Entries Tagged as 'UK'

Parable, Facts on the Ground

August 5th, 2010 46 Comments

Stacy Summary: Meat from two cloned bulls illegally entered UK food chain. Read the article to see how the US business model of creating illegal facts on the ground are then used to prevent us from opting out of their only option.

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Murdoch Owned Paper Introduces UK’s New Political Elite . . . Half of Whom Work(ed) for Murdoch or Are Married to Someone Who Works For Murdoch

May 24th, 2010 18 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Well, not quite half, but over and over you will read that someone in the ‘new elite’ once worked for either the Times or News of the World or are currently married to someone who works for Times.   Anyway, a very delightfully sickening read for you . . . Britain’s New Political [...]

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Brits Wake Up to Find They Have Hung Their Parliament

May 7th, 2010 33 Comments

Stacy Summary: Good morning everyone! So the Brits have brought back the Tories to lead a hung Parliament. Long live the Suppository Salesman! Or not? h/t @Mike/Liverpool – – Brown & Clegg could conspire to keep Cameron out of No. 10. UPDATE:  Clegg to do deal with Cameron

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‘Ratings surveillance’ fees and the UK rating ‘mystery’

April 29th, 2010 47 Comments

Stacy Summary: Apparently, it’s a mystery as to why the UK has not been downgraded. Rating agencies raking it in on ‘ratings surveillance” fees on CDOs in default Warning for Britain as financial chaos spreads to Spain

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Fitch warns Greeks first year of fiscal austerity is easiest, gets harder next year, and harder still the following year

March 10th, 2010 21 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Ooooooh boy.  And by the way, there is a downgrade warning in the article just for you @Mike/Liverpool. Fitch warns UK and questions Greek rescue as sovereign risk grows “The first year is fiscally the easiest. Next year they have to cut another 3pc of GDP, and the following year a further 3pc,” [...]

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UK terror threat level raised to ‘severe;’ BAE developing spy drone strategy for UK

January 23rd, 2010 101 Comments

Stacy Summary: I wonder if these two headlines have anything to do with each other? And I wonder who BAE had to bribe to get this contract? Oh yeah, they are one of those too big to fail, too big to investigate firms. Sorry, won’t ask that about them again. UK terror threat level raised [...]

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2010 horoscope for UK: capital flight, sovereign debt crisis

December 1st, 2009 55 Comments

Stacy Summary: @Mike/Liverpool – – I think you should start writing to Morgan Stanley now and asking about that Thing of Beauty! Morgan Stanley: UK faces sovereign debt crisis in 2010

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Masters of the Universe apparently shocked that UK economy sucks

October 23rd, 2009 42 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Seriously, are any of you surprised? And, @Mike/Liverpool . . . are you happy?? Shock for Alistair Darling as shockingly UK still in recession Shock economic figures today stunned the City by revealing that Britain is wallowing in its longest recession since records began. Sterling tumbles on shock GDP data

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Banking ‘sleight of hand’ and lurching back to the 1970′s

September 17th, 2009 104 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Lurching back to the 1970′s . . . but accompanied by the music of girl and boy bands. Barclays accused of trickery in $12.3 billion toxic asset ‘sale’ UK ‘lurching back to the 1970′s Ex-Barclays bankers stand to make $400 million for managing tax haven toxic assets

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Geithner goes to town(hall) and UK to see debt crisis

September 11th, 2009 156 Comments

Stacy Summary: Good morning.  Here are some headlines that caught my eye first thing.  Time now to go read through those 200+ comments. Geithner defends bailout in townhall meeting European Commission sees debt crisis in UK future

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