Daily Archives: 12 December 2008

The Greek Riots – bigger & deeper than we’re led to believe

Greek violence spreads as riot police battle protesters across Europe Riots sparked by the death of a Greek schoolboy who was shot by police spread across Europe last night. (from mailonsunday.co.uk)

Greek violence spreads across Europe Suspected anarchist protests which have dogged Greece for the last week spread outside the country today, with mobs causing violent scenes in Italy, Spain, Russia, Denmark and Turkey. Greek diplomatic missions were vandalised in the attacks, while police, local authority and media representatives were also targeted in what appeared a co-ordinated escalation. The upsurge took place as protests continued in Greece following the killing last Saturday of Alexandros Grigoropoulos. (from independent.ie)

Me: Hmmmm. Which is more likely: Big media is minimizing the deeper unrest and discontent behind the riots, or that kid whom the cops killed was REALLY REALLY popular?

Week of Greek rioting taps into wider discontent (from news.yahoo.com)

Me: Duh!!!!! One week into the riots, and only now do we hear that maybe, just maybe it’s about more than one young man’s death.

The Greek police officer in this AP photo was ultimately unhurt:

I like the analysis at theIrishBulletin.blogspot.com: Torching banks? Clashes near Parliament? Attacking diplomatic vehicles? Yesterday, I heard that ten banks had been attacked, and it seems strange that all of this is happening solely over last Saturday’s shooting. Indeed, it is a perfect pretext for the Greek authorities and the media – not to mention their counterparts over here – who fear that their cosy relationship with the international clique of banking criminals may result in them hanging from shiny lamp-posts from Washington to Dublin to Sydney.

FED Refuses to Honor FOIA Request about $2 Trillion in loans

“As Bloomberg reports today, the Federal Reserve has refused “to disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion of emergency loans from U.S. taxpayers and the assets the central bank is accepting as collateral.” On November 7, Bloomberg filed a Freedom of Information request to disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion of “emergency loans” from U.S. taxpayers and the assets the central bank is accepting as collateral, but the private banker syndicate has told Congress and the American people to go fish.

Bloomberg notes that the Freedom of Information Act requires federal agencies to make government documents available to the press and the public. However, the Fed is not a federal agency, it is a cartel of private bankers. It is a consortium of twelve private banks which are not part of the United States government and does not answer to it. The Fed controls our monetary system and acts at the behest of large national and international private banks. 100% of its shareholders are private banks and none of its stock is owned by the government.” (Read more from infowars.com)

See also: “Congressman: Fed “Bamboozling” Americans The Fed is refusing to disclose the recipients of $2 trillion dollars in loans, even after Bloomberg sued under the Freedom of Information Act to get the information. . . . Trade secret law? Trade secret law protects things like valuable business methods. What’s the banks’ secret business method here – making stupid decisions, going bankrupt and then becoming the recipient of socialist government handouts? What’s next? Will the government argue that it can’t disclose the details of its torture program because it needs to protect the trade secrets of the companies that make the electro-shock machines and the waterboarding platforms?” (from George Washington’s blog)

Also, watch this video about the Fed: