Zero Hedge (20 Feb 10)

Much has been said lately about the record cash balance on the books of S&P 500 companies (ex. financials- those are a different story altogether). Bullish pundits claim th…

Pensions & Investments (11 Jan 10)

The Internal Revenue Service wants to tax the State of Wisconsin Investment Board some $40 million, including interest, to recover income taxes owed by a compan…

GATA (20 Feb 10)

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

As you may have seen from the Bloomberg News story dispatched to you previously today,(http://www.gata.org/node/8352), Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Ber…

Bloomberg (22 Feb 10)

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Pacific Investment Management Co., clearing the way for a lawsuit seeking more than $600 million for the company’s al…

No, it’s not abstract, up there in the clouds!” exclaimed Talita Beck. “I can see it. I can measure it.” We were talking about carbon emissions; Beck is an emissions assessor, a profession t…

Two Breadwinners plus Extra Money to support the Banking Industry. How Middle Class Americans are losing Ground by Supporting the Financial Sector.
MyBudget 360 (19 Feb 10)

Continue reading the art…

By Paul Mylchreest (12 Nov 07)

THESIS: The biggest credit bubble in modern history is showing signs of unraveling in the US. Debt/credit expansion brings forward consumption—it must either be pur…

The Economist (8 Feb 10)

THERE was a time when conservation meant keeping people away from nature. America’s system of national parks, a model for similar set-ups around the world, was based on the…

Talk about your political upsets.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul, hero of a fervant band of libertarians, unexpectedly won the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference today, cl…

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By Newt Gingrich and Peter Ferrara

You did the responsible thing. You saved in your IRA or 401(k) to support your retirement, when you could have spent that money on another vacation, or an upscale…

Tesla Motors, makers of sporty electrical cars, filed their registration statement on January 29th to go public with a $100 million offering through Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and D…

By Darrell Preston and Nanette Byrnes

Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) — U.S. states must contend with a more than $1 trillion gap between what they have saved and what they have promised to retired workers for …

Posting rages at IRS, claims, “I have had all I can stand”

FEBRUARY 18—The man suspected of intentionally crashing an airplane into a Texas office building today appears to have posted a lengthy on…

Rasmussen Reports (16 Feb 10)

Forty-three percent (43%) of U.S. voters rate the performance of their local government as tops compared to its counterparts on the state and federal level.

A new Rasmu…

Introduced in the Georgia General Assembly

B 416 – “Sound Money In Banking Act”; require any bank serving as a depository for the state to offer/accept gold and silver coin for deposit

A BILL to b…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Large financial institutions that engage in speculative activities for profit should be allowed to fail if they get in trouble, White House advisor Paul Volcker said on Sunday…

By Suzanne Goldenberg

The brains trust of the Pentagon says it is just months away from producing a jet fuel from algae for the same cost as its fossil-fuel equivalent.

The claim, which comes from…

Kinzers, PA – At 9:40 a.m. Thursday, February 4, only a few miles from the scene of the Nickel Mines Amish massacre of 2006, another drama against the Amish began as agents of the U.S. Food and Dr…

With Geoff Lawton

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Greening the Desert

From Chris Powell – GATA – 7:45p ET Monday, February 15, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In a fascinating 50-minute interview with Eric King of King World News, JSMineSet.com’s Jim Sincla…

By Tom Engelhardt, Tom Dispatch

Let me put American life in the Age of Terror into some kind of context, and then tell me you’re not ready to get on the nearest plane heading anywhere, even toward Ye…

By Mark Anderson

According to an independent British newspaper editor, in the not-so-distant future, English drivers will be charged based upon the number of miles they drive, as is being done step…

By Alan Feuer

The critical lawsuit challenging that mystery of finance known as the Bailout started, oddly enough, with a casual newsroom chat.

Mark Pittman, an investigative reporter for Bloomber…

By Daniel Tencer

Concerns over privacy have aligned with apocalyptic Biblical prophecy in a proposed Virginia law that limits the use of microchip implants on humans because of a lawmaker’s concern…

I have been looking at the impact of various events and natural disasters on the price of gold. Paul Ferguson made this chart that marks various events on a gold price history for last week’s Sola…

By Paul Krugman

For the truth is that lack of fiscal discipline isn’t the whole, or even the main, source of Europe’s troubles — not even in Greece, whose government was indeed irresponsible …

In an attempt to rein in the shadow economy and collect more tax revenue, Greece outlaws cash transactions greater than 1500 Euros. Please consider Greek Finance Minister unveils tax reform, wage poli…

By Jonathan Petre

The academic at the centre of the ‘Climategate’ affair, whose raw data is crucial to the theory of climate change, has admitted that he has trouble ‘keeping track’ of the in…

By Craig Torres and Christopher Condon

The Federal Reserve is in talks with money-market mutual funds on agreements to help drain as much as $1 trillion from the financial system as policy makers p…

Continue reading The Ed Show

By Chris Powell

While our hopes to have a documentary film made from GATA’s conference in Washington on April 18 and 19, 2008, have not been realized, videos of the 17 major presentations there now h…

By Jeremy Singer-Vine

A boost in blood sugar appears to increase the perceived value of future rewards, according to a study in Psychological Science. Researchers asked 65 college students seven qu…

Novella Carpenter on her experience moving to a ramshackle house in Oakland, California, and turning a weed-choked, garbage-strewn lot next door into a small farm, complete with egg-laying chickens, t…

By Tony Marrero

Charlie and Maria Cardoso are among the millions of Americans who have experienced the misery and embarrassment that come with home foreclosure.

Just one problem: The Massachusetts…

By Jonathan Stray

On Tuesday, the Icelandic parliament is expected to introduce a measure aimed at making the country an international center for investigative journalism publishing, by passing…

The dirt is flying on Soros and his investments:

Good news: Obama Backs Off-shore Drilling! Update: A Soros Connection?
Hot Air (18 Aug 09)

Obama Underwrites Offshore Drilling
The Wall Str…

Continue reading Super Bowl XLIV 2010 Highlights New Orleans Saints 31-17 Indianapolis Colts
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By Aoife White

The European Parliament on Thursday strongly rejected a deal that would have allowed U.S. authorities access to European bank transfers — a vote the United States said disrupted an…

February 11, 2010

Dear Friends of the Crosby Mint Farm,
We are thrilled to share the miracle that took place on Friday, February 5th, 2010 Some of you may have already heard through the mint vine …

New Mexico’s House of Representatives voted Monday to pass a bill that allows the state to move $2 billion – $5 billion of state funds to credit unions and small banks.

The municipal funds bill was…

By Julianna Goldman and Ian Katz

President Barack Obama said he doesn’t “begrudge” the $17 million bonus awarded to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon or the $9 …

By Karan Davis Cutler

A decade ago, heirloom and open-pollinated, or OP, varieties of vegetables and flowers as well as certified organic seeds were the domain of small, regional seed houses. T…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday it has abandoned a program that was intended to trace the movement of farm animals around the country but garnered little support from farmers.

Instea…

By Ari LeVaux

Big Ag is at fault for the nation’s food-borne illness outbreaks — but a raft of pending food safety legislation unfairly penalizes smaller producers.

Thanks to a recent spate of hi…

By Paul Joseph Watson

Subversives who think government is corrupt and should be controlled by the people face 10 years in prison and a $25,000 dollar fine if they fail to register with authorities …

Continue reading On the Edge with Max Keiser – 06 February 2010

By Paul Ferguson

“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” I just had one of the best weeks ever! And also, one of the worst. As an investor in the precious metals and junior minin…

By Kathleen M. Howley

When John King stopped making payments on his home in Coral Gables, Florida, two years ago, he assumed the foreclosure ended his mortgage contract, he said. Last month, a Miam…