Minuit Moins Une BP accuses Halliburton over Gulf of Mexico oil spill | Environment BP has accused Halliburton of destroying damaging evidence relating to last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill. In a court filing, BP has alleged that the US oil services firm of intentionally destroying evidence about possible problems with its cement slurry poured into the deep-sea Macondo well about 100 miles (160 km) off the Louisiana coast. An oil well must be cemented properly to avoid blowouts. Also in the documents filed in a New Orleans federal court, BP accuses Halliburton of failing to produce incriminating computer modelling evidence. BP asked a US judge to penalise Halliburton and order a court-sponsored computer forensic team to recover the modelling results. Halliburton has told media outlets that the accusations are untrue. Also involved are Anadarko Petroleum and Cameron International. The first trial over the disaster is scheduled to start 27 February in New Orleans.
Radar 18/10/11 : un jour, les pauvres en seront réduits à manger les riches Des trente glorieuses aux trente piteuses Aux USA, de 1945 à 1973, les gains de croissance se sont répartis ainsi : 32% sont allés aux 10% les plus riches et 68% au reste de la population. Entre 1974 et 2008, tous les gains de croissance sont allés aux 10% les plus riches. Source : graphique interactif Working America (Economic Policy Institute ), établi à partir des données (XLS) de l’étude d’ Emmanuel Saez (Université de Berkeley) USA : Etat des lieux Chômage + temps partiel contraint Source : Fed Taux d’emploi Source Profits après impôts - milliards de dollars Source Ratio profits / PIB Rémunération des Chefs d’entreprises exprimée en multiples du salaire moyen Source Rémunération dirigeants- Indice boursier S&P Profits - Salaire moyen - Salaire minimum Salaire horaire moyen - dollars constants - base 2008 Part des salaires dans le PIB Part du revenu total captée par les 1% les plus riches Répartition du patrimoine Source : Institute for Policy Studies Répartition des patrimoines financiers
Study: Wealth Inequality In America May Be Worse Than It Was In Ancient Rome By Travis Waldron on December 19, 2011 at 1:50 pm "Study: Wealth Inequality In America May Be Worse Than It Was In Ancient Rome" The 99 Percent Movement effectively changed the American political debate from debt and deficits to income inequality, highlighting the fact that income inequality has increased so much in the U.S. that it is now more unequal than countries like Ivory Coast and Pakistan. While those numbers are startling, a study from two historians suggests that American wealth inequality may actually be worse than it was in Ancient Rome — a society built on slave labor, a defined class structure, and centuries of warfare and conquest. In the United States, the top 1 percent controls roughly 40 percent of the nation’s wealth. Their target was the state of the economy when the empire was at its population zenith, around 150 C.E.
“Debtocracy”, le documentaire qui secoue la Grèce Interview avec Aris Hatzistefanou, journaliste à l'origine de Debtocracy, un documentaire-choc qui a rencontré un grand succès. Il demande une commission d'audit sur la dette grecque et prône une sortie de l'euro. Cette interview a été initialement publiée sur OWNI.eu le 6 mai dernier. Suite à la publication de la version sous-titrée en français du documentaire, nous publions aujourd’hui la traduction française. Né à Athènes, Aris Hatzistefanou, 34 ans, est un journaliste à toute épreuve depuis ses plus jeunes années. Ce projet a attiré l’attention de plus d’un million de personnes en Grèce, et a popularisé une campagne nationale demandant une commission d’audit de la dette publique du pays. (Cliquer sur le bouton CC en haut du player pour sélectionner la langue des sous-titres) Quelle est l’histoire de Debtocracy ? Dans le même temps, en Grèce, des gens étaient en train de lancer une initiative similaire, et recherchaient du soutien pour cela. Et cela a très bien marché !
Journalists obstructed from covering OWS protests New York, November 15, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by today's reports of New York City police mistreating and detaining journalists and obstructing them from covering events at the Occupy Wall Street protests. "We are alarmed by New York law enforcement's treatment of journalists covering the eviction of Occupy Wall Street today," said Carlos Lauria, CPJ senior coordinator for the Americas. "Journalists must be allowed to cover news events without fear of arrest and harassment. It is particularly disturbing that government officials sought to block any coverage of the event at all." At least seven journalists were arrested in New York today, according to press reports. The Associated Press reported that AP writer Karen Matthews and AP photographer Seth Wenig were arrested this afternoon while they were covering demonstrations a mile north of Zuccotti Park. Some of the journalists described being handled roughly by law enforcement.
The People vs. Goldman Sachs | Rolling Stone Politics They weren't murderers or anything; they had merely stolen more money than most people can rationally conceive of, from their own customers, in a few blinks of an eye. But then they went one step further. They came to Washington, took an oath before Congress, and lied about it. Thanks to an extraordinary investigative effort by a Senate subcommittee that unilaterally decided to take up the burden the criminal justice system has repeatedly refused to shoulder, we now know exactly what Goldman Sachs executives like Lloyd Blankfein and Daniel Sparks lied about. This article appears in the May 26, 2011 issue of Rolling Stone. The great and powerful Oz of Wall Street was not the only target of Wall Street and the Financial Crisis: Anatomy of a Financial Collapse, the 650-page report just released by the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Democrat Carl Levin of Michigan, alongside Republican Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. Read Matt Taibbi on Goldman Sachs, the 'great vampire squid'
Pullen Baptist takes a stand for gay marriage - Religion Editor's note: Reader comments have been disabled on this story because of numerous violations of our comment policy. The full congregation of Raleigh's Pullen Memorial Baptist Church voted Sunday to prohibit the church pastor from legally marrying anyone until she can legally marry same-sex couples under North Carolina law. The congregants said in a formal statement that current North Carolina law - and the language proposed for a vote next year on an amendment to the state Constitution - discriminates against same-sex couples "by denying them the rights and privileges enjoyed by heterosexual married couples." "As people of faith, affirming the Christian teaching that before God all people are equal, we will no longer participate in this discrimination," the church's statement says. The vote was unanimous and brought tears to the eyes of some of the 100 or so members who stood to vote in favor of the "statement on marriage ceremonies." Holy union only Congregation's will
Matt Taibbi Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Matt Taibbi Matt Taibbi est un journaliste politique américain né en 1970. Parcours[modifier | modifier le code] Matt Taibbi est né le 2 mars 1970 et a grandi dans la banlieue de Boston Massachusetts. Il a étudié à la Concord Academy à Concord, Massachusetts et au Bard College à Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. il a ensuite passé une année à l'Université Polytechnique d'État de Saint-Pétersbourg en Russie. Il a publié le 13 juillet 2009, dans le magazine Rolling Stone, une enquête qui a eu un grand retentissement et qui porte sur le rôle systématique du consortium de banques Goldman Sachs sur la création de bulles spéculatives aboutissant à des crises financières. Voir aussi[modifier | modifier le code] Lien externe[modifier | modifier le code]