Stocking stuffer suggestion: how about silver?
December 6, 2010 | No Comments
The ongoing chaos of the battered U.S. economy has revealed another twist; it has been reported that JP Morgan (JPM) has a 3.3 billion ounce short position of silver. What is a short position? Simply, it is the intention to borrow a stock when it is deemed to be high or overvalued with the objective that the value [...]
Blowback
November 29, 2010 | 4 Comments
WikiLeaks has done it again; the infamous whistle blowing site has published 220 of the 251,288 cables it received that were sent by American diplomats, between the end of 1966 and February 2010. These cables narrate dialogue between diplomats and high-level officials on a wide array of topics relating to American foreign policy initiatives, while [...]
End The Fed.
November 22, 2010 | 7 Comments
The Federal Reserve (The Fed) has announced its second attempt to rejuvenate the American economy, upon the publishing of yet another month of dismal unemployment figures. The Fed’s proposed experiment – Quantitative Easing (QE2) will facilitate the purchase of 500 billion to 1 Trillion of U.S. Bonds, in order to ‘inject’ life into the U.S. economy. Sorry [...]
Out of our Pants…
November 18, 2010 | 1 Comment
There has been a storm brewing over the procedures utilized by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at American airports; varied airports have installed backscatter X-ray machines (body scanners), this technology is an advanced form of the conventional X-ray. The TSA has recently implemented invasive pat down techniques that involve groping of the genitals, which is used as [...]
Decision Points
November 9, 2010 | 4 Comments
Former President George W. Bush has admitted in his new memoir – ‘Decision Points’ that he personally sanctioned the use of waterboarding against suspected terrorists. Waterboarding is a method of continually simulating the sensation of drowning; this is an act of torture that has been recognized in accordance with international law. This form of ‘enhanced’ [...]
Wake up and smell the Samosa
August 31, 2010 | No Comments
Further to Jon’s post, I would like to clarify that the prevalence of anti-Muslim rhetoric is being instituted, in order to set the global stage for an attack on Iran. I will not comment on the recent arrest of those individuals that were foiled in ‘Project Samosa’. I have complete faith in the conduct of [...]
Please Help
August 16, 2010 | No Comments
Many are aware of the devastation that has been wreaked, upon Pakistan from the recent floods; but Pakistani’s are also suffering from an inept government that fails to effectively implement measures to address the sheer magnitude of this calamity. I humbly beseech all Canadians to generously donate to the relief efforts that are slowing developing; [...]
State of Nature: Part Deux
July 19, 2010 | 3 Comments
I previously noted the decision by France’s lower house to ban the public display of the niqab (veil); Syria’s government has recently passed legislation, which has banned the niqab for female teachers. Syria’s decision to ban the niqab gives credence to the French injunction, as an Arab country has adopted similar measures. While it may [...]
State Of Nature
July 13, 2010 | 9 Comments
Jon ignited a passionate debate, regarding the discrimination of our young here; so I thought I would continue the discussion with recent developments from our Frères in Europe. France’s Lower House of Parliament approved legislation that bans the public display of Burqa (Islamic Veil) by a vote of 355 to 1. The bill must still [...]
Change we can believe in??
June 4, 2010 | No Comments
President Obama has yet again managed to recant on one of his many campaign pledges: The closure of Guantanamo Bay. This monstrosity has violated numerous domestic and international laws, in spite of that President Obama has ignored varied Supreme Court Rulings declaring the detainees are entitled to the due process of law. Are the behaviours [...]