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Whodunit?: Sneak attack on U.S. dollar
Politico ^
| 8 October 2009
| Eamon Javers
Posted on 10/08/2009 11:22:40 AM PDT by combat_boots
Edited on 10/08/2009 11:24:58 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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It’s the biggest mystery in global finance right now: Who conducted a sneak attack on the U.S. dollar this week?
It began with a thinly sourced but highly explosive report Monday in a British newspaper: Arab oil sheikhs are conspiring with the Russians and Chinese to quit using the dollar to set the value of oil trades – a direct threat to the global supremacy of the greenback.
Is it true? Everyone from the head of the Saudi central bank to U.S. officials scrambled to undercut the story, but no matter.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antiamericanism; axisofevil; china; communismkills; dollar; economy; fisk; g20; islamicimperialism; obama; opec; robertfisk; russia; soros; venezuela
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I did search and didn't find this posted.
To: combat_boots
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:23:54 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: combat_boots
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:24:01 AM PDT
by
tpmintx
(Liberalism: Solving the problems of Jealousy - with Lies. (I'm green; are you?))
To: combat_boots
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:24:25 AM PDT
by
perfect_rovian_storm
(The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
To: combat_boots
Obumba did it with his little hatchet.
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:25:04 AM PDT
by
IbJensen
(If Catholic voters were true to their faith there would be no abortion and no President Obama.)
To: perfect_rovian_storm
Obama = Soros
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:25:08 AM PDT
by
tpmintx
(Liberalism: Solving the problems of Jealousy - with Lies. (I'm green; are you?))
To: combat_boots
My first suspicion would be Soros. I also suspect he was behind the perfect timing of the escalation of the financial crisis during the election in 2009 -- just when McCain was gaining in the polls.
He made his fortune back in the early 90's by betting against the British pound. He literally made $1B when the pound finally collapsed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros#Currency_speculation
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:27:14 AM PDT
by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
To: GeronL
We’ve done to ourselves by running a huge trade deficit, no drill here drill now, bad loans to illegals, no oversight of the FED and Wallstreet, fanny and freddy, etc, budget deficits and pulling demand forward by keeping interest rates way too low.
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:27:20 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
To: GeronL
There have been allegations that George Soros was and still is an agent of the KGB.
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:27:50 AM PDT
by
Thunder90
(Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
To: combat_boots
Cmon people, how is it a ‘sneak’ attack when it’s published in other articles?????????
The article said they are planning it now, and it will happen within 9 years!
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:28:29 AM PDT
by
Freddd
(CNN is not credible.)
To: tpmintx
we all think Soro’s why doesn’t the GOP in the senate and house investige him.
Seems to me to be low hanging fruit and easy to follow his abuses over the years. follow the money.
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:29:32 AM PDT
by
ncfool
(Cash for Clunkers - A big failure and Obama and rats want us to trust them with our healthcare!)
To: Paladin2
YUP. The people started thinking that money comes from nothing.
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:30:27 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: ncfool
we all think Soro’s why doesn’t the GOP in the senate and house investige him. The only things the Congressional Republicans can investigate now are Jack and Squat, and Jack just left town.
Shoulda done it when they had the power. Too late now. Post occasio calva, and all that.
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:32:40 AM PDT
by
thulldud
(It HAS happened here!)
To: GeronL
YUP. The people started thinking that money comes from nothing.
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:34:39 AM PDT
by
cbkaty
(I may not always post...but I am always here......)
To: combat_boots
The Saudis in SA have considered this for a while
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:35:49 AM PDT
by
sten
To: sten
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:40:04 AM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
To: justlurking
The banking crisis was an inside job.
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:43:14 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: cbkaty
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:43:37 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: cbkaty
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:44:35 AM PDT
by
griswold3
(You think health care is expensive now? Just wait till it's FREE!)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
10/08/2009 11:45:29 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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