Entries Tagged as 'iceland'

Bjork: Why Not Let the People of Iceland Decide?

August 23rd, 2010 25 Comments

Stacy Summary: As covered in our most recent Keiser Report, the Magma Energy deal in Iceland is now heating up. That 85% of the Icelandic population wants the deal put to a poll, and that 100% of those 85% want to regain their rights to their energy source, this is apparently ‘not good politics.’

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Paid Shill Mishkin Helped Push Icelandic Ponzi Scheme

August 23rd, 2010 34 Comments

Stacy Summary:  In yesterday’s thread, Giuseppe argued that it was somehow FoxNews like of me to point out that Dr. Patrick Michaels admission that oil firms cover 40% of his budget to produce research that ‘proves’ the oil industry does no harm.  Today we see Mishkin was paid $124,000 to lend his perceived expertise to [...]

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[KR70] Keiser Report – Markets! Finance! Crouching Assets, Hidden Wealth!

August 19th, 2010 113 Comments

Stacy Summary: We look at post anti-Americanism and crouching assets, hidden wealth in China. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Jon Thorisson in Iceland about his campaign against Magma Energy and about the resistance of the Icelandic people to IMF measures.

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OMG! Now Hekla is Erupting!?!

April 19th, 2010 35 Comments

Stacy Summary: Apparently, Hekla has started erupting.  Hekla is the volcano whose last eruption is credited with having caused the French Revolution when crops failed.  Max asked about Hekla in our film about Iceland:

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[KR34] Keiser Report – Markets! Finance! Scandal! And Birgitta Jonsdottir!!

April 15th, 2010 74 Comments

Stacy Summary: In this episode we look at the scandals of Greece winning a loan; the exodus from Iceland while billionaire plunderers receive safe haven in London; and the dumping of US Treasury bonds as American consumers are about to get squished. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Birgitta Jonsdottir, a [...]

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Iceland seeks to become offshore haven . . . for journalists and leakers

February 12th, 2010 193 Comments

Stacy Summary: Go Iceland! Iceland aims to create safe haven for freedom of expression

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[Video] Max Keiser on Egill Helgason

January 31st, 2010 153 Comments

Stacy Summary: Here is Max’s appearance on Icelandic TV today.

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[KR07] Keiser Report – Markets! Finance! Scandal!

January 7th, 2010 398 Comments

Stacy Summary:  We cover the Iceland story with an interview of Johannes Skulaso of Indefence and Max re-introduces the Eldridge Cleaver pants for today’s airport experience. Here are the Eldridge Cleaver pants Max recommends for the modern airport security experience.

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McDonald’s abandons Iceland after krona collapse

October 27th, 2009 68 Comments

Stacy Summary: So, this is what Britain has to look forward to when the pound collapses?  Perhaps even the entire identikit High Street will be replaced by local shops again? McDonald’s closes in Iceland after collapse of krona (h/t @Mini US)

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Iceland: economy shrinks 8%, prices rise 11% and market down 97%

October 12th, 2009 42 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Hat trick to @maxkeiser!  We really have to get Max back into that Blue Lagoon . . . Iceland shrinks 8% as prices rise 11% in deepest recession A year after the banking crisis brought Iceland to the brink of bankruptcy, the island nation is mired in the deepest recession among advanced economies. [...]

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