The federal government’s case against banks for duplicitous and potentially illegal mortgage practices may be reaching an unsatisfactory final settlement even as one of the largest perpetrators of foreclosure fraud takes outrageous steps to block further investigation into their actions at the height of the housing crisis. Tens of millions of homeowners remain “underwater,” owing [...]
FIDEL CASTRO: LOOKING INTO THE ABYSS. (Global Research) The former head of the Cuban government, still ostracized as a “dictator” by world governments and media, pens for Global Research a message for the year 2012, the year of the 50th anniversary of the October 1962 revolution that swept his movement into power. The 85-year-old Castro [...]
House padlocked? Pet bird kidnapped? Threatening letters arriving in the mail for no apparent reason? Be careful, because America’s biggest bank is also its biggest perpetrator of fraudulent foreclosures, and it may be coming after you… Bank of America, already neck-deep in litigation and fallout from rampant fraud and mistakes relating to its booming post-recession foreclosure business, has another [...]
“GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO” THROWS A SHAFT OF LIGHT ON THE “BANALITY OF EVIL” IN SWEDEN. (Counterpunch) The recently-released movie features a graphic depiction of torture and rape by police agents in the “liberal” country. A U.S. investigative journalist living in Sweden, Ritt Goldstein, uses the movie’s theme to comment on what seems to [...]
WAR WITH IRAN “JUST A PROVOCATION AWAY?” (Global Research) Separate articles in Global Research suggest that is a very real possibility. Patrick Buchanan notes the eerie similarity between 1941 and 2011, in both of which powerful forces in U.S. government were intent on drawing another country into a war. Secretary of War Henry Stimson said [...]
CRISIS IN PAKISTAN: “THEY DEMONSTRATE COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN LIFE, AND ARE IN STARK VIOLATION OF PAKISTANI SOVEREIGNTY.” The already-crumbling relationship between the United States government and Pakistan was dealt a new blow over the weekend when 25 Pakistani soldiers were killed in an air strike launched by US forces. It was [...]
“THE PROBLEM IS NOT THAT PEOPLE LIKE WARREN BUFFETT PAY AT A 17 PERCENT RATE, IT’S THAT THEY CAN USE COMPLEX TRANSACTIONS NOT AVAILABLE TO MOST AMERICANS TO GET CASH FROM THEIR APPRECIATED STOCK WITHOUT PAYING ANY TAXES AT ALL.“ That America’s wealthiest taxpayers enjoy their lowest tax rates in decades is only a fraction [...]
Widespread outrage met Bank of America’s recent decision to begin charging fees for customers to use their debit cards, and the nation’s largest bank eventually reversed course and scrapped the $5 charge. But if you think that was the extent of the bank’s venture into controversial fees, you would be wrong. While not as broad [...]
NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY GETS GRINCH-OF-THE-MONTH AWARD. (Yahoo Sports) Chapman High School in Clayton, Kansas, struggling to re-open after devastating tornado, is hit by a “cease and desist” letter from Notre Dame to restrain them from using a “Fighting Irish” logo that closely resembles the one used by Notre Dame. Clayton may feel lucky that ND [...]
From the series of protests that have sprung up under the “Occupy Wall Street” banner to lawmakers calling for a “millionaires’ tax,” America is experiencing a rise in populist anger and resentment towards Wall Street, corporations, and the one percent of the country that makes up the “super-rich.” While there is no single target of [...]
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