New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, the Whale Oil Blog, and International Organized Crime

This Economy Is Ruined For Everyone Wolf Richter

One Paragraph Cuts Through The Hype Of Robots Taking Your Job Business Insider 

How the Largest Worker Owned Co-op in the US Lifts People Out of Poverty TruthOut 

A new book is causing a stir in New Zealand. It’s called “Dirty Politics“. From the blurb:

Early in 2014 Nicky Hager was leaked a large number of email and online conversations from Cameron Slater’s Whale Oil blog. Many of these were between Slater and his personal allies on the hard right, revealing an ugly and destructive style of politics. But there were also many communications with the prime minister’s office and other Cabinet ministers in the National Government. They show us a side of Prime Minister John Key and his government of which most New Zealanders are completely unaware.

The Maharal network is an important part of the so-called Russian Laundering Machine,

The money allegedly stolen by Russian authorities through Hermitage Capital passed through a series of front companies including Nomirex Trading Ltd. Nomirex is part of an international money laundering platform identified by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and used by several major criminals.

 Google removes 12 BBC News links in ‘right to be forgotten’BBC (furzy mouse)

Julian Assange and Extradition CounterPunch