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Category Archives: Corruption
Pigs at the trough
“You can’t hold a board accountable if it’s not transparent about what it’s doing.” So said former Federal Reserve governor Larry Meyer at a conference in Washington, DC, that I attended this past March. Now consider that remark as you … Continue reading
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Nancy Pelosi thinks you’re stupid
H.L. Mencken once remarked that, “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in an op/ed she “wrote” for USA Today, seems determined to test that statement with a serious of ludicrous assertions that … Continue reading
You’d be laughing too
In this instance, a picture truly is worth a thousand words. The U.S. Congress, just as it did in the lead up to the invasion of Iraq, appears set to grant the Bush administration everything it wants in response to … Continue reading
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The covert war on Iran
In my last post regarding allegations of U.S. support for the anti-Iranian terrorist group, Jundullah, I noted that since the likes of Senate Intelligence Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) were unable to — or more likely, unwilling to — investigate the charges, … Continue reading
U.S. support for Jundullah in the news
The Washington Post reports (via Scott Horton): TEHRAN, June 20 — An armed Sunni group said Friday that it had executed two Iranian policemen, and it threatened to kill 14 others abducted a week ago in an area near the … Continue reading