How corporations dodge taxes

| January 23, 2009

Another reason to boycott large multinational corporations: the vast majority of them set up tax havens in foreign countries to avoid paying U.S. taxes. Carol Leonnig has the story at the Washington Post. Several of these firms have received TARP bailout funds. We are not going to get an honest functioning economy until we break […]

Keeping an eye on Robert Rubin

| January 22, 2009

Marygwen Dungan is on to Robert Rubin and summarizes the last month’s developments at SafeHaven. If Rubin’s story ever comes out, it will blow the whole lid off the criminal enterprise known as Wall Street and the government insiders who profited from Rubin’s schemes.

Fannie Mae and the housing crisis

| January 22, 2009

Chip Hanlon goes inside Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to explain how government-subsidized affordable housing caused the housing crisis at SafeHaven.

European Union = USSR

| January 22, 2009

Vladimir Bukovsky draws the parallels between the European Union and Soviet Russia.

How the European Parliament works

| January 21, 2009

New Left Review interviews a member of the European Parliament, Luciana Castellina. If you imagine that the European Parliament democratically represents the interests of the people of Europe, think again. The Parliament represents the proportion of parties in each country, and it has no authority to enact laws. The interview demonstrates that there really is […]

A peek into the future

| January 20, 2009

The European Union plans to ban large-screen plasma TVs because they use too much energy. See the story at the Daily Express. Britain is set to search home PC’s without a warrant, under European Union guidelines. See the story at TimesOnline. A report on the schools of the future at WiseUp Journal. Good links at […]

England organizes food police

| January 18, 2009

The Telegraph reports that England has devoted 30,000 pounds to organizing WRAP, a program devoted to reducing household food waste. The pilot program will feature house visits in which officials will instruct citizens in approved recipes, how to read food labels, and how to avoid wasting food. The organizers link food waste with increased carbon […]