In an earlier post, I pointed to evidence that Lehman was in trouble. Today Global Economic Trend Analysis links to numbers that paint a gloomy picture for Merril Lynch and Morgan Stanley: Keep reading …
Archive for March, 2008
Azmi Bishara on Israeli Apartheid, pt. 2
Corvin Russell, Monday, March 31st, 2008, No Comments »
I have fixed the youtube link below so that it allows you to watch all four parts. Click on the video and use the arrows on the right and left to navigate through the different parts.
Understanding Iraq: Professor al Nasseri
Matthew Brett, Monday, March 31st, 2008, No Comments »
(The Real News) Iraq ruling elite needs US troops to stay in power. Born in Basra, Iraq, Professor for Political Science (Middle East Politics) at the York University, Toronto. Prior to that Sabah al Nasseri was a Lecturer of Political Science at the J.-W.Goethe University, Frankfurt. Currently he is working on an article, “Understanding Iraq”.
Distribute widely: CanWest Free Speech Petition
Matthew Brett, Thursday, March 27th, 2008, 3 Comments »
SERIOUSLY FREE SPEECH COMMITTEE.
Don’t Let Canwest SLAPP* Briemberg and YOU !
Imagine you go to a public meeting on the Middle East; you see a humorous parody of the local daily, pick up a few copies and hand them out. Six months later you are served with a writ of summons that charges you with producing the parody, that threatens to cost you tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees, that takes up hundreds of hours of your time and aims to prevent you from expressing your opinions in future. Impossible? A Kafkaesque fantasy? This is what is happening to Mordecai Briemberg in Vancouver today and we need your help to stop it.
With speed and violence…continued
Corvin Russell, Wednesday, March 26th, 2008, 3 Comments »
The central theme of Fred Pearce’s excellent book on climate change, With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change, is that nature doesn’t do gradual climate change of the magnitude we are facing. As tipping points are reached, change accelerates and occurs quite violently. The indicators are worrying. Glaciers are retreating faster than anyone thought possible; carbon absorption by the biosphere appears to be slowing; CO2 levels in the atmosphere are rising faster than anticipated.
Spelling “Gandhi”
Corvin Russell, Wednesday, March 26th, 2008, No Comments »
That’s how it’s spelled. Not “Ghandi”. If you like him so much, learn how to spell his frickin’ name. That’s all.
After Bear Stearns, other investment banks still desperate to hide their true positions
Corvin Russell, Wednesday, March 26th, 2008, No Comments »
A few days after the Bear Stearns bailout was first announced, there was generalized panic that another big bank, probably Lehman Brothers, would go under. Lehman’s default insurance rates were soaring and its stock was plummeting. Lehman is a much bigger bank than Bear, with much more diversified and global business, so the market really risked melting down. Then Lehman and Goldman Sachs released their quarterly earnings reports and showed “not as bad as expected” earnings, and the market was euphoric.
Don’t Forget Burma
Matthew Brett, Tuesday, March 25th, 2008, No Comments »
Upcoming Events in Canada: Int’l Conference and “Don’t Forget Burma”
Ottawa – Coinciding with Burma Revolution Day which falls on March 27 and the 6 month anniversary of Saffron Revolution in Burma, two important events will be taking place in Canada.
Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s full speech on 9/11
Matthew Brett, Tuesday, March 25th, 2008, No Comments »
FOX Lies!! Irresponsible Media! Barack Obama Pastor Wright
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