Category: The Corporation

media The Corporation
March 31, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times Files for Chapter 11

In this story , we learn about the latest chapter … chapter 11 that is … in the saga of the Conrad Black affair. For those policy wonks in Ottawa who are even remotely thinking about extending a penny to the folks at CanWest, this should act as a reminder that this company (and other media companies in this country and the US) were having […]

disaster capitalism Politics The Corporation
March 31, 2009

Cons Paying Defense Lobby to Lobby the Cons?

I was a little confused by the links provided by this site when I first saw them: http://coat.ncf.ca/ARMX/cansec/CADSI-DFAIT.htm After seeing some of the details, it all clicked:  the Cons are paying the defense industry with Canadian tax dollars to finance groups that basically lobby the Cons (and other government stooges) to buy more stuff from the defense industry. I have to admit:  it’s a nice […]

corruption disaster capitalism economics financial crisis Fraud Politics The Corporation US economy
March 26, 2009

The Big Takeover

I’ve been saying/thinking this for a bit, and I feel a little relief to see someone more ‘mainstream’ voice concerns about the level and intent of bailouts, the intended recipients and the ultimate point of capitalism. Yes, we’re at that moment where it’s now time to wonder if we’re entering a game-changing period era (not month, year or couple of days like the Cons might […]

Canada economics The Corporation US economy
February 14, 2009

Stop the Bleeding, Cut the Defense Budget

The Harper Administration has made a commitment to spend more than $500 billion (BILLION) over the next ten years on the Department of Defense. Because most of this expense will be on non-Canadian companies and companies in the US and elsewhere that are committed to one thing – eternal strife – we need to seriously re-evaluate this expenditure. And when we do, the rewards will […]

disaster capitalism economics financial crisis The Corporation US economy
January 31, 2009

Just the EARLY Stages of Financial Collapse

Hi folks, For those of you in the crowd who are MA in Economics, I’ll remind you that we’re just at the beginning of financial collapse.  Shoving your finger, gloves, basketballs, bumpers, old tires, bins full of clothes from Goodwill and even elephants won’t stop the damn from breaking. I know … it’s a little gloomy, but I don’t feel like I’m being alarmist AT […]