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Liberty demands we allow people to make "bad" choices
It is refreshing to read a rational point of view on the subject of homelessness, addiction and the DTES. It is particularly impactful coming from a family member of someone who chose to live and die that lifestyle. It shows that ultimately once all the... 
This Is Not A Normal Recession: Moving on to Plan B
""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...
Bloomberg Sues The Fed For Disclosure
"Lost in the wake of Henry Paulson’s announcement Wednesday that Treasury is “changing direction” in how it doles out money in the bank rescue plan is a little-noticed lawsuit filed last Friday by Bloomberg LP, the business news wire service. It is suing the Federal... 
created by talentedchimp | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Why The $700 Billion Landgrab By Wall Street Won't Work, And Other Miscellanea
Check out the latest by the Easter Bunny."America is Wall Street's bitch. It's official. Not that anyone should be surprised. Let's face it, the same lying cheats who created the financial swindle of the century,...
Financial Weapons Of Mass Destruction
"Financial Weapons Of Mass Destruction photo credit: laffy4k New York Times called the possibility of an AIG liquidation “as close to an extinction-level event as the financial markets have seen since the Great Depression.” We keep hearing that the current...
Somali Pirates 'Killed in French Rocket Attack'
Conflicting reports are emerging regarding an alleged French rocket attack on pirate ship off the coast of Somalia: Sarkozy denied claims that anyone was killed in the attack, while eyewitness accounts tell a very...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Bush Gang Cuts Down Sheriff of Wall Street
"The big news story of the past week was that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer had been patronizing prostitutes, and, in the glare of the media spotlight, quickly gave up his office.x40 But evidence points to a...
Night of the Living Fed
"Night of the Living Fed
Paul Krugman is writing about The Face-Slap Theory."The scariest thing I’ve read recently is a speech given last week by Tim Geithner, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Mr. Geithner came as close as a Fed official can to... 
Carlyle Tries to Hold Off Lenders
I posted a story about this the other day but things are getting worse for the Carlyle Group."LONDON (AP) -- Carlyle Capital Corp. Ltd is in talks with creditors to prevent the liquidation of some $16 billion in...
American Collateral Damage - Murders commited by Iraq Vets on the rise
The NY Times found 121 cases of murders committed by veterans back from these wars, 1/3 of which were domestic murders, and the reporters suspect this is only a percentage of the actual murders committed, because they got that number by scouring newspapers around the...
US director Mann to direct Litvinenko film
"US actor Johnny Depp is reportedly producing a separate account of his life and death. The confirmation came on the day Marina Litvinenko's book "Death Of A Dissident: The Poisoning Of Alexander Litvinenko And...
British banks shun £10bn cash auction
"British banks shunned the Bank of England’s auction of three-month money on Wednesday, submitting no bids to borrow the £10bn on offer. The dearth of demand for three-month cash – a market that has been strained of late – was the result of “a significant fall in...
UPDATE 1-US judge allows Conrad Black to remain free on bail
"US judge allows Conrad Black to remain free on bail Wed Aug 1, 2007 11:23 PM BST162 Email This Article | Print This Article | RSS [-] Text [+] (Adds quote from judge, background) By Andrew Stern CHICAGO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge extended Conrad Black's $21 million bail...
Doing Life for a simple pot bust
A new report on the severity of convictions for marijuana possession concludes that the after-effects in essence mean a life sentence of penalties. "Long-term sanctions for drug crimes, even for relatively...
created by Actual News Geezer | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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