On the Edge with Jerry Robinson

From Max Keiser.

Transocean Sachs Golden Awards For Twin Eco Disasters

From Max Keiser.

Goldman Sachs Doubles Blankfein’s 2010 Pay to $19 Million

Transocean gives bonuses after Gulf of Mexico BP spill

Sin is washed away with bonus money. The bigger the sin – the more a company destroys the ecology or the economy – the bigger bonus they get. The media equates more money with greater moral authority. The more money you make, the more moral authority you have...

Of course Karl Rove summed it up best when he said:

"We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors ... and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."

This is the arrogance that will bring down America. If you don't want to go down with the ship, consider leaving the country or at least leaving the currency, the U.S. Dollar.

Inside Job, Oscar-Winning Documentary, Now Online (Free)

Besides the annoying music at the beginning of this film, it's basically a very good introduction to the corruption of the American financial system, and its dangers.

The film is free to watch online at Open Culture.


Here below is a Charlie Rose interview with the director about the film:

Allied Irish Banks to pay €40m bonuses despite bailout

From The Guardian.

Stricken Allied Irish Banks is preparing to hand out €40m (£34m) of bonuses next week – despite being on the brink of receiving another emergency bailout from the Irish government....