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Nevertheless, it is to these feckless chancers that the whole world is now in debt.

It is a situation that only exists because we accept it.

I had one of those. The wheels fell off.

if only the headless chickenshits were that organised 

But they are that organized. Banking is a very organized business, is it not? Bankers know how to organize problems such as the present global financial crisis in order to deploy solutions that favour them disproportionately. NWO, Illuminati, Bilderberg - that's all smoke and mirrors to make us believe in some core cabal of hooded wizards pulling the strings from a shadowy bunker somewhere. Those things are artificial targets, set up to deflect attention from the truth. Just like Osama bin Laden or the Red Under the Bed.

By their very natures, banks are institutions of control. How many people are tied to banks by overdrafts, mortgages and loans? How many honest and decent people work hard to make sure the bank gets their money before the food is bought, terrified of missing a payment? If you owe the bank money, they can take your house, claim on the insurance for lost revenue and then sell your ex-home through a preferred or partner estate agent. They're laughing and you're not only out on the street but feeling like the whole thing was your fault for not working hard enough. I don't think that the power of the banks over people's lives can be overestimated.

And businesses also need to borrow money, so they too are beholden to the banks. Once the business ceases to be profitable - it's broken up and sold on through a preferred partner or subsidiary.

And governments borrow money, too. Why should the banksters the government has to deal with be any less ruthless than the ones we have to deal with?

It's just a matter of degrees of magnitude and to say that this kind of thing could never happen because nobody's that organized is, I think, a little optimistic. It's more of a secret global cooperation than a secret global conspiracy. It's not a dragon, it's a hydra. The power though, the heart of the hydra, is the private banking system. Pierce that and the hole thing shrivels and dies.

Then how does the government pay for stuff?

Some leaders seem to understand what's going down: Chavez to nationalize Venezuelan gold industry. (There may be war over this, see if the UN starts twitching, egged on by the USA and the IMF...)

And where's the smart money going? The same place it always does: Gold hits new record near $1,830 an ounce. I wish I could've afforded to take my own advice months ago 

As for the Tobin tax, all taxes are theft and this tax on spot currency conversions is most likely a unifying mechanism. It will be touted as a Good Thing but will transpire to have Unforeseen Consequences which would be easily solved by the adoption of a global currency. A global currency issued and controlled by private banks.

"Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take it away from them, and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create money."  – Sir Josiah Stamp, Director of the Bank of England (appointed 1928). Reputed to be the 2nd wealthiest man in England at that time.

Sounds good to me - maybe we should have a call for nominations and then a vote?

First, though, does anyone want to volunteer their help in pulling this together?

So... American politicians are calling for a new 'super congress' of 12 lawmakers tasked with saving America from financial ruin. These 12 will be essentially in charge of the US government's purse strings and, by extension, in charge of the government itself.

So... France and Germany are calling for a new 'economic government' tasked with saving Europe from financial ruin. This economic government will be essentially in charge of all the European governments' purse strings and, by extension, in charge of the governments themselves.

So... Vladimir Putin is calling for a new Eurasion economic union tasked with saving the former Soviet states from financial ruin. This economic union will be essentially in charge of all the former Soviet states' purse strings and, by extension, in charge of the former Soviet states themselves.

So... Jean Ping is happy that new unions and banks are to come into being to exploit more Africans lend money to Africans, enslaving benefiting them with debt just like the rest of us.

Is it just me, or does this look like some kind of strategy? The power of the world is being distilled and concentrated into smaller and smaller groups of people. It's like somebody's turning our whole planet into a prison - or a workhouse.

Phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea. Credit: NASA/Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite

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"Tordel's TNT Tipple" - at least now you've got a name for it 

I know I made light of your mishap (not in a bad way, honest) but that's an awful lot of cleaning up you've got to do there. Hope it doesn't take too long and that your next batch is arsom.

Of course, it could have been a lot worse...

Jeez, it's a good job you never drank any...

Good luck with it, Mardroid. Fingers crossed for ya!

should I be seeing an image there?

Hmm, I see it on my screen.

It's just a screenshot from Freegle that says:

Wanted: Play Pen for new grandparents.

Colin MacNeil is in the room. Come worship him! Woooorrshhiiip hiiiiiimm....

The Yap Shop is open now. See you later!

This just oozed into my in-box from Freegle:



...it made me go "heh."