The Big Con

On the Trail of Mortgage Fraud

Philip Palij — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:41:20 -0500

When is a crime not a crime?

When criminality subverts the system, challenges the system, becomes the system. From the Kleptocrats' point of view it is the systematic breakdown of each and every law which gets in their way; preventing the ascent to power of their enhanced moral values.

The Kleptocrats are really America's third political party.

Occupy Philadelphia: “Scrooges” Accountable in Day Long Caroling Tour

Philip Palij — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:23:36 -0500

Tis the season, the message is right, the spirit is willing and they are doing it in Philadelphia. The David and Goliath site tells of occupiers filling the air with harmonies, with a smile, with gusto and oodles of determination.

Real people real hope and real change, not some Wall St stuffed shirt specialising in lip service posing as a President.

The Writ of Habeas Corpus

Philip Palij — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:33:10 -0500

Habeas corpus (Latin: "you may have the body")[1] is a writ, or legal action, through which a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention, that is, detention lacking sufficient cause or evidence. The remedy can be sought by the prisoner or by another person coming to his aid. Habeas corpus originated in the English legal system, but it is now available in many nations. It has historically been an important legal instrument safeguarding individual freedom against arbitrary state action. It is a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge.

Super Rich vs. 99%: Class war will explode

Philip Palij — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:31:35 -0500

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Forget politics. The 99%, the Occupy Wall Street movement, is not about politics. But politicians don’t get it yet. The Dems sure don’t. And while Bill O’Reilly says the movement is already dead, insider Frank Luntz thinks OWS is not only very alive, but getting dangerously bigger. In fact, he’s very “scared” for his clients.

Massive Fraud: Watchdog critical of SEC hedge fund probe

Philip Palij — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:08:45 -0500

OK America, your legal system has been trashed. Your constitution has been trashed. Whats next?

"WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The Securities and Exchange Commission’s watchdog released a report Wednesday examining an anonymous tip explaining that agency staffers discovered a “massive fraud” by a hedge fund manager and never pursued it. "

The GM Debate The US Is Not Having

Philip Palij — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:31:58 -0500

The submission by successive US administrations and congress to the GM Lobby, illustrated by silence and suppression of arguments against GM proliferation, is gradually being mirrored in Europe. There is life in the old democracy dog yet, but for how much longer? The EU Commission is trying to dispense with the rule of law. Something the US administration did years ago.

In this article from Public Service Europe the contamination of Honey by Genetically Modified material without legal authorisation is a case study of the dysfunctional, undemocratic disaster EU Governance has become.

You see the fracture between the European Commission and the rule of law. It is nothing less than the breakdown of democratic control over law and order. In this case absence of enforcement. We are a few years behind America in political corruption but we are catching up.

Regulators Investigating MF Global for Missing Money

Philip Palij — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:55:43 -0400

By BEN PROTESS, MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED and SUSANNE CRAIG

Federal regulators have discovered that hundreds of millions of dollars in customer money has gone missing from MF Global in recent days, prompting an investigation into the brokerage firm, which is run by Jon S. Corzine, the former New Jersey governor, several people briefed on the matter said on Monday.

Jon Corzine, the head of MF Global - the brokerage has rattled investors by taking big bets on the sovereign debt of eurozone countries including Italy and Spain.;

Photo: Reuters

Health Care: Another One Bites The Dust

Philip Palij — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:57:05 -0400

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Friday pulled the plug on a major program in the president's signature health overhaul law – a long-term care insurance plan dogged from the beginning by doubts over its financial solvency.

Huff Post Reader Comment Of The Day - his biggest accomplishment has just been gutted. can't do nothin'. won't do nothin'. and i can't believe there are still people on this planet stupid enough to hire him for four more years of nothin'. - More Joseph Workman - "I dont need no stinkin badges"

Tangled Webs: Is There A Perjury Epidemic?

Philip Palij — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 05:15:58 -0400

Every now and again someone asks a question which resonates, this is one such. This is a New York Times book review of the "Tangled Web" dedicated by its author to "all who seek truth."

Most people realise they are being lied to systematically by their governments; the powerful financial, political and military institutions of the land at all levels; a sociological plague so entrenched it is unremarkable and expected, but how do you go about identifying perpetrators and what can you do about it if you do?

You can document the degeneration of the 1st US republic for posterity.

Review can be found here: www.nytimes.com | Arts | Books

Frank Lindh: America's barbaric treatment of my son John Walker Lindh

Philip Palij — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 03:40:13 -0400

In 1998, aged 17, my son John Walker Lindh travelled to Yemen to study Islam and learn Arabic. In April 2001 he went to Afghanistan. Then 9/11 happened. He was captured by US troops, tortured, and jailed for 20 years, an innocent victim of America's 'war on terror'