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Kleptocrats

Stolen State Money: Trillions Lost Annually, Only Billions Have Been Recovered

Corbin Hiar | Posted 09.24.2011 | World
Read More: Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative, Switzerland, Tunisia, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Egypt, World Bank, Global Financial Integrity, Un Office on Drugs and Crime, Hosni Mubarak, Barriers to Asset Recovery, Raymond Baker, Kleptocrats, Carl Levin, World News
Corbin Hiar

The uprisings of the Arab spring have brought renewed attention to long-standing accusations that kleptocratic regimes throughout the Middle East have plundered their nations' assets. But recovering those assets remains a daunting challenge.

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Hired DistrActivists

Paula Gordon | Posted 08.21.2011 | Media
Read More: Harry Frankfurt, David Koch, Charles Koch, Nancy Pelosi, John Birch, T.S.Elliot, Distractivists, Republicans, Grover Norquist, Kleptocrats, Oligarchs, Distraction, Sarah Palin, Civilization, Media News
Paula Gordon

All the media wants to hear about is a soon-to-be former Congressman whose self-absorption and bad judgement are remarkable even by current congressional standards. I don't understand professional journalists, with all the resources at their command, being so easily suckered.

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From Marcos to Gaddafi: Kleptocrats, Old and New

Ibrahim Warde | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Egypt, Corruption, Money Laundering, Libya, Kleptocrats, Tunisia, Terrorist Financing, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Muammar Gaddafi, Hosni Mubarak, World News
Ibrahim Warde

After the fall of long-time autocrats comes the hunt for their hidden loot. Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi may be the wealthiest of all, since he is said to control over $150 billion.

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Rule AND Ruin

Paula Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Debt Peonage, Plutocrats, Tea-Bangers, Parasites, Richard Nixon, Vandals, Republicans, Kleptocrats, Capitalists, Wrecking Crew, Igmfy, Igmiwy, Politics News
Paula Gordon

We're fighting off a killer infestation. Two, actually. The first is in our solarium and threatens the life of a long-suffering plant. The second is...

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Thirty-Seven Minutes

Paula Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Fear-Mongers, Barak Obama, Change, Hope, Franklin Roosevelt, Race, Kleptocrats, Fear Itself, Barack Obama, Politics News
Paula Gordon

I revisited Barack Obama's speech on the subject of race in the United States last night. Yes, I was sorely in need of an effective antidote to Repub...

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