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WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW

much of the trouble has been caused by speculators seeking profit, who should be distinguished from investors seeking safety for their capital. All the gold currencies have suffered from their operations, though, of course, they only become dangerous when they are given an opening by unbalanced budgets, economic strains, political unrest or other conditions which […]

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I’m pretty sick of the regular news cycle talking about the Eurozone crisis, and the various bits of leaked info from the upcoming budget. Is it necessary to talk about the public sector cuts, cuts in the Welfare budget or VAT increases as if somehow there is an argument that this is being done to […]

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The blog Guido Fawkes published a partial list of Anglo bondholders last year.
Among the names? Aviva Investors, which is wholly owned by Aviva plc.
Namawinelake has a great summary and analysis of the Anglo bond here.

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[From #occupydamestreet]
Stop The Billion Dollar Heist:
On November 2nd 2011, next Wednesday, a $1,000,000,000 bond comes due at Anglo Irish Bank. This bond is unsecured, unguaranteed, a bond we have absolutely no obligation to pay.
http://thechatteringmagpie14.blogspot.com/2011/10/billion-dollar-heist.html. If you disagree with paying this money we ask you to come to the march to show your opposition.
Last week thousands […]

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‘progressive’ is a word that I hate to see used these days.  It’s meaningless. On the face of it I understand it to mean someone who is generally pointing in a positive direction without trying to get into how the ‘progressive’ individual stands on knotty issues. So we don’t know what ideology they espouse or […]

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