This is a week old story but I finally have some time to write about it.
The brain stumps of California keep voting this hack in (along with Barbara Boxer), even though she's voted FOR FISA, FOR the Patriot Act, FOR more and more war funding.
Get this: Her husband has made a fortune off war contracts. Well no wonder she voted to start wars and to fund them lavishly!
Wiki Entries:
In 1980, she married Richard C. Blum, an investment banker. In 2003, Feinstein was ranked the fifth-wealthiest senator, with an estimated net worth of $26 million.[6] By 2005 her net worth had increased to between $43 million and $99 million.[7] Her 347-page financial-disclosure statement[8] – characterized by the San Francisco Chronicle as "nearly the size of a phonebook" – draws clear lines between her assets and those of her husband, with many of her assets in blind trusts.[9]
Possible conflicts of interest
Feinstein has received scrutiny for her husband, Richard Blum's, extensive business dealings with China and her past votes on trade issues with the country. Critics have argued that Feinstein's support, as a member of the Senate's Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee, of policies that may benefit her husband may raise the appearance of a conflict of interest.[45] Suburban newspaper Metro Silicon Valley reported in 2007 that Blum holds large investments in companies that have won large government contracts without competitive bidding. In April 2007, Feinstein's office denied there was a conflict of interest and stated that her departure from the subcommittee had nothing to do with the reports in the Metro weeklies.
As of December 2006, according to SEC filings and FedSpending.org,[46] three corporations in which Blum's financial entities own a total of $1 billion in stock won considerable favor from the budgets of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The Washington Times reported in April 2009 that in October 2008, Feinstein had requested $25 billion in extra federal funding for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which days later granted real estate company Richard Ellis, on which Feinstein's husband serves on the board of directors, a contract to sell foreclosed homes on the FDIC's books.
[Article] Diane Feinstein's husband profitted of the war
And suddenly out of nowhere, her husband buy CB Richard Ellis stocks and they go up 40% because her husband's company got a fat (higher than normal commission laden) contract from the FDIC?
And I'm sure the Feinstein couple needs the millions more on top of their tens of millions they already have.
Talk about corrupt! Where is the outrage? Oh wait, she's a Democrat, so she can't be bad.
Diane Feinstein's husband lands a fat FDIC contract from thin air
Friday, May 01, 2009
Life and Debt: How the IMF destroyed Jamaica
See how the IMF systematically destroys the domestic production in Jamaica. Multiply this by 100s of nations. Ever wondered why illegal immigrants come to the USA for work? It's because subsidized crops from large agribusiness in the USA destroyed Mexican farmers as Mexican citizens bought the cheaper imported subsidised crops.
Anyways, there is an answer to all this! BUY LOCAL, BUY FROM SMALL FARMERS, BUY ORGANIC!! Pay a little more for a more stable domestic economy! The prices won't go up 50% next year either if you support your local small farmer. Buy from the local farmer's market. Click on LocalHarvest.org on the top right and enter your zipcode to find a local farmer's market or farm.
DO NOT LET THE IMF WIN. FIGHT BACK! IT's ECONOMIC WARFARE!
[Youtube] Life and Debt - Globalization and Jamaica
WHHOOOPS!! Looks like the videos got taken down due to copyright infrigement. Well, there's always torrents, right? Try Dailymotion below
[Dailymotion] Life and Debt - Part 1
[Dailymotion] Life and Debt - Part 2
Anyways, there is an answer to all this! BUY LOCAL, BUY FROM SMALL FARMERS, BUY ORGANIC!! Pay a little more for a more stable domestic economy! The prices won't go up 50% next year either if you support your local small farmer. Buy from the local farmer's market. Click on LocalHarvest.org on the top right and enter your zipcode to find a local farmer's market or farm.
DO NOT LET THE IMF WIN. FIGHT BACK! IT's ECONOMIC WARFARE!
[Youtube] Life and Debt - Globalization and Jamaica
WHHOOOPS!! Looks like the videos got taken down due to copyright infrigement. Well, there's always torrents, right? Try Dailymotion below
[Dailymotion] Life and Debt - Part 1
[Dailymotion] Life and Debt - Part 2
Max Keiser: Hedge Funds want Chrysler to file Bankruptcy
Well!! Those dastardly hedge funds will make more money off their bets if Chrysler goes bankrupt! Now isn't that special?
[Youtube] Max Keiser: Hedge Funds want Chrysler bankrupt
[Youtube] Max Keiser: Hedge Funds want Chrysler bankrupt
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