Drug Money Saved Banks During Global Drisis, Claim
United Nations - ~Drug Money Saved Banks During Global Drisis, Claims UN Advisor~ Drugs and crime chief says $352bn in criminal proceeds was effectively laundered by financial institutions Drugs money worth billions of dollars kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis, the United Nations' drugs and crime tsar has told the Observer. Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, said he has seen evidence that the proceeds of organised crime were "the only liquid investment capital" available to some banks on the brink of collapse last year. He said that a majority of the $352bn (£216bn) of drugs profits was absorbed into the economic system as a result. This will raise questions about crime's influence on the economic system at times o...    Continue

AP INVESTIGATION: Monsanto seed biz role revealed
ST. LOUIS - — Confidential contracts detailing Monsanto Co.'s business practices reveal how the world's biggest seed developer is squeezing competitors, controlling smaller seed companies and protec...    Continue

‘Whack A Banker’ game proving a hit in Britain
UK - LONDON (AFP) – A new “Whack A Banker” amusement arcade game is proving so popular in Britain that the mallets used to clobber them are wearing out fast, its creator said. Inventor Tim Hunkin’...    Continue

Homeowners group backs off flagpole threat
virginia - Bruised but unbowed, two sides in a heated battle over the right to raise a pole carrying the American flag have returned to their corners. A western Henrico County homeowners associati...    Continue

Recent World Events Indicate Impending Market Chao
World - ~Recent World Events Indicate Impending Market Chaos~ For the past couple years we have been covering every nuance of the economic collapse and in almost every instance we have come to th...    Continue

U.S. Antitrust Investigation of Monsanto
USSA/world - November 30th, 2009 Oh sure. Obama Chooses Monsanto Creature, Tom Vilsack, for Secretary of Agriculture Obama Chooses Former Monsanto Lobbyist for Food Safety Post Has anyone...    Continue

Message from Ron Paul
US - America became the greatest, most prosperous nation in history through low taxes, constitutionally limited government, personal freedom, and a belief in sound money. We need to return to those p...    Continue

Bush Wants OPEC Nations to Up Oil Output
Saudi Arabia - President Bush urged OPEC nations on Tuesday to put more oil on the world market and warned that soaring prices could cause an economic slowdown in the United States. Click Original ...    Continue

FCC Asks Comcast About Internet Filter
New York - Comcast Corp. Monday said it has received a letter of inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission regarding complaints that the company actively interferes with its subscribers' Inte...    Continue

Why Does The Establishment Hate Ron Paul?
US - What is it about Ron Paul that the Establishment finds so disturbing? This is a man who perhaps personifies Christian character and integrity, American patriotism, and family values more than an...    Continue