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Economic Terrorism?

A friend sent me this link, I find the contents rather worrying. Has anyone ever heard of 'Information Clearing House' ?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30991.htm
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  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    edited 8 April 2012 at 9:46PM
    Great article.

    Max Keiser has been using the term "financial terrorists" for a while now and it is spot on. For that is exactly what is going on.


    This little analogy sums it up nicely ...


    Here is the question which these banksters would never answer: how does a third party placing bets on whether someone’s home would burn down provide any “insurance” to the owner of the home?
    The answer of course is that it doesn’t. What it did do, however, was to create a $60 trillion motive for “arson”.

    This is precisely what we have we have seen. After the banksters (primarily based in Wall Street) got assorted chumps to take the wrong side of this $60 trillion, unregulated mountain of bets – betting that these Euro governments would not default – they then began to systematically burn down the economies of Europe one by one.
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    I cannot take anyone seriously who uses terms such as "bankster". It just sounds childish.
  • chewmylegoff
    chewmylegoff Posts: 11,469 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I can't take anyone who uses the words "max keiser" seriously unless they're telling a joke.
  • yertiz_2
    yertiz_2 Posts: 252 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Thanks for your comments. Still wondering if anyone knows anything about 'Information Clearing House'?
    Whilst not agreeing completely with the word 'bankster', there are always made up words appearing in todays media that eventually end up in the dictionary.
    I have listened to Max Kaiser on 'Russia Today' and it would seem to me, while recognising that there may be other agendas, that he informs us of situations that would never be broadcast or printed in our media. Must admit he does tend to go over the top when he's talking to Stacey what's her name.
  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    Information Clearing House is one blokes opinion, and the pieces of information (correct and incorrect) that he decides worthy of posting.

    Purpose and Intent of this website:

    This website does not suggest that it contains the "truth". The truth is a combination of all information and all facts relating to a topic. It is therefore unachievable (in my opinion) for anyone to say "I know the truth."

    If you came to this site in search of "the truth" you will be disappointed. That is also true of CNN, FOX , ABC etc. If you came to gather information you may find it a useful resource.


    The main problem with websites such as these, and the rantings of people like Max Keiser, is that there are many people who actually believe what they post or say is the truth.

    That is why these sites exist. If they can get one imbecile out of 1,000 to take what they read as 100% truth, then they have achieved their purpose.
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • Loughton_Monkey
    Loughton_Monkey Posts: 8,913 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Hung up my suit!
    I can't take anyone who uses the words "max keiser" seriously unless they're telling a joke.
    ILW wrote: »
    I cannot take anyone seriously who uses terms such as "bankster". It just sounds childish.

    True, but more importantly, the use of split infinitives reveals this article as a complete load of tripe.
  • yertiz_2
    yertiz_2 Posts: 252 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    True, but more importantly, the use of split infinitives reveals this article as a complete load of tripe.

    Is that an issue then?
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    yertiz wrote: »
    Is that an issue then?

    It is among the monkeys of Essex.

    You know the old song, never smile at a crocodile? Well the only reason that they don't sing to knowingly split an infinitive, is something an Essex simian can't forgive is because nobody ever got out of there alive that tried such a grammatical abomination.
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    yertiz wrote: »
    Is that an issue then?


    It is if you're a kn0bhead.
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
  • System
    System Posts: 178,376 Community Admin
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    If you borrow trillions of dollars that you can't afford to pay back, and then when you realise, you go on borrowing more, then it doesn't need a financial terrorist to cause disaster.
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