Graft
Posted on 09/02/2009 9:50:48 AM PDT by Shellybenoit
Last month there was much criticism over the fact that President Obama agreed to give Brazilian Owned Oil Company Petrobras up to $10 Billion Dollars to look for Oil off the Brazil Coast. This was especially disturbing when you consider that they Administration objects to the US Drilling off its own coast, which will work toward keeping the price of oil low and help wean us off foreign oil.
Why would the POTUS pay for a foreign country to drill for oil but object to his own country taking advantage of his own country's resources? Payback.
Last week Hot Air discovered that "coincidentally" just a few days before the announcement of the US Oil Exploration Aid, Friend of Barack, George Soros, set himself up to make a lot more money from Brazilian Oil Exploration..
NICE! Making money on the spread, and putting himself in a position to make more money from higher dividends just before all the big bucks "donation" from President Obama. Soros must be master of the deal or Obama is the master of the quid quo pro.
Read more below:
(Excerpt) Read more at yidwithlid.blogspot.com ...
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — George Soros’ hedge fund firm grew strongly through the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, while big rivals mostly shrank, according to results of a survey released Tuesday by industry publication AR.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/soros-grows-while-many-rival-firms-shrink-2009-09-01
There was $811,000,000.00 in just a single purchase by Soros. There may well be a lot more money.
Soros then pays Obama and the democrat party to shut down US drilling for oil (Soros’ competition).
He then pays the democrats for low cost loans to drill for oil in Brazil.
It is not just corruption. It is treason on the part of the anti-American democrat party. And that treason extends to a media that refuses to report on this atrocity
I think Soros has muted most of the “elected” movers & shakers. Look at McCain and his climate change institute (funded by Soros). Who else on the ‘Pub side is on the take?
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That to me is a bigger scandal than rats being rats.
And this is why they are working overtime to destroy Sarah...a lot of bastards would have less money if she were in charge.
We are sold out...by both sides of the establishment.
I totally agree with you...every time I put gas in my tank.
Soros, Arabs and the communists figured how to clean out the great American middle class - the “green” movement.
The Chicago huckster at large!
Soros is ahead of the curve again. WOW! I guess that is easier when you have a lot ot say how the curve will bend!
“Impeachment, according to the Founding Fathers, was the remedy for those officials who through professional or personal misconduct violated the public trust and vitiated our republican form of government.
Accordingly, Article VI, Paragraph 3, of our constitution provides, “The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution....” And Article II, Section 4 notes, “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
IMPEACH OBAMA NOW...... Don’t wait until our country is completely destroyed.
Last week Hot Air discovered that "coincidentally" just a few days before the announcement of the US Oil Exploration Aid, Friend of Barack, George Soros, set himself up to make a lot more money from Brazilian Oil Exploration...
NICE! Making money on the spread, and putting himself in a position to make more money from higher dividends just before all the big bucks "donation" from President Obama. Soros must be master of the deal or Obama is the master of the quid quo pro...
Where are the Republicans on this? At least an immediate investigation?
Remember all that hue and cry about Bush/Cheney’s connections to Halliburton.
Yet not one peep about 0bama and his puppetmaster Soros.
I wish the absolute worst for Soros. Maybe my prayers will be answered and I’ll wake up one morning to the news he has suffered a massive, debilitating stroke.
There. Fixed it.
This “news” is well over two weeks old. Where has Michelle been?
Looks like a big money-laundering operation to me.
Here’s some related research:
Aug 31 (Financial Times) - - The World Trade Organisation gave Brazil the green light on Monday to impose $295m (€206m, £181m) of sanctions on US goods over Washington’s failure to scrap illegal subsidies to its cotton farmers.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a583eb44-9658-11de-84d1-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
The US Department of Justice has alleged that an employee of Brown Brothers Harriman, a US private bank, helped Brazilian clients avoid measures to detect money laundering and conceal the proceeds of crimes including fraud and tax evasion. The DoJ made the allegation in an application to freeze about $450m in an account held at BBH in New York in the name of Tiger Eye Investments Limited, a company registered in the Cayman Islands.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/183060f8-940d-11de-9c57-00144feabdc0.html
Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) — Billionaire investor George Soros bought an $811 million stake in Petroleo Brasileiro SA in the second quarter, making the Brazilian state-controlled oil company his investment fund’s largest holding.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aFHPjfeUvtl8
The U.S. is going to lend billions of dollars to Brazil’s state-owned oil company, Petrobras, to finance exploration of the huge offshore discovery in Brazil’s Tupi oil field in the Santos Basin near Rio de Janeiro. Brazil’s planning minister confirmed that White House National Security Adviser James Jones met this month with Brazilian officials to talk about the loan.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203863204574346610120524166.html
We said George Soros is more of a speculator than an investor. When come to the long equity position, he is willing to take some very concentrated positions in one or two industry. Right now, Oil and Gas is the name of the game, and Consumer Services names are catching up. George Soros’s top five holding as of March 31, 2009 include: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.Petrobras (PBR), Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (POT), Hess Corp. (HES), ConocoPhillips (COP), Lowe’s Companies Inc. (LOW)”
http://www.gurufocus.com/news.php?id=57768
(July 16th)
General Motors is spending more money where it counts: Latin America. The Latin American market has been generous to the struggling automaker despite struggles at home. Today, GM announced a $1 billion plan to expand its vehicle lineup in Brazil.
http://www.mlive.com/auto/index.ssf/2009/07/general_motors_announces_1_bil.html
If a tree falls in Brazil, it will, in fact, be heard in the U.S. - at least if a little-noticed provision in the pending climate-change bill in Congress becomes law. As part of the far-reaching climate bill, the House is set to vote Friday on a plan to pay companies billions of dollars not to chop down trees around the world, as a way to reduce global warming.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/25/climate-bill-gives-billions-to-foreign-foliage/
(June 17th)
The global financial crisis has reduced the differences between nations and created the opportunity to form a new world order, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday. [This was at the ‘BRIC’ conference - Brazil, Russia, India, China - for developing nations]
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.db1c3a82d0827b5cdf05eea3ba146af8.511&show_article=1
Brazil purchases 250 German Leopard tanks to guard its borders The Brazilian army purchased 250 German leopard 1 A5 tanks which will be displayed mainly along the country’s 16.000 kilometres of land and fluvial borders thus reinforcing its dissuasive capacity in the event of foreign attacks.
http://en.mercopress.com/2009/08/04/brazil-purchases-250-german-leopard-tanks-to-guard-its-borders
French, Swedish and US defense companies pursuing a four-billion-dollar deal to replace Brazil’s aging fleet of fighter jets are stepping up lobbying efforts ahead of a decision expected within the next couple of months.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hcWS3yUEGTtRQuN20bJ93-gqioiQ
Aug 31 (Financial Times) - - The World Trade Organisation gave Brazil the green light on Monday to impose $295m (€206m, £181m) of sanctions on US goods over Washington’s failure to scrap illegal subsidies to its cotton farmers.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a583eb44-9658-11de-84d1-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
The US Department of Justice has alleged that an employee of Brown Brothers Harriman, a US private bank, helped Brazilian clients avoid measures to detect money laundering and conceal the proceeds of crimes including fraud and tax evasion. The DoJ made the allegation in an application to freeze about $450m in an account held at BBH in New York in the name of Tiger Eye Investments Limited, a company registered in the Cayman Islands.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/183060f8-940d-11de-9c57-00144feabdc0.html
Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) — Billionaire investor George Soros bought an $811 million stake in Petroleo Brasileiro SA in the second quarter, making the Brazilian state-controlled oil company his investment fund’s largest holding.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aFHPjfeUvtl8
The U.S. is going to lend billions of dollars to Brazil’s state-owned oil company, Petrobras, to finance exploration of the huge offshore discovery in Brazil’s Tupi oil field in the Santos Basin near Rio de Janeiro. Brazil’s planning minister confirmed that White House National Security Adviser James Jones met this month with Brazilian officials to talk about the loan.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203863204574346610120524166.html
We said George Soros is more of a speculator than an investor. When come to the long equity position, he is willing to take some very concentrated positions in one or two industry. Right now, Oil and Gas is the name of the game, and Consumer Services names are catching up. George Soros’s top five holding as of March 31, 2009 include: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.Petrobras (PBR), Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (POT), Hess Corp. (HES), ConocoPhillips (COP), Lowe’s Companies Inc. (LOW)”
http://www.gurufocus.com/news.php?id=57768
(July 16th)
General Motors is spending more money where it counts: Latin America. The Latin American market has been generous to the struggling automaker despite struggles at home. Today, GM announced a $1 billion plan to expand its vehicle lineup in Brazil.
http://www.mlive.com/auto/index.ssf/2009/07/general_motors_announces_1_bil.html
If a tree falls in Brazil, it will, in fact, be heard in the U.S. - at least if a little-noticed provision in the pending climate-change bill in Congress becomes law. As part of the far-reaching climate bill, the House is set to vote Friday on a plan to pay companies billions of dollars not to chop down trees around the world, as a way to reduce global warming.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/25/climate-bill-gives-billions-to-foreign-foliage/
(June 17th)
The global financial crisis has reduced the differences between nations and created the opportunity to form a new world order, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday. [This was at the ‘BRIC’ conference - Brazil, Russia, India, China - for developing nations]
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.db1c3a82d0827b5cdf05eea3ba146af8.511&show_article=1
Brazil purchases 250 German Leopard tanks to guard its borders The Brazilian army purchased 250 German leopard 1 A5 tanks which will be displayed mainly along the country’s 16.000 kilometres of land and fluvial borders thus reinforcing its dissuasive capacity in the event of foreign attacks.
http://en.mercopress.com/2009/08/04/brazil-purchases-250-german-leopard-tanks-to-guard-its-borders
French, Swedish and US defense companies pursuing a four-billion-dollar deal to replace Brazil’s aging fleet of fighter jets are stepping up lobbying efforts ahead of a decision expected within the next couple of months.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hcWS3yUEGTtRQuN20bJ93-gqioiQ
Aug 31 (Financial Times) - - The World Trade Organisation gave Brazil the green light on Monday to impose $295m (€206m, £181m) of sanctions on US goods over Washington’s failure to scrap illegal subsidies to its cotton farmers.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a583eb44-9658-11de-84d1-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
The US Department of Justice has alleged that an employee of Brown Brothers Harriman, a US private bank, helped Brazilian clients avoid measures to detect money laundering and conceal the proceeds of crimes including fraud and tax evasion. The DoJ made the allegation in an application to freeze about $450m in an account held at BBH in New York in the name of Tiger Eye Investments Limited, a company registered in the Cayman Islands.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/183060f8-940d-11de-9c57-00144feabdc0.html
Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) — Billionaire investor George Soros bought an $811 million stake in Petroleo Brasileiro SA in the second quarter, making the Brazilian state-controlled oil company his investment fund’s largest holding.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aFHPjfeUvtl8
The U.S. is going to lend billions of dollars to Brazil’s state-owned oil company, Petrobras, to finance exploration of the huge offshore discovery in Brazil’s Tupi oil field in the Santos Basin near Rio de Janeiro. Brazil’s planning minister confirmed that White House National Security Adviser James Jones met this month with Brazilian officials to talk about the loan.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203863204574346610120524166.html
We said George Soros is more of a speculator than an investor. When come to the long equity position, he is willing to take some very concentrated positions in one or two industry. Right now, Oil and Gas is the name of the game, and Consumer Services names are catching up. George Soros’s top five holding as of March 31, 2009 include: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.Petrobras (PBR), Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (POT), Hess Corp. (HES), ConocoPhillips (COP), Lowe’s Companies Inc. (LOW)”
http://www.gurufocus.com/news.php?id=57768
(July 16th)
General Motors is spending more money where it counts: Latin America. The Latin American market has been generous to the struggling automaker despite struggles at home. Today, GM announced a $1 billion plan to expand its vehicle lineup in Brazil.
http://www.mlive.com/auto/index.ssf/2009/07/general_motors_announces_1_bil.html
If a tree falls in Brazil, it will, in fact, be heard in the U.S. - at least if a little-noticed provision in the pending climate-change bill in Congress becomes law. As part of the far-reaching climate bill, the House is set to vote Friday on a plan to pay companies billions of dollars not to chop down trees around the world, as a way to reduce global warming.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/25/climate-bill-gives-billions-to-foreign-foliage/
(June 17th)
The global financial crisis has reduced the differences between nations and created the opportunity to form a new world order, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday. [This was at the ‘BRIC’ conference - Brazil, Russia, India, China - for developing nations]
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.db1c3a82d0827b5cdf05eea3ba146af8.511&show_article=1
Brazil purchases 250 German Leopard tanks to guard its borders The Brazilian army purchased 250 German leopard 1 A5 tanks which will be displayed mainly along the country’s 16.000 kilometres of land and fluvial borders thus reinforcing its dissuasive capacity in the event of foreign attacks.
http://en.mercopress.com/2009/08/04/brazil-purchases-250-german-leopard-tanks-to-guard-its-borders
French, Swedish and US defense companies pursuing a four-billion-dollar deal to replace Brazil’s aging fleet of fighter jets are stepping up lobbying efforts ahead of a decision expected within the next couple of months.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hcWS3yUEGTtRQuN20bJ93-gqioiQ
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