WikiLeaks Taking Visa and MasterCard to Court
As Andy Greenberg reported for Forbes, it’s been over six months since Visa and MasterCard refused service to WikiLeaks and interrupted WikiLeaks’ funding. On Thursday, July 7, only five days from now, if Visa and MasterCard have not corrected the situation, WikiLeaks, and it’s current payment provider DataCell, will take their case to the E.U. […]
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Innocent? So Who’s Guilty… and of What?
After an international perp-walk, the end of a career with the International Monetary Fund, the derailing of a campaign for the presidency of France, and millions of dollars spent complying with court requirements, it would appear that the Americans don’t have much of a case after all. Dominique Strauss-Kahn will now be allowed to slowly […]
Greece Explodes as Global Capitalists Force Austerity: Police Violence Greets the Crowds
Rubber bullets and tear gas were the answer the people of Athens received from their government as they took a stand against their governments willingness to prostitute them as chattel property for the benefit of global financiers. The people of Greece took to the streets as a part of a 48 hour general strike organized […]
America’s Zany Economy: Money for Nothing and Your Crap for Cheap
We’re all familiar with the perplexing state of the jobless recovery. More and more Americans are unemployed, underemployed, medically uninsured, and facing foreclosure, while those in the banking and investment sector, whose criminal speculation and fiscal irresponsibility caused the mess we’re in, are making more money than ever before. But, many of us don’t realize […]
United States of America: The Lowest Common Denominator Empire
Like a bottle of milk, all empires have their expiration date. Rome lasted a millennium; the French and British empires had a global reach for centuries. Others were not as successful and disappeared in a few years. This was, of course, the case for the psychotic empire that Adolf Hitler tried to create. He thought […]
