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Print, Benny, print!

Posted on August 5, 2009 by An alien Earthling

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Posted in America, American economy, bailout, bankster gangsters, banksters, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, business, capitalism, cartoons, central banksters, commerce, currency press, depression, dollar collapse, dollar freefall, economic crisis 2009, economics, economy, Federal Reserve, fiat currency, fiat money, finance, fractional reserve banking, free market capitalism, global economic crisis, Gold Standard, humour, hyperinflation, inflation, life, market economics, New York, news, North America, opinion, paper currencies, POTUS, pound sterling, random, recession, reserve currency, silver, the Fed, Tim Geithner, toondoo, toons, U.S., United Kingdom, United States, US greenback, US Treasury Department, USA, Wall Street, Wall Street bailout, Washington D.C., Weimar hyperinflation, world economy, Yugoslavia hyperinflation, Zimbabwe hyperinflation | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Back to the future?

Posted on June 9, 2009 by An alien Earthling

…and one was made to believe that the ideology of communism and state ownership of enterprises had (deservedly) ended with the fall of the Iron Curtain! Related posts: Detroit versus Wall Street It’s bailout time again!

Posted in American economy, auto industry, automobiles, AvtoVaz, back to the future, business, capitalism, cars, cartoons, CCCP, Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Cold War, commerce, communism, corporations, current affairs, Detroit, АвтоВАЗ, Во́лжский автомоби́льный заво́д, ИМЗ, Илью́шин, Ирбитский мотоциклетный завод, Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, Earth, economics, economy, free market capitalism, General Motors, General Motors bankruptcy, global economic crisis, GM, GM bankruptcy, Government Motors, humour, ideology, Ilyushin, IMZ - Ural, industries, Iron Curtain, Lada, life, manufacturing sector, manufaturing industry, Michigan, Moscow, motorcycles, neo-communism, neo-socialism, New York, news, politics, random, Russia, socialism, the U.S.A., the U.S.S.R., thoughts, toons, trucks, Union of Socialist States of America, Union of Soviet States of America, United Socialist States of America, United States of Socialist America, USSA, views, Washington D.C., world, world communism | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

A deadly charge from the bottom to the top!

Posted on June 2, 2009 by An alien Earthling

It’s not easy to be classified as a champion team when you finished dead last in last year’s championship. However, the Deccan Chargers from Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) have done just that – from the zeroes of the Indian Premier League … Continue reading →

Posted in 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010 World Cup, Adam Gilchrist, Andhra Pradesh, Anil Kumble, Asia, Bengaluru, business, Chennai Super Kings, cricket, Darren Lehmann, Deccan Chargers, Deccan Chronicle, Delhi Daredevils, DLF IPL, entertainment, Hyderabad, ICC T20 Champions League, India, Indian Premier League, IPL 2009, IPL T20, Karnataka, life, random, Royal Challengers Bangalore, soccer, South Africa, South Asia, sports, T. Venkattram Reddy, thoughts, Twenty20 cricket, VVS Laxman, world | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Detroit versus Wall Street

Posted on April 1, 2009 by An alien Earthling
Posted in bailout, business, capitalism, cartoons, Chrysler, Detroit, economics, economy, extractive capitalism, finance capitalism, financial crisis, Ford, General Motors, GM, humor, humour, industrial capitalism, Michigan, New York, politics, productive capitaism, random, Rick Wagoner, thoughts, toons, USA, Wall Street, Wall Street bailout, Wall Street crooks, world | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Brazil looks set to fuel a war on poverty with newly discovered oil reserves

Posted on September 3, 2008 by An alien Earthling

The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, inaugurated the country’s new deepwater oil field on Tuesday. Trial extraction of oil by Petrobras began in the Jubarte oil field 77 kilometers off the coast of the state of Espirito … Continue reading →

Posted in 21st century, Argentina, Brazil, Brazilians, business, deepwater oil field, democracy, destitute, development, disparity, Earth, Earthlings, economics, economy, education, Espirito Santo, France, health, hope, Jubarte oil field, Latin America, life, Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva, money, news, nuclear submarine, offshore drilling, oil exploration, oil extraction, oil mafia, oil reserves, peak oil, Petrobras, poor, poverty, President Lula, random, society, South America, Uncategorized, war on poverty, wealth, world | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Rice price rise may lead to rice riots!

Posted on April 30, 2008 by An alien Earthling

Though the title mentions rice, this post is all about the rise in prices of staples (rice tops the list of staples) that has caused serious unrest in several parts of the world. Haiti’s government was thrown out and there … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, business, crops, Earth, economics, farming, food, human rights, life, loans, news, politics, poverty, random, the U.N., thoughts, world | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

India Budget 2008-09: Good but not good enough!

Posted on March 1, 2008 by An alien Earthling

The Indian Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, tabled the central government’s budget for the financial year 2008-2009 in the Lower House of Parliament yesterday (February 29,2008). You can read about the highlights of the budget on this link and download the … Continue reading →

Posted in agrarian crisis, agriculture, banks, budget, business, crops, economy, election, farm crisis, farmer, farming, finance, India, loans, money, politics, suicides | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments