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Lyndon LaRouche: Die kommenden 50 Jahre

Das Prinzip von Entwicklung: Dynamik, nicht Statistik

Von der Ehrlichkeit gegenüber der Natur

Max Planck zum 150. Geburtstag

Überlegungen zur Klimahypothese:
Von der Physik der Atmosphäre aus gesehen, gibt es kein Klima. In der Atmosphäre spielt nur das Wetter eine Rolle.

+++ 20. Juli 2012 +++

Bernanke Covers up for Geithner and Himself...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke had a (relatively) rough time in his session before the House Financial Services Committee on July 18. This time, the Congressmen could not block out the reality of financial breakdown, together with the factional moves for Glass-Steagall in Great Britain and the rigged interest rate scandal.

Why is it, Congressman Michael Capuana asked him, that so many people responsible for the fiscal crisis of 2008 “walked away scot free”, because the government took no action. His colleague, Brad Miller, wanted to know why Tim Geithner, then head of the New York Federal Reserve did not initiate any criminal prosecution. Bernanke, as usual, remained evasive, although calling the manipulation “unacceptable”.

He was also pressed on this issue as a criminal matter by Frank Lucas, a leader of the Agriculture Committee: "Press reports have indicated that the New York Fed first learned of possible rigging at LIBOR in 2008. However, when the CFTC announced the enforcement action and the $200 million fine against Barclay's in June, they said the interest rate rigging continued sporadically well into 2009. Chairman Bernanke, did anyone at the New York Fed inform the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., of potential rigging in 2008?"

The reference to the "New York Fed" clearly means Tim Geithner.

Maxine Waters, whom Barack Obama has desperately tried to drive out of office, suggested to Bernanke that he remove the LIBOR criminal banks from the Fed's list of primary dealers in government securities. Hers was also the only mention of HSBC money laundering.

Over the course of the hearing, Bernanke became visibly more nervous but maintained his characteristic evasiveness.

In his testimony before the Senate Banking Committee the day before, the Federal Reserve Chairman had as good as justified the LIBOR rigging by big banks and the indifference to it by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. He claimed that the Barclays Bank executives were "only", perhaps even "understandably", manipulating the world's most important interest rate to improve their bank's position, and not its derivatives profits.

And it got worse. In response to Sen. Jeff Merkeley, Bernanke claimed that the Fed only learned of bank traders blatantly demanding false LIBOR submissions which would maximize their derivatives bets at the expense of clients, "recently, from the CFTC's investigation." That investigation is more than four years old!

Merkeley then read some telephone transcripts showing clear fraud and manipulation of LIBORs by bankers for specific derivatives profits. "Does this constitute fraud? Does this fall into a criminal area?" he asked Bernanke, who answered, "It does seem to be so, yes."

And, incredibly, when Merkeley asked if the Federal Reserve didn't have the responsibility to alert customers, such as the municipalities making swaps and the people getting mortgages based on LIBOR, the Chairman said no. Why? Because "the financial press was full of stories. So I think there was a good bit of knowledge, at least among more sophisticated investors, about this problem."



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+++ 17. Mai 2013 +++

Breakthrough in the United States:
Senator Harkin Introduces Bill to Reinstate Glass-Steagall

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+++ 17. Mai 2013 +++

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+++ 17. Mai 2013 +++

Benghazi, Political Targetings, Blanket Confiscations:
Impeachment Hangs over Obama

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+++ 17. Mai 2013 +++

French Party Presents Draft Bill for Glass-Steagall-Type Bank Separation

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+++ 14. Mai 2013 +++

Brecht aus dem Euro aus, um die Finanzoligarchie zu besiegen!

Das große deutsche Magazin Focus berichtete in seiner Ausgabe vom 13.5., was wir schon schon mehr als einen Monat zuvor aufgedeckt hatten: daß die EU das „Zypern-Modell“, d.h. die Enteignung von Bankg... [weiter]

+++ 14. Mai 2013 +++

“Benghazigate”: Threat of Impeachment Hangs over Obama

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+++ 14. Mai 2013 +++

Ex U.S. Defense Minister Robert Gates Opposes Intervention into Syria

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+++ 14. Mai 2013 +++

Glass-Steagall LaRouche-Aktionskomitee demonstriert Stärke in Washington

Ab dem 6.5. veranstaltete das LaRouche-Aktionskomitee eine intensive Aktionswoche in Washington, in der es auf sämtliche Ebenen der Regierung einwirkte, um den Druck auf den US-Kongreß, das Glass-Stea... [weiter]

+++ 14. Mai 2013 +++

Global Times: Schiller Institute Rep. Comments on “Chinese and American Dreams”

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+++ 10. Mai 2013 +++

Week Of Action in Washington:
Pass Glass-Steagall Bank Separation Law Now!

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+++ 10. Mai 2013 +++

An Urgent Appeal for Glass-Steagall from Helga Zepp-LaRouche

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+++ 10. Mai 2013 +++

New Greek Party Calls for Return to Drachma and Bank Separation

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+++ 10. Mai 2013 +++

Syria Crisis: Russia and United States Agree on a Major Diplomatic Move

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+++ 10. Mai 2013 +++

Syrian General Idriss, Handpicked by the West, Admits He Controls Nothing

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+++ 7. Mai 2013 +++

Alternative für Deutschland:
Eurokritik als Deckmantel für National-Monetarismus

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+++ 7. Mai 2013 +++

AfD: National Monetarism in “Anti-Euro” Clothing

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+++ 7. Mai 2013 +++

South-West Asia on the Verge of All-out War?

Twice within 48 hours, on May 3 and 5, Israel launched missile attacks against targets inside Syria, prompting Syrian President Bashar Assad to accuse Israel of declaring war on his country, in allian... [weiter]

+++ 7. Mai 2013 +++

Südwestasien vor einem umfassenden Krieg?

Israel hat zweimal innerhalb von 48 Stunden Ziele innerhalb Syriens mit Raketen angegriffen. Der syrische Staatspräsident Baschar al-Assad nannte dies eine Kriegserklärung Israels gegen sein Land im B... [weiter]

+++ 3. Mai 2013 +++

2008-2012: Shocking Figures of Youth Unemployment Soaring in Europe and the United States

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+++ 3. Mai 2013 +++

New Book Demonstrates "Why Austerity Kills", and Needlessly So

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+++ 3. Mai 2013 +++

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