Archive for July 17th, 2007


The Great Bond ‘n’ Mortgage Swindle

The bond rating companies cut ratings on $12 billion worth of bonds last week, even though the information the downgrades were based was known since February.

Why did they wait so long to do it?

Because, Asia Times says, it gave the holders of those bonds, US investment banks and hedge funds, time to sell them. The primary buyers were central banks in Asia, who then got stuck with these toxic bonds.

This is one of the greatest robberies of our time, and it will go unreported in essence. Hard-working Asian savers will see their central banks post billions of dollars in losses on the US mortgage crisis in the next few years, but nothing can be done about it given the general lack of accountability across Asia.

Do you think the elites in the central banks of Asia care? Of course not. Just like their counterparts in the US don’t either. A tiny few fatten themselves at the expense of everyone else. Yeah, it’s a class war. They’ve declared war on us.

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Canadians like their free health care

The Canadian press on ‘Sicko’.

It’s not Moore who’s fear-mongering here. It’s the upholders-at-all-cost of privatized medical care, today’s purveyors of the Big Lie, capitalist-style.

Moore’s right: U.S. system sick

Sicko is an excellent vaccination against that privatization disease,” said Heather Smith, president of the United Nurses of Alberta.

No health care system is perfect. Anyone who has sat in an emergency room in Toronto or Vancouver for three hours to get five stitches can tell you that, but the point Moore makes is that at least we are offered medical attention regardless of our age, the state of our existing health or income level.

With that in mind I wanted to kiss the ground when I left the theatre, happy to live in a country where, by our taxes at least, we look after each other when we need the help most.

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Houston TX to get one-third of power from wind

Yes, Houston.

The recent hurricanes disrupted natural gas supply and distribution, causing electricity prices to spike. By using wind their power supply will be both more stable and cheaper.

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