Mois : mars 2017

… and the Feds Are Keeping It Secret – Published on Global Research.ca, by Jack Burns, March 5, 2017.

When a bank is found guilty of doing business in countries where they’re not supposed to be, and when the same bank is found guilty of helping drug cartels launder money, shouldn’t the public have a right to know about the banks’ efforts at correcting such actions? That’s the question being raised with respect to HSBC’s 1.92 billion dollar settlement with the U.S. and oral arguments are taking place in federal court this week on whether or not the compliance report should stay sealed. Continuer la lecture de « Megabank Caught Laundering for Terrorists and Drug Cartels »

Published by Hiroyuki Hamada, March 2, 2017.

… How much does it cost to tell a lie that big? What is the human price of making people complicit in a project of death and suffering? What consequences do we pay in erasing facts and twisting history when we regard ourselves as cultural beings? But all these questions are perhaps trivial compared to the 500,000 deaths, displacements of half of the population, and all the destruction inflicted by the imperial assault against Syria so far. Continuer la lecture de « How Much Does It Cost to Tell a Lie That Big? »

uploaded by Abandoned Exploration Squad:

• Murderer’s abandoned million dollar mansion exploration (with) over 30 rooms, 17.37 min;

Continuer la lecture de « Abandonned Homes »

… if it holds up Brexit bill – Published on Independent.co.uk, by Rob Merrick, March 2, 2017.

The Lords has a constitutional duty to perform and it’s right that it does that … I think we have seen a very healthy and vigorous debate, a No.10 spokesman said … // Continuer la lecture de « UK: Government drops threat to abolish House of Lords »

Published on VOXeu.org, by Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou, March 1, 2017.

the Scramble for Africa has contributed to economic, social, and political underdevelopment by spurring ethnic-tainted civil conflict and discrimination and by shaping the ethnic composition, size, shape and landlocked status of the newly independent states. This column, taken from a recent VoxEU eBook, summarises the key findings of studies that use high-resolution geo-referenced data and econometric methods to estimate the long-lasting impact of the various aspects of the Scramble for Africa. Continuer la lecture de « The contemporary shadow of the Scramble for Africa »