Month July 2009

BNP vote: the racism of desperation

David “Ex-punk. Ex-Trot. Unchanged attitude problem” Dosler blogs about the resurgence of the genuinely fascist BNP in Britain. He wonders where the far left is and why the racist appeal of the BNP. This is instead a racism rooted in…

Even Bloomberg is coming down hard on Goldman

From Naked Capitalism [This Bloomberg interview with columnist Jonathan Weil] is a must-see piece of journalistic skepticism. The duo at Bloomberg News are discussing the recent alleged theft of trading code by a former Goldman employee Sergey Aleynikov who moved…

Is Goldman stealing $100 million per trading day?

Golly, another day, another possible Goldman Sachs predatory scam. This time it’s due to their special status with the governmental Plunge Protection Team. Goldman may be been given security access codes which allowed them to know pricing of trades micro…

Tires made from orange oil not petroleum

Tire maker Yokohama has begun selling a new type of tire made mainly from orange oil instead of petroleum. The substitution plus the use of natural rubber allows the tires to be 80 percent petroleum-free. The orange oil tires also…