Phi Beta Iota: If there were one book that could be said to have at a minimum lent credence to Occupy when others were scornful, and at best been an inspiration to millions who had ignored many other excellent works in the past dealing with both the corruption of politics and the corruption of finance, that book would be Griftopia–Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America.
As an end of year review, honoring not just Matt Taibbi but all the other works that “connect” to his magnetic “hub” work, here is a RECAP on GRIFTOPIA.
#OWS Rolling Update + US Revolution RECAP
2008 ELECTION 2008: Lipstick on the Pig
America’s Core Values: We the People vs. Them Crooks
Anti-Corruption in USA–A First Step
Blackwater’s New Ethics Chief: John Ashcroft
Chuck Spinney: How Real is Versailles on the Potomac?
CURVEBALL: The Interview + Integrity RECAP
DefDog: Those ‘Coining the Blood of War’ Should Sacrifice Too
DefDog: Wall Street Corrupts Congress Again…
General Electric 2010: No Taxes, Claimed 3.2B Credit
George Soros: Eleven Economic Insights + RECAP
G.I. Wilson: Killer Drones, Moral Disengagement, + War Crimes RECAP
Goldman Sachs Target of Major RICO Lawsuit
Gold Paper About to Crash–Plus Gold Fraud RECAP
Graphic(s): #OWS Facts of Life from Business Insider — 90% of the USA Screwed for 30 Years
Graphic: 99% Demand a Very Different Budget
Graphic: American Catastrophe I of III
Graphic: American Catastrophe II of III
Graphic: American Catastrophe III of III
Graphic: Americans Getting Poorer — FAST
Graphic: Candidates on the Issues (2008)
Graphic: Cartoon of the Century – Crime Rules
Graphic: Corruption Slide 1 Nine Zones of Concern
Graphic: Corruption Slide 2 Empire as Terrorism
Graphic: Corruption Slide 3 Holistic Analysis
Graphic: Revolving Door–Goldman, Citi, Morgan Et Al
Graphic: Crony Capitalism, Goldman Sachs Variant
Graphic: Cutting US Deficit $11.7 Trillion
Graphic: Government Budget Increase = More Unemployment
Graphic: Government Executive Cuts 1 Trillion Over Ten Years – Still Borrows a Trillion a Year
Graphic: Information Pathologies
Graphic: Patterns of Public Debt Burden 1929-2011
Graphic: Rebooting USA Operating System
Graphic: Strategic Trends (Negative)
Graphic: Strategic Trends (Positive)
Graphic: USA Economic Split from 1980 Onwards
Graphic: US Counties Protected by Levees
Graphic: US Defense Spending 2000-2011 ($B)
Graphic: US DoD Budget 1948-2011
Graphic: US Dollar Decline (4 Periods Compared)
Graphic: Visualization of Left versus Right (False Gods)
Graphic: Water and Cites–Urban Shortages
Graphic: Water Aquifers (Groundwater)
Graphic: Water Stress (Global) in 2050
GRIFTOPIA Part II: The Next Mega-Meltdown
John Bogle: ENOUGH – Speculation Bad Investment Good
John Robb: Federal Reserve Corruption Graphed
John Steiner: Declaration of Occupation of NYC + Revolution USA RECAP
Journal: Chuck Spinney on Why Obama Failed…
Journal: Deep Secrets, Copenhagen World Government, the M-Fund, and the Future
Journal: F for Democrats by Ben Gilad
Journal: Huffington Post–Congress is Corrupt
Journal: Obama Trashing US Dollar & Economy
Journal: ‘Systemic Corruption’–Daunting Challenge in Globalized Era
Journal: Third Party Desired by 58% in America + ReCap
Journal: US Govenment Accepts Fraud as “Normal”
Journal: Wall Street Financial Crime Spree Spins On….
Koko: One Simple Demand — Electoral Reform — Photographic Essay in Search of the Truth
Koko: Wall Street Occupation Continues, Ignored by Media
Marcus Aurelius: US at Permanent “War” + War RECAP
Marginalization Not Al Quada the Real Atrocity
Matt Taibbi: Bloomberg’s Marie Antoinette Moment
Michel Bauwens: Moody’s Analyst on Core Corruption
Mini-Me: Cry from the Heart On US Electoral Fraud
Mini-Me: TheyRule Web Site Back Online
Mini-Me: Vaclav Havel – Reflections on Dissent & Democracy
Mini-Me: WWIII, from Gold Circles, A Whiff of…? + RECAP
MIT on Economic Policy, Ignores Government Corruption
Obama’s Failure of Intelligence & Integrity
Onset of Death for the Two-Party Tyranny….
QUESTION Wells Fargo–John G. Stumpf Especially
Reference: Citizens Fiddle, Obama Dances
Reference: Empire of Lies & Secrecy [Ron Paul Q&A]
Reference: How Goldman Sachs Looted America
Review: How The World Really Works
Reference: Invisible Empire New World Order DVD + RECAP
Reference: US Secret Intelligence, US Banks, Illicit Gold, Murder of the Global Economy, RECAP
Review (Guest) DVD: I.O.U.S.A. DVD on US Bankruptcy
Review (Guest): Juggernaut — Why the System Crushes the Only People Who Can Save It
Review DVD: American Drug War: The Last White Hope
Review DVD: Why We Fight (2006)
Review: Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush
Review: Breach of Trust–How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders (Hardcover)
Review: Comeback America–Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility (Hardcover)
Review: Critical Choices – The United Nations, Networks, and the Future of Global Goverance
Review: Day of Reckoning–How Hubris, Ideology, and Greed Are Tearing America Apart
Review: Exporting America–Why Corporate Greed Is Shipping American Jobs Overseas
Review: Gag Rule–On the Suppression of Dissent and Stifling of Democracy
Review: Getting a Grip–Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad
Review: Global Public Policy – Governing Without Government?
Review: Gods of Money – Wall Street and the Death of the American Century
Review: Grand Illusion–The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny
Review: Harvest Of Rage–Why Oklahoma City Is Only The Beginning
Review: How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok (Paperback)
Review: Lines of Fire – A Renegade Writes on Strategy, Intelligence, and Security
Review: National Suicide: How Washington Is Destroying the American Dream from A to Z
Review: Other People’s Money by Louis Brandeis
Review: Our Endangered Values–America’s Moral Crisis (Hardcover)
Review: Palestine–Peace Not Apartheid
Review: The Ambition and the Power–The Fall of Jim Wright : A True Story of Washington
Review: The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism
Review: The Long Twentieth Century – Money, Power and the Origins of Our Times
Review: The Power of Israel in the United States
Review: The Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown–Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash
Review: They Dare to Speak Out–People and Institutions Confront Israel’s Lobby
Review: VICE–Dick Cheney and the Hijacking of the American Presidency
Review: Wastrels of Defense–How Congress Sabotages U.S. Security
Review: We Meant Well – How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People
Review: When Corporations Rule the World
Review: Who Governs the Globe?
Robert Steele: #OWS is Not Hitler Against the Jews
Robert Steele: Ignored 1994, Ignored 2011–Deja Vu
Robert Steele: Resetting Global Governance & Capitalism
Robert Steele: Trip Report – Occupy Wall Street 6 October 2011 – Second American Revolution is Real
Search: China Fake Gold + Fraud RECAP
Search: cost of corruption + Corruption RECAP
Search: slide designs corruption + RECAP
Seven Promises to America–Who Will Do This?
Strong Signals: Truth or Tyrannicide + RECAP
Tim Geithner: Con Man, Dupe, Idiot? Dangerous!
Tom Atlee: Paul Krugman Gets It – Protesting Rigged System
Turkey to USA: This is where you get off….+ RECAP
US Goverment 2011 Revenue, Costs, & Debt–Two Party Tyranny Lies Straight Up, Media Goes Along
US Government Bails Out and Pardons Wall Street, Sends Barry Bonds to Jail–What’s the Difference?
Video: Jesse Ventura Rips Wall St & Goldman Sachs
Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail? + US Fraud RECAP
Phi Beta Iota: The above barely scratch the surface, but are the most directly related citations. For a more complete list of reviews, both negative and positive, see the two lists below.
Worth a Look: Book Review Lists (Negative)
Worth a Look: Book Review Lists (Positive)
