Author: ukrich

Cross posted at dkos The point of this diary? Well I’ve recently found out about the proposed Iranian oil bourse (bourse being the French word for a commodities exchange) and would like to look into how this fits in and...

Cross posted at Daily Kos You may or may not be aware that Iran and Russia held talks on, among other things, nuclear issues this week. According to this report, Iranian Head of Foreign Affairs Hossein Mousavian noted: Russia is...

I’m concerned about mainstream media output surrounding the Iran issue. We don’t actually know whether the neocon administration is planning to attack Iran once the negotiations with the EU3 conveniently “run...

Further to Booman’s diary here last week Is John Bolton’s Confirmation in Trouble? I noticed the following encouraging opposition to John Bolton’s nomination to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations...

The Observer has an interesting article today regarding off-shore tax havens and the tax revenues that governments around the world are missing out on due to tax evasion of the rich. It includes some MASSIVE NUMBERS and...