Scientists have developed a powerful new weapon that destroys people but leaves buildings standing..

[MikeWB]

Behind the Drums of War with Iran: Nuclear Weapons or Compound Interest

by Ellen Brown

On October 25, 2007, the United States announced harsh new penalties on the Iranian military and its state-owned banking systems. Sanctions, bellicose rhetoric and the implicit threat of military action are goads for another war, one that critics fear is more likely to ignite a nuclear holocaust than prevent one. The question is, what makes Iran such a serious threat? The official explanation is that it is planning to develop nuclear weapons, but the head of the UN watchdog agency IAEA says he has

[sullivan]

Usury is the practice of exalting money values over human and environmental values; of creating money at no cost and lending at rates of interest intended not to foster and maintain humanity or the ecosystem, but to

a) accumulate reserves of unearned income;

b) extract wealth from the productive sector in a manner that is parasitic;

c) extract wealth from those who lack wealth (the asset-less); and

d) make a claim on the future.

This article is an excellent find and this definition of usury for the modern age is about as precise and succinct as it gets.  However, I would also consider the futures trading - the speculation on future value of commodities we all need for day to day life and the profiting from their apparent rise in value as usury, but it doesn't involve lending, per se.

[Anonymous]

Usury is the practice of exalting money values over human and environmental values; of creating money at no cost and lending at rates of interest intended not to foster and maintain humanity or the ecosystem, but to

a) accumulate reserves of unearned income;

b) extract wealth from the productive sector in a manner that is parasitic;

c) extract wealth from those who lack wealth (the asset-less); and

d) make a claim on the future.

This article is an excellent find and this definition of usury for the modern age is about as precise and succinct as it gets.  However, I would also consider the futures trading - the speculation on future value of commodities we all need for day to day life and the profiting from their apparent rise in value as usury, but it doesn't involve lending, per se.

well it does relate because, mostly, the only reason values climb is because the money supplies increase as a result of inflation which is the result of interest and usury.

it's all pervasive, the entire system is artificial...