Subtle Sunset Hallucinations…

~~By InsightAnaltyical-GRL Feeling like you want to get away out of this world?   Here’s a little trip… Subtle Sunset Hallucinations: Pictures of a Trip of the Imagination Enjoy!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

CREW’s Top Ten Scandals of 2009 (Including Some That May Have Slipped Under Your Radar, But Which Will Keep on Giving!)

~~By InsightAnalytical-GRL What better way to end 2009 with a snappy overview of the “top ten” ethics scandals of the year! Citizens for Responsiblity and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has put together a review of some of some of the high points, along with CREW’s wishes for the new year. Of course, there’s the TARP/executive [...]

‘Tis the Season for a Senate Full of Pissed-off People and Obama’s “Parody Of Leadership”

~~By InsightAnalytical-GRL The irony is just too much to ignore!  In this season of “joy” and “love” many of us are pissed off, including the jerks in the U.S. Senate.  Of course, the bigger irony is Mr. Hope and Change, who ran against all that nasty partisan rancor, has exhibited such a lack of leadership [...]

Dollar Watch: Middle East Gulf Exporters Create Their Own “Petro-Currency”

~~By InsightAnalytical-GRL Oops.  Looks like some more movement in the “let’s-dump-the-dollar” game. Seems like the oil-producing states of the Middle East have made some moves. According to the Telegraph (U.K.): Gulf petro-powers to launch currency in latest threat to dollar hegemony “The Gulf monetary union pact has come into effect,” said Kuwait’s finance minister, Mustafa [...]

Did Drug Money Save the Banks??

~~By InsightAnalytical-GRL As if things couldn’t get even MORE bizarre… The Guardian/Observer is reporting that the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime suspects that “$352bn in criminal proceeds was effectively laundered by financial institutions” during the 2008 banking crisis: Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims UN advisor snip Antonio Maria Costa, head of [...]