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There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

December 27th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

  A Brief History of Money : Or, how we learned to stop worrying and embrace the abstraction – ieee Escape From Minus World – thenewinquiry Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke – mtaibbi   rollingstone UBS Libor Manipulation Deserves the Death Penalty – bloomberg Rogue banks contribute to political malaise […]

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I didn’t touch your hand man you know its all ball

December 12th, 2012 · Comments Off on I didn’t touch your hand man you know its all ball · Uncategorized

  Rolling Jubilee   wha? [slyt] Hurricane Sandy and the Myth of the Big Government-vs.-Small-Government Debate – mtaibbi   rollingstone If U.S. land were divided like U.S. wealth – jamesadomian The U.S. Does Not Have a Spending Problem, We Have a Distribution Problem – theatlantic Why $16 Trillion Only Hints at the True U.S. Debt […]

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on the thin line between minimal functioning and moribundity

October 30th, 2012 · Comments Off on on the thin line between minimal functioning and moribundity · Uncategorized

  EconoTrolls: An Illustrated Bestiary – noahpinion Obama Defends His Finance Reform Record to Rolling Stone: A Response – mtaibbi   rollingstone A Financial Economist Talks About Things We Should Know: Why We Have Debt. – mcsweeneys U.S. Sues BofA for $1 Billion Over Mortgage Losses – yahoo U.S. Sues Wells Fargo: Yet Another Bailed-Out […]

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…dystopia is already around us, if only we were awake enough to see it.

September 5th, 2012 · Comments Off on …dystopia is already around us, if only we were awake enough to see it. · Uncategorized

  How big is 50.7 million uninsured? – washingtonpost The Surprising Truths About Income Inequality in America – gq The ‘Voter Fraud’ Myth Debunked – rollingstone Bailout: An insider’s look at Washington’s dirty laundry – usatoday Are Big Banks Criminal Enterprises? – ritholtz Banks falsify credit card lawsuits in 90 percent of cases? – rt […]

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I went bankrupt in two ways, gradually and then suddenly.

July 30th, 2012 · Comments Off on I went bankrupt in two ways, gradually and then suddenly. · Uncategorized

  Collapsing U.S. credibility – ggreenwald   salon Dilbert at the Bank How Jamie Dimon hid the $6 billion loss – fortune UBS Issues Hyperinflation Warning For US And UK, Calls It Purely “A Fiscal Phenomenon” – zerohedge Man who ran World Bank calls for bankers to face the music – independent Court orders SEC […]

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One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.

July 2nd, 2012 · Comments Off on One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching. · Uncategorized

  LSD, Ecstasy, and a Blast of Utopianism: How 1967’s “Summer of Love” All Began – vanityfair Printable Board Games Worksheets and Printables – education Q&A: Matt Taibbi on the 40th Anniversary of Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72… – villagevoice A seat at the table for death – jcarroll Golden Gems: childrens […]

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you’re like a miniature Buddha, covered in hair

June 27th, 2012 · Comments Off on you’re like a miniature Buddha, covered in hair · Uncategorized

  The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia – mtaibbi   rollingstone Members of Congress trade in companies while making laws that affect those same firms – washingtonpost A Loophole Big Enough to Lose a Billion – nytimes A Cure for What Ails Us: It is not enough to encourage enterprise and limit regulation—we […]

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physical violence is the least of my priorities

June 7th, 2012 · Comments Off on physical violence is the least of my priorities · Uncategorized

  JPMorgan fined for wash trades in oil, gasoline – reuters Forum: How Markets Crowd Out Morals – bostonreview SEC: Taking on Big Firms is ‘Tempting,’ But We Prefer Picking on Little Guys – mtaibbi   rollingstone    Promises Made, and Remade, by Firms in S.E.C. Fraud Cases – nytimes   Nov, 2011 Wall Street […]

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We’ve got so many tchotchkes we’ve practically emptied the Louvre

May 17th, 2012 · Comments Off on We’ve got so many tchotchkes we’ve practically emptied the Louvre · Uncategorized

  How Wall Street Killed Financial Reform – mtaibbi   rollingstone Why J.P. Morgan’s Jamie Dimon Should Resign – jrickards   usnews Deja Vu: JP Morgan Credit Default Swaps Put Markets on Brink – silvervigilante The Tinder-Box Society – robertreich Accidentally Released – and Incredibly Embarrassing – Documents Show How Goldman et al Engaged in […]

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a life in which you have permission to behave badly and with no consequences — permission that most people cannot handle

April 30th, 2012 · Comments Off on a life in which you have permission to behave badly and with no consequences — permission that most people cannot handle · Uncategorized

  Fix income inequality with $10 million loans for everyone! – S. Bair   washingtonpost Productivity, The Miracle of Compound Interest and Poverty – michael-hudson Debts that can’t be paid, won’t be Mitt Romney, American Parasite – villiagevoice Top Fed Official: “The Moment Is Now” to Break Up Big Banks – pbs Great news: “Too […]

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