Economy
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The End Of History (Paul Craig Roberts)
Paul Craig Roberts Oct. 20, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Now that the CIA’s proxy army has murdered Gadhafi, what next for Libya? If Washington’s plans succeed, Libya will become another ...
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Don’t Be Suckered Into Buying a House Now (Mike Whitney)
When a 30-Year Mortgage is a 30-Year Prison Sentence Oct. 18, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Don’t even think about buying a house for the next year or so. Not unless you can afford to flush ...
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Bank of America Is Too Much of a Behemoth to Fail (Simon Johnson)
Simon Johnson Oct. 23, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration says the Dodd-Frank financial reform law ends “too big to fail,” meaning that no financial institution will ever again need to be ...
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GAO Finds Serious Conflicts at the Fed (Sen. Bernie Sanders)
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Oct. 19, 2011 -- WASHINGTON (Sanders.Senate.gov) -- A new audit of the Federal Reserve released today detailed widespread conflicts of interest involving directors of its ...
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The World After Industrial Civilization Goes (Jan Lundberg)
Usher in the "new" economics of local self-sufficiency and community cooperation Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man* - Imagine, John Lennon ...
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We Are Not Your Human Resources (David Michael Green)
Photo: Timothy Krause Oct. 18, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- I was talking with a friend of mine the other day about Occupy Wall Street. She said to me,. “This is what I’ve been waiting for my whole ...
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PILLOW TALK: Moving Earth | Deborah Goodwin
Exacavator Sept. 26, 2011 (ShapeShiftas) -- There have been giant Tonka Trucks and prehistoric-looking excavators driving up and down Stony Brook Road for many days now, it's almost as noisy as ...
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Murderland (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Oct. 23, 2011 -- Only occasionally do we get catch a glimpse of this nation as it truly is. Occasionally can we smell it, but only when we get close enough to ...
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Occupy Wall Street Visited (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Oct. 18, 2011 -- Last Saturday while in New York City I went downtown to visit the Occupy Wall Street group and also ended up walking in their protest march ...
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The Real ‘Theater of the Absurd’: Netanyahu and His Endgame in Palestine (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 19, 2011 -- During his deliberately offensive speech Sept. 23, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the General Assembly as “the theater of the ...
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BofA Said to Split Regulators Over Moving Merrill Derivatives to Bank Unit (Bob Ivry, Hugh Son and Christine Harper)
Oct. 18, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp. (BAC), hit by a credit downgrade last month, has moved derivatives from its Merrill Lynch unit to a subsidiary flush with insured deposits, ...
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