Goldman left foreign investors holding the subprime bag

Greg Norton interviewed on the Real News Network (Video)
NEW YORK — Inside the thick Goldman Sachs investment circular were the details of a secret, $2 billion deal channeled through a Caribbean tax haven.
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One bond analyst who reviewed the 2006 Cayman deal dismissed it in a report to clients as “a not so cleverly disguised way [...]

For G-20, Pittsburgh became a police state

Philadelphia Enquirer, Sept. 30, 2009
Massive Force Routed Cherished Constitutional Values
By Steve Hallock

The world economy may or may not have emerged stronger from last week’s G-20 summit in Pittsburgh. And the first non-capital city to host the summit enjoyed the public-relations boon of showcasing its Phoenix-like rise from the ashes of the steel industry. But the [...]

What Obama Actually Said About Health Reform

What Obama Actually Said About Health Reform

1965 – President Lyndon Johnson signs Medicare bill while President Harry Truman looks on. Truman signed up for Medicare right away. Image
Address to Congress
Michael Collins
Also found here
President Obama closed his address to the joint session of Congress by scolding those who have raised the absurd charges regarding his health [...]

Corporate Tantrums – Can We Trust these Companies with Our Health?heal

Corporate Tantrums -

Can We Trust these Companies with Our Health?

Michael Collins
Also published at e Pluribus Media
Some major health insurers and other health interests are behind some of the highly emotional and disruptive scenes at town hall meetings around the country.
What does this say about their level of desperation concerning the health care debate?
Anyone who [...]

Do you deserve to Die?

The Forgotten Question in the Health Care Debate

Rationed care.   Image
Do you deserve to die?

Do your friends and family?

Michael Collins
Also published here, here, and here

Scenario 1: You’ve just been diagnosed with a cancer of the lymphatic system.  You’re told that it requires a procedure within the next two weeks.  Unfortunately, [...]

A Nation on the Brink – Mexico’s July 5 Legislative Elections

A Nation on the Brink Mexico’s
July 5 Legislative Elections
Part 2 of a three part series (Part 1)
Michael Collins and Kenneth Thomas
Also posted at The Agonist
Mexico approaches this election confronting the rise of a narcostate, growing economic chaos, social inequalities, citizen disenchantment–or worse
As Mexico approaches the July 5th mid-term elections, the nation confronts two critical [...]

A Matter of Trust – Mexico’s July 6 Congressional Election

A Three Part Series Part 1

In the wake of Felipe Calderon’s surprising electoral win over Andrés Manual Lopez-Obrador in 2006 Presidential Elections, demonstrators protesting alleged election fraud occupied the center of Mexico City from July through December. On three occasions, crowds of over one million were reported. Image: [...]

“Give Me Liberty …” Iranian People Demand Democracy

“Give Me Liberty …”
Iranian People Demand Democracy

Iranian citizens charge police with courage, their bodies, and a few rocks to secure their rights to self determination and clean elections. Image
Also published here

Michael Collins
Neoconservatives and other con artists are now claiming to support the Iranian people.  Some are the same people who pushed [...]

Iranian Election Fraud 2009 Who was the Real Target and Why?

Iranian Election Fraud 2009
Who was the Real Target and Why?

Is this man the target of Iranian election fraud?
Hashemi Rafsanjani, former two term president
and Iranian power broker.  Image

Michael Collins
There most certainly was election fraud in Iran in this election and every previous election under the current electoral system.  The question is not, did fraud [...]

The Binary Fallacy and The End of Both Parties

Michael Collins
Also posted here
(Wash., DC)  The results of eight years of Bush-Cheney at the helm make the demise of the Republican Party an easy call.  Our financial system is on life support.  The major banks are insolvent, according to banking and legal authority William K. Black.  If they’re not, they’re in intensive care.  No matter [...]