[cia-drugs] I'm back in the (former) USSR. . . McCartney plays gig in Ukraine
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/im-back-in-the-former-ussr---mccartney-plays-gig-in-ukraine-1410960.html I'm back in the (former) USSR. . . McCartney plays gig in Ukraine Paul McCartney holds a shirt given to him by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko in Kiev By Tony Halpin Monday June 16 2008 It was the largest crowd to fill Kiev's famous Independence Square since the heady days of the Orange Revolution, as Paul McCartney played a concert intended to promote unity in Ukraine. More than 200,000 fans braved teeming rain for McCartney's first concert in Ukraine, organised by the billionaire businessman Victor Pinchuk. The same number again watched live broadcasts of the performance on big screens in five cities around the country. Many Ukrainians have grown tired of years of political squabbling and Mr Pinchuk -- the son-in-law of Leonid Kuchma, the former Ukrainian president -- said that the free concert was a "time to be together". The crowds who cheered McCartney as he sang 'Back in the USSR' were happy to take up the invitation, but the respite was brief. As the music faded, tensions within the former Soviet republic quickly came to the fore. Hundreds of pro-Moscow activists in Sevastopol defied a court ban yesterday to unveil a statue to the city's founder, the Russian Empress Catherine the Great. There were scuffles as Ukrainian nationalists tried to stop the unveiling of the 20ft monument to what they see as a foreign occupier. The city administration had blocked an attempt over the weekend to unveil the statue to mark Sevastopol's 225th anniversary. Instead, it erected one to a 17th-century Cossack leader, in what local media called a "monument war". The conflict over Sevastopol's past is the latest chapter in the continuing divide between Ukraine's largely pro-Russian south and east and its pro-European west, which has been evident since the 2004 Orange Revolution. The city is also the focal point of rising tensions between Kiev and Moscow over the fate of the Russian Black Sea fleet, based in the city. President Yushchenko insists that Russia must leave the port in 2017 at the expiry of a 20-year lease signed after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia is increasingly demanding the right to stay in Sevastopol in what some in Kiev suspect is a campaign to destabilise Ukraine and thwart Mr Yushchenko's drive to enter Nato. (© The Times, London) - Tony Halpin
[cia-drugs] Fwd: ECONOMY: RBS issues global stock and credit crash alert / Writedowns May Reach $1.3 Trillion
Begin forwarded message: From: "don.stacey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: June 18, 2008 6:37:36 AM PDT To: Subject: ECONOMY: RBS issues global stock and credit crash alert / Writedowns May Reach $1.3 Trillion RBS issues global stock and credit crash alert By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor 18/06/2008 The Royal Bank of Scotland has advised clients to brace for a full- fledged crash in global stock and credit markets over the next three months as inflation paralyses the major central banks. "A very nasty period is soon to be upon us - be prepared," said Bob Janjuah, the bank's credit strategist. A report by the bank's research team warns that the S&P 500 index of Wall Street equities is likely to fall by more than 300 points to around 1050 by September as "all the chickens come home to roost" from the excesses of the global boom, with contagion spreading across Europe and emerging markets. Such a slide on world bourses would amount to one of the worst bear markets over the last century. RBS said the iTraxx index of high-grade corporate bonds could soar to 130/150 while the "Crossover" index of lower grade corporate bonds could reach 650/700 in a renewed bout of panic on the debt markets. "I do not think I can be much blunter. If you have to be in credit, focus on quality, short durations, non-cyclical defensive names. "Cash is the key safe haven. This is about not losing your money, and not losing your job," said Mr Janjuah, who became a City star after his grim warnings last year about the credit crisis proved all too accurate. RBS expects Wall Street to. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/06/18/cnrbs118.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox Paulson & Co. Says Writedowns May Reach $1.3 Trillion By Tom Cahill and Poppy Trowbridge June 18 (Bloomberg) -- John Paulson, founder of hedge fund Paulson & Co., said global writedowns and losses from the credit crisis may reach $1.3 trillion, exceeding the International Monetary Fund's $945 billion estimate. ``We're only about a third of the way through the writedowns,'' Paulson, 52, told the GAIM International hedge fund conference in Monaco today. ``There are a lot of problems out there and it will continue to be felt through the year. We don't see any signs of stabilizing.'' Paulson, whose company manages about $33 billion, shorted subprime- mortgage debt after he noticed ``bubble like'' prices that made a collapse ``inevitable.'' His Paulson Partners fund has risen about 18 percent a year since it was founded in 1994, while one of his main funds for betting on declines in subprime debt rose 591 percent last year. The U.S. is heading into a recession as falling home prices weigh on consumer spending, Paulson said. The second half of this year will be worse than the first as the economic slowdown continues into 2009, he said. Signs of stress are ``accelerating'' in the housing market. ``I don't consider myself a bull or a bear,'' he told the audience at Monaco's Grimaldi Forum. ``I'm a realist.'' Ambac Financial Group Inc., the second-biggest bond insurer, is... http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aqnHlADd0vUU&refer=home
Re: [cia-drugs] Secret Bilderberg Agenda To Microchip Americans Leaked
This information came through a delegate to the Republican state/national convention. A hotly debated issue at the state convention was the collection and preservation of DNA from all infants born in this state in the past 10 years. This collection of "data" was not done with the consent of the parents - which was why it became a heated issue when the practice was leaked. Currently, there is consideration for collection of the DNA with signed consent some time within 24 hours after the mother has given birth. Opinion: This is a gross violation of patient privacy and is a dangerous precedent to set. (Information on the stated purpose for this practice is sketchy so I asked for clarification before I write about it.) It is not only unnecessary for a state to keep sensitive information on newborn babies, and it is illegal to boot. - Original Message From: norgesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 4:00:44 PM Subject: [cia-drugs] Secret Bilderberg Agenda To Microchip Americans Leaked Secret Bilderberg Agenda To Microchip Americans Leaked Elitists want to microchip Americans in name of fighting terrorism, Europeans universally opposed to attack on Iran, Globalists fear oil prices rising too quickly Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Sources from inside the 2008 Bilderberg meeting have leaked the details of what elitists were discussing in Chantilly Virginia last week and the talking points were ominous - a plan to microchip Americans under the pretext of fighting terrorist groups which will be identified as blonde haired, blue eyed westerners. Veteran Bilderberg sleuth Jim Tucker relies on sources who regularly attend Bilderberg as aides and assistants but who are not Bilderberg members themselves. The information they provided this year is bone-chilling for those who have tracked the development of the plan to make the general public consider implanted microchips as a convenience as routine as credit cards. "Under the heading of resisting terrorism there were points made about how the terrorist organizations are recruiting people who do not look like terrorists - blonde, blue eyed boys - they're searching hard for those types to become the new mad bombers," said Tucker. (Article continues below) As we have documented, the blue eyed blonde haired Al-Qaeda line is a familiar talking point that has been pushed on Fox News and within other Neo-Con circles in an attempt to turn the anti-terror apparatus around to target dissidents, protesters and the American people in general. Ominously, Tucker's source also told him that Bilderberg were discussing the microchipping of humans on a mass scale, which would be introduced under the pretext of fighting terrorism whereby the "good guys" would be allowed to travel freely from airports so long as their microchip could be scanned and the information stored in a database. Tucker said the idea was also sold on the basis that it would help hospital staff treat a patient in an emergency situation because a scan of the chip would provide instantaneous access to health details. Tucker underscored that Bilderberg were talking about subdermally implanted chips and not merely RFID chips contained in clothing. The discussion took place in a main conference hall and was part of the agenda, not an off-hand remark in the hotel bar. Such a bizarre concept may seem unbelievable to some, but over the last ten years there have been dozens of examples of people accepting implanted chips for a variety of different reasons. In 2004, Mexico's attorney general and 160 of his office staff were implanted with tracker chips to control access to to secure areas of their headquarters. The Baja Beach Club in Barcelona and other nightclubs around the world are already offering implantable chips to customers who want to pay for drinks with the wave of a hand and also get access to VIP areas of the club lounge. Bilderberg skeptical of attack on Iran Tucker's source told him that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates did attend Bilderberg despite him not appearing on the official list. Tucker said that his sources told him Gates was in attendance to present his case for war with Iran, but that the majority of Bilderberg members were against an attack at this time. "The Europeans were generally opposed to an invasion of Iran - Gates made the regular war propaganda drill about how Iran is a nuclear threat to everybody," said Tucker, adding that European Bilderbergers made snide comments about where such nuclear weapons actually were being kept and at one point joking that they were possibly "in Saddam Hussein's tomb". Despite Bilderberg opposition, Tucker said that the administration was still considering an attack before Bush leaves office in January. "At least 90 per cent of the Europeans oppose a war, probably closer to 100 per cent," said Tucker, adding, "m
Re: [cia-drugs] Government and Press/Media Cover-Ups
If anyone wants a first hand view of a paper/media controlled by "outside influence", I'll be happy to send you a copy of the Rochester Post Bulletin - our one and only paper, where after the Ron Paul appearance before a delegate convention a reporter admitted that the news is heavily censored. Our two television stations share a building - and share staff. It's like living in a bubble. - Original Message From: norgesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 3:16:23 PM Subject: [cia-drugs] Government and Press/Media Cover-Ups It’s critical to the power elite’s plans for global control that the public be kept ignorant about important information. GOVERNMENT AND PRESS/MEDIA COVER-UPS By Dennis L. Cuddy, Ph.D. June 16, 2008 [Note: People are wondering why oil prices continue to rise, not appreciating how the global economy works. As Gary Dorsch (editor of GLOBAL MONEY TRENDS) explains, the Federal Reserve would like to inflate the money supply further and lower interest rates to cushion the U.S. housing market and help relieve pressure on the subprime credit crisis. However, if the Fed cuts interest rates, it risks sending the value of the dollar lower which leads to higher oil prices, which in turn lead to higher food, etc. prices (inflation). The situation has been exacerbated by Kuwait and Iran (and others to follow) breaking their peg to the U.S. dollar in terms of oil payments. And if Hugo Chavez in Venezuela does likewise, the dollar will become even weaker. With a weaker dollar, more and more foreign firms will be buying American companies. For example, on June 12, 2008 a Belgian firm made a takeover bid for American beer company Anheuser-Busch which began about 150 years ago in St. Louis.] It’s critical to the power elite’s plans for global control that the public be kept ignorant about important information. For example, some years ago I filed a Freedom of Information request with the Department of Defense (DOD) regarding Pakistani intelligence chief General Mahmud Ahmed’s visit here just before 9/11. General Ahmed had $100,000 wired to 9/11 ringleader Mohamed Atta, and just before 9/11 several high-level Pentagon officials suddenly cancelled their travel plans for the morning of 9/11. Finally, I received a partial DOD response dated May 20, 2008 which indicated Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz had an office call with General Ahmed and others on September 10, 2001. Blacked out was “U.S.-Pakistani Military and Intelligence Relations” and most other sections. Although the DOD response indicated General Ahmed met with National Security Council members September 5 and 6, 2001, blacked out is where General Ahmed was on September 4. The DOD response also indicated there was an office call between Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter Rodman and General Ahmed in which Rodman “recalled past personal experience working with Pakistan while on former Secretary of State Kissinger’s staff.” Another example involves Iraq. The Bush administration keeps telling us about the success of the military surge. However, it fails to inform the public that after five years in Iraq, there are still water shortages and electricity only 2-5 hours a day. Garbage isn’t collected for days or weeks, and many Iraqi government employees want bribes to provide services. The press/media are also important elements of the power elite’s control over the people, especially in choosing what not to report. For example, they report about Communist Chinese oppression in Tibet, but most don’t report about the persecution of Christians in China. Rutherford Institute president John Whitehead informs us that preparations for the 2008 Olympics in China have included “religious repression, torture, sexual abuse and arbitrary detention.” There’s a photo of house church member Sister Aizhen Miao being shocked by a policeman with an electric cattle prod. Other photos smuggled out of China include a pastor subjected to water torture, another Christian placed in a “tiger cage,” another policeman standing on a woman’s ankles and “rolling” them. Whitehead further commented, “Persecution of religious individuals has been common in China for more than half a century. The major corporate sponsors (of the Olympics) have been silent. The worst of all, though, has been the deafening silence from the evangelical church in America. Shame on American Christians….“ Why have American Christians, the U.S. government and the press/media been largely silent about the persecution of Christians in China? For one thing, they crave the cheap products they can buy made in China. Also, as Ian Williams wrote in the January 23, 2004 ASIA TIMES: “All Beijing has to do is to mention the possibility of a sell order going down the wires. It would devastate the U.S. economy more than any nuclear strike the Chinese could manage at the moment.” Within the U.S.,
[cia-drugs] Fwd: [IPCUSA] U.S. banks may need $65 bln new capital: Goldman
Begin forwarded message: From: "Daniel Glover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: June 17, 2008 11:39:47 PM PDT To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [IPCUSA] U.S. banks may need $65 bln new capital: Goldman Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] U.S. banks may need $65 bln new capital: Goldman http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080617/bs_nm/banks_capital_goldman_dc_1 By Jonathan Stempel Tue Jun 17, 3:35 PM ET BANGALORE (Reuters) - U.S. banks may need to raise $65 billion of additional capital to cope with mounting losses from a global credit crisis that will not peak until 2009, Goldman Sachs & Co (GS.N) analysts said on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT The new capital would be on top of $120 billion already raised by the industry, analysts led by Richard Ramsden said. "Banks will not turn until a peak in credit costs is in sight," the analysts wrote. "Moreover, weaker banks are unlikely to benefit from consolidation as bank deals always slow when credit is deteriorating and larger banks are hamstrung by their own problem assets as well as accounting requirements." Goldman said it lowered its price targets for 14 banking companies and cut its 2008 earnings-per-share forecasts for 11. Among the banks for which Goldman cut both are BB&T Corp (BBT.N), PNC Financial Services Group Inc (PNC.N), SunTrust Banks Inc (STI.N), U.S. Bancorp (USB.N) and Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N). Goldman also lowered its price targets for Wachovia Corp (WB.N) and Washington Mutual Inc (WM.N), and its earnings outlook for Bank of America Corp (BAC.N). In afternoon trading, the 24-member KBW Bank Index (.BKX) was down 3.2 percent, while the 50-member KBW Regional Bank Index (.KRX) dropped 2.6 percent. These contributed to declines in broader market indexes as well. Zions Bancorp (ZION.O), a Salt Lake City-based bank, fell as much as 12.8 percent after projecting higher nonperforming assets and saying weakness in residential construction and land values in the U.S. Southwest should persist into 2009. Goldman also cut Zions' price target and earnings forecast. Lenders have raised capital to help combat a surge in problem loans. Among those to raise the most were Citigroup Inc (C.N), Wachovia, Washington Mutual and National City Corp (NCC.N), which this year each raised at least $7 billion. Problem loans were once concentrated in subprime mortgages. They have, however, been spreading to other types of lending, including prime mortgages, home equity loans, commercial real estate and construction loans, auto loans and credit cards. BANKS SET ASIDE $86 BILLION The Goldman analysts estimated that U.S. banks and thrifts have set aside $86 billion for loan losses in the three quarters since the credit crisis began. They said the weak housing market drove the deterioration and that home prices will likely keep falling all year. It expects credit losses to peak in the first quarter of 2009, when the rate of charge-offs may be 46 percent higher than a year earlier. Worries about credit losses have driven down banks' share prices. This has caused paper losses for many investors who infused capital into the industry, including many private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds. Much of this capital has come from offerings of common stock or convertible preferred shares. Goldman said further attempts to raise capital may prove even more costly for shareholders. "Capital raising becomes harder," the analysts wrote. "Only four out of 42 deals we track are in-the-money so far. This will make the next round of deals harder and more expensive." Through Monday, the KBW bank and regional bank indexes were down a respective 23.7 percent and 21 percent this year. The Standard & Poor's 500 index (.SPX) was down 7.4 percent. (Editing by Andre Grenon, Phil Berlowitz) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links
[cia-drugs] Fwd: First at Airports, Now on LOCAL BUS LINES -- Random Searches of Commuters
Begin forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: June 18, 2008 11:32:26 AM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: First at Airports, Now on LOCAL BUS LINES -- Random Searches of Commuters http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/random- searches.html 'Random' searches of passengers on Metrolink Random searches of passengers and their belongings will begin next week on [Los angeles] Metrolink commuter trains, the agency announced Thursday. Passengers got the news via a flier left on train seats. Sheriff's deputies will be setting up random screening stations at random times. "Access to the station platform will be restricted; passengers must pass through the checkpoint to gain access to the station platform," stated the flier. The release goes on to say that some passengers will be selected from those lines and have their baggage searched. Anyone who refuses to be searched won't be allowed to get on the train. Deputies are looking for "explosives" or other "dangerous items." Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell told me this morning that the searches are not in response to any threats that have been made against trains. "It's more in response to what has become standard procedure at other commuter rail agencies across the country," she said. "We were one of the few who wasn't doing this, and we thought it would be a good idea to step up the security a little bit." She said police are primarily looking for explosives, but won't turn a blind eye to other issues. "They are police officers," Tyrrell added. "If you have a half a pound of hash in your book bag, they are going to arrest you. I would suggest if that's the case you are one of the people that wants to walk away." One reader already e-mailed me with a salient question: If the searches are random and skip from station to station, then couldn't a terrorist with a bomb simply get on the train at a station where random searches aren't being done? Tyrrell said that there will also be more security officers on trains. "We have 55 stations so we can't be at every station" with a random search, she said. "What we're trying to do is make it uncomfortable for someone to harm our passengers by having a greater level of security." As for the meaning of "dangerous items," Tyrrell said that means guns or items that are obvious threats -- large amounts of toxic materials, for example. --Steve Hymon Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars.
Re: [cia-drugs] Government and Press/Media Cover-Ups
please pass my words on to all law makers the plan is to get as many oil leases as can an get amercas oils an put on world market not so much our countys market if we the pepole build own refiners an make oil companys use our refinerys than use porfits from refenrys to build this country renewables an porfits back in our land not big oils pockets --- On Wed, 6/18/08, Mary Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Mary Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [cia-drugs] Government and Press/Media Cover-Ups To: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 1:06 AM If anyone wants a first hand view of a paper/media controlled by "outside influence", I'll be happy to send you a copy of the Rochester Post Bulletin - our one and only paper, where after the Ron Paul appearance before a delegate convention a reporter admitted that the news is heavily censored. Our two television stations share a building - and share staff. It's like living in a bubble. - Original Message From: norgesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> To: Global_Police_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] s.com Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 3:16:23 PM Subject: [cia-drugs] Government and Press/Media Cover-Ups It’s critical to the power elite’s plans for global control that the public be kept ignorant about important information. GOVERNMENT AND PRESS/MEDIA COVER-UPS By Dennis L. Cuddy, Ph.D. June 16, 2008 [Note: People are wondering why oil prices continue to rise, not appreciating how the global economy works. As Gary Dorsch (editor of GLOBAL MONEY TRENDS) explains, the Federal Reserve would like to inflate the money supply further and lower interest rates to cushion the U.S. housing market and help relieve pressure on the subprime credit crisis. However, if the Fed cuts interest rates, it risks sending the value of the dollar lower which leads to higher oil prices, which in turn lead to higher food, etc. prices (inflation). The situation has been exacerbated by Kuwait and Iran (and others to follow) breaking their peg to the U.S. dollar in terms of oil payments. And if Hugo Chavez in Venezuela does likewise, the dollar will become even weaker. With a weaker dollar, more and more foreign firms will be buying American companies. For example, on June 12, 2008 a Belgian firm made a takeover bid for American beer company Anheuser-Busch which began about 150 years ago in St. Louis.] It’s critical to the power elite’s plans for global control that the public be kept ignorant about important information. For example, some years ago I filed a Freedom of Information request with the Department of Defense (DOD) regarding Pakistani intelligence chief General Mahmud Ahmed’s visit here just before 9/11. General Ahmed had $100,000 wired to 9/11 ringleader Mohamed Atta, and just before 9/11 several high-level Pentagon officials suddenly cancelled their travel plans for the morning of 9/11. Finally, I received a partial DOD response dated May 20, 2008 which indicated Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz had an office call with General Ahmed and others on September 10, 2001. Blacked out was “U.S.-Pakistani Military and Intelligence Relations” and most other sections.. Although the DOD response indicated General Ahmed met with National Security Council members September 5 and 6, 2001, blacked out is where General Ahmed was on September 4. The DOD response also indicated there was an office call between Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter Rodman and General Ahmed in which Rodman “recalled past personal experience working with Pakistan while on former Secretary of State Kissinger’s staff.” Another example involves Iraq. The Bush administration keeps telling us about the success of the military surge. However, it fails to inform the public that after five years in Iraq, there are still water shortages and electricity only 2-5 hours a day. Garbage isn’t collected for days or weeks, and many Iraqi government employees want bribes to provide services. The press/media are also important elements of the power elite’s control over the people, especially in choosing what not to report. For example, they report about Communist Chinese oppression in Tibet, but most don’t report about the persecution of Christians in China. Rutherford Institute president John Whitehead informs us that preparations for the 2008 Olympics in China have included “religious repression, torture, sexual abuse and arbitrary detention.” There’s a photo of house church member Sister Aizhen Miao being shocked by a policeman with an electric cattle prod. Other photos smuggled out of China include a pastor subjected to water torture, another Christian placed in a “tiger cage,” another policeman standing on a woman’s ankles and “rolling” them. Whitehead further commented, “Persecution of religious individuals has been common in China for more than half a century. The major corporate sponsors (of the Olympics) have been silent
[cia-drugs] Soros' destabilization of the Balkans: Creating a haven for drug trafficking
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/articles/20080603 June 3, 2008 -- Soros' destabilization of the Balkans: Creating a haven for drug trafficking publication date: Jun 3, 2008 Download Print Previous | Next June 3, 2008 -- Soros' destabilization of the Balkans: Creating a haven for drug trafficking George Soros, the multi-billionaire funder of progressive causes, has made no secret of his desire for drug legalization. The wish has made Soros a darling for not only progressives but libertarians as well. However, according to FBI sources, Soros' support for the destabilization of the Balkans, particularly the cause of Kosovo's independence, has enabled drug trafficking in the region to increase exponentially. FBI intercepts of Turkish and Albanian intercepts have shown collusion between certain Western "pro-democracy" non- governmental organizations (NGOs) and the Kosovo drug trade. Soros' Open Society Institute (OSI) and his stewardship of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty helped elevate, with the help of then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leader Hashim Thaci from terrorist thug and drug and arms smuggler to Prime Minister of an independent Kosovo. Kosovo, along with Israel and Greek Cyprus, now plays host to organized criminal syndicates from around the world, particularly elements of the Russian-Israeli mafia and its affiliates. Independent Kosovo now serves as an important hub for the distribution of heroin from Afghanistan and cocaine from Colombia (mostly via Guinea-Bissau in West Africa). Afghanistan and Colombia are both surrogates of the United States and examples of the marquis "democratization" pushed by OSI and Freedom House and the International Crisis Group, other contrivances funded by Soros. The Albanian government, also enmeshed in drug smuggling, provides important diplomatic and political cover for the Kosovo criminal syndicates. Kosovo-based narco-terrorists now threaten neighboring countries. Recent violence in Macedonia's election can be traced to Albanian Kosovo-based provocateurs who have been able to stir up Albanian minority passions thanks to Soros' insistence that Albanian be granted second official language status in largely Slavic Macedonia. Montenegro is similarly plagued by Kosovo Albanian smugglers who operate freely from the southern part of that nation. Comments 2 tut anon (usa) If Soros supports "drug legalization", that's unusual for someone who's purportedly making money from the drug trade, which is usually thought to flourish only when drugs are illegal. 2 tut anon (usa) I've just skimmed through the previous posts and comments on the Soros story. Readers of this site might take a look at "A Brief History of Neoliberalism", by David Harvey. Neoliberalism is the theoretical under-pinning of a broad trend in capitalism over the last thirty years, which includes de-regulation of private business, trade and financial transactions, privatization of public resources, shrinking of government services and the social safety net, and many specific forms of "vulture capitalism", creative destruction, "disaster capitalism", etc. This global movement was a response to shrinking profits and markets that started in the seventies, was prompted by the squawks of individual business and financial interests, followed by the rationalizations of think tanks, and eventually melded together in an ideology which political figures could sell to their constituents (e.g., Thatcher and Reagan). As Kait and others point out, in this broad economic trend, Soros is simply one of many players (possibly an early one, an "innovator", or possibly just an opportunist, like Milken or the hedge-fund guys.) My point is, the phenomenon of neo-liberalism (or vulture capitalism) is a broad, economic one, not the creation of any individual. Marlys (Seattle) and the rich get richer and somehow that means they know what's best for the rest of us. nierika (San Diego, CA) George Soros on the US Greenback BBC - George Soros on the financial crisis March 2008 Oil prices: George Soros warns that speculators could trigger stock market crash Guardian UK Graeme Wearden June 3 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jun/03/commodities George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund manager, will warn later today that the oil price has become a bubble that could trigger a stock market crash The Financial Times reported today that Soros will tell the US Senate commerce committee that oil was pushed to its recent all-time peak of $135 a barrel by a new wave of speculators He believes that the doubling in the price over the last year is partly due to investment institutions, such as pension funds, who are pumping money into indexes that track the cost of crude According to the FT
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