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POPSSix Blackwater Guards 'May' Be Charged in Iraq Massacre Immunity and impunity have gone hand in hand. Representative Jim McDermott. "The private contracting thing is the most erosive thing that this administration has done. You look at all the things that are being run by private contractors, you simply cannot be handing money to a private contractor who is not under the law of that country or the law of this country and can do anything they want. They're really -- they're rogue outfits." Blackwater and at least 300 other companies have been hired by the US government for privatized armed services in Iraq to the tune of about $6 billion in taxpayer money..
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POPSWhat is Blackwater Doing in Alaska? The Blackwater guards are nominally employed by Chenega, an Alaska Native corporation associated with the Alaskan coastal village of Chenega Bay, population 86. Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, architect of the “Bridge to Nowhere” and recently convicted of a seven-felony string of corruption charges, is one of the principal proponents of the anti-missile system and was also instrumental in writing laws which help secure government contracts for Alaska Native Corporations. Chenega gets contracts through the Small Business Administration, rakes off a percentage, then lets giant Blackwater provide the actual services. Since 2000 Chenega has received over $1.1 billion in sole-source or non-compete bids from the Army, Air Force and Department of Homeland Security. It's good to have friends in high places.
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POPSBlackwater Busted, Prince Has "Compliance Challenges" Makes one smile. The arrogant Prince of Blackwater just got nailed with a big fine from the same corrupt Federal government they contracted with. The "war on terrorism" is so profitable. What happened to all the hardware that ended up on the black market in Iraq? (Someone knows). "Compliance challenges", he says. More like rogue operations. This is the same company that shoots whoever is in the area and quickly leaves, whose crimes even U.S. military personnel have reported. Dirty mercenaries are never held accountable for war crimes because they are independent contractors. This is the least the State Dept has on them, just the tip of the proverbial ice berg. Iraq wants to try them there.
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POPSInstead of a Bailout How about a Buyout? Another example of why "GIVE ME'S" never work out. Take for example the current problems facing the big three auto companies. Union negotiated contracts are taking and ever increasing portion of company profits to maintain. Giving benefits to those who are no longer producing or contributing to the profit making potential of the company is leaching resources from the parent. A large portion of society taking from the public watering hole is depleting the supply faster than those who are contributing can replace it. In the end failure is inevitable. All this BAILOUT business is BAD BUSINESS, and will only delay the inevitable. Considering there are market solutions to market problems I would certainly support using those options instead of looking for another hand out. What say you?
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POPSBush Spy Revelations Anticipated When Obama Is Sworn In
One encouraging sign for civil liberties groups is that John Podesta, president of the Center for American Progress, is a key figure in Obama's transition team, which will staff and set priorities for the new administration. The center was a tough and influential critic of the Bush administration's warrantless spying. Among the unanswered questions: * Were there quid pro quo promises made to the phone companies and internet carriers who cooperated with the secret spying? For example, were co-conspirators promised lucrative government contracts? * Did the program appropriate the CALEA wiretapping infrastructure? Under CALEA, Congress forced telecoms to build surveillance capabilities into the phone and internet network, but promised it would only be used with court orders. * What did the first version of the surveillance program sweep into its net? In March 2004, a squadron of top officials at the Justice Department, including then-Attorney
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POPSLess Biz for Contractors Under Obama? Washington Post story, by Robert O'Harrow, also notes that slimming down federal procurement at the clip Obama proposes would require "a huge cultural change inside the government." Huge cultural changes don't come easily in Washington. For anyone wondering, 19 large U.S. technology services firms, all publicly-held and catering to the public sector, show a 52-week stock decline of 25%. The market's drop over that period: 37%.
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POPSLives lost in the name of greed and BIG oil This article highlights why the wars that have cost in so many ways - it's all about greed and profit by the bloated, powerful oil barons. We have been misled totally - and the cost to the World in human tragedy has been horrendous. This needs to be exposed - BIG time>
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POPSMature Presidents Outperform Young Interesting evaluation of some historical events...the way I learned and saw history. FTA: "Our next president will face a resurgent Russia run by Vladimir Putin and his KGB friends, Iran and its nuclear program, and al-Qaida and other terrorists who want an atomic weapon." Ooops. There might be too much 'fear' in this Clip.
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POPSRPO's promoters claim that the solution offers improvement in quality, cost, service and speed. When choosing an RPO provider, don't base the decision solely on cost. Understand what you need in line with your HR strategy. The answer may not be outsourcing at all.Ask to speak to clients of the provider, who should be able to offer an insider's view on whether the company is suitable.Build a number of key performance indicators into the contracts so the RPO provider has targets and you can track the improvements.Consider keeping some recruitment activities in-house, for example, for specialist and senior roles.
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POPSThe Long Road Ahead -- Are You Ready for the Worst the Economy Has to Offer?
The killer tidal wave washes away all the things they have labored to build for decades, all their poignant little effects and chattels, and the survivors are left keening amidst the wreckage as the sea once again returns to normal in its eternal cradle. So, that's what I think we will get: an interval of deflationary depression followed by a destructive wave of inflation that will wipe out both constructed debt and constructed savings, scraping the financial landscape clean. There's no question that stage one is underway. But we can be sure the giant wave of money recklessly loaned into existence in just a few weeks time will wash back through the global economy leaving a swath of destruction. And then what? The societies of the world will be faced with the task of rebuilding systems of fruitful activity, i.e., real economies based on productive behavior rather than the smoke-and-mirrors of Frankenstein-finance con games.
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POPSCalderon Struggles to Reform Pemex Former presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the most outspoken critic, mobilized supporters for massive street protests Thursday to try to stop approval of the plan he said could lead toward privatization. Privatization!?!? Oh the horror! It would make it easier for private companies to take part in drilling projects. But they would be banned from building or operating oil refineries. Contracts for badly needed deep-water exploration would be allowed only on a straight contractual basis, without the results-based bonuses proposed under the original plan.
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POPSNo, Lockheed Martin is Not a Small Business Washington Post front page story goes in depth on a persistent problem: the federal government's tendency to count contracts handed to big corporations as small business set asides. Pair this story together with a profile we did earlier this year on tech distributor World Wide Technology. http://www.forbes.com/businessinthebeltway/2008/03/06/dell-cisco-wwt-biz-wash-cz_atg_0306beltway.html A relatively large company now, WWT initially survived on winning set asides from the Small Business Administration.
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POPSPeacock bass and Payara fishing in the Amazon | Amazon Peakcock Bass Fishing | AmazonAngling.com Amazon Angling, LLC is an independent travel provider for the seasoned angler who wants the most out of his Amazon angling trip of a lifetime. Amazon Angling has a collection of destinations that we have chosen to represent. Not the other way around. We do not have any contracts, quotas, or equity in any of these destinations. As a result, we represent you the client in the unbiased format you need to make your decision. And there is good reason for this.
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POPSEconomic Tsunami (Clusterfuck Nation) "The killer tidal wave washes away all the things they have labored to build for decades, all their poignant little effects and chattels, and the survivors are left keening amidst the wreckage as the sea once again returns to normal in its eternal cradle."
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POPSOnly 1 thing can slow military-industrial complex Excellent B-1 Bomber example: politically engineered. While voting is essential, it is not enough. “Unless we see our vote as part of a commitment to involve ourselves consistently and unrelentingly in the political process , our vote is wasted. This is because the forces that have led us to this economic, military, and political precipice exert such awesome power over...Washington that no single candidate or group of legislators, whatever their intentions, can possibly go up against them unless armed with an irrepressible public mandate.”
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POPSDefense contractors on the offense We all know one basic thing " you get nothing for nothing". But it takes an army of lawyers to prove it. If these defense contractors have that much money to give away they're not paying enough in taxes.
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POPSThe Crisis: Q & A by Walden Bello We’re seeing the intensification of one of the central crises or contradictions of global capitalism: the crisis of overproduction, also known as overaccumulation or overcapacity. In other words, capitalism has a tendency to build up tremendous productive capacity that outruns the population’s capacity to consume owing to social inequalities that limit popular purchasing power, thus eroding profitability.
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POPSBAIL-OUT OR STICK-UP If, according to McCain, Europeans are socialists, he will make more enemies because they are proud to be CAPITALISTS, JUST THE KINDER AND GENTLER ONES. With some sense of social responsibility. No socialism in the European Union and the EURO
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