Accused of Deception, Citi Agrees to Pay $285 Million

from the New York Times Citigroup has agreed to pay $285 million to settle a civil fraud complaint that it misled investors in a $1 billion derivatives deal tied to the United States housing market, then bet against the investors as the housing market began to show signs of distress, the Securities and Exchange Commission [...]

‘NATO bombed Libya back to Stone Age’

and read this article from the Washington Post Gaddafi home town largely destroyed

Protesters and police clash amid largest Greek strike

and read this article from the New York Times Greece Moves Forward on New Austerity Bill

Morbid Addiction: CIA & the Drug Trade

and read the following articles; US Prosecutors Confirm Classified Information Colors Zambada Niebla’s Case US Government Accused of Seeking to Conceal Deal Cut With Sinaloa “Cartel”

Fox News Exposes the 17 Foiled “Terrorist” Plots Created by the FBI

Fox News reporter talks about the 17 terrorist plots that the FBI claims they foiled since 9/11. And he goes over the fact that they were all PLANNED by the FBI so they could foil them. He then goes on to show that this recent alegation against the Iranian government is the exact same kind [...]

Wall Street Firms Spy on Protestors In Tax-Funded Center

by Pam Martin, Counterpunch Wall Street’s audacity to corrupt knows no bounds and the cooptation of government by the 1 per cent knows no limits.  How else to explain $150 million of taxpayer money going to equip a government facility in lower Manhattan where Wall Street firms, serially charged with corruption, get to sit alongside [...]