Author Archives: Lila

Bypass The US Media, Says Black Novelist

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Thoughtful and impassioned advice from Ishmael Reed, interviewed on his recent book, “The Return of the Nigger Breakers”.

Reed notes the one-sided treatment of pathologies in the black community, versus the treatment of  pathologies in other communities:

“The Gates line is picked up by white critics like Nicholas Kristof urging white rule to return to Africa.  I wrote Kristof a letter about his constant hammering of black male behavior toward women without challenging the wide-spread abuse of women by white men. Continue reading →

Brzezinksi: Global Solutions Can Only Come From Concentrated Power

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This is a brief but candid glimpse into the mind set of the power elite.

Zbigniew Brzezinski, one of the major technocrats of US dominance in the last twenty years and President Carter’s foreign policy advisor, candidly assesses the world in the light of two new developments:

1. The challenge to the Atlantic world (US-Europe), which constitutes the current global political leadership, from a more diverse group – the developing countries, as well as the second world

2. Greater political awakening among the masses than at any other time in history, which obstructs the ability of the leadership to deal effectively with world-wide turmoil Continue reading →

The Daily Bell Gets It….

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The Daily Bell on why the show trial of Goldman (albeit a worthy target, in my opinion) is most likely to be just another ruse of the powers that be:

“The progressive press, in our estimation, tries to blame individuals or certain corporations (Enron comes to mind, and now Goldman) to distract from the larger issue, which is the corruption of civil society itself by this horrid, pernicious mercantilism. Continue reading →

Copper Heads South

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“Dr. Copper” seems to be telling us something:

“Copper dropped sharply Monday as the general sour mood about Europe and the global economic rebound was heightened by news of rising copper inventories.

Copper for July delivery lost 20 cents, or 6.5%, to $2.93 a pound on Comex. That’s the lowest price for a most-active contract since early February.

The LME reported Monday a rise in copper stocks in South Korea, the first in that country since January, applying further pressure on prices, analysts at Commerzbank said in a report.”

John Hussman: Not Concerned About Inflation

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John Hussman:

“The bottom line is that we can expect real wages to stagnate for several years, as a predictable reflection of slack capacity in the labor market. While credit concerns will be helpful in augmenting the demand for U.S. government liabilities as a default-(food poisoning)-free alternative to other assets, there is a continued prospect for significant price inflation beginning in the second half of this decade. With the ECB surrendering monetary discipline for the sake of short-term expedience, that prospect has become even more hostile. Continue reading →

IMF Global Currency (SDR) Likely In Next Two Years

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From Giordano Bruno at Neithcorp Press:

“Goldman’s involvement in the Greek snafu is assuredly not isolated.  Goldman deals with many countries and has likely pulled the same scam everywhere.  But why would a large international bank deliberately sabotage the economies of the countries it does business with?  Would this not ruin the banks as well in the long run?  Not if you consider the possibility that Goldman is destabilizing countries deliberately to help the IMF… Continue reading →

Elena Kagan, Out And Proud Neo-Liberal

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Update (May 18): As solicitor general, she intervened on behalf of Monsanto’s right to contaminate non-genetically modified food with GM food, in Monsanto vs. Geertson Seed.

Update: Just to clarify the reference to neo-liberal, Elena Kagan has extensive ties to Goldman Sachs, D.E Shaw, and to Larry Summers on her resume. In other words, her so-called progressive positions are in the service of the kleptocracy.

Update (May 15 PM):

The Boston Phoenix has this, substantiating the main point of the Cockburn piece I’ve posted below it:

“On matters of executive authority — where the judicial branch has been a vital bulwark against post-9/11 “war on terror” civil-liberties violations — Kagan’s record indicates an ideological departure from Justice Stevens, who authored watershed detainee-rights opinions and organized the five-justice majorities that struck down other Bush administration power grabs. Continue reading →

Barrick Gold Threatens Vancouver Publisher

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CBC News in Canada reports that bankster-associated gold miner Barrick Gold is shutting down critical writing on the Canadian mining industry.  (Thanks to Chris Cook).

An excerpt:

“The threat of legal action from mining giant Barrick Gold has forced Vancouver-based Talonbooks to postpone publication of a book about the Canadian mining industry.

Publisher Karl Siegler calls it a clear case of “libel chill” by one of Canada’s largest mining companies.

The book, Imperial Canada Inc.: Legal Haven of Choice for the World’s Mining Industries, was to be published in spring 2010, but in February, the publisher and everyone else involved with the book got a threatening letter from Barrick lawyers. Continue reading →

Feds: No Right To Drink Raw Milk

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The Feds now claim the right to tell you what kind of food you can put in your mouth.

From World Net Daily:

“Attorneys for the federal government have argued in a lawsuit pending in federal court in Iowa that individuals have no “fundamental right” to obtain what food they choose.

The brief was filed April 26 in support of a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ban on the interstate sale of raw milk. Continue reading →