The Great Stimulus Debate of ‘09 – “Crybabies need not apply” By Mike Whitney

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By Mike Whitney
ICH
November 20, 2009
Barack Obama has decided to push the economy back into recession, and no one can figure out why. Perhaps the impressionable Obama has come under the spell of the deficit hawks and crystal gazers who see Armageddon around every corner. Or maybe he’s thrown-in with the snappish Marc Faber whose [...]

The Secret Global Empire(s): Russ Baker & John Perkins

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by Laura Flaunders
GRITtv
Nov. 12, 2009
U.S. history has seen many presidents elected on a wave of progressive promises, only to see them compromise again and again once in office, caving to the very interests, military and corporate, that they railed against so effectively.  Barack Obama is only the latest to get elected on a promise [...]

America’s Pending Collapse By Timothy V. Gatto

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liberalpro.blogspot.com
November 20, 2009

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The truth that most people realize but can’t openly talk about is that America has seen better days and that the system of capitalism has long outlived its usefulness. The last part of that sentence, that capitalism has outlived its usefulness, is thoroughly the fault [...]

Pentagon’s contradiction and imperialist decline by Sara Flounders

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Pentagon’s contradiction and imperialist decline
by Sara Flounders
http://www.workers.org
Nov 19, 2009
The following excerpted talk is by WWP Secretariat member, Sara Flounders, at the Nov. 14-15 Workers World Party National Conference in New York.
Twenty million people a year in the U.S. get sick from contaminated water. Forty percent of [...]

Keiser Report: Markets, Finance, Scandal and Suicide Bankers

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RussiaToday
November 19, 2009
In our new program – “Keiser report”, hosted by the renowned financial analyst and former stockbroker Max Keiser – the most provocative questions in US politics are tackled head-on.

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Obama’s China Junket: “We’re Opening Doors for Wall Street and Nothing More” By [...]

Rep. Alan Grayson Passes Bill to Audit the Fed

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RepAlanGrayson
November 19, 2009
Rep. Alan Grayson argues in support of the Paul-Grayson amendment, which would subject the Federal Reserve to a complete audit. The amendment later passed the House Financial Services Committee 43-26 as part of the underlying financial reform package.

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Obama’s China Junket: “We’re Opening Doors for Wall Street and Nothing More” By Mike Whitney

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By Mike Whitney
ICH
November 17, 2009
Barack Obama took Hu Jintao to task this morning, scolding the dejected-looking Chinese leader at a press conference held in Beijing. Obama delivered one ferocious jab after another, claiming that China’s dollar-peg has cost the US millions of high-paying manufacturing jobs while creating gigantic trade imbalances which have destabilized the [...]

Paul Grignon on Economics 101: Digital Coin

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corbettreport
November 18, 2009
Paul Grignon, the creator of the popular “Money as Debt” documentaries, joins Economics 101 to discuss his solution for an alternative currency. Digital Coin operates as a system of unique digital objects that function as self-issued credit. The value of this is measured relative to a “Perpetual Coin” unit of measure and [...]