Source: Daily Bail Why did the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY), whose Chairman was Stephen Friedman (a Goldman Sachs board member who resigned from the New York Fed earlier this year when it was revealed that he had made $5 million by purchasing shares in GS with the knowledge that AIG would be paying counterparties at par and that [...]
Archive for October 25th, 2011
A 25 Billion Dollar Secret: The NY Fed, Goldman & The AIG Cover-Up
Posted in economics, law, tagged AIG, American International Group, FRBNY, Goldman Sachs, New York Federal Reserve Bank, Stephen Friedman, Timothy Geithner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fukushima Update – 2011/10/23
Posted in enviroment, government, history, science, tagged Fukushima on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In today’s Fukushima Update we go over a spate of weekend editorials on the Fukushima crisis and cover all of the news stories on the topic from around the web.
Beating the Drums of a Broader US-NATO Middle East War
Posted in foreign policy, government, military, tagged Arab, Gaza strip, Iran, Israel, Levant, Syria, Tehran, Tel Aviv on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Momentum is being built up against Iran in a list of growing, and more frequent, accusations against Tehran. Iran is portrayed as the main threat against Israel. It is also accused of intervening in occupied Iraq and Afghanistan. In this sense, the Israeli-U.S. war plans in the Levant have been tied to Iran, as well as Syria. The investigative journalist Seymour [...]
Police State Fascism Is Now Rampant: Martial Law Is Next!
Posted in criminal justice system, government, law, military, tagged Bus station, Fair use, law, Tennessee, Tennessee Highway Patrol, terrorism, Transportation Security Administration, United State on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Currently, the state of Tennessee is acting as a testing ground for the federal government’s assault on the citizen’s right to privacy. TSA goons dressed in state sanctioned garb, and heavily armed “law enforcement” cretins with drug sniffing dogs, are harassing the people of Tennessee on interstate highways and bus stations. They are doing this [...]
Judge blocks Fla.’s new welfare drug testing law
Posted in economics, government, law, tagged American Civil Liberties Union, Drug test, Florida, law, Mary Stenson Scriven, Rick Scott, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, United States Constitution on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
–Controversial law requires those applying for assistance to pass a drug test 24 Oct 2011 A federal judge temporarily blocked Florida’s new law that requires welfare applicants to pass a drug test before receiving the benefits on Monday, saying it may violate the Constitution’s ban on unreasonable searches and seizures. Judge Mary Scriven’s ruling is in [...]
NTC to Bury Gaddafi Secretly
Posted in death, government, tagged Gaddafi, Libya, Misurata, Monday, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NTC, Reuters, Tripoli on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
SUURRRRRRRRRE THEY WILL….IN THE OPEN DESERT HUH? ‘NTC chief Mustafa Abdul Jalil announced late Monday that the transitional leadership would also investigate Gaddafi’s death following conflicting reports on how the deposed ruler died. “He (Gaddafi) will be buried tomorrow (on Tuesday) in a simple burial, with sheikhs attending the burial. It will be an unknown [...]
Chicago Cop Shoots Unarmed Man Lying Face-Down on Ground, Police Say Shooting Justified
Posted in criminal justice system, government, tagged Chicago, law, law enforcement, police, Police car, POLICE OFFICER, United States, Video camera on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
‘Flint Farmer was lying on the grass between the curb and the sidewalk. It was shortly before 2 a.m. on a June morning in the West Englewood neighborhood, and Farmer had been shot by a Chicago police officer. Then, according to the video, the veteran officer, Gildardo Sierra, stepped onto the parkway and walked a semicircle about [...]
The Mark of the Slave
Posted in economics, government, history, tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Revolution, Central bank, Emancipation Proclamation, federal reserve act, slavery, United State, Woodrow Wilson on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
‘On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, to make all men free. On December 23rd, 1913, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act, to make all men slaves again. Following the American Revolution, one of the most revolutionary acts of the new government was to abandon the practice of allowing [...]
NATO Prepares Global War – Russian and Chinese Military on Highest Alert.
Posted in foreign policy, government, history, media, military, tagged Libya, Munich, NATO, Pakistan, Russia, United States, United States armed forces, Vladimir Putin on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
‘At the International Security Conference (ISC) in Munich, 2007, Vladimir Putin warned western leaders, that the unprecedented aggressive expansion of NATO has brought the world more close to a third world war than it has ever been before. This stern warning came years before NATO´s aggression against Libya and it´s undeclared war in Syria and [...]
Japanese Journalist Accuses Israel Of Fukushima Sabotoge
Posted in enviroment, government, law, tagged dick cheney, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, George W Bush, Israel, Japan, Proposals for a Palestinian state, Weapons-grade on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
‘A leading Japanese journalist recently made two incredible claims about the Fukushima power plant that suffered a nuclear meltdown in March 2011, sending shockwaves around the world. First, the former editor of a national newspaper in Japan says the U.S. and Israel knew Fukushima had weapons-grade uranium and plutonium that were exposed to the atmosphere [...]
New York Cops Defy Order to Arrest Hundreds of ‘Occupy Albany’ Protesters
Posted in criminal justice system, government, law, tagged Albany, Andrew Cuomo, Capital city, Gerald Jennings, New York, New York State Police, protest, Times Union on October 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
‘Occupy Albany protesters in New York’s capital city received an unexpected ally over the week: The state and local authorities. According to the Albany Times Union, New York state troopers and Albany police did not adhere to a curfew crackdown on protesters urged by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and Albany mayor Gerald Jennings.’ Read more: [...]
Police Brutality Charges Sweep Across the US
Posted in criminal justice system, government, law, tagged Daragjati, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, John Doe, New York, New Yorker, police brutality, Staten Island on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
‘Officer Michael Daragjati had no idea that the FBI was listening to his phone calls. Otherwise he would probably not have described his arrest and detention of an innocent black New Yorker in the manner he did. Daragjati boasted to a woman friend that, while on patrol in Staten Island, he had “fried another nigger”. [...]
GAO Report: Federal Reserve Is Riddled With Corruption And Conflicts Of Interest, Stephen Friedman Is Targeted
Posted in economics, law, tagged Bernie Sanders, conflict of interest, corruption, federal reserve, Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office, Stephen Friedman, United States, WALL STREET REFORM on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
‘A new audit of the Federal Reserve released today detailed widespread conflicts of interest involving directors of its regional banks. “The most powerful entity in the United States is riddled with conflicts of interest,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said after reviewing the Government Accountability Office report. The study required by a Sanders Amendment to last [...]
Vatican Calls for ‘Central World Bank’ to Be Set Up
Posted in economics, government, law, religion, tagged Financial institution, International Monetary Fund, Monday, Public-benefit corporation, recession, Vatican, Wall Street, World Bank on October 25, 2011 | 7 Comments »
The Vatican called on Monday for the establishment of a “global public authority” and a “central world bank” to rule over financial institutions that have become outdated and often ineffective in dealing fairly with crises. Jan Stromme | Riser | Getty Images A major document from the Vatican’s Justice and Peace department should be music [...]