Archive for November, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of November 27, 2006

Parks Not for Sale: Stop Commercial Bioprospecting in our National Parks!
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The Amsterdam Declaration on Global Change
From the “Challenges of a Changing Earth: Global Change Open Science Conference” - Amsterdam (Jul 13, 2001)

West Must Prepare for Chinese, Indian Dominance
AFP News (Nov 26, 2006)

The Whole World is Watching
By John Rubino - Gold-Eagle Editorial (Nov 27, 2006)

Everyone is Writing Default Insurance!
By John Rubino - DollarCollapse.com (Nov 30, 2006)

Seeing Green
By Carolyn Said - San Francisco Chronicle (Nov 29, 2006)

Gold is Golden: Harry Schultz Sees $1,500 Gold
By Peter Brimelow - MarketWatch (Nov 30, 2006)

Banks Told to Predict Effects of a 40% Crash in House Prices
By Patrick Hosking - TimesOnline (Nov 16, 2006)

Monsanto Whistleblower Says Genetically Engineered Crops May Cause Disease
By Jeffrey M. Smith - Global Research (Nov 19, 2006)

The Hijacking of a Nation (Pt1) - The Foreign Agent Factor
The Hijacking of a Nation (Pt2) - The Auctioning of Former Statesmen & Dime a Dozen Generals
By Sibel Edmonds - National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (Nov 29, 2006)

One in Every 32 Adults was in Prison, Jail, on Probation, or on Prole at the End of 2005
Department of Justice - Press Release (Nov 30, 2006)

Suspicion of Manipulation Falls on Treasury Repo Market: The Bond Market’s Dirty Secret
By Katie Benner - Fortune Magazine (Nov 28, 2006)

Airbus Could Trigger ‘Nuclear Option’ of Currency Controls
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - The London Telegraph (Nov 27, 2006)

Ford Mortgages Nearly All US Assets to Borrow $18 billion
By Nick Bunkley - NY Times (Nov 28, 2006)

Each Person’s Genetic Makeup Differs Far More Than Previously Known
By Sheryl Ubelacker - Canadian Press (Nov 22, 2006)

The EPA Closes its Libraries, Destroys Documents
Action Alert: Union of Concerned Scientists (Dec 1, 2006)

Greenberg Denies ‘NY Times’ Takeover Bid — But Another Claim Emerges
By Editor & Publisher Staff (Nov 30, 2006)

Community vs Corrupt Commerce: How Money Really Works
By Geoff Olson - Common Ground (Dec 2006)

Top Picks ~ Week of November 20, 2006

Derivates Market Grows by 25%
By Gillian Tett - Australian-FT Business (Nov 20, 2006)

Congressman: American Concentration Camps “On the Books”
By Steve Watson - infowars.net (Nov 13, 2006)

Gartman Flees Argument with Veneroso on Gold Price Suppression
By cpowell - GATA Daily Dispatches (Nov 17, 2006)

Texas Straight Talk: The NAFTA Superhighway
From Rep. Ron Paul - www.house.gov/paul (Oct 30, 2006)

Hard US Lessons, Harder Landings
By Max Fraad Wolff - Asia Times (Nov 21, 2006)

Young Borrowers Face a Life of Debt
By G. Pascal Zachary - AlterNet (Nov 18, 2006)

Home Sales Plummet in 38 States in 3Q
By Lauren Villagran - AP Business Writer (Nov 20, 2006)

How You May Have Kinda Saved $392.10
By John Crudele - NY Post (Nov 16, 2006)

CACI: Torture in Iraq, Intimidation at Home
By Joshua Holland - AlterNet (Nov 24, 2006)

China’s Deputy Bank Chief: Dollar is Going Lower
By Parmy Olson (Nov 24, 206)

Hedge Funds Overleveraged, Sprott Warns (Anyone can go down)
By Emily Mathieu - Financial Post (Nov 24, 2006)

A High-Profile Houston Win for ‘Invisible’ Janitors
By Lianne Hart - LA Times Staff Writer (Nov 21, 2006)

Krumpets With Medici Conspiracy’s Peter Watson
By Suzan Mazur - Scoop Independent News (Nov 20, 2006)

UAE May Make Decisive Shift in Dollar Reserves
By Haseeb Haider - Khaleej Times (Oct 31, 2006)

Central Bank of China’s Trillion Dollar High
Yahoo News - Asia Pulse (Nov 7, 2006)

Top Picks ~ Week of November 13, 2006

Paul McCartney’s ‘Ecce Cor Meum’ Live in Concert
NPR - Listen Online Tuesday 11.14.06 - 7:30pmET

White Dog’s Owner Ready to Move On
By Dianna Marder - Philadelphia Daily News (Nov 9, 2006)

Scholars for 911Truth Take On Fox News and Win Big
YouTube (Jun 28, 2006)

China Will Power Gold Upward for Years, Gartman Says
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - Telegraph.co.uk (Nov 10, 2006)

Thom Hartmann’s Ten Steps to Restorey Democracy to America
A Declaration of Rights for the 21st Century

America Today — Dangerously Vulnerable
Economy in Crisis

meanmore.com - A Marketplace for Products with Meaning
From MRW Connected

Coal Miners’ Union Focuses on Sustainable Future
By Matt Peacock - Australian Broadcasting Transcript (Nov 15, 2006)

Top Picks ~ Week of November 6, 2006

US History Uncensored

US History Uncensored: What Your High School Textbook Didn’t Tell You
By Carolyn L. Baker - With a forward by Catherine Austin Fitts

Bush’s Chernobyl Economy; Hard Times are on the Way
By Mike Whitney - Online Journal (Nov 9, 2006)

‘Leveraged Debt’ Crisis Menaces Banks, Pensions, Auto Plants
By Paul Gallagher - Executive Intelligence Review (Nov 3, 2006)

The Body Heals - How to Heal Without Drugs or Medical Procedures
By William B. Ferrill, MD

American Coup: Mid-Term Election Polls vs Actuals
By Alastair Thompson - Scoop Independent News (Nov 12, 2002)

US Treasury is Quietly Doing the Fed’s Work
By John Crudele - New York Post (Nov 7, 2006)

India, China to Own 2/3 of World Capital by 2050
Rediff India Abroad - BS Regional Bureau (Jan 7, 2006)

Failure to Deliver or “Deliverance”?
By Rob Kirby - KirbyAnalytics.com (Oct 30, 2006)

Bank of China Offers Gold Options, Silver Forwards
Reuters Asia News (Nov 7, 2006)

The Dark Side of the Looking Glass: The Corruption of our Capital Markets
A Slide Show from businessjive.com

How they Stole the Mid-term Election
By Greg Palast (Nov 6, 2006)

China Wants to Rejig FX Portfolio - Paper
Reuters News (Nov 6, 2006)

Why Water is the Gravest Challenge Facing Humanity
By Paul Vallely - The Independent (Nov 10, 2006)