Category Archives: Filthy Stinking Rich

Quotable: Gwynne Dyer on the current financial crisis

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“In times like these, it is fashionable for despairing brokers and bankers to quote Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘If’ — or rather, to misquote it: ‘IF you can keep your head when all about you/Are losing theirs and blaming it on … Continue reading →

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Glass houses, Señor Rosales…

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Sabina Becker

What’s that saying about not throwing stones again? Looks like someone who’s been doing it to Chavecito just broke more than a few of his own windows… Parliamentarian Mario Isea, president of the National Assembly commission investigating the coup plots … Continue reading →

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Why economic globalization really, REALLY stinks

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Sure, it’s easy for us lefties to say that corporate globalism sucks the big banana. We’ve been saying that for over two decades now. But if you want to see, not just hear, why it’s a bad idea, I suggest … Continue reading →

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Economy, ecology…they’re closer than you think

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Sabina Becker

This piece on the Beeb gives me the heebie-jeebies. Not because it tells me anything new, but because finally, a mainstream media outlet is publishing what regular enviro-lefties like me have known for a long, long time: The global economy … Continue reading →

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Scary Thought #10: Prepare to soil yourselves again, folks…

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

The National Debt Clock in Manhattan is now too small for the number it’s meant to tally. You may want to avoid Wall St., I hear they’re about due for a shower of suiciding stockbrokers.

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Oh Lula, you card!

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Burn, baby, burn…Ha ha ha, the president of Brazil cracks me up: “Where is the IMF now? Why isn’t the IMF over there in Europe, giving advice?” Lula asked yesterday. He added, “Because the crisis is theirs (the rich people’s), … Continue reading →

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Guido Antonini: Big, fat liar. (Brief)case closed.

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

If you’ve been following the Guido Antonini Wilson/briefcase-fulla-dollars story at all, you’ll already know that the man is (a) mobbed up; (b) very anti-Chavez; and (c) so full of shit that it’s starting to ooze out his ears. Of course, … Continue reading →

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As the market goes, so does Harpo’s support

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Sabina Becker

And I, for one, am neither surprised nor displeased to learn this: Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s stand-pat, don’t-panic response to economic turmoil seems to have fallen flat with voters, sending the Conservatives to their lowest support levels of the campaign, … Continue reading →

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The Last Laugh on the markets

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Two British funnymen have it all sussed out:The terrible thing is, none of this is an exaggeration, even just for comic value. It’s all true.

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Money as Debt

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Okay, class, here’s your weekend assignment: Watch this 47-minute video. Don’t mind the cheesy animation; pay attention to the very simple lessons contained therein. If you do, you might just end up understanding the whole US (and world) credit crisis … Continue reading →

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