Entries Tagged as 'somali pirates'

Somali pirates stock exchange, “we’ve made piracy a community activity”

December 2nd, 2009 36 Comments

Stacy Summary:  h/t @Mother Earth.  This is the craziest story I have read in a long time; these guys sure ‘get’ what the NYSE is all about.   How many of the listed companies on the NYSE or FTSE are just taking natural resources from other nations; sure one dictator may have signed a contract [...]

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China nukes the dollar, the rich hunt down Somali pirates &, No, the American middle-class will not snap

June 26th, 2009 55 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Excellent headlines today.  Thanks @MotherEarth and @Mike2liverpool for your finds. Deflating our way to prosperity Will the American middle class snap? Stacy – Um, that answer will be ‘no.’ And, in the meantime, the rich are literally eating/hunting the poor . . . Luxury cruises to hunt pirates off Somalia (h/t @MotherEarth) China [...]

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Gordon Brown’s bottom looking bigger by the day

May 9th, 2009 37 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Why do you think Gordon Brown sold half of the UK’s gold supply at the multi-decade low?  And do you think the manner of the disposal was an intended to get the lowest price or was just sheer incompetence?  By the way, I am making a film about this and have some awesome [...]

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Headlines, Headlines, Headlines – 25 April 2009

April 25th, 2009 25 Comments

Stacy Summary:  The Fed to get Treasury bailout?  You mean the Fed is a private bank?  In the meantime, Latin American & Caribbean nations and provide greater details on their new regional currency, the sucre. Is the Fed going to be bailed out with TARP funds? Summit of the Americas declaration:  Capitalism ‘threatens life on [...]

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