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When kids go to the mall instead of the library, it’s not that the mall won, it’s that the library lost.

October 31st, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

Tying It All Together – kdenninger   market-ticker
Rick Perry: The Best Little Whore In Texas – mtaibbi   rollingstone
BofA Derivatives Transfer Draws Lawmaker Scrutiny – bloomberg
Glass-Steagall wiki
Ten Reasons Not To Bank On (Or With) BofA – nprins   truth-out
SLV And Silver Manipulation – bullionbullscanada
Wall Street Isn’t Winning – [...]

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An aggressive man and a new flashlight

October 19th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

Why Iceland Should Be in the News But Is Not – bellacaledonia
HOLY BAILOUT – Federal Reserve Now Backstopping $75 Trillion Of Bank Of America’s Derivatives Trades – dailybail
Federal Reserve and Bank of America Initiate a Coup to Dump Billions of Dollars of Losses on the American Taxpayer – zerohedge
BofA Said [...]

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Elective ignorance is a great survival skill

September 7th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

North Dakota’s Economic “Miracle” – yesmagazine
Obama Goes All Out For Dirty Banker Deal – mtaibbi   rollingstone
Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult – truth-out
Two Big Reasons Why Goldman Sachs Just Got Sued For Fraud Again – businessinsider
Jobs Will Follow a Strengthening of the [...]

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we adhere, as though to a raft, to those ideas which represent our understanding.

August 18th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes? – mtaibbi   rollingstone
Don’t look down – economist
The late American empire – jcarroll
Iceland’s loud No – mondediplo
The Black Swan of Cairo – nntaleb   foreignaffairs
It’s the Economy, Dummkopf! – mlewis   vanityfair
Sheila Bair’s Bank Shot – nytimesmag
Our foreign [...]

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Brains and common sense are orthogonal to age.

July 29th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world [video] – TED
Road Signs for Route 75 – undernews
Evil Corporate Tax Holiday Gains Bipartisan Support – mtaibbi   rollingstone
Shadow Government Statistics
The Rise of Debtor’s Prison – wsj
Indicators: The economy – undernews

 

Fun fact of the day:
If you spent $1 Million per day since [...]

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agnotologic capitalism

July 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

How Much Would It Cost To Buy Congress Back From Special Interests? – zerohedge
Derivatives: A Capital Markets Gong Show For Whom The Bell Tolls – goldseek
Corporate Tax Holiday in Debt Ceiling Deal: Where’s the Uproar? – mtaibbi   rollingstone
A visualization of USA debt
Nader’s solution: End Corporate Welfare and Corporate Tax [...]

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the endeavor to supplant the illusory excesses of religion with the material excesses of the body

June 29th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

The People vs. Anthony Weiner: Final Ruling – mtaibbi   rollingstone

Troy Tulowitzki swings once, connects twice for basehit
Dressed to the Nines – baseballhalloffame
Wilpons pursue a last-ditch legal option to avoid paying out Madoff money and losing the Mets – capitalnewyork
Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants locked in a turf war over [...]

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Work is essentially just a way to kill time between coffee and beer.

June 28th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

The Growth Ponzi Scheme – strongtowns
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The Truth About the Economy in 2 Minutes and 15 Seconds
[video] – Robert Reich: Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley
The Deficit Is Worse Than We Think [...]

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if you tell me that I’m perfect I’ll assume you’ve had too much to drink

May 20th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

What a Public Bank Could Mean for California – yesmagazine
Testimony, Goldman-Style; A Tour Through the Levin Report – mtaibbi   rollingstone
It’s Getting Harder To Defend Goldman Sachs – forbes
A New Wall Street Investigation: Is the Hammer Finally Coming Down? – mtaibbi   rollingstone
How the Fed made the rich richer – [...]

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I need a waitress to tell my sins to

May 13th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

The People vs. Goldman Sachs – mtaibbi   rollingstone
Forbes Predicts U.S. Gold Standard Within 5 Years – humanevents
How to Make Money in Microseconds – lrb.co.uk
Central banks pump £3 trillion into world economy – telegraph
The Housing Market Just Had Its Worst Quarter Since 2008 – businessinsider
Why American health-care costs so [...]

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