Culture of Life News Mon 2010-01-04 16:52 EST

The Horrors Of The Carbon Trade Derivatives Beast

Elaine Supkis

There are many ways of fixing things. Using the right tools is important. The international bankers have chosen a very nasty tool for fixing both global warming and dealing with the Hubbert Oil Peak: wild derivative futures markets modeled on the goofy OTC --CDS market! The thing that just destroyed international banking. We mustn't forget that the reason we had a banking meltdown was due to the sudden climb in energy prices beginning with the invasion of Iraq.

Carbon Trade Derivatives Beast; Culture; horror; Life News.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: On the Fed's "Shock and Awe"

``the unintended Iraq-Fed analogy is apt''

awed; Fed S; naked capitalism; shocks.

Mon 2008-08-04 00:00 EDT

Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment

Bagehot's Rule and the Cost of Being "Technically Insolvent"; "Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were given open-ended government guarantees through January 2009. This open-endedness is a big mistake, because the potential costs are being as vastly understated as the pre-war estimates of the Iraq invasion."

Hussman Funds; weekly market comments.

Wed 2008-07-09 00:00 EDT

Tomgram: Chris Hedges, War and Occupation, American-style

Collateral Damage: What It Really Means When America Goes to War, by Chris Hedges; "The war in Iraq is now primarily about murder."

American-style; Chris Hedges; occupancy; Tomgram; war.

Thu 2008-06-26 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Democratic Congressmen Call on Bush to Halt, Reverse Iraq Oil Deals

Bush; Democratic Congressmen Call; halt; naked capitalism; Reverse Iraq Oil Deals.

Wed 2008-04-16 00:00 EDT

US Financial Collapse Will End Bush/Cheney Iraq War End Bush/Cheney Iraq War by Mike Whitney

US Financial Collapse Will End Bush/Cheney Iraq War End Bush/Cheney Iraq War, by Mike Whitney

End Bush/Cheney Iraq War End Bush/Cheney Iraq War; financial Collapse; MIKE WHITNEY.

Tue 2008-04-01 00:00 EDT

Jesse's Café Américain: The Paulson Plan: a Foray into a Financial Iraq

Jesse's Café Américain: The Paulson Plan: a Foray into a Financial Iraq; "When you have a massive failure in a critical system, you do not go to those on whose watch it occurred...and ask them what should be done to fix the system so it doesn't happen again"

Financial Iraq; foray; Jesse's Café Américain; Paulson plans.

Thu 2008-03-27 00:00 EDT

GlobalResearch.ca - Centre for Research on Globalization

State of Vermont: House resolution calling for the orderly withdrawal of American military forces from Iraq

CA; Centres; Global; GlobalResearch; research.

Mon 2008-02-11 00:00 EST

The Chicken Doves: Elected to end the war, Democrats have surrendered to Bush on Iraq | The Smirking Chimp

The Chicken Doves: Elected to end the war, Democrats have surrendered to Bush on Iraq, by Matt Taibbi; K Street astroturf "antiwar coalition" Americans Against the Escalation in Iraq, led by lobbyists Thomas Matzzie and Brad Woodhouse, DSCC consultants Hildebrand Tewes | The Smirking Chimp

Bush; Chicken Doves; Democratic; election; ending; Iraq; Smirking Chimp; surrender; war.

Wed 2007-12-19 00:00 EST

LA Weekly

- Matt Taibbi on How the U.S. Is Like Ike Turner - The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles; "you don't see...the money process that goes on behind the scenes"; "The people in our government are so corrupt and so interested in doing favors that they cant even respond to an emergency anymore, like Katrina or like Iraq." [or credit implosion]

LA Weekly.

Wed 2007-09-19 00:00 EDT

Crude Designs: The Rip-Off of Iraq's Oil Wealth - UN Security Council - Global Policy Forum

Crude Designs: The Rip-Off of Iraq's Oil Wealth, by Greg Muttitt - UN Security Council - Global Policy Forum (2005-11)

crudely designed; Global Policy Forum; Iraq's Oil Wealth; RIP; UN Security Council.

Sat 2007-09-01 00:00 EDT

The Great Iraq Swindle: : Rolling Stone

The Great Iraq Swindle: How Bush Allowed an Army of For-Profit Contractors to Invade the U.S. Treasury, by Matt Taibbi (Rolling Stone); Iraq a "paradise of perverted capitalism"

Great Iraq Swindle; Rolling Stone.

Sun 2007-08-26 00:00 EDT

The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness

by Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian

Iraq Vets Bear Witness; war.

Wed 2007-05-30 00:00 EDT

How not to lose in Iraq, part 3, by Fabius Maximus

The Core Competence of America's Military Leaders

Fabius Maximus; Iraq; Lose; Part 3.

Thu 2007-05-03 00:00 EDT

Democracy Now! | Chalmers Johnson: "Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic"

Democracy Now! | Chalmers Johnson: Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic; "one of the reasons we had no exit plan from Iraq is that we didn't intend to leave"

American republic; Chalmers Johnson; day; Democracy; nemesis.

Tue 2007-01-23 00:00 EST

Rolling Stone : THE LOW POST: W Is Checkmated by Ahmadinejad -- And the World Loses Big

by Matt Taibbi (Iran big winner in Iraq, thanks to Bush)

Ahmadinejad; checkmate; low posted; Rolling Stone; W; World Loses Big.

Mon 2006-09-11 00:00 EDT

The Best War Ever

by John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton; why America is losing in Iraq; Bush reliance on PR prevents realistic planning

Best War.