Central Bank’s “Technical” Bankruptcy 175
Landsbanki 122
Arion (Kaupþing) 46
Icesave 35
Íslandsbanki 28
Total: 530 miljarðar ~ $ 4.4 billion ~ € 3? billion
Somehow these numbers do not reflect the priorities propagated by the powerful and moneyed interests.
Justices of the Supreme Court have decided on the fate of the Constitutional Assembly. What’s good enough for England, Germany and France, is useless on this bedrock of justice. Of course such Excellencies are wasted on farmers and fishermen and should be offered as legal-aid to these wretched countries.
Alas! in winter, dead and dark, we tried to teach them Excellence in banking to no avail.
In a failed state, it would be remarkable if one of it’s institutions had somehow existed in a pristine state, unaffected from all the rest. After two years of revelations of incompetence, corruption and criminality, it’s at best sad to see sanctimonious cliché’s about courts and judges, when it is one of the affected institutions.
The “party” has ruled the Justice Ministry for the best part of it’s history and appointed all but one of the Supreme Court Judges. In this current case the court has humiliated it self by acting as an extension to party headquarters. Justices pledging allegiance to the Inner Circle on national television is singular.
To change institutions in a society will take more than a demonstration or two, and the burning of a Christmas tree.
It is vitally important to refer this case to the The European Court of Human Rights so that “entities” of whatever nomination can’t just “unplug” the democratic process. – That form of government is Tyranny – and I will be seeking asylum in England, Germany and France.
Thomas Jefferson was well aware that ‘powers’ tend to forget the origin of their transferred powers when he said, “Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people”.
From the Blogosphere:
4 Justices ‘guilty’ of blatant conflict of interest
The Supreme Court of special interests
The PM and the Justice Minister surprised (.is)
MP Critical of the Court (.is)
No known precedence in a western country –
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Court resorts to creative semantics.
– Federal Constitutional Court Of Germany 2007 (.is)
– Dismal track-record with the European Court of Justice (.is)
– The Supreme Court should resign (.is)
No legal basis for Election annulment (.is)
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Not half a sentence regarding how the result was contaminated (.is)
The Faculty of Law was tenured by totally incompetent professors (.is)
Court did not comply with investigative duties (.is)
University professors criticize the Supreme Court. (.is)
It’s just an “Administrative Decision” anyone can contest (.is)
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Mathematician shames the courts logic (.is)
HowTo defend the democracy from the country’s supreme court (.is)
First [court] order predicate calculus: “It’s Common Knowledge”.
The “Terminally Unique” encouraged to seek professional help.)
Not just any fool [lawyer] out there (.is)
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Rector of a University charges judge of deception. (.is)
Supermans X-ray vision, – can he see through [crap] lead?
Do we have here a party of young conservatives from Sirius B?
[Barking, growling, and howling]
It’s all the same issue, the race for the Nations Resources (.is)
FM 3-05.130 …Unconventional Warfare – “stores of value”
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The only thing wrong with the election was the Court’s Interference.
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New and Improved Natural Resources Colonialism.
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“Law and order are every where the law and order which protect the established hierarchy” – Herbert Marcuse
Two years on and not a single ‘elite’ member has stood trial for their crimes in the meltdown. However 9 ordinary people ‘guilty’ of Civil disobedience stand accused of treason.
Some of the Grapevine headlines:
Policeman Called “Idiot”, MPs Not Bothered, Witness Asks To Be Charged With Crime. Trial Reaches Surreal Proportions, Prime Minister Calls It “Sad”. Evidence Destroyed. Polish Consul Demands Apology
The state prosecutor likened the nine with the Polish mafia (?) posed to overthrow the sacrosanct, while the head jailer is known to fear for the rule of law if any of her party mates should appear on her doorstep.
It’s obvious that the recovering ‘elite’ is not happy about its temporary setback and is working full blast at restoring its former glory.
‘Leaks’ to distract our attention from serious things is as always trite, including an incredibly low-tec laptop spying case, while no one remembers Echelon which famously transmuted from a conspiracy legend to an EU Commission Investigation. – By the way, with Facebook (and blogging in general) who needs Stasi?
Unbelievable, – to see professionalism at work in this godforsaken country is just astounding.
First (although I didn’t have any faith in it) the Special Investigation Commission (SIC) released it’s report.
And now, the Icesave negotiation team under the leadership of Lee Buchheit has produced another landmark.
Eva Joly got French and Norwegian investigators to look at two of the failed banks and they have confirmed the SIC’s report, ‘negligence’ on behalf of bankers and auditors and they have condemned PriceWatherhouseCoopers for not adhering to International Standards.
The Special Prosecutor is predicting legal action against some of the ”culprits” early next year.
Even the former PM will have to face an Impeachment Court, although I would have preferred to see all of the accused ministers there with him.
Faith in politicians is at an all time low (<10%), but hopefully the Constitutional Assembly will manage to curb the current unhealthy and corrupt political “cult” for something better.
The SIC Report
Ministry of Finance
the Special Prosecutor
The Constitutional Assembly
let’s get 1 million voices against the crackdown this week!
(700.000)
Advice to Students and Employees:
“We received a call today from a SIPA alumnus who is working at the State Department. He asked us to pass along the following information to anyone who will be applying for jobs in the federal government, since all would require a background investigation and in some instances a security clearance. The documents released during the past few months through Wikileaks are still considered classified documents. He recommends that you DO NOT post links to these documents nor make comments on social media sites such as Facebook or through Twitter. Engaging in these activities would call into question your ability to deal with confidential information, which is part of most positions with the federal government.”
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“Any classified information that may have been unlawfully disclosed and released on the Wikileaks web site was not ‘declassified’ by an appopriate authority and therefore requires continued classification and protection as such from government personnel… Accessing the Wikileaks web site from any computer may be viewed as a violation of the SF-312 agreement… Any discussions concerning the legitimacy of any documents or whether or not they are classified must be conducted within controlled access areas (overseas) or within restricted areas (USAID/Washington)… The documents should not be viewed, downloaded, or stored on your USAID unclassified network computer or home computer; they should not be printed or retransmitted in any fashion.”
Thomas Jefferson: – Anyone?
“Information is the currency of democracy.”
“Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.”
DemocracyNow!
NYT (Avert Your Eyes)
Spine Transplant for …
Emulating the Chinese
Killing the Messenger
De hemliga telegrammen (SVT)
Women Against Rape
Of, By, And For the One Percent?
🙂
Rap News
Is it Payback Time?
The Cone? of Scilence
Captured by World’s Dating Police
🙁
‘Liberal Democracies’ Public-enemy No. 1 (2 & 3)
Because the most unpardonable sin in a ‘Liberal Democratic’ society is, – independence of thought.
Let the eye of vigilance never be closed
In the light of the meltdown, it is interesting to see so little in what came out of the “National Assembly” which curtails the monetary and corporate powers directly.
“Permit me to issue and control the money of the nation and I care not who makes its laws.” — Mayer Amsched Rothchild,
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Over time, whoever controls the money system controls the nation.” — Stephen Zarlenga
“Under the Constitution, Article I, Sec. 8, our government has the sovereign power to issue money and spend it into circulation to promote the general welfare, for example, through the creation and repair of infrastructure, including human infrastructure – health and education – rather than misusing the money system for speculation as banking has historically done; periodically causing one crisis after another. Our lawmakers must now reclaim that power!”
The American Monetary Act (proposed)
Socially responsible banking– utopia or reality?
Crowd-sourcing
National Assembly a great success!
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Hurra, wir dürfen zahlen.
Der Selbstbetrug der Mittelschicht
Token Trial for bankrupting a nation.
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Prime minister –S – Impeached (+3)
Foreign minister –Sf- Acquitted (-5)
Finance minister –S – Acquitted (-1)
Banking minister –Sf- Acquitted (-8)
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Atli Gíslason VG Yes Yes Yes Yes
Álfheiður Ingadóttir VG Yes Yes Yes Yes
Árni Páll Árnason Sf No No No No
Árni Johnsen S No No No No
Árni Þór Sigurðsson VG Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ásbjörn Óttarsson S No No No No
Ásmundur Einar Daðason VG Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ásta R. Jóhannesdóttir Sf No No No No
Birgir Ármannsson S No No No No
Birgitta Jónsdóttir H Yes Yes Yes Yes
Birkir Jón Jónsson F Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bjarni Benediktsson S No No No No
Anna Margrét Guðjónsdóttir Sf No No No No
Björn Valur Gíslason VG Yes Yes Yes Yes
Einar K. Guðfinnsson S No No No No
Eygló Harðardóttir F Yes Yes Yes Yes
Guðbjartur Hannesson Sf No No No No
Margrét Pétursdóttir VG Yes Yes Yes Yes
Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson S No No No No
Guðmundur Steingrímsson F No No No No
Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson F No No No No
Helgi Hjörvar SF Yes No No No
Huld Aðalbjarnardóttir F Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sigurður Kári Kristjánsson S No No No No
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir SF No No No No
Jón Bjarnason VG Yes Yes Yes Yes
Víðir Smári Petersen S No No No No
Jónína Rós Guðmundsdóttir SF Yes Yes Yes Yes
Katrín Jakobsdóttir VG Yes Yes Yes Yes
Katrín Júlíusdóttir SF No No No No
Kristján Þór Júlíusson S No No No No
Kristján L. Möller SF No No No No
Lilja Rafney Magnúsdóttir VG Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lilja Mósesdóttir VG Yes Yes Yes Yes
Magnús Orri Schram SF Yes Yes Yes No
Margrét Tryggvadóttir H Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mörður Árnason SF Yes Yes Yes –
Oddný G. Harðardóttir SF Yes Yes Yes No
Ólína Þorvarðardóttir SF Yes No Yes Yes
Ólöf Nordal S No No No No
Pétur H. Blöndal S No No No No
Ragnheiður E. Árnadóttir S No No No No
Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir S No No No No
Róbert Marshall SF No No No No
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson F No No No No
Sigmundur Ernir Rúnarsson SF No No No No
Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir SF Yes No Yes Yes
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson F Yes Yes Yes Yes
Siv Friðleifsdóttir F Yes Yes Yes Yes
Skúli Helgason SF Yes No No No
Steingrímur J. Sigfússon VG Yes Yes Yes Yes
Svandís Svavarsdóttir VG Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tryggvi Þór Herbertsson S No No No No
Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir S No No No No
Valgerður Bjarnadóttir Sf Yes Yes Yes No
Vigdís Hauksdóttir F Yes Yes Yes Yes
Þorgerður K. Gunnarsdóttir S No No No No
Þór Saari H Yes Yes Yes Yes
Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir SF No No No No
Þráinn Bertelsson VG Yes Yes Yes Yes
Þuríður Backman VG Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ögmundur Jónasson VG Yes Yes Yes Yes
Össur Skarphéðinsson SF No No No No
Col-1 Political parties
F = The Progressives
H = The Movement
S = The Conservatives
Sf = The Social Democrats
VG = The Left Greens
MP's Yes No Nov. Sf 20 24 55 1 S 16 0 64 VG 15 60 0 F 9 24 12 H 3 12 0 Total 63 120 131 1
Col-2 Prime minister – Impeached
Col-3 Foreign –“– – Acquitted
Col-4 Finance –“– – Acquitted
Col-5 Banking –“– – Acquitted
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Quod licet Jovis non licet bovis.
The majority of the parliamentarians didn’t have “convictions” for this that or the other so they just became, L’avocat de la terreur.
These same “democrats” want us to look to the future as looking to the past isn’t “productive”.
What’s wrong with “now”? – The consequences of their actions are “now” apparent everywhere.
Dilemma 2008
Slavery for who’s fault?
The Illusion Of Choice
After the “Truth Report”, we are obsessed with an new investigative pastime. Numerous people are “investigating”, others are demanding new investigations and the inevitable result is that the investigative reports pile up.
The “Truth Report” consisted of nine volumes, and only God knows how many shelf meters are covered by the rest. It’s all starting to look like Damage Control, a cover up by drowning. – What we need is an NLP / Bayesian “spin” filter.
I think William Black put it succinctly when he pointed out that the investigators had done a fine job but then failed to draw the obvious conclusions. We have not seen him since.
?Madame Joly is likewise leaving the investigation for other and more pressing engagements.
Parliamentarians are hard at work preventing the findings of “juniors” to come to any harm to real people. Furthermore, they or rather their sponsors are eager to get back to their calculated dishonesty and unfettered plunder.
?It is becoming glaringly obvious, dot to dot, that the only people that will stand trial in the whole of this saga are the evil protesters. “Public” impeachment trial would only “shine a harsh light onto the murky world of corporate behaviour” and their “spivs”. It would be to much to bear to discover that after all the horrors to date, we had only seen the top of the iceberg
Maybe the “spiritualists” are right when they say that we should not try to inflate our constantly deflating egos by fighting windmills. And maybe they are wrong as “It is not necessary to hope in order to persevere.”
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Lacking in hindsight
The spiral of silence.
The “dismal” Science
Marginalizing the Masses
A (lovely) Lesson from India
Special interests, the most dire warnings
Clarke & Dawe with the Australian facsimile.
“Law and order are everywhere the law and order which protect the established hierarchy” Herbert Marcuse
~They say the only law in force to them are those which acquit them of any crime.~ Halldor Laxness
The educated rhetoric is of course totally one sided. Bankrupting a nation, with the usual, job loss, loss of homes, bankruptcies and suicides of ordinary people is not a crime, how could it be? – After all, ministers carry such heavy political responsibility, even those who became ministers, without taking charge of their ministry.
To hell with the Constitution, get rid of the laws about the Court of Impeachment which legal academics have declared well thought through and written, and surely the Supreme Cort Judges can’t be trusted with the task, not to mention their own friends that pack the Court of Impeachment.
Somehow, I’m sure it will be much easier to “Impeach’ the 9 protesters that are accused of dishonoring these same untouchables as multiple billions in losses to the community has no tangible meaning to the majority of people, – including judges.
Picking and choosing from the law menu may be the prerogative of those above the law, lets hope that their approval ratings won’t drop lower than the current 13% so that the only thing they will be above is the law.
The financial and social destruction continues but now at the invites of the Social Democrats and the Left-freaking-Greens.
The Ministry of Industry Energy and Tourism has been brought to light to have advised foreign investors how too brake Icelandic laws and aided and abetted the transfer of our natural resources to foreign control.
Ministers would resign for lesser crimes in all our neighboring countries, however an Icelandic Social Democratic minister just refuses to respond to the issue.
The Report of the Special Investigation Commission (SIC) documented incredible incompetence in the civil service and negligence in official duties of ministers.
“Great lack of documentation is prevalent in the administration and communications are characterized by informal conversations. Professionalism was thus greatly hampered in government.
There is no doubt that political recruitments are harmful and reduce the credibility of officials.
Narrow legal interpretation prevented work to progress according to the aim of the law which in turn served private interests at the publics expense.
It shows how the prevailing mentality and accepted value systems can be harmful to no lesser degree than direct fraud and scam.
Many politicians neglected their multiple responsibilities and failed in their duties towards the public.”
Nothing has Changed.
Economic growth, foreign investment and job creation is the usual corporate propaganda drivel. Let’s Take the Risk Out of Democracy and hide factual information from the public.
As usual the mainstream media has mostly complied to their corporate ownership so here are some articles from Lara Hanna (IS) and the icelandweatherreport.com
More on the ludicrous Magma HS Orka deal – August 23, 2009
Magma Energy end the second coming on Kastljós – August 26, 2009
Lowest energy prices!! – or how to sell yourself Icelandic style – September 11, 2009
Of corruption, stupidity and the value of green energy – September 14, 2009
Protests today at Reykjavik City Hall! – September 15, 2009
Magma of Canada takes full control of HS Orka – May 17, 2010
Major fury over new allegations regarding Magma Energy and HS Orka – July 12, 2010
