From DU:

The name of the company was Emperors Publishing Media Group. It wasn’t just a bunch of prostitutes, even high priced ones. It was a company that gives us a glimpse of how the super rich operate that is, well unfathomable to most of us.

Obviously they immediately took down their website, but thanks to google cache, much of what was up on their site is still available.

The company made “model” and “companion” introductions but provided concierge and art purchase services.

Their “contemporary art” page shows painting available from the likes of Andrew Wyeth and Jeff Koons (link.)

Here is their first page, targeted toward people of “immense financial and influential affluence” (link):

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By Norman Solomon, a SpidelBlog contributor.

It’s kind of logical. In a pathological way.

A country that devotes a vast array of resources to killing capabilities will steadily undermine its potential for healing. For social justice. For healthcare as a human right.

Martin Luther King Jr. described the horrific trendline four decades ago: “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”

If a society keeps approaching spiritual death, it’s apt to arrive. Here’s an indicator: Nearly one in six Americans has no health insurance, and tens of millions of others are badly under-insured. Here’s another: The United States, the world’s preeminent warfare state, now spends about $2 billion per day on military pursuits. Continue reading →