Dangerous Addictions
February 23rd, 2012
in Op Ed
by Elliott Morss
Several years back, I documented that drinking, drugs, and sex were the leading entertainment sectors globally. Not surprising – human nature. Everything in moderation is fine - we all dig our own graves, etc. But what happens when “entertainment” becomes addictive? Which are the most dangerous addictions? And what regions are most seriously addicted?
Euroland 2012-2016: Preparing for Renaissance With New Leaders and Institutions
February 22nd, 2012
in GEAB reposting
Editor’s Note: This article is republished with permission of LEAP/E2020. See end of article for credits.
- Public announcement GEAB N°62 (17 February 2012) -
As anticipated by LEAP/E2020, the fear largely fed by the City of London and Wall Street of a Eurozone break-up over the Greek debt crisis proved unfounded. Euroland has come out of this violently conflictual episode with its "natural allies" much reinforced. According to our team, 2012 will mark the starting point for the perpetuation of a new global power, Euroland. However, this development remains conditional on the question of democratization that we analyze in this issue, through the three sequences of Euroland’s evolution 2012-2016. These five years will lead Europeans to profoundly influence a global geopolitical rebalancing whilst domestically a radical new phase of European integration is opening up in the coming months.
Lock-em-up-unless-they’re-bankers Kilmartin
February 21st, 2012
in Op Ed
by Guest Author Tom Sgouros
Striking a vital blow against accountability, Attorney General Peter Kilmartin endorsed the “50-state” settlement on foreclosure fraud yesterday, led by the Iowa Attorney General, Tom Miller. The settlement essentially allows banks to skip away from the crimes they committed in the course of foreclosing on a few million people’s houses.
To recap: this settlement has been over a year in the making, and is intended to clean things up in the real estate market, absolving banks of responsibility for their misdeeds in exchange for money that will go to principal reduction, and also doing some short sales and refinancing and payoffs to unjustly foreclosed borrowers. These are good things, but there is a problem.
