Daily Archives: July 11, 2012

Honesty Shouldn’t Go Unrewarded (Irish politicians should take note !)

Comment: Irish politicians should take note !

Homeless Couple In Sao Paulo, Brazil, Finds Duffel Bag With $10,000 In Cash, Turns It Over To Police

For those of us without Swiss bank accounts, $10,000 is a lot of money. For Rejaniel Santos and Sandra Domingues, a homeless couple who spend nights under an overpass in Sao Paulo, Brazil, $10,000 is a life-altering amount of money. Yet when … Continue reading

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Brenda Malloy – Irish street busker harp player

Spain imposes further austerity measures

MADRID—Spain’s government imposed further austerity measures on the country Wednesday as it unveiled sales tax hikes and spending cuts aimed at shaving (EURO)65 billion ($79.85 billion) off the state budget over the next two and a half years.A day after … Continue reading

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Keiser Report: Bankers Go Ultra-Violent (E310)

SpunOut invited to the Aras for the President’s ‘Young and Irish’ garden party

Sent in to us by our friends over at SpunOut Recently it’s been all go at SpunOut HQ. We’ve been hanging out with the President in the Aras, meeting with politicians in Leinster House and now we’re hiring a new person … Continue reading

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€166m sliced off the value of NAMA’s Irish commercial property in Q2, 2012

Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) has today published its commercial property series for Ireland for Q2, 2012 – the report should be available shortly on the JLL website but for the time being, there is Jack Fagan’s report in today’s Irish Times. The JLL series … Continue reading

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RATES SCAM: Euribor rates ‘rigged throughout 2009-10 crisis’.

As the news began to permeate deep into the MSM – even as far as the Dacre Wail – last night that the Libor rate has been fiddled for perhaps thirty years or more, an interesting (if brain-challenging) piece by John Morrison at … Continue reading

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Fractional Reserve Banking, Government and Moral Hazard

by Ron Paul Last week my subcommittee held a hearing on fractional reserve banking and the moral hazard created by government (taxpayer) insured deposits.  Fractional reserve banking is the practice by which banks accept deposits but only keep a fraction of those … Continue reading

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Spain’s anti-austerity frontline: Marching miners invade Madrid

Comment: First the Greeks and now the spanish are showing us the Irish what we need to do to get rid of our corrupt politicians and their self get rich schemes. Telling the rest of us to tighten our belts … Continue reading

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