Category Archives: Iceland
Big Icelandic Banks Were Public Banks … Which Were Privatized FOR FREE Shortly Before They Tanked
Washington’s blog reports: Jonsdottir explained that Iceland’s banks grew to 5-7 times the size of the country’s GDP during the county’s brief bubble after privatization. And the Icelandic parliament – in a fact-finding report – later found that the bankers … Continue reading
EU budget fraud may be more than £4BILLION which is 12 times higher than previous figure
Dailymail reports: The European Union is being defrauded of more than £4billion a year – 12 times official estimates – a damning parliamentary report claims. Agriculture subsidies, payments for projects in the poorest countries, bribery, corruption and cigarette smuggling are … Continue reading
If Cyprus Is the Bellwether, then Canada Is the Red Flag
Activist Post reports: “The Government proposes to implement a bail-in regime for systemically important banks. This regime will be designed to ensure that, in the unlikely event that a systemically important bank depletes its capital, the bank can be recapitalized … Continue reading
Iceland cleared of all claims in Icesave dispute
Icenews reports: This morning at a hearing in Luxembourg, the EFTA Court rejected all claims made by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against the Icelandic state in the Icesave dispute. The EFTA Court ruled that Iceland should not be declared in … Continue reading
Icelandic Pirate Party founded
Grapevine.is reports: The party platform has a distinct “fight the man” vibe, and both Smári and Herbert laugh and shake their heads when I ask if either of them consider themselves politicians. Both expressed frustration with the political system, saying … Continue reading
Australia launches probe into Catholic Church sexual abuse cover-up and Iceland releases results of a probe into theirs
PressTV reports: The Australian state of New South Wales has launched an investigation into allegations that the Catholic Church covered up for pedophile priests. New South Wales Premier Barry O’Farrell said on Friday that the inquiry would look into the … Continue reading
EU wastes £89BN in one year
Express.co.uk reports: BRUSSELS bureaucrats wasted billions of pounds through fraud and blunders last year, the EU’s own auditors revealed last night. • More than £160,000 was paid to a scheme in Lombardy, Italy, to build a farm with a lab … Continue reading
The Euro in One Lesson
Tom Woods (big friend of Max Keiser, not) made a video which is a short summary of a book by Philipp Bagus: Tom Woods explains, with reference to the work of Philipp Bagus, why the Euro crisis was predictable, and in … Continue reading
Aspartame – Methanol A Chemical Trojan Horse
This is a short version of an interview of Dr. Woodrow Monte about Aspartame: Interview was done by Celia Farber of Radio Free Science. The full interview can be found here and part 2 can be found here. See also: … Continue reading
Keiser Report #322
Latest Keiser Report up on Youtube: In this episode, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss crimes against capital, financial blockades and hoax Op-eds. They also suggest that Boris Johnson may be the illegitimate step nephew of Louis XV and how … Continue reading
Managers of Icelandic Bank, Byr Savings, Sentenced to Prison
Iceland Review reports on bankers going to jail in Iceland: The Supreme Court of Iceland convicted former CEO of Byr savings bank Ragnar Z. Guðjónsson and former chairman of the bank’s board Jón Þorsteinn Jónsson for breach of trust in … Continue reading
So What’s This New Constitution I Keep Hearing About?
This post, set up in Q&A form, is up on Grapevine.is and is a worthy read for anyone who’s keeping an eye on the whole Icelandic constitution saga: This Constitutional Council, was it a gathering of the best and brightest, the Icelandic … Continue reading
Bill Still on monetary reform, the gold standard and more
New video up on Youtube of Bill Still’s presentation at the Public Banking Conference. Bill doesn’t agree with Ron Paul on the gold standard so he has a go at Paul in this video: At around 23 minutes he talks about … Continue reading
Sturla Jónsson verður með fund í Iðnó á miðvikudag klukkan 20 (FRESTAÐ)
Uppfært: Fundinum hefur verið frestað til Þriðjudagsins 29 Maí. Þetta kom fram á útvarpi sögu. Þetta kemur fram á bloggi hans og það mæta þarna nokkrir fyrirlesarar (það kom fram á útvarpi sögu í dag): Verð með fund í Iðnó … Continue reading
