Money & Markets – Week of 7.28.08
Schwarzenegger Orders Cuts Amid Fiscal Crisis
By Don Thompson – Associated Press (31 Jul 2008)
Fannie’s Favorite Son
By Matthew Lewis – The Center Blog PaperTrail (28 Jul 2008)
Brace for More Bank F…
The Myth of the Market
The Engine Room of American Monetary Policy
By Rob Kirby – FinancialSense.com (28 Jul 2008)
“Who hasn’t heard of the Federal Reserve’s vaunted interest rate policy group, the FOMC? We’re all awa…
Precious Metals – Week of 7.28.08
Gold Options Point to $1,200
By Frank Tang – Reuters (25 Jul 2008)
Geopolitical – Week of 7.28.08
All The Privileged Must Have Prizes
By John H. Summers – TimesHigherEducation.co.uk (10 Jul 2008)
The Border Wall – A Film
By Wayne Ewing
Kremlin’s Heavy Hand Triggers Foreign Exodus
By Ambrose Evan…
Food & Health – Week of 7.28.08
Ecosutra
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Tomatoes – Rouge D’Irak
At RareSeeds.com
Pest Exterminator Lost in Outback Survives on Bugs
By Kristen Gelineau – Associated Press (30 Jul 2008)
How You Can Turn a Vacant Lot Into a Co…
Food & Health – Week of 7.28.08
“Bridging Industry to Permaculture”
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Tomatoes – Rouge D’Irak
At RareSeeds.com
Pest Exterminator Lost in Outback Survives on Bugs
By Kristen Gelineau – Associated Press (30 Jul 2008)
How You Can …
Money & Markets – Week of 7.21.08
Ron Paul Discloses Housing Bailout Bill’s Money and Power Grab
By Chris Powell – GATA (24 Jul 2008)
Rescue for Fannie, Freddie May Cost Trillion, Senator Says
By Michael McKee & Bryan Keogh – Blo…
Money & Markets – Week of 7.21.08
Ron Paul Discloses Housing Bailout Bill’s Money and Power Grab
By Chris Powell – GATA (24 Jul 2008)
Rescue for Fannie, Freddie May Cost Trillion, Senator Says
By Michael McKee & Bryan Keogh – Blo…
In From a Network Member
Letter to the Editor:
The first page of Monday’s paper had an article entitled: “Fed will backstop mortgage giants”. The sub-title of the article was “Reserve Bank could lend help to Fannie Mae, Fred…
Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.21.08
Ex-convicts Active in Mortgage Fraud
By Jack Dolan, et al – MiamiHerald.com
Precious Metals – Week of 7.21.08
Governments Declare War on “Digital Gold” Services
By Mark Nestmann – nestmannblog (22 Jul 2008)
Internet Currency Firm E-Gold Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering
By Grant Gross – IDG News Service (21 …
Geopolitical – Week of 7.21.08
The Conscientious Objector
A new documentary film
~ Read about Desmond Doss at Wikipedia
Exposing Bush’s Historic Abuse of Power
By Tim Shorrock – Salon.com (23 Jul 2008)
Stealing America: Vote By V…
Life – Week of 7.21.08
Lonesome George May End Bachelor Days on Galapagos
By Alonso Soto – Reuters.UK (22 Jul 2008)
Food & Health – Week of 7.21.08
Hoarding Nations Drive Food Costs Ever Higher
By Keith Bradsher & Andrew Martin – New York TImes (30 Jun 2008)
World’s Biggest Food Storage Supplier Empty – Through ALL 2009
By Holly Deyo – Stand…
Food & Health – Week of 7.21.08
Hoarding Nations Drive Food Costs Ever Higher
By Keith Bradsher & Andrew Martin – New York TImes (30 Jun 2008)
World’s Biggest Food Storage Supplier Empty – Through ALL 2009
By Holly Deyo – Stand…
Money & Markets – 7.14.2008
Money Supply (MZM) at 17 Jul 2008
St. Louis Federal Reserve Report
~ Previous blog posts on MZM: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Frank Backs Linking Rescue Plan to U.S. Debt Limit
By Brian Faler – B…
Money & Markets – 7.14.2008
Money Supply (MZM) at 17 Jul 2008
St. Louis Federal Reserve Report
~ Previous blog posts on MZM: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Frank Backs Linking Rescue Plan to U.S. Debt Limit
By Brian Faler – B…
Precious Metals – Week of 7.14.2008
What if Gold Gave a Party and Everyone Came?
By Peter Brimelow – MarketWatch.com (14 Jul 2008)
Geopolitical – Week of 7.14.2008
Michigan Talks Homeland Security With Israeli Police
ClickOnDetroit.com (17 Jul 2008)
The Black Ivies
By Sam Smith – The Progressive Review (16 Jul 2008)
ACLU Watch List Counter – Why are there so m…
Life – Week of 7.14.2008
Lifelike Dolls Repel and Attract
By Sophie Taylor – Reuters.UK (17 Jul 2008)
Today I learned a new word – Gunkholing
“Gunkholing is a boating term referring to a type of cruising in shallow or shoal …
Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.07.08
Housing Market Meltdown Causes Massive Losses
By Dean Baker – The Center for Economic & Policy Research (9 Jul 2008)
Money & Markets – Week of 7.07.08
Russia is Most Likely Midwife of a Fairer World Economic Order
By Massoud Hedeshi – Al Jazeera.net (10 Jul 2008)
Money Supply (MZM) at 10 Jul 2008
St. Louis Federal Reserve Report
~ Previous blog …
Money & Markets – Week of 7.07.08
Russia is Most Likely Midwife of a Fairer World Economic Order
By Massoud Hedeshi – Al Jazeera.net (10 Jul 2008)
Money Supply (MZM) at 10 Jul 2008
St. Louis Federal Reserve Report
~ Previous blog …
Precious Metals – Week of 7.07.08
Reflections: The Death of Gallium
By Robert Silverberg – Asimov’s Science Fiction
Without Gold and Silver, You’re Already Confiscated
By Jason Hommel – Silver Stock Report (4 Jul 2008)
Geopolitical – Week of 7.07.08
Police Raid Berwyn Heights Mayor’s Home, Kill His 2 Dogs
Washington Post | 31 July 2008
Bush Signs Spy Bill and Draws Lawsuit
By Randall Mikkelsen – Reuters (10 Jul 2008)
Karl Rove Pulls No-Show o…
Food & Health – Week of 7.07.08
Cutting Out the Middlemen, Shoppers Buy Slices of Farms
By Susan Saulny – New York Times (10 Jul 2008)
Food Storage 102 – 2 Weeks Is Not Enough
Sharon Astyk’s Ruminations Blog (8 Jul 2008)
Turn Off …
Food & Health – Week of 7.07.08
Cutting Out the Middlemen, Shoppers Buy Slices of Farms
By Susan Saulny – New York Times (10 Jul 2008)
Food Storage 102 – 2 Weeks Is Not Enough
Sharon Astyk’s Ruminations Blog (8 Jul 2008)
Turn Off …
Community Wizards
I grew up in a community where all the kids freely used the “F” word. Then I went to work on Wall Street, where the “F” word was quite common. If you want a taste of the Wall Street culture multivaria…
Mortgage Markets – Week of 6.30.08
Mortgage Ruling Could Shock U.S. Banking Industry
By Gina Keating – Reuters (30 Jun 2008)
Countrywide’s Pressures Mount
By Ruth Simon – Wall Street Journal (26 Jun 2008)
“The legal and financial pr…
Precious Metals – Week of 6.30.08
ECB is Done Selling Gold Through September
From Agence France-Press (1 Jul 2008)
On the Precipice
By James Turk – GoldMoney.com (28 Jun 2008)
Food & Health – Week of 6.30.08
The Doctors’ Revolt
By Roger Bybee – The American Prospect (1 Jul 2008)
Tonight for dinner I had the first fruits from my garden – Golden Scallopini Squash. It was simply incredible thanks to seeds f…
Food & Health – Week of 6.30.08
The Doctors’ Revolt
By Roger Bybee – The American Prospect (1 Jul 2008)
Tonight for dinner I had the first fruits from my garden – Golden Scallopini Squash. It was simply incredible thanks to seeds f…
Geopolitical – Week of 6.30.08
Ex-Agent Says CIA Ignored Iran Facts
By Joby Warrick – Washington Post (1 Jul 2008)
Agents Can Randomly Seize Travelers’ Laptops or PDAs
By Jim Puzzanghera – Baltimore Sun (29 Jun 2008)
Abu Ghraib I…
Money & Markets – Week of 6.30.08
Bankers Seen Holding Off Clear Channel Loan Sale to Next Week
By Cynthia Koons – Dow Jones Newswire (3 Jul 2008)
~ View previous blog posts: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Vanity Plate Sold for $14 Million …
Money & Markets – Week of 6.30.08
Bankers Seen Holding Off Clear Channel Loan Sale to Next Week
By Cynthia Koons – Dow Jones Newswire (3 Jul 2008)
~ View previous blog posts: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Vanity Plate Sold for $14 Million …
Life – Week of 6.30.2008
Local and National Outbreak of Grave Robbing
By Nicholas J.C. Pistor – St. Louis Post-Dispatch (30 Jun 2008)
Money & Markets – Week of 6.23.08
Shortages, Prices Hit California Food Banks as Schools Recess
By Ryan Flinn – Bloomberg.com (23 Jun 2008)
The Crime of the Century
Jim Puplava’s webcast presentation on Naked Short Selling
Billion D…
Money & Markets – Week of 6.23.08
Shortages, Prices Hit California Food Banks as Schools Recess
By Ryan Flinn – Bloomberg.com (23 Jun 2008)
The Crime of the Century
Jim Puplava’s webcast presentation on Naked Short Selling
Billion D…
Precious Metals – Week of 6.23.08
Inflation Explodes in Manufacturers’ Prices — But Not Gold and Silver
By Francesco Guerrera, et al – Financial Times, London (24 Jun 2008)
Correspondance re: Vatican Gold Accounts at the NY Federal …
Geopolitical – Week of 6.23.08
The Hedge Schools
By John Walsh – Irish Cultural Society of the Garden City Area
I Still crouching ‘neath the sheltering hedge,
Or stretched on mountain fern,
The teacher and his pupils met feloniousl…
Life – Week of 6.23.08
America at Home: Small Houses and Quirky Homes
Photos – At Yahoo News (16 Jun 2008)
Russian Spa Opens Monument to the Enema
Associated Press (19 Jun 2008)
Images from the Spitzer Space Telescope
Th…
Money & Markets – Week of 6.16.08
Charges at Bear Stearns Linked to Subprime Debacle
By Tom Hays – Associated Pres (19 Jun 2008)
~ Read the PRESS RELEASE – U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York
~ Read the SEC C…
Money & Markets – Week of 6.16.08
Charges at Bear Stearns Linked to Subprime Debacle
By Tom Hays – Associated Pres (19 Jun 2008)
~ Read the PRESS RELEASE – U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York
~ Read the SEC C…
Geopolitical – Week of 6.16.08
Beware the Chicago Boys
By Naomi Klein – The Guardian (14 Jun 2008)
Israel Seen Rehearsing Iran Attack
By Doina Chiacu – Reuters (20 Jun 2008)
Testimony at DC City Council Hearing on Police Checkpoi…
Mortgage Markets – Week of 6.16.08
Hundreds Swept up in Mortgage Fraud Arrests
By Lara Jakes Jordan – Associated Press (19 Jun 2008)
Food & Health – Week of 6.16.08
Cancer Patient Recovers After Injection of Immune Cells
By Roger Highfield – London Telegraph (18 Jun 2008)
IPM Matters. Why?
Integrated Pest Management website
Exposed: Harvard Shrink Gets Rich Lab…
Food & Health – Week of 6.16.08
Cancer Patient Recovers After Injection of Immune Cells
By Roger Highfield – London Telegraph (18 Jun 2008)
IPM Matters. Why?
Integrated Pest Management website
Exposed: Harvard Shrink Gets Rich Lab…
Life – Week of 6.16.08
Americans Drive 1.4 Billion Fewer Highway Miles
CNN.com (19 Jun 2008)
Court Overturns Father’s Grounding of 12-year-old
The Sydney Morning Herald (19 Jun 2008)
Old School Sanitation – An Outhouse is…
Money & Markets – Week of 6.09.08
Central Bank Body Warns of Great Depression
By Gill Montia – Banking Times (9 Jun 2008)
Germans Begin Rejecting Euros From Latin Bloc
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (13 Jun 2008)
Chin…
Money & Markets – Week of 6.09.08
Central Bank Body Warns of Great Depression
By Gill Montia – Banking Times (9 Jun 2008)
Germans Begin Rejecting Euros From Latin Bloc
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (13 Jun 2008)
Chin…
Precious Metals – Week of 6.09.08
Iran Says it Will Sell Euro Instruments for Gold and Stocks
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (10 Jun 2008)
U.S. Silver Eagles Illegally Rationed
By Chris Powell – GATA (4 Jun 2008)
Food & Health – Week of 6.09.08
Listening to Cellphone Warnings
By Tyler Hamilton – thestar.com (31 May 2008)
More Evidence of Dangerous Insanity
By Dr. Tom O’Connell – doctortom.org (7 Jun 208)
Food & Health – Week of 6.09.08
Listening to Cellphone Warnings
By Tyler Hamilton – thestar.com (31 May 2008)
More Evidence of Dangerous Insanity
By Dr. Tom O’Connell – doctortom.org (7 Jun 208)
Geopolitical – Week of 6.09.08
BP Statistical Review – 2007
British Petroleum’s review of world energy trends
Rating Countries for the Happiness Factor
By Marina Kamenev – BusinessWeek.com (11 Oct 2006)
The Revolution Will Not Be…
Life – Week of 6.09.08
Transparent Butterfly
What Doctors Don’t Tell You ~ Dental Fillings: They Are Toxic
WDDTY e-news (12 Jun 2008)
Brazil Reveals Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Associated Press (30 May 2008)
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Money & Markets – Week of 6.02.08
Economist Challenges Government Data
By Sam Zuckerman – SFGate.com (25 May 2008)
A Lawyer’s Open Letter to a CFTC Commissioner
By Chris Powell – GATA (7 Jun 2008)
Crisis Trade Talks in Paris as Prot…
Money & Markets – Week of 6.02.08
Economist Challenges Government Data
By Sam Zuckerman – SFGate.com (25 May 2008)
A Lawyer’s Open Letter to a CFTC Commissioner
By Chris Powell – GATA (7 Jun 2008)
Crisis Trade Talks in Paris as Prot…
Precious Metals – Week of 6.02.08
Reg Howe: Gold Derivatives Are Moving Up Again
By Chris Powell – GATA (30 May 2008)
Geopolitical – Week of 6.02.08
Gates Ousts Air Force Leaders in Historic Shake-up
By Robert Burns – Associated Pres (5 Jun 2008)
Weather Warfare
By Michel Chossudovsky – EcologistOnline.org (22 May 2008)
Negative Press Distracts …
Food & Health – Week of 6.02.08
How To Avoid Genetically Modified Food
At WikiHow
Food & Health – Week of 6.02.08
How To Avoid Genetically Modified Food
At WikiHow
Community Business – Banking Locally
Tonight, Dennis Bernstein and I are going to be back on Flashpoints helping Dennis switch from his existing bank, Wells Fargo, to a local credit union.
Here are some links that we will be using durin…
Money & Markets – Week of 5.26.08
Mad Finance Must Not Rule Us
By Jacques Delors, et al – Truthout.org (21 May 2008)
The Pentagon’s $1 Trillion Problem
By Scot Paltrow – Portfolio.com (May 2008 Issue)
Asian Countries Begin to Burst …
Money & Markets – Week of 5.26.08
Mad Finance Must Not Rule Us
By Jacques Delors, et al – Truthout.org (21 May 2008)
The Pentagon’s $1 Trillion Problem
By Scot Paltrow – Portfolio.com (May 2008 Issue)
Asian Countries Begin to Burst …
Precious Metals – Week of 5.26.08
Weimar Inflation in America
By James Turk – Kitco (26 May 2008)
The Next Attack on Gold Has Begun
By Gary North – LewRockwell.com (28 May 2008)
As If You Can’t ‘Mingle With Criminals’ At a Bank . . …
Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.26.08
With Builder in Bankruptcy, Buyers Are Left Out
By David Streitfeld – New York Times (3 Jan 2008)
Foreclosures in Military Towns Surge at Four Times U.S. Rate
By Kathleen M. Howley – Bloomberg.com (2…
Geopolitical – Week of 5.26.08
Segway – Ultra Efficient Mobility
At PeakOilDebunked Blog (27 May 2008)
Future Scenarios – Mapping the Cultural Implications of Peak Oil and Climate Change
Bush Claims More Powers Than King George I…
Life – Week of 5.26.08
Teenager’s Science Fair Project May Deliver Us Form Plastic
By Casey Miner – MotherJones.com (23 May 2008)
Energy Fears Looming, New Survivalists Prepare
By Samantha Gross – Associated Press (24 May …
Money & Markets – Week of 5.19.08
World Bank ‘Destroyed Basic Grains’ in Hondouras
By Alison Fitzgerald, et al – Bloomberg.com (22 May 2008)
House Passes Bill to Sue OPEC Over Oil Prices
By Tom Doggett – Reuters (20 May 2008)
Oil’s …
Money & Markets – Week of 5.19.08
World Bank ‘Destroyed Basic Grains’ in Hondouras
By Alison Fitzgerald, et al – Bloomberg.com (22 May 2008)
House Passes Bill to Sue OPEC Over Oil Prices
By Tom Doggett – Reuters (20 May 2008)
Oil’s …
Food & Health – Week of 5.19.08
What the Farm Bill Means for Organic
By Samuel Fromartz – Natural Foods Merchandiser (19 May 2008)
Bush Aid Package Includes GM
By Vicky Uhland – Natural Foods Merchandiser (20 May 2008)
A Family Fa…
Food & Health – Week of 5.19.08
What the Farm Bill Means for Organic
By Samuel Fromartz – Natural Foods Merchandiser (19 May 2008)
Bush Aid Package Includes GM
By Vicky Uhland – Natural Foods Merchandiser (20 May 2008)
A Family Fa…
Life – Week of 5.19.08
TALKS – Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stroke of Insight
A Video at TED – Ideas Worth Spreading (Posted Mar 2008)
Read about Dr. Taylor at Wikipedia
New Zealand Pilots Land on a Wing and a Prayer
By Sanjeev M…
Geopolitical – Week of 5.19.08
Lawmaker Questions Google Over Privacy Practices
By Diane Bartz – Reuters.UK (21 May 2008)
America’s Best Days
The Rasmussen Report (20 May 2008)
China’s All-Seeing Eye
By Naomi Klein – RollingStone…
Precious Metals – Week of 5.19.08
GATA Appeals Fed’s Denial of Access to Gold Records
By Chris Powell – GATA (22 May 2008)
Gold Bugs’ Grit Pays Off
By Peter Brimelow – MarketWatch.com (18 May 2008)
Yes, Gold Dehedging Will End, But …
Money & Markets – Week of 5.12.08
Non-Borrowed Reserves of Depository Institutions
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
All of Inflation’s Little Parts
A Chart – New York Times (3 May 2008)
Derivaties Monster Morgan to Enter Oil Mark…
Money & Markets – Week of 5.12.08
Non-Borrowed Reserves of Depository Institutions
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
All of Inflation’s Little Parts
A Chart – New York Times (3 May 2008)
Derivaties Monster Morgan to Enter Oil Mark…
Geopolitical – Week of 5.12.08
A New Role for the Exchange Stabilization Fund
Cleveland Fed | 01 August 2019
Legal Defense Fund Moves to Stop Animal ID Program; Files Intent to Sue Letter
Press Release – Farm-to-Consumer Legal D…
Food & Health – Week of 5.12.08
Experts: Twisters Getting Larger, Deadlier
By Ashley Phillips – ABC News (12 May 2008)
Best Places to Live in Rural America
Progressive Farmer
Urban Farmers’ Crops Go From Vacant Lot to Market
B…
Food & Health – Week of 5.12.08
Experts: Twisters Getting Larger, Deadlier
By Ashley Phillips – ABC News (12 May 2008)
Best Places to Live in Rural America
Progressive Farmer
Urban Farmers’ Crops Go From Vacant Lot to Market
B…
Life – Week of 5.12.08
National Geographic Channel Strikes Again . . . Mind Blowing!
Time Paas website
Ostracism Without Natural Selection By Piattelli-Palmarini
By Suzan Mazur- Scoop Independent News (9 May 2008)
Mortgage Markets
Mr. Mortgage on April Foreclosures in California
By Mr. Mortgage – Implode-o-Meter.com (13 May 2008)
Precious Metals
Last Chance to Board Gold Train at Under US$1,000
By Chris Powell – GATA (15 May 2008)
New Study Finds Silver Futures Market is Functioning Properly
Press Release: U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Co…
It Is That Simple
I just listened to a wonderful David Icke interview in which he says that solutions are simple. Right now, everyone pretty much acts by asking and answering “What’s right for me?” If we all just start…
Correction
For some reason (groan) a very old article is circulating on the internet. It includes an estimate of presidential campaign contributions from the largest states that is too high. I calculated it with…
Section 6041 of the Internal Revenue Code (Prior to Health Care Act Changes)
§6041. Information at Source
a. Payments of $600 or more.?? All persons engaged in a trade or business and making payment in the course of such trade or business to another person, of rent, sal…
Meditations on Mission Investing – Stanley Sporkin
Jay Taylor just sent out a letter to his subscribers describing a meeting at the Committee for Monetary Research Education, Inc. and his fellow speaker, Stanley Sporkin, as “known for his uncompromis…
Money & Markets
The Corporate Curse – How Business Culture Dragged America Down With It
By Sam Smith – Progressive Review (May 2008)
Vallejo Votes for Bankruptcy
NBC11.com (8 May 2008)
Nameless Central Banker…
Money & Markets
The Corporate Curse – How Business Culture Dragged America Down With It
By Sam Smith – Progressive Review (May 2008)
Vallejo Votes for Bankruptcy
NBC11.com (8 May 2008)
Nameless Central Bankers…
Geopolitical
Trilateral Commission: Global Elite Gather in D.C.
By James P. Tucker, Jr. – GlobalResearch.ca (6 May 2008)
Things We Forgot to Remember: BBC Recording About Man-Made Famine in Bengal During World …
Precious Metals
AngloGold to Reduce Hedge Book By 45%
By Jon A Nones – Resource Investor (6 May 2008)
Is IMF Trying to Recover Its Gold by Pretending to Sell It?
By Chris Powell – GATA (7 May 2008)
Why is Canada’…
Life
Scientists to Examine the World’s Weirdest Whale
Media Release – Te Papa Museum, New Zealand (6 May 2008)
The Transformation of the God-Image
By Paul Levy – awakeinthedream.com (May 2008)
Stuart …
Food & Health
This Company May Be the Biggest Threat to Your Future Health
A Video at Mercola.com (May 2008)
China Farms the World to Feed a Ravenous Economy
By Denis D. Gray – Associated Press (4 May 2008)
Food & Health
This Company May Be the Biggest Threat to Your Future Health
A Video at Mercola.com (May 2008)
China Farms the World to Feed a Ravenous Economy
By Denis D. Gray – Associated Press (4 May 2008)
Where Did the People Go?
I remember going to Washington after 9/11 to meet with attorneys whose offices were on one of the beautiful parks in downtown DC. Each trip I noticed less and less African-Americans downtown. At lu…
A Question on Philanthropy
The Buddha says, “Those who are awake live in a state of constant amazement.”
In the blink of an eye, Bear Stearns goes from $70 a share to being picked up for a few dollars a share by JP Morgan Chas…
Money & Markets
Don Cox on Business News Network ~ Food Inflation
Business News Network (30 Apr 2008)
James Turk: A Four-Month Review
GATA (1 May 2008)
Numbers Racket – Why The Economy is Worse Than We Know
B…