BP - 'The Oil Slick Operator"
Published by Johnmiller on 2010/5/11 (167 reads)
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Slick Operator
Newsweek - By Michael Isikoff and Michael Hirsh - May 7, 2010
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How British oil giant BP used all the political muscle money can buy to fend off regulators and influence investigations into corporate neglect.The Roman Catholic Church - Where Wasthe Confession Booth?
Opinion | Bring the Pope to Justice
Newsweek - By Christopher Hitchens - May 3, 2010
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The case for bringing the head of the Catholic hierarchy within the orbit of law is easily enough made. All it involves is the ability to look at a naked emperor and ask the question "Why?" Mentally remove his papal vestments and imagine him in a suit, and Joseph Ratzinger becomes just a Bavarian bureaucrat who has failed in the only task he was ever set—that of damage control.
The question started small. In 2002, I happened to be on Hardball With Chris Matthews, discussing what the then attorney general of Massachusetts, Thomas Reilly, had termed a massive cover-up by the church of crimes against children by more than a thousand priests. I asked, why is the man who is prima facie responsible, Cardinal Bernard Law, not being questioned by the forces of law and order? Why is the church allowed to be judge in its own case and enabled in effect to run private courts where gross and evil offenders end up being "forgiven"?
This point must have hung in the air a bit, and perhaps lodged in Cardinal Law's own mind, because in December of that year he left Boston just hours before state troopers arrived with a subpoena seeking his grand-jury testimony. Where did he go? To Rome, where he later voted in the election of Pope Benedict XVI and now presides over the beautiful church of Santa Maria Maggiore, as well as several Vatican subcommittees.Opinion | Commentary | Editorials | Op-Eds | Polls
Opinion | Stop Feeding the Vultures
'Vulture' is a hedge fund industry term for the financiers who buy up the right to collect old loans of the world's poorest nations. Vultures, whether of the feathered or speculator species, don’t like to talk to reporters.
In These Times - By Greg Palast - March 23, 2010
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“Vulture” is a hedge fund industry term for the financiers who buy up the right to collect old loans of the world’s poorest nations, and then use every trick in the book — from lawsuits to bribery to hiring Henry Kissinger’s lobby firm — to muscle destitute countries into turning over their meager foreign aid funds.
On February 25,.. . Britain’s Parliament voted to bar vulture funds from using Britain’s courts to grab the assets of poor nations. And what about the United States? Why are our own politicians cowering behind legislative locked doors? What we can do and why we should do it requires, first, a little more info on how vultures operate.Quotes
"I wouldn't have cast any of them ( his votes in US Congress ) any differently even if I had known at the time they were going to cost me my career."
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Bilderberg: The ultimate conspiracy theory
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The Bilderberg group, an elite coterie of Western thinkers and power-brokers, has been accused of fixing the fate of the world behind closed doors. . What sets Bilderberg apart from other high-powered get-togethers, such as the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), is its mystique.
Not a word of what is said at Bilderberg meetings can be breathed outside. No reporters are invited in and while confidential minutes of meetings are taken, names are not noted.The shadowy aura extends further - the anonymous answerphone message, for example; the fact that conference venues are kept secret. The group, which includes luminaries such as Henry Kissinger and former UK chancellor Kenneth Clarke, does not even have a website.
In the void created by such aloofness, an extraordinary conspiracy theory has grown up around the group that alleges the fate of the world is largely decided by Bilderberg.
US takes the war into Pakistan
Asia Times - By Syed Saleem Shahzad - May 8, 2010
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ISLAMABAD - The approval given to the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by the administration of President Barack Obama to expand drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal regions is on face value a declaration of war by the US inside Pakistan. The move comes at a time when Pakistan is trying to win some breathing space to delay an all-out operation in North Waziristan, home to powerful militant groups and an al-Qaeda headquarters.
Losing Afghan Hearts and Minds
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organizing (NATO) is losing hearts and minds According to a report by the International Council on Securityand Development that gives a clear signal of the dangers of the military operation against Kandahar planned for this summer.National News
Germany's Chanceller Merkel faces election fallout
BBC News - By Olga Lungescu, BBC European affairs correspondent - May 9, 2010
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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel likes to take her time before making important decisions. But in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), her timing couldn't have been worse.United States Government
"In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress." -- John Adams
"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself." -- Mark Twain
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." -- Mark Twain
How Hillary Clinton Became Obama's Bad Cop
Hillary Clinton has played the heavy with Iran, Russia, and even Israel—and her sometimes hawkish views are finding favor with the president.
Newsweek - By Michael Hirsh - may 3, 2010
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Opinion | Look Out, Obama Seems to Be Planning for a Lot More War
Alternet / Asia Times - By Jack A, Smmith - May 8, 2010
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Judging by the Barack Obama administration's reports, pronouncements and actions in recent months point to even greater war-making across the planet.There's more war in America's future - a great deal more, judging by the Barack Obama administration's reports, pronouncements and actions in recent months.
Holder: Miranda may need changes for terrorists, even citizens
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WASHINGTON — In the wake of the Times Square bombing plot, the Obama administration said on Sunday it wants to work with Congress on possible limitations of the constitutional rights afforded terrorism suspects — even for American citizens.
Defense Secretary Gates Blasts Military Spending
Newsweek - By Andra Stone Senior Washington, Correspondent - May 8, 2010
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WASHINGTON - In a speech crafted for history but liable to be swept into the dustbin like so many before it, Defense Secretary Robert Gates today called for a sweeping overhaul of Pentagon spending that would not only kill expensive weapons programs but also cut military health care costs and reduce the number of generals in the ranks.
US Congress | Sen. Bennett ousted at Utah GOP convention
Becomes the first incumbent to lose his seat in Washington this year
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SALT LAKE CITY - Republican Sen. Bob Bennett was rejected Saturday by delegates at the Utah GOP convention in a stunning defeat for a once-popular three-term incumbent who fell victim to a growing conservative movement nationwide. Bennett's endorsements by the National Rifle Association and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, did little to stave off anger toward the Washington establishment from delegates.Activism at the Ground Level
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NYC | Mayor Bloomberg Says America is “Committing National Suicide” Over Immigration
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A fired-up Mayor Bloomberg warned the U.S. “is committing national suicide” by passing the buck on implementing comprehensive immigration reform. Hizzoner delivered the blunt message Wednesday as he criticized Arizona’s harsh new anti-immigrant lawCorruption, Criminality and Questional Practices in the Corpocracy
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KBR to Get No-Bid Army Work as U.S. Alleges Kickbacks
Bloomberg Business Week - By Tony Capaccio - May 6, 2010
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KBR Inc. was selected for a no-bid contract worth as much as $568 million through 2011 for military support services in Iraq, the Army said. The Army announced its decision yesterday only hours after the Justice Department said it will pursue a lawsuit accusing the Houston-based company of taking kickbacks from two subcontractors on Iraq-related work. The Army also awarded the work to KBR over objections from members of Congress, who have pushed the Pentagon to seek bids for further logistics contracts.
US | Gulf Coast Braces for Economic Disasater In Wake of BP Oil Spill
As if the ecological destruction weren't enough, the Gulf Coast economy faces billions in losses from BP's recklessness.
Alternet - By Sarah Laskow - May 8, 2010
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Stock Market Collapse: More Goldman Market Rigging
Infowars.com - By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt - May 8, 2010
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Last week, Goldman Sachs was on the congressional hot seat, grilled for fraud in its sale of complicated financial products called “synthetic CDOs.” . Congress appears helpless to discipline the big banks, just as the European Central Bank appears helpless to prevent the collapse of the European Union. . . . Or are they?
Slick Operator
Newsweek - By Michael Isikoff and Michael Hirsh - May 7, 2010
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How British oil giant BP used all the political muscle money can buy to fend off regulators and influence investigations into corporate neglect.Economy and Finance
"I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." -- Winston Churchill
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -- Ronald Reagan (1986)
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The Post-Crisis Outlook - Public Debt - Prudence and Folly
Asia Times - By Henry C K Liu - May 7, 2010
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Much noise has recently been made by fiscal hawks about the danger of high fiscal deficits and national debts. Yet the purported danger comes not from the size of the deficits or debt, but on how the proceeds from them are used. In recent decades, the US economy has suffered from such proceeds being spent on programs that were not conducive to sustainable economic growth or constructive to economic health
US | Meet the Economist Who Says the Government's Economic Numbers Are Lies
Establishment economists think John Williams' numbers are off. But then, most of them also thought the economy was healthy.
Alternet / East Bay Express - By Chris Thompson - May 8, 2010
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Inside China's hybrid capitalism model
BBC NEWS - By Mukul Delvichand - May 10, 2010
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High up in the skyscraper that houses the ZTE company's headquarters in Shenzhen, southern China, I was treated to a rare "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" moment. . . .
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The firms also contribute heavily to China's high savings rate which has helped the Beijing government to bail out Western countries in the financial crisis.
Is capitalism now being saved by a communist system? In some respects, yes.Education Aa A Foundation for Democracy Energy
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The Cover-up: BP's Crude Politics and the Looming Environmental Mega-Disaster
Oilprice.com - Written by Wayne Madsen - May 9, 2010
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Supporters say the production of plastic water bottles uses 17 million barrels of oil each year
Boston News - April 30, 2010
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Breast cancer gene clue discovery
Five genetic clues to why some women have a family history of breast cancer have been identified by UK researchers.
BBC NEWS - ByHelen Briggs, Health Reportet - May 9, 2010
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Tea Party ousts Republican senator at Utah convention
BBC News - May 9, 2010
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The conservative Tea Party movement in the US has blocked a three-term Republican senator from Utah, Bob Bennett, in his bid for re-election.
Sen Bennett came third at a Republican Party convention in Salt Lake City. The two challengers, one backed by the Tea Party, will face each other in a primary next month for the right to contest November's Midterm elections. It is the first major victory for the grassroots movement that objects to big government and opposes high spending.Science and Technology
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Mexican Standoff | Don't blame Arizonans—or immigrants—for the state's draconian new law
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