Tuesday, 19 February 2013

banker greed bankers too big for jail

Gangster Bankers: Too Big to Jail How HSBC hooked up with drug traffickers and terrorists. And got away with it Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/gangster-bankers-too-big-to-jail-20130214#ixzz2LOYBQVU9 Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook the deal was announced quietly, just before the holidays, almost like the government was hoping people were too busy hanging stockings by the fireplace to notice. Flooring politicians, lawyers and investigators all over the world, the U.S. Justice Department granted a total walk to executives of the British-based bank HSBC for the largest drug-and-terrorism money-laundering case ever. Yes, they issued a fine – $1.9 billion, or about five weeks' profit – but they didn't extract so much as one dollar or one day in jail from any individual, despite a decade of stupefying abuses. People may have outrage fatigue about Wall Street, and more stories about billionaire greedheads getting away with more stealing often cease to amaze. But the HSBC case went miles beyond the usual paper-pushing, keypad-punching sort-of crime, committed by geeks in ties, normally associated with Wall Street. In this case, the bank literally got away with murder – well, aiding and abetting it, anyway. Daily Beast: HSBC Report Should Result in Prosecutions, Not Just Fines, Say Critics Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/gangster-bankers-too-big-to-jail-20130214#ixzz2LOXlgBue

20 trillion tax haven of rich

this is just another example of banker greed and the feudalistic nature of banking system. corruption of this scale never happened in the roman empire. as a matter of fact, corporations were controlled by the empire who regulated currency to ensure that it cannot be carved or counterfeited. counterfeiting is the right of the baron by virtue of owning slaves or this is the mimic of the securities regulatory act. welcome to the 21st century. this is an article cited from the economist and there are other great gems in rolling stone magazine http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21571873-how-stop-companies-and-people-dodging-tax-delaware-well-grand-cayman-missing-20 CIVILISATION works only if those who enjoy its benefits are also prepared to pay their share of the costs. People and companies that avoid tax are therefore unpopular at the best of times, so it is not surprising that when governments and individuals everywhere are scrimping to pay their bills, attacks are mounting on tax havens and those that use them. In Europe the anger has focused on big firms. Amazon and Starbucks have faced consumer boycotts for using clever accounting tricks to book profits in tax havens while reducing their bills in the countries where they do business. David Cameron has put tackling corporate tax-avoidance at the top of the G8 agenda. America has taken aim at tax-dodging individuals and the banks that help them. Congress has passed the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which forces foreign financial firms to disclose their American clients. Any whiff of offshore funds has become a political liability. During last year’s presidential campaign Mitt Romney was excoriated by Democrats for his holdings in the Cayman Islands. Now Jack Lew, Barack Obama’s nominee for treasury secretary, is under fire for once having an interest in a Cayman fund.

Sunday, 29 July 2012

new constantinople manuscript found

Manuscript of Great Historic Importance Found in Istanbul

By Marianna Tsatsou on May 16, 2012 In News, Turkey

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An important manuscript was discovered in Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. Topkapi was the residence of the Ottoman sultans for almost 400 years. The manuscript found is of significant meaning, because it consists of information regarding the years before the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, but it also describes the early years after Constantinople was turned into Istanbul and became capital of Turkey.

The document belongs to Michael Critovoulos, a Greek politician, scholar and historian, who lived between 1410 and 1470. His birth-name was Kritopoulos, but he changed it to sound more ancient Greek-like.

He experienced the Siege and Fall of Constantinople and wrote about Mehmed II the Conqueror.

The discovery sheds light on issues, such as taxation during the Fall, relationships between Greeks and Ottomans, the contention between Venetians and Genoese.

Critovoulos refers also to the construction of the Rumeli Hisari fortress, which was the knockout blow for the Byzantine Istanbul. The chronicle of destruction and looting of the city by the Ottomans, in order to make it their capital, is also mentioned.

His book, according to the Turkish website Hubermonitor.com, was printed with the contribution of the Pavlos and Alexandra Kanellopoulos Foundation. This will be a bilingual issue, having the original manuscript and the Turkish translation by Aris Tsokonas on the one page and the colourful photocopy of the text on the other.

The book will be presented at Pera Museum, located in Istanbul, on May 21.

ancient greeks is marseille

http://eu.greekreporter.com/2012/06/11/ancient-greek-cemetery-found-in-marseille/

it is known that phoneicians settled this part of europe. but how much of this settlement was actually greek.
southern france has a beautiful sediment and romanticism that oozes across its rivierra

john baptist remains

http://eu.greekreporter.com/2012/06/16/possible-bones-of-john-the-baptist-discovered-in-bulgaria/

interesting find . could this be john the baptist remains?

greek ferrari and the germans fume

http://eu.greekreporter.com/2012/07/23/ferrari-driver-fernando-alonso-drives-germans-mad-with-his-greek-designed-car/

Saturday, 21 July 2012

cocaine for toothpaste past ad.

so here is some really interesting advertising in the past that are politically incorrect now.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103400/Cocaine-toothache-The-outrageous-adverts-allowed-now.html