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Pot Calling the Kettle Black

January 16th, 2012 · No Comments

Ms Julia Gillard (millionairesss prime minister of Ostralia), when asked just prior to signing additional loan documentation to continue borrowings in the order of abour $100 million a day, said the European nations deserved to be suffering credit downgrades; she said they had it coming because they avoided making tough financial decisions. Sarkozy (who has [...]

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Tags: australia · economy · europe · money · politics

Bankrupt Labor Government Borrows Money to Lend to IMF?

November 3rd, 2011 · No Comments

Julia Gillard was on the news earlier today (Nov 3rd) ’advising’ the EU to better manage their affairs and, in a magnanimous gesture, she has offered extra funding from Australia to create a buffer against other countries following Greece into financial collapse. WTF ? How can anyone in their right mind – let alone Ms Gillard – [...]

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Tags: australia · europe · money

$ Dives While Share Market ‘Floats’

December 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

A few nights ago, the ABC’s finance reporter Alan Kohler showed how various countries’ share markets have fared over the last year. Kohler has at times proved to be incisive but in this report one must ask has he been muzzled or doesn’t he understand that share markets are just a manipulation by the system [...]

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Tags: economy · global · gold · money

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

Macro-economic Slips on Microscopic Oil Spill

June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t for a moment pass off the BP oil spill off the USA as a minor issue by any stretch of the imagination. Be it 1,000 (as BP first stated) then 5,000 barrels a day – then they were ‘capturing’ 5,000 barrels a day yet camera footage sees tonnes of [...]

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Tags: environment · money · oil