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HUD sneakily changing rules

mercredi 22 juillet 2015 à 02:00

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is sneakily changing rules to permit two felonious banks to continue selling certain government-guaranteed mortgages.

Retention of data from people that fly

mercredi 22 juillet 2015 à 02:00

The Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament approved data retention for many records about people that fly.

Penalty for "false" information in Egypt

mercredi 22 juillet 2015 à 02:00

The penalty for "false" (i.e., disagreeing with official sources) information in Egypt will not be imprisonment, only a fine that few Egyptian journalists could afford to pay.

Altered in this way, the law will be a medium-sized step towards tyranny rather than a giant step.

Low-cost, low-energy house

mercredi 22 juillet 2015 à 02:00

A low-cost, low-energy house in Wales will make money on electricity.

The UK had a plan to encourage building such houses, but the Tories cancelled the plan to preserve fossil fuel profits.

"Bailout" increases Greece's debt

mercredi 22 juillet 2015 à 02:00

The "bailout" for Greece's creditors increases Greece's debt to 225% of GDP. That's almost double what it was before the previous "bailouts". However, all of the euro-zone is dominated by the banksters and it can all come crashing down under their deficit limits.

The IMF should veto the bailout for Greece's creditors, because the plan can't achieve the stated goal of reducing Greece's debt.

It would be easy to write off Greek debt to banks.