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Archive for June, 2010

Dennis Kucinich – Millions of Americans are out of work, losing their homes, their savings, their pensions, their retirement security. We are losing our Nation to Lies about the Necessity of Wars. Bring our Troops home. End the war. Secure our economy.

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Internet Pornography Statistics – The pornography industry has larger revenues than Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo, Apple and Netflix combined.

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Upbeat Krugman Editorial: This depression is similar to the 1873s depression. The US and Europe are heading towards deflation and at least a lost decade. Tens of millions will never work again.

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Endless war, a recipe for four-star arrogance – Andrew Bacevich on the dangers that the Endless War presents to the Pentagon

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Florida scientist says CLEAR water tests positive for oil, “Can’t be seen and it poses health risks”; Officials “only doing visual assessments”, "What you can’t see may be more dangerous than what you can see"

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The financial crisis: "It grows clearer by the day that a lot of people on Wall Street realized early on that the entire enterprise was headed for a crash and responded by smashing and grabbing all they could carry."

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A special report on debt: Repent at leisure from: The Economist

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9 in 10 docs blame lawsuit fears for overtesting

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The Fed Publishes Essay Bashing Bloggers, Tells General Public To Broadly Ignore Those Without An Econ PhD.

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Japan Jobless Rate Unexpectedly Rises, Spending Drops – Bloomberg

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City of Maywood, Calif announced this week it would lay off nearly all its employees, disband its Police Dept and entrust all municipal operations to the neighboring city of Bell which is paying their city council members $100,000 a year for a part-time job. L.A. County D.A. investigating.

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How do Congressional representatives’ stocks perform in relation to the general market? – Insider Trading by Congress – ProCon.org

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Operation Bernhard was the codename of a secret Nazi plan devised during the Second World War by the RSHA and the SS to destabilize the British economy by flooding the country with forged Bank of England £5, £10, £20, and £50 notes. It is the largest counterfeiting operation in history.

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China, Taiwan sign trade pact linking economies

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Time to shut down the US federal reserve?

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Wall Street tumbles after drop in consumer confidence

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China’s Stocks Decline to 14-Month Low on Slowing Economic Growth Concern – Bloomberg

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Oil spill ripples through Florida economy: Economic development officials are eyeing the Gulf and bracing for higher concentrations of oil that would shut down their beaches and send travelers elsewhere.

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Clawback the Money Stolen by the Giant Banks Before Cutting Our Services!

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Repent at Leisure: Borrowing has been the answer to all economic troubles in the past 25 years. Now debt itself has become the problem

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