2013-05-18

"While there may be other explanations for this phenomena, Occam's law would lead one in the direction of selective disclosure and trading upon material non-public information. Not that one should be surprised at this. The sheer number of people with privileged information is vast as is the trade in such information via "expert networks", even before considering friends, family, old boys' networks or similar networks of obligation and opportunity.exchange.
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"Some think, and argue persuasively that Porsche is well-guilty of outright fraud."
http://nihoncassandra.blogspot.com/2013/05/league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen.html

Dazed and Confused Performed by the Original Songwriter




And the classic version:
 

Penetration Tester?


Penetration Tester
Post Date: Feb 14, 2013
Location: Dallas, TX

Systemic Malfunctioning of the Labor and Financial Markets


2013-05-16


The sudden barometric change in Washington has arrived so rapidly that it is hard to comprehend. “The town is turning on President Obama,” announced Politico honchos and custodians of the conventional wisdom Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei, and they’re right. Republicans are gleefully unleashing a vast investigative apparatus; erstwhile supporters like Jon Stewart are mortified. The black clouds may dissipate within a few days or weeks, or they may hover over the White House for the rest of Obama’s term. In the meantime, it is dizzying enough that, even in such a short period of time, we ought to step back and ask, what the hell just happened here?
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/05/strange-creation-of-the-obama-scandals.html




"But we must be careful! Injustices are not the monopoly of the underdeveloped countries. They exist in the developed countries too, just as much on the capitalist side as on the socialist.

In the capitalist world, even in the richest countries, there are underdeveloped strata, which in Canada, are beginning to be called 'gray belts'.

As we all know, President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty in the USA. According to him, thirty million North Americans were living under sub - human conditions. Although it is true that what are considered sub - human conditions in the developed countries are not quite the same as those in the underdeveloped countries, it is no less true that the gap between poverty and wealth in the rich countries provides some shocking contrasts."
http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/general/spiral-of-violence.htm