Wednesday, April 27, 2011

11-04-26 The Federal Reserve and US banks // La Reserva Federal y los bancos de EE.UU. // 美国联邦储备委员会和美国银行

Comment:
The most important fact, left out of the reports below, is that New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo provided the US Congress with a report that was deemed by analysts as evidence of a "criminal conspiracy" by Bernanke and BofA executives.
LINKS:
09-04-23 RE: SEC v BAC (1:09-cv-06829) State of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Letter to US Congress and analysts' responses:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/41079990/


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Backdoor Bailouts: Banks Play Shell Game With Taxpayer Dollars

Tuesday 26 April 2011
by: Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Bernie Sanders Newsroom

The Federal Reserve propped up banks with big infusions of cash during the depths of the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009. Banks that took billions of dollars from the Fed then turned around and loaned money back to the federal government. It was a sweet deal for the bankers. They received interest payments on the government securities that were up to 12 times greater than the Fed's rock bottom rates, according to a Congressional Research Service analysis conducted for Sen. Bernie Sanders.



READ THE FULL STORY:
http://www.truthout.org/backdoor-bailouts-banks-play-shell-game-taxpayer-dollars/1303856168

11-04-26 Gitmo Doctors Hid Evidence of Torture // Los médicos de Guantánamo ocultado pruebas de la Tortura // 关塔那摩医生隐瞒了酷刑的证据



Gitmo Doctors Hid Evidence of Torture


Updated, 5:55 p.m.
They explained away the bone fractures, didn’t ask what caused the lacerations, and called the hallucinations routine. Rather than blowing the whistle, medical professionals entrusted with the care of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay turned a blind eye when there were clear indications of abuse.
That’s according to a newly published report from two physicians with unprecedented access to the medical records of nine Gitmo detainees.
Writing in the online journal PLoS Medicine, Physicians for Human Rights senior medical adviser Vincent Iacopino and retired Brig. Gen. Stephen Xenakis, a psychiatrist now in private practice, found that medical personnel at Guantanamo concealed mental and physical ailments that signaled abusive treatment.
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11-04-27 Welcome China! // Bienvenido China! // 欢迎来到中国!

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11-04-27 Welcome Russia! // Bienvenido Russia! // 欢迎俄罗斯!

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11-04-27 Newest Country - Azerbaijan! // Lo último país - Azerbaiyán! // 最新的国家 -阿塞拜疆!

           
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