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Obama’s Phony Financial Reform Bill a Stunning Triumph of the Wall Street Derivatives Lobby — Tell Your Congressman to Vote It Down!

Webster G. Tarpley
TARPLEY.net
June 26, 2010

Obama Strategy for G-20 in Ottawa: Push Euro Down, Drive Renminbi Up, Attack Germany, and Keep Toxic Derivatives in Charge of the World Economy

Webster G. Tarpley
TARPLEY.net
June 25, 2010

With Obama’s letter to the G-20 countries released at the end of last week, the US strategy for the upcoming Ottawa summit is clear:  Obama will attempt to sabotage the meeting with a two-pronged attack designed to knock China and Germany off balance, and to prevent any urgent measures from being [...]

Towards the Eighteenth Brumaire of General David Petraeus?

Webster G. Tarpley
TARPLEY.net
June 23, 2010

Prodded doubtless by forces above and behind the Oval Office, Obama has ousted General McChrystal in favor of General Petraeus, who now combines the post of CENTCOM theater commander with that of NATO commander in Afghanistan. This is a move deriving from the inherent fecklessness and incompetence of the Obama [...]

Obama Afghanistan Policy in Ruins; Anti-War Primary Challenger Needed

Webster G. Tarpley
TARPLEY.net
June 19, 2010

The hearings held this past week by the Senate Armed Services Committee have established that the Obama Afghanistan policy is in ruins. Obama had always profiled himself as the most extreme warmonger when it came to Afghanistan – more aggressive than Hillary, more aggressive than McCain, and more aggressive than [...]

New York Times Planted Story on Afghan Mineral Wealth Designed to Prolong US Occupation, Spur Neocon-Backed Petraeus Presidential Candidacy

Webster G. Tarpley
TARPLEY.net
June 17, 2010

To provide a new and spurious economic looting argument for making the US occupation of Afghanistan virtually endless, and to advance the candidacy of General David Petraeus as the principal neocon warmonger candidate for president on the Republican ticket in 2012 – these are the purposes of the story planted in [...]

Wall Street Operative Geithner Rebuffed in Berlin on Mission to Make World Safe for Derivatives

Webster G. Tarpley
TARPLEY.net
May 28, 2010

On the most important stop of last week’s desperate mission to make the world safe for derivatives, US Treasury Secretary Geithner has been dealt a decisive rebuff. Geithner’s obvious attempt to sabotage the recent prohibition enacted by the German government against naked credit default swaps (among the most toxic of [...]

Geithner Rushes to Sabotage German Derivatives Ban; Schäuble Prepares New Moves Against Speculators

Webster G. Tarpley
TARPLEY.net
May 27, 2010

The German government is now fully committed to escalating its ongoing counterattack against international financial speculation. These moves represent an historical watershed as Germany becomes the first major economic power to roll back the tide of financial globalization, under which crackdowns on hedge funds, derivatives, and the world gambling casino [...]

“The Market” is a Reactionary Mystification: Reply to the Attack on Economic Populism from Franco Debenedetti and other Italian Economists

Webster G. Tarpley
TARPLEY.net
May 23, 2010

A group of Italian economists led by Franco Debenedetti of the famous financier clan and the banker Paolo Savona, obviously fearful that the Berlusconi-Tremonti government of Italy will join last Tuesday’s successful German ban on the type of toxic derivative known as the naked credit default swap, have sent an alarmed [...]

Euro Momentarily Stabilized — German Ban on Naked Credit Default Swaps Is Working

Webster G. Tarpley
TARPLEY.net
May 21, 2010

Tuesday’s German ban on naked credit default swaps – a measure repeatedly demanded by this web site over recent months — has been in effect now for about three days, and it is working. The panic slide of the euro has been stopped for now, and the forces of depression and [...]

Germany Bans Naked CDS Against Euro-Zone Government Bonds: Tentative First Steps in Europe’s Self-Defense Against Zombie Bankers and Hedge Fund Hyenas

Webster G. Tarpley
TARPLEY.net
May 19, 2010

Germany and Europe have now made some promising initial steps in the direction of their necessary self-defense against the depredations of those zombie banks and hedge fund hyenas who have been organizing a massive speculative attack on Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Italy with a view to destabilizing the euro and perpetuating [...]