TransCanada Whistleblower: Keystone XL Pipeline Not Safe
Mike Klink, Lincoln Journal-Star (Nebraska), 01-03-2012 http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/03 Mike Klink of Auburn, Ind., is seeking whistleblower protection from the U.S. Department of Labor. I am not an environmentalist, but as a civil engineer and…
Federal Reserves Secretly Bails Out European Banks . . . Again
Raven Clabough, New American, 12-30-2011 http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/10383–federal-reserve-secretly-bails-out-european-banks-again Despite assertions from Federal Reserve officials that the United States would not play a role in bailing out European banks, that is exactly what has happened —…
MF Global Client Attorney Explains in One Sentence Why JP Morgan’s Involvement in MF Global Is Suspicious
Lisa Du, Business Insider, 12-21-2011 http://read.bi/sLWExr James Koutoulas, one of the founders of the Commodity Customer Coalition—which represents the interests of over 8,000 MF Global customers, was just on CNBC to talk about…
French ex-President Jacques Chirac Guilty of Corruption
BBC News, Dec. 15, 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16194089 Mr Chirac did not attend the trial because he suffers from memory lapses A French court has given former President Jacques Chirac a two-year suspended prison sentence…
Tens of Thousands Gather for Moscow Protests Over Election Fraud
10 December 2011 07:26 ET http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16122524 The opposition says the protest – on an island just south of the Kremlin – could become the largest the country has seen in two decades. Smaller…
Occupy DC Protesters Take Over K Street
By Tyler Kingkade Posted: 12/ 7/11 05:34 PM ET http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/07/occupy-dc-protesters-k-street-arrested_n_1135084.html WASHINGTON — At least 60 protesters were arrested on K Street NW, the historical lobbying hub of the nation’s capital, as they blocked…
Thank You, Moscow. Time to Set the Agenda
By Steve Beckow http://the2012scenario.com/2011/12/thank-you-moscow-time-to-set-the-agenda/ I suppose I write this to the 99% around the globe. What Muscovites are showing us is, I think, the next step for the Occupy Movement. The people of…
Peru Mining Protests: State Of Emergency Declared by President Ollanta Humala
Franklin Briceno, AP, 12-5-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/05/peru-mining-protests-state-of-emergency_n_1128729.html LIMA, Peru — President Ollanta Humala declared a 60-day state of emergency Sunday to quell increasingly violent protests over the country’s biggest investment, a highlands gold mine, by…
Death of a Currency as Eurogeddon Approaches
By Jeremy Warner, telegraph.co.uk, 24 Nov http://tgr.ph/vYosxe They need to wake up fast; it’s happening before their very eyes. In its current form, the single currency may always have been doomed, but it has been greatly…
Did MF Global Help Koch Brothers Withdraw Their Money Before Collapse?
The Koch Brothers and MF Global – Friends to the End Daniel Dicker, Huffington Post, Nov. 14, 2011 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-dicker/the-koch-brothers-and-mf-_b_1089906.html So much about the collapse of MF Global, the international commodity firm, has revisited…
