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Why The Banks Are Still Bastards

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments

Over the years, I have written about how the finance business – AKA Banks – have controlled and manipulated debt in Australia (as in every other country around the world) to increase the opportunity of making profits; how those in the know – in politics – have aided and abetted the Banks for scraps from [...]

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Tags: banks · global · money

One Currency – Greed

May 12th, 2010 · No Comments

If you’ve ever seen a string of fire-crackers go off, you will know that the sequence of explosions depends entirely on the length of the fuse and gunpowder in the fuses as to how they go off. One thing is for sure, eventually all will have gone off; and so too does the world’s countries, as [...]

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Tags: banks · economy · global · money

Iceland Hot Spots to Bring Global Economy Down?

April 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Iceland is holding its first referendum since independence from Denmark in 1944; and it’s not because of the volcano but an equally disruptive force, bankers (and shareholders) greed. Anyone who has stood on a bindi (a sharp seed from a weed) knows how something so small – maybe as fine as a needle – can [...]

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Tags: banks · economy · europe

AmericArgentina?

February 24th, 2010 · No Comments

It worked in Argentina, so why not in the good ol USA? The image of banks locking their doors to keep customers from making withdrawals during a bank run is what immediately came to mind when we heard that Citigroup was telling customers it has the right to prevent any withdrawals from checking accounts for [...]

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Tags: banks · usa

Gold’s Hollow Greenish Tinge

February 11th, 2010 · No Comments

As you read this, bankers and treasury officials all around the world are wondering what to do next, now that gold bullion bars have been proven to be tampered with, that gold bars are made up of other less valuable metals and many people who paid for gold or promissory notes for gold can’t collect it, so where did [...]

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Tags: banks · gold