Interesting piece on the potential grand-theft robbery of the US election? I guess I’ll believe it once I see it. Apparently, Obama has such a huge lead. Full story here.
A record $70 billion in bonuses are planned for Wall Street ‘genuises’this year, despite the worst show of abuse of capitalism in the last 80 years. At one point last week the Morgan Stanley $10.7bn pay pot for the year to date was greater than the entire stock market value of the business. In effect, staff, on receiving their remuneration, could club together and buy […]
Full Story Here. The dynamics of the Carribean just got a little more dynamic. Now that Cuba will have serious cash-flow, they’ll be able to partner with the likes of Venezuela and Bolivia and start driving the US nuts. Expect the ‘axis of evil’ rhetoric to increase exponentially in the coming months.
NOTE: Now that the Canadian election is a bust, it’s time I got back to the original and targeted intent of this blog, which is to follow all things related to Taser and the shock economy. Original story here. French police arrested the head of a company that distributes stun guns in France for Scottsdale-based Taser International Inc. on Tuesday, according to foreign news reports. […]
Ralph Nader has some timely suggestions for reducing or eliminating what he calls ‘casino-capitalism’: a tax on transactions. Full story here. So what do you think? Would the powers that be even remotely consider a tax on their own transactions? No. That would be like asking a Ford to impose a tax on its own engines. I’m sorry if I sound resistant to the idea. […]