TYR 10 January 2013 reads

Is American Justice Dead? @ Casey Research American justice on a slippery slope. "Few recent cases make the contention clearer than the announcement last week by the US Justice Department that it had settled its case against HSBC for acting as the bag men for Colombian and Mexican drug cartels. The fine, $1.9 billion, amounts to … Continue reading TYR 10 January 2013 reads

TYR 29 December 2012 reads

This Is What America Really Thinks @ Zerohedge Zerohedge does not comment it and neither will we. The IMF on overinvestment @ China Financial Markets in his latest post Michael Pettis comments a recent report on China, by the IMF, in which it is argued that China's economy, whose present investment levels stand at 50% of GDP, … Continue reading TYR 29 December 2012 reads

TYR 4 December 2012 reads

Still Not Spreading the Wealth Around @ Azizonomics This article compares the evolution of the percentages of GDP that both wages and corporate profits have had in the USA from the 1940s until 2012. Data shows that corporate profits have never been higher, around 11% of GDP, and wages have never been lower, around 43.5% of GDP. … Continue reading TYR 4 December 2012 reads

TYR 30 November 2012 reads

‘Revolutionary’ eavesdropping technology patent to help governments monitor Internet chats @ Kurzweilai.net ...assuming it ever was, VOIP privacy is now gone. Rice unveils super-efficient solar-energy technology @ Kurzweilai.net Rice University "scientists have unveiled a revolutionary new technology that uses silicon dioxide/gold nanoshells and N115 carbon nanoparticles to convert solar energy directly into steam. The technology has an overall energy efficiency of … Continue reading TYR 30 November 2012 reads

Ron Paul bids farewell to the USA Congress & America loses a true hero

Perhaps the most outstanding USA political figure of the last  2 generations, certainly the most underappreciated & misunderstood, two days ago Ron Paul bid his farewell speech to the USA Congress after 23 years of service. Notice the reluctant applause at the end of the speech, a reliable sign that some truths were uttered. Best of … Continue reading Ron Paul bids farewell to the USA Congress & America loses a true hero

TYR 15 November 2012 reads

The Bernanke-Obama-Keynes Toxic Triangle Dead End @ Zerohedge In this article originally published in Forbes Mark Spitznagel explores Frédéric Bastiat's observation: “The bad economist pursues a small present good, which will be followed by a great evil to come, while the true economist pursues a great good to come, at the risk of a small present evil.” … Continue reading TYR 15 November 2012 reads

“They were too big to fail in 2008, they were too big to jail in 2009”

Bill Moyers interviews Neal Barofsky former Special Inspector General in charge of policing TARP (SIGTARP). Mr. Barofsky speaks with clarity about the roots of the present financial crisis, on why nobody has been prosecuted in Wall Street, on why another crash is inevitable, on why “playing ball with Wall Street” is the way to go if … Continue reading “They were too big to fail in 2008, they were too big to jail in 2009”

TYR 26 October 2012 reads

The SAME Unaccountable Government Agency Which Spies on ALL Americans Also Decides Who Gets ASSASSINATED by Drones @ Washington's Blog The world that is coming...or perhaps is already here. David Einhorn Explains How Ben Bernanke Is Destroying America @ Zerohedge explaining how the Fed's policies are not only not helping the economy, they are now actively destroying this … Continue reading TYR 26 October 2012 reads

TYR 15 October 2012 reads

How the neo-liberals perverted Adam Smith @ http://www.ianfraser.org Mr. Fraser argues that our present brand of capitalism has distorted the ideas of its intellectual founder Adam Smith (AS), whose ideas were cherry-picked  by the likes of Milton Friedman and the ‘Chicago School’ in the 1960s and 1970s and, with the help of political followers such as Ronald … Continue reading TYR 15 October 2012 reads

“….this is nothing less than legalized plunder of the american people”

"The Fed's sole purpose: keeping the banks afloat" – G. Edward Griffin @ Casey Research says Casey Summit speaker G. Edward Griffin, author of The Creature from Jekyll Island. He talks about the Fed's real role in the US economy and why – contrary to common belief – it is not this banking cartel's mission to act in the best interest … Continue reading “….this is nothing less than legalized plunder of the american people”