P.I.D. Radio 1/13/08: Pestilence, Politics, Plunge Protection, Poor Parents, Palestine and Pollard

The first P.I.D. Radio of 2008 is our first fireside blather in two years, when we had that brief Saturday night run on the Republic Broadcasting Network. Since we took last week off, we had a lot of ground to cover tonight.

Over the last few weeks, several major financial institutions, including Citigroup, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, and Switzerland’s UBS have turned to foreign investors (and, in some cases, foreign governments) for bailout capital. Meanwhile, the president’s “Plunge Protection Team” has been activated to tinker with the markets behind the scenes in order to prop things up as long as possible.

That doesn’t bode well for us average folk in 2008.

We also talked about the strange case of Madeleine McCann, the little girl who disappeared while on holiday in Portugal with her parents. Police in Portugal say that Maddy’s blood was found in a car rented by her parents nearly a month after disappearance.

Finally, we discussed the president’s tour of the Middle East and his announcement that he wants to see an independent Palestine, and soon. Are there hidden reasons for this initiative?

Show links:

• Vomiting bug hits three million in U.K.
• NHS patients told to treat themselves
• Mother warns community about ‘Nazi’ police state
• Witchcraft blamed in girls’ double murder
• Report: Blood in rental car is Madeleine’s
• The official ‘Missing Madeleine’ website
• Bush convenes Plunge Protection Team
• NHS patients told to treat themselves
• Citi looking abroad for major investors
• Saudi, Chinese invest in Citigroup
• UBS in shareholder plea as subprime fallout weighs
• New Hampshire to recount ballots in light of controversy
• Vote fraud confirmed in New Hampshire
  The headline is misleading. What’s been confirmed is that 31 votes cast for Ron Paul in Sutton, NH, were not counted. “Fraud” is a legal term and it has yet to be proven that it is the cause of the uncounted votes. However, it’s an interesting story that we’ll talk about next week, after the recount.
• Bush meets Israeli minister banned from US over Pollard spy case
• Report reveals Vietnam War hoaxes, faked attacks
  Surprise! Contrary to MSM dismissals as a conspiracy theory, official government documents confirm that the Gulf of Tonkin incident never happened. It was a falsified attack to justify fully committing the United States to the Vietnam War. The big question: Was it the first or last time this has happened in U.S history?
• “The Truth About Jonathan Pollard” by John Loftus

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