If you believe private investment banks should be free to loot and plunder

Even the most market-oriented capitalist would hesitate to encourage Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, or Boeing to produce more sophisticated weapons systems for other nations than we produce for ourselves, even if it meant huge profits for those companies and their shareholders. It would simply not be in our national security interest. Yet few voices are raised…

How to subscribe for better content

Readers Want ‘Better’ Digital Content Before They’ll Cough Up By Marion Maneker Posted Tuesday, February 23, 2010 – 2:40pm The Nielsen company conducted a survey of 27,000 consumers in 52 countries—now that’s a sample!—to find out more about readers’ attitudes toward paid content. What they discovered, and released last week, is that readers are not…

Intelligence Briefing

CREDIT: Mark Alan Stamaty ,,, simon says:  Things are not right with the world ADVANCED FINANCIAL ANALYSIS Yes, I’m dismayed by this weekend’s earthquake in Chile (I really adore the country), and am quite disgusted by the US government’s extension of the PATRIOT Act.  Fortunately, I know the Chileans will pull through just fine, and…

Dali Lama placeholder for Peace as China warns US over strained ties

He stands for achieving peace by way of peace, and since Gandhi and Martin Luther King aren’t around, he’s a placeholder for that kind of position. China’s military has warned the United States to “speak and act cautiously” to avoid further straining relations between the two countries, Huang Xueping, a defence ministry spokesman, was quoted…