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BBC Two - 1929 The Great Crash (2009)

Category: Documentary
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BBC Two - 1929 The Great Crash (2009) A documentary exploring the causes of the 1929 Wall Street Crash. Over six terrifying, desperate days in October 1929, shares crashed by a third on the New York Stock Exchange. More than $25 billion in individual wealth was lost. Later, three thousand banks failed, taking people's savings with them. Surviving eyewitnesses describe the biggest financial catastrophe in history. In 1919, the US had emerged victorious and dominant from World War One. Britain and its European allies were exhausted financially from the war. In contrast, the US economy was thriving and the world danced to the American tune. Easy credit and mass production set the tone in the roaring twenties for an era of consumption like none that had ever been seen before. The stock market rose and investors piled in, borrowing money to cash in on the bubble. In 1928, the market went up by 50 per cent in just 12 months. The crash was followed by a devastating worldwide depression that lasted until the Second World War. Shares did not regain their pre-crash values until 1954.
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Leeches: 35

Democracy Now! Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines Sotomayor Answers GOP Sens on Alleged Bias House Dems’ Health Plan Includes Surtax on Wealthy Obama Proposes $12B for Community Colleges Israel to Test Missiles in US Waters Gitmo Prisoners Staged Two-Week Sit-in Burmese Junta Promises Amnesty for Unspecified Prisoners Charges Dropped Against US Troops in Couso Killing Ex-Liberian President Takes Stand at War Crimes Trial Goldman Sachs Posts Record $3.44 Quarterly Profit Ousted GM CEO Rick Wagoner Gets Lucrative Severance Madoff Begins Jail Sentence at N.C. Prison Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Answers GOP Critics on Prior Remarks The confirmation hearings for President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor continue on Capitol Hill. On Tuesday, Democratic senators praised Sotomayor’s seventeen years on the federal bench, while Republicans repeatedly grilled her about statements she has made during a series of speeches over the years. We play excerpts of the hearings. [includes rush transcript] Review of Sotomayor's Record Belies GOP Charges of Biased Judicial Practice An exhaustive review of all 1,994 constitutional cases decided by the Second Circuit during the decade of Judge Sotomayor’s service found that Sotomayor is solidly in the mainstream of her colleagues. The Brennan Center for Justice report found Sotomayor voted with the majority of the court in 98.2 percent of constitutional cases. We speak with the report’s author, attorney Monica Youn, and Democracy Now!‘s Juan Gonzalez, who’s in DC covering the hearings. [includes rush transcript] As Goldman Sachs Posts Record Profits, Matt Taibbi Probes Role of Investment Giant in US Financial Meltdown Goldman Sachs, the nation’s most powerful financial company, has reported the richest quarterly profit in its 140-year history: $3.44 billion between April and June. Goldman’s record profits come just one month after it repaid $10 billion of TARP money to the US Treasury, freeing itself from restrictions on year-end bonuses. We speak to Matt Taibbi, whose new Rolling Stone article argues that “Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression.” [includes rush transcript] US Lobbyists with Clinton Ties Hired to Defend Honduran Coup Regime Supporters of the coup in Honduras have begun hiring advisers and lobbyists with close ties to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in an attempt to strengthen support in Washington for the coup. A Honduran business group has hired lobbyist Lanny Davis, who served as White House counsel for President Bill Clinton. The coup government has also hired Bennet Ratcliff, a public relations specialist with ties to former President Bill Clinton. [includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 71
Leeches: 7

Democracy Now! Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines Ex-Bush Envoy May Become Unelected “CEO” of Afghanistan Obama to Introduce New Car Emissions and Mileage Requirements Netanyahu Refuses to Endorse Two-State Solution, Presses Obama on Iran Obama Seeks $46 Million for Military Base in Colombia Supreme Court Blocks Suit Filed by Man Detained After 9/11 Nigerian Military Attacks Niger Delta Region BBC: Ethiopian Troops Reenter Somalia Red Cross Warns of “Unimaginable Humanitarian Catastrophe” in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Detains Three Doctors Who Spoke to Media US to Push Immigration Checks to All Local Jails "Open the Gates that the Righteous Nation May Enter": Rumsfeld Used Biblical Quotes in Top-Secret Iraq War Briefings for Bush GQ Magazine has revealed former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld repeatedly gave President Bush top-secret briefings adorned with Biblical quotes during the early days of the invasion of Iraq. One briefing paper showed an image of a US soldier in Baghdad below the Biblical quote, “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.” [includes rush transcript] Jeremy Scahill: "Little Known Military Thug Squad Still Brutalizing Prisoners at Gitmo Under Obama" Jeremy Scahill reports the Obama administration is continuing to use a notorious military police unit at Guantanamo that regularly brutalizes unarmed prisoners, including gang-beating them, breaking their bones, gouging their eyes and dousing them with chemicals. This force, officially known as the Immediate Reaction Force, has been labeled the “Extreme Repression Force” by Guantanamo prisoners, and human rights lawyers call their actions illegal. [includes rush transcript] Bill Clinton to be Named UN Special Envoy to Haiti Independent journalist Jeremy Scahill examines how Clinton helped to destabilize Haiti in the 1990s. While Clinton and his advisers publicly expressed their dismay with the US-backed 1991 coup that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, they simultaneously refused to support the swift reinstatement of the country’s democratically elected leader and would, in fact, not allow Aristide’s return until Washington received guarantees that, one, Aristide would not lay claim to the years of his presidency lost in forced exile and, two, US neoliberal economic plans were solidified as the law of the land in Haiti. [includes rush transcript] Grammy-Winning Soul Musician John Legend at UPenn Commencement: "A Commitment to Truth Requires a Commitment to Social Justice" John Legend: “From the war in Iraq to credit-default swaps to the internet bubble to the real estate bubble, too often we got caught up in the hype and fail to see the real truth…Too often, we become apathetic. We see the lies, we see the obfuscation, the deception. And we fail to point it out. We’re afraid to rain on the parade, afraid to rock the boat, afraid to pursue the truth.” [includes rush transcript] Global Day of Action Held to Demand New Trial for Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis Events are being held across the country today to demand a new trial for the Georgia death row prisoner Troy Anthony Davis. Davis, an African American, was convicted for the 1989 killing of a white police officer. Since the trial, seven of the nine non-police witnesses have recanted their testimony. There is also no direct physical evidence tying Davis to the crime scene. A thirty-day stay of execution expired on Saturday, following last month’s decision by a federal appeals court to reject a new trial for Davis. [includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 123
Leeches: 17

The City Uncovered - s01e03 - When Markets Go Mad (28th January 2009) [PDTV (Xvid)].avi

Category: Documentary
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The City Uncovered - When Markets Go Mad Wednesday, 28th January 2009 9pm to 10pm BBC2 Part 3 of 3 "I'm forever blowing bubbles. Pretty bubbles in the air. They fly so high..." Pop! In the last of this three-part series on modern finance, Evan Davis looks at the roots of the current crisis: the bubble in property prices and the effect they had on the global financial markets and the people operating within them. The markets lie at the heart of the capitalist system. Every second of every day they set prices that determine how much we pay for our food, and the cost of a foreign holiday. But what are they? Who is running them? And why do the prices run wild so often? Evan Davis reveals some uncomfortable truths about what is really driving our economic system. === File Information === File Name: The City Uncovered - s01e03 - When Markets Go Mad.avi Duration: 00:58:55 (88,370 fr) File Size: 465 MB (or 476,816 KB or 488,259,584 bytes) bytes === Video Information === Video Codec Name: XviD Video Bitrate: 964 kb/s Bits / Pixel: 0.189 bits/pixel Resolution: 608x336 (1.81:1) [=38:21] frames Per Second: 25.000 fps === Audio Information === Audio Codec: 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3 Audio Bitrate: 132 kb/s (66/ch, stereo) VBR LAME3.90.°
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PBS: Frontline - Inside the Meltdown 2009 02 17- MKV esojmc

Category: Documentary
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PBS: Frontline - Inside the Meltdown 2009 02 17- MKV esojmc Size: 404.74 MB 57 mins Media Classic Player On Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, the astonished leadership of the U.S. Congress was told in a private session by the chairman of the Federal Reserve that the American economy was in grave danger of a complete meltdown within a matter of days. "There was literally a pause in that room where the oxygen left," says Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.). As the housing bubble burst and trillions of dollars' worth of toxic mortgages began to go bad in 2007, fear spread through the massive firms that form the heart of Wall Street. By the spring of 2008, burdened by billions of dollars of bad mortgages, the investment bank Bear Stearns was the subject of rumors that it would soon fail. "Rumors are such that they can just plain put you out of business," Bear Stearns' former CEO Alan Greenberg tells FRONTLINE. The company's stock had dropped from $171 to $57 a share, and it was hours from declaring bankruptcy. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke acted. "It was clear that this had to be contained. There was no doubt in his mind," says Bernanke's colleague, economist Mark Gertler. Bernanke, a former economics professor from Princeton, specialized in studying the Great Depression. "He more than anybody else appreciated what would happen if it got out of control," Gertler explains. To stabilize the markets, Bernanke engineered a shotgun marriage between Bear Sterns and the commercial bank JPMorgan, with a promise that the federal government would use $30 billion to cover Bear Stearns' questionable assets tied to toxic mortgages. It was an unprecedented effort to stop the contagion of fear that seemed to be threatening the rest of Wall Street. While publicly supportive of the deal, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, a former Wall Street executive with Goldman Sachs, was uncomfortable with government interference in the markets. That summer, he issued a warning to his former colleagues not to expect future government bailouts, saying he was concerned about a legal concept known as moral hazard. Within months, however, Paulson would witness the virtual collapse of the giant mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and preside over their takeover by the federal government. The episode sent shockwaves through the economy as confidence in Wall Street began to evaporate. Within days, in September 2008, another investment bank, Lehman Brothers, was on the brink of collapse. Once again, there were calls for Bernanke and Paulson to bail out the Wall Street giant. But Paulson was under intense political pressure from conservative Republicans in Washington to invoke moral hazard and let the company fail.... Paulson pushed Lehman's CEO Dick Fuld to find a buyer for his ailing company. But no company would buy Lehman unless the government offered a deal similar to the one Bear Stearns had received. Paulson refused, and Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. FRONTLINE then chronicles the disaster that followed. Within 24 hours, the stock market crashed, and credit markets around the world froze. "We're no longer talking about mortgages," says economist Gertler. "We're talking about car loans, loans to small businesses, commercial paper borrowing by large banks. This is like a disease spreading." .... http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meltdown/etc/synopsis.html Support your local PBS Station by making a contribution or by purchasing their DVDs. shunster ex: http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1804362/2835290/ Other active torrents/uploads at: http://www.bt-chat.com/browse.php?category=11 Cap:esojmc
Seeders: 34
Leeches: 51

The Ascent of Money - S01E03 (1 December 2008)[WS.PDTV(XviD)].avi

Category: Documentary
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The Ascent of Money - S01E03 Channel 4 - 1 December 2008 3/6: Blowing Bubbles Why do stock markets produce bubbles and busts? Professor Ferguson goes back to the origins of the joint stock company in Amsterdam and Paris. He draws telling parallels between the current stock market crash and the 18th-century Mississippi Bubble of Scottish financier John Law and the 2001 Enron bankruptcy. He shows why humans have a herd instinct when it comes to investment, and why no one can accurately predict when the bulls might stampede. Filename.........: The Ascent of Money - S01E03 (1 December 2008)[WS.PDTV(XviD)].avi Filesize.....: 391,970,816 bytes Runtime......: 48:12.560 (72314 frames) Video Codec..: XviD ISO MPEG-4 (B-VOP//) Video Bitrate: 948 kbps Aspect Ratio.: 624x352 (1.773) framerate....: 25.000 fps Audio Codec..: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 Audio Bitrate: 128kbps 2ch CBR 48000Hz
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In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts XviD AC3 (www.mvgroup.org)

Category: Documentary
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In Debt We Trust: America before the Bubble Bursts (2006) Information Just a few decades ago, owing more money than you had in your bank account was the exception, not the rule. Yet, in the last 10 years, consumer debt has doubled and, for the first time, Americans are spending more than they're saving -- or making. This April, award-winning former ABC News and CNN producer Danny Schechter investigates America's mounting debt crisis in his latest hard-hitting expose, IN DEBT WE TRUST. While many Americans are "maxing out" on credit cards, there is a much deeper story: power is shifting into fewer hands... with frightening consequences. IN DEBT WE TRUST reveals a hitherto unknown cabal of credit card companies, lobbyists, media conglomerates and the Bush administration itself, which has colluded to deregulate the lending industry, ensuring that a culture of credit dependency can flourish. In the film, Schechter exposes the mechanisms and machinations behind the hidden financial and political complex that allows even the lowest wage earners to indebt themselves so heavily that house repossessions have become commonplace. One expert in the film goes so far as to dub this "21st-century serfdom." Inspired by scholar Robert Manning - one of the films' key advisers' - and his seminal book "Credit Card Nation", IN DEBT WE TRUST showcases his insights about the impact of debt on young people and our society. It also suggests the kinds of practical efforts needed to empower the public with information to avoid the traps of debt dependency. The whole world depends on the economic stability of the United States. Yet, as its national and consumer debt escalates, our interconnected global economy is at incredible risk. IN DEBT WE TRUST, as timely and relevant as a film can be, delivers an urgent warning that can't be ignored. Produced, written, directed and narrated by Danny Schechter 1 hour, 29 minutes, English audio, 2006 Further Information The $700 Billion Bailout Discussion Thread Related Documentaries Life and Debt The Take The Debt of Dictators Technical Specs Video Codec: XviD Video Bitrate: 1560 Kbps Video Resolution: 720x400 Video Aspect Ratio: 1.8 / 9:5 Video Framerate: 23.976 Quality Factor: 0.23 Audio: English Audio Codec: Dolby AC3 Audio Bitrate: 192 @ 48KHz Audio Channels: 1 Runtime per Part: 1 hour 29 minutes Number of Parts: 2 Part Size: 1120 Mb (1/4 DVDR) Encoded by: PolarBear Release Notes I take it the bubble has just burst, so apologies for the 'before' and the 's' after 'burst' in the title. In.Debt.We.Trust.America.Before.the.Bubble.Bursts.XviD.AC3.MVGroup.org.avi (1119.56 Mb)
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Freeman Lectures - Robert Menard pack

Category: Documentary
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4 lecture pack. Differences between statutes and laws and how as being a free person you have more rights than you ever dreamed of as long as you exercise them. A lot of words you thought you understood actually have a different legal definition. Such as a person is a legal entity created when you are born. Everyone are human beings but not everyone has to be a person. Explains in simple terms how legal system really works. The Legal Definition of a Person. The Bills of Exchange Act. The Law & Equity Act. The Motor Vehicle Act. The Income Tax Act. How to use a Notary Public to secure justice. The difference between an Act and The Law. How your SIN makes you a government employee. How to create and use a Notice of Understanding and Intent and Claim of Right. How Government Entities have hoodwinked Citizens into losing their rights. Student Loans. Using a Claim of Right as a lawful excuse. Uniform Commercial Code. Freedom and responsibility. Robert Menard - Bursting Bubbles of Government Deception [2005,dvdrip,avc,aac]{kwikpix}.mp4 Robert Menard - Magnificent Deception [2006,dvdrip,avc,aac]{kwikpix}.mp4 Robert Menard - Security of the Person.AVI Robert Menard - With Lawful Excuse [2007,dvdrip,avc,aac]{kwikpix}.mp4
Seeders: 4
Leeches: 1

Socialist Standard May 2008.pdf

Category: eBooks, Magazines, Audio Books
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Socialist Standard May 2008 – ‘1968 Revisited’ Editorial – ‘Food Security’ Articles - ‘1968 Recalled’ ‘The Revolution That Wasn’t’ ‘Bubble Troubles – U.S. Housing’ ‘Who Wants a Referendum on Europe?’ ‘How They Decided to Have (and Keep) the Bomb’ ‘Britain: An “Endemic Surveillance Society”’ Regular features - Pathfinders – ‘popular science’ Material World – ‘Iraq: Violence Without End or Purpose?’ Cooking the Books 1 – ‘Are Prices Real?’ Cooking the Books 2 – ‘Anyone for Coal?’ 50 years Ago – Transport Strikes Greasy Pole – ‘One Law for the Poor, Another for MPs’ Voice From the Back - selected news items Free Lunch – cartoon Also see www.worldsocialism.org
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The Day the Dollar Falls - Blacklight - EN Subtitled

Category: Documentary
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What does top model Gisele Bündchen and rapper Jay-Z in common with professional investors such as Jim Rogers and politicians in Iran, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar and China? Doubts concerning the Dollar and a preference for the Euro! Why? A Advancing vision like the drama entitled: “The Day that the Dollar Falls”. Do we live on a bubble? Is it possible for the heavily indebted American economy to collapse and take all of us down in a free fall with it? Have the days of the dollar as a world currency been counted? Is it really unimaginable that we will see the time of the Great Depression in 1929 repeating itself? VPRO Backlight and Dutch national newspaper NRC Handelsblad present this 'what if' scenario. What if the dollar collapses? Fiction meets facts in this 24 hour scenario. At 9AM CET a Singapore trader is ordered to sell a large amount of dollars, which sends off the enormous downfall of the dollar. This film shows the results for the world economy every following hour. It ends in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), where the only currency accepted by a taxi driver is sigarettes. An scene which comes closer and closer... Latest Euro to Dollar rate: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=EURUSD=X
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