Archive for July, 2009

75% Favor Auditing the Fed

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America’s health care system is like a free market in the same way that Madonna is like a virgin — well put.

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Bernie Madoff couldn’t believe how long it took the SEC to catch him

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Citigroup (C) is considering paying a $100 million bonus — to one guy.

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FED: The economy is stabilizing! No need for any audits. No need at all

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Bernanke Fights House Bill To Audit The Fed

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Did the Supreme Court create the health care mess? – a 1975 antitrust decision that sparked the medical-industrial complex

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Markets, Not Mandates : How medical markets would improve health care and reduce costs

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As California faced budget Armageddon, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called for “a debate” on the potential of tapping marijuana as a source of tax revenues. That’s all he can do, because federal law still criminalizes marijuana use.

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Community-based currency — think of it as a new way to buy local — is making a comeback. [so cool -- i had no idea!]

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Today’s weak U.S. 5-year debt auction raises worries

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2009: Sales of Heineken, Bud tank; Natty Light, Busch skyrocket: What fucks you up for the least amount of money is what matters in a recession.

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You know that famous chart showing explosive growth of bank reserves (hence inflation)? Here’s why Fed thinks not a problem. They’re right…and wrong.

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Offshore wind finance: 3 for 3

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The Worldwide Depression is so bad even robots building other robots are getting laid off in Japan.

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Let’s Break up the Fed

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Google trends shows "economic depression" spiking sharply upward in July, even while news reference’s drop right off.

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Wall Street Journal op-ed: ‘Let’s break up the Fed’

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Heads or tails? Coin toss results not so random, after all

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Debt Man Walking – forecast range for financials and economy range between very bad and death-by-bus. It is the defaulters who will define the losses. Estimate for every dollar of at-risk mortgage debt there is 50 cents of real estate.

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