 innocent people and injured several others in North Waziristan agency. Some reports put the death toll at 15
Sources and the military officials said the attack targeted a house in a remote village on the border between North and South Waziristan. “We (…) -
Renowned Trend Forcaster Celente Predicts Revolution, Food Riots, Tax Rebellions By 2012
14 November 2008Celente Predicts Revolution, Food Riots, Tax Rebellions By 2012 Trend forecaster, renowned for being accurate in the past, says that America will cease to be a developed nation within 4 years, crisis will be “worse than the great depression”
Paul Joseph Watson, Prison Planet.com, Thursday, November 13, 2008
The man who predicted the 1987 stock market crash and the fall of the Soviet Union is now forecasting revolution in America, food riots and tax rebellions - all within four years, (…)