Michael Hudson: Debt Deflation in Europe and America + Euro SOS

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ with Prof. Michael Hudson Bonnie Faulkner Guns and Butter September 14, 2011 European banking crisis causing a constitutional crisis of the European Central Bank; Germany; the myth of Social Security in the US.; bank balance sheet crisis; food, fuel and climate crisis; the super congress; debt deflation; FHA lawsuit against the banks; criminalization the [...]

Bahrain: Is Washington Preparing For ‘Regime Change’ in PR Disaster Kingdom? by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad 18 September 2011 The persistence of pro-democracy protests in Bahrain in the face of brutal repression may be giving Washington second thoughts about its unwavering support for the royal rulers of the strategically important Persian Gulf kingdom. Are we about to witness a cosmetic ‘regime change’ – not [...]

California Legislature Passes Bill To Study State-Owned Bank by Ellen Brown

Updated: Sept. 20, 2011 added a video by Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com Sept. 15, 2011 AB 750, California’s bill to study the feasibility of establishing a state-owned bank that would receive deposits of state funds, has passed both houses of the legislature and is now on the desk of Governor Jerry Brown awaiting his signature. [...]

Colonel Nagl, Just what are our political objectives in Iraq and Afghanistan? by Daniel N. White

by Daniel N. White Featured Writer Dandelion Salad September 15, 2011 As you might notice when you read it, I enjoy giving academia a good kicking whenever I get the opportunity.  Particularly my alma martyred, the University of Texas at Austin.  My latest encounter with them was yesterday, when John Nagl, author of the counterinsurgency [...]

Dare We Question Capitalism? by Jack A. Smith

by Jack A. Smith Global Research September 16, 2011 Between 1900 and 2011 there have been 24 recessions in the United States (including the Great Depression), about once every 4.6 years — some decades more, some less — largely from inevitable overproduction and greed. Yes, capitalism’s highly productive and has made many Americans rich and [...]