“All that Glitters is Not . . .” Oh, Never Mind!
COMMENT: One can but wonder if the political and economic realities set forth by Peggy and Sterling Seagrave in Gold Warriors are having an effect on the individuals and institutions making their moves in the gold market.
Perpetually in the shadow of World War II era political and economic manipulation, the gold market is, to say [...]
Does Goldman Sachs Chief Lloyd Blankfein Enjoy Connections to the Intelligence Community?
COMMENT: In recent years there has [appropriately] been much discussion of Goldman Sachs. CEO Llolyd Blankfein has an interesting professional background, which might indicate operational connections to the intelligence community.
After a rise that could truly be called a classic American “up-by-the-bootstraps” ascent, Blankfein worked for years as a tax lawyer for Donovan Leisure, the [...]
Golden Lily Loot, Nazis, White Supremacists and Islamists
Comment: For years, we’ve accessed the magnificent work of Sterling and Peggy Seagrave, whose landmark text Gold Warriors is the definitive work on the distribution of recovered World War II gold, Japanese Golden Lily treasure in particular.
The focal point of decades of high-level political intrigue on the part of intelligence services, financial institutions and [...]
Economic Difficulties Fuel Rise of Far-Right Groups in Japan; They Compare Themselves to “Tea Parties”
Comment: The social dislocation produced by the economic distress of Japan’s “Lost Decade” has stimulated the rise of far right groups reminiscent both of the patriotic and ultra-nationalist societies that led to the rise of fascism in Japan in the 1920’s and 1930’s and the “Tea Parties” in the U.S., with whom many of them [...]
Consortium of European neo-Fascists Visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo
Comment: An international fascist organization–primarily European in character–has visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. Commemorating Japanese war dead and counting war criminals among those commemorated there, the shrine is controversial, and Japanese leaders visits to it have stirred hostility in countries victimized by the Japanese in World War II.
Visited by Jean-Marie Le Pen and the [...]
FTR #715 Interview (#5) with Russ Baker, Author of “Family of Secrets”
Poppy Bush tabbed by Gerald Ford to head CIA as Kennedy assassination investigations proceed; Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Karl Rove and Paul Wolfowitz launch their careers courtesy of Poppy and Gerald Ford in same time period.
Harken Energy: A Money-Laundering Vehicle for–among other things–Japanese War Gold?
Comment: The brilliant new book Family of Secrets by Russ Baker analyzes the development of Harken Energy, one of George W. Bush’s energy companies. Detailing the many strange aspects of the company’s development, Baker posits that the firm may well have been a money-laundering vehicle for powerful, reactionary interests around the world.
Discussing the Marcos gold (much [...]
FTR #696 Miscellaneous Articles and Updates
Japanese prime minister publicly discusses the M-Fund, a decisive link between Japanese conquest during World War II and its postwar politics; Italian prime minister Berlusconi linked to the Mafia; Christian fundamentalist organization The Family promoting fascism from the 1930’s on.
FTR #689 Interview with Sterling and Peggy Seagrave
William Faulkner noted that “the past is never dead and buried. It isn’t even past.” War Gold stolen by the Japanese dominates the contemporary economic landscape; the engines of world political power turn in precision with these hidden engines of wealth.
FTR #688 Darkness in the Vaults
Global financial system predicated on trillions of dollars in wealth stolen by the Axis in WWII; “victorious” allies shared in the spoils; the rule of law is totally discarded in order to preserve the status quo and the secrecy that surrounds it.
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