Posted in Propaganda, Thinking on Mar 28th, 2009
A brain-scanning study of people making financial choices suggests that when given expert advice, the decision-making parts of our brains often shut down.
The problem with this, of course, is that the advice may not be good.
“When the expert’s advice made the least sense, that’s where we could see the behavioral effect,” said study co-author Greg [...]
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Posted in Babylon, Politics on Mar 28th, 2009
Henry Kissinger recently said:
We are building for the first time, not just a global economy but a truly global society.” The credit crisis, he repeated, would be seen as a mere hiccup in the progress of globalisation, as the world financial system adjusts to massive flows of money between countries.
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Posted in Babylon, Kulture on Mar 27th, 2009
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Posted in Babylon, Fascism, Politics on Mar 26th, 2009
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Posted in Babylon, Fascism, Politics, Propaganda on Mar 26th, 2009
[ As I said over and over until I was blue in the face -- Obama and Bush are cut from the same cloth. The only genuine anti-war candidate was Dr. Ron Paul, but Americans couldn't fathom such a thing, apparently... Or at least that's what Diebold has told us... ]
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Sources: More US troops for [...]
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Posted in Babylon, Fascism, Politics, Propaganda on Mar 26th, 2009
UN panel touts new global currency reserve system
A UN panel of expert economists pressed Thursday for a new global currency reserve scheme to replace the volatile, dollar-based system and for coordinated steps by rich countries to stimulate their economies.
“A new Global Reserve System — what may be viewed as a greatly expanded SDR (Special [...]
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Posted in Babylon, Politics, Propaganda on Mar 26th, 2009
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Posted in Fascism, Kulture, Politics on Mar 25th, 2009
[ Welcome to the Kafka's vision of hell... It appears to have found reality in modern America.... ]
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Are anyone’s days entirely free of “offenses” that can get you arrested?
By Robert Neuwirth
I spent 24 hours in the slammer the other day. My crime? Well, the police couldn’t tell me when they locked me up. The prosecutor [...]
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Posted in Babylon, Fascism, Politics, Propaganda on Mar 25th, 2009
[ Obama yawns as he explains how he's reinventing the USA in the likeness of socialist radicalism... He exudes a smarmy coolness; an aloofness that seems to give the lie to all his rhetoric about "redistribution" of wealth, etc. Goodbye America, you've got the leader you deserve. ]
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Calm. Cool. Careful.
“There are no quick fixes,” he [...]
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Posted in Babylon, Fascism, Numbers, Politics on Mar 24th, 2009
China calls for new reserve currency
By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing
China’s central bank on Monday proposed replacing the US dollar as the international reserve currency with a new global system controlled by the International Monetary Fund.
In an essay posted on the People’s Bank of China’s website, Zhou Xiaochuan, the central bank’s governor, said the goal would [...]
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