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Sallie Mae PAC Contributions 2012

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Sallie Mae/SLM SEC documents report $284,800 in charitable contributions by the corporation as directed by William M. Diefenderfer, III.  See compensation chart at CLICK HERE. Duquesne University in …

Sallie Mae/SLM SEC documents report $284,800 in charitable contributions by the corporation as directed by William M. Diefenderfer, III.  See compensation chart at CLICK HERE. Duquesne University in …

By Mike DiCicco

Great Falls residents, citizens association question county officials on real estate assessments.

Last year (2009), Sandra Diefenderfer’s home assessment jumped by 125 percent.

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By Mike DiCicco

Great Falls residents, citizens association question county officials on real estate assessments.

Last year (2009), Sandra Diefenderfer’s home assessment jumped by 125 percent.

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American banking system still backing over $13 trillion in assets with a negative deposit insurance fund. 7,760 banks but 19 banks make up 50 percent of the asset base.

The growth of the too big to f…

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The Big Bank Theory

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By Blake Ellis

Are you prepared to live on $190 a month when you retire?

For most Americans in their 50s, that’s all the personal savings they’ll have to look forward to during retirement, according…

Information has never been so free. Even in authoritarian countries information networks are helping people discover new facts and making governments more accountable.

~ US Secretary of State Hillary…

Doublespeak is language that deliberately disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., “downsizing” for layoffs), making the truth less…

By Joel Salatin

American farmer Joel Salatin, the star of the documentary Food Inc, has become a “pin up boy” for the growing food “re-localisation” movement. On a recent visit to Canberra, he gives …

By Luke Harding

Russia has suggested that Julian Assange should be awarded the Nobel peace prize, in an unexpected show of support from Moscow for the jailed WikiLeaks founder.

In what appears to …

I hope they catch that WikiLeaks guy.

I hope they catch him and prosecute him  for all its worth. I hope they, legally speaking, throttle this guy within an inch of his life. If what he has done h…

By Paul Brodsky

In practical terms, we can’t lower rates below zero and we can’t raise them. What about debt-focused quantitative easing? That won’t work either. An economy can’t be de-leve…

Long Slide Into The Red

By Bruce Krasting

The full year results for the SS Trust Fund can now be estimated fairly accurately from preliminary numbers. There is still an unknown. The amount of the 4t…

By Caroline Davies and Sam Jones

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was remanded in custody today after appearing in court on an extradition warrant.

The 39-year-old Australian, who is wanted in Swe…

This Morning Dollar Cross Rates:

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-Swiss Franc 1.02270

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-Canadian Dollar 1.00368

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-Australian Dollar 1.00598

By Carrie Budoff Brown

President Barack Obama announced an agreement with congressional Republicans Monday night to extend the Bush-era tax cuts to all Americans for two years — including wealthi…

By Carrie Budoff Brown

President Barack Obama announced an agreement with congressional Republicans Monday night to extend the Bush-era tax cuts to all Americans for two years — including wealthi…

At the current inflation and tax rates, the after-tax return on toilet paper should outperform money markets by a factor of ten times or better in 2011.

~ Catherine Austin Fitts

By Courtney Comstock

The Justice Department is now announcing the details of their latest crackdown on fraud schemes like market manipulation and ponzi schemes.

The big announcement we’ve all been…

Business and Professional Association looks for ways to expand effort this year.

By Mike DiCicco

Locally owned, “mom-and-pop” businesses are what determine much of a community’s character, said …

Business and Professional Association looks for ways to expand effort this year.

By Mike DiCicco

Locally owned, “mom-and-pop” businesses are what determine much of a community’s character, said …

By Matthew Weaver

The Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon State University are investigating the yellowing of upward of 40,000 acres of wheat in Umatilla and Morrow counties.

So far, the c…

Julian Assange: Aspects of the Chinese government, Chinese Public Security Service, appear to be terrified of free speech, and while one might say that means something awful is happening in the coun…

Julian Assange: Aspects of the Chinese government, Chinese Public Security Service, appear to be terrified of free speech, and while one might say that means something awful is happening in the coun…

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Pelley: The gap between rich and poor in this country has never been greater. In fact, we have the biggest income disparity gap of any industrialized country in the world. And I wonder where you thi…

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By Tony Pugh

As Americans continue to lose their homes in record numbers, the Federal Reserve is considering making it much harder for homeowners to stop foreclosures and escape predatory home loan…

By Michael Pollaro

As of 2nd quarter June 2010, the Federal Reserve held 25.7% of the U.S. government’s public held debt outstanding, up from 15.1% 4th quarter 2000.  And as for foreign central …

By Laura Rowley

Kelli Space, 23, graduated from Northeastern University in 2009 with a bachelor’s in sociology — and a whopping $200,000 in student loan debt. Space, who lives with her parents an…

By Sen. Bernie Sanders

At a Senate Budget Committee hearing in 2009, I asked Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to tell the American people the names of the financial institutions that received an unprecede…

By Joe Weisenthal

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Catherine Austin Fitts’ Blog Commentaries

Morgan, HSBC Sued Over Silver Price Suppression
(28 Oct 10)

A Letter to Shareholders of SLV and GLD
(21 June…

Catherine Austin Fitts on BusinessMatters: December 1, 2010

Listen to Catherine’s segment, Beyond the News

By Tyler Durden

Madoff trustee charges JP Morgan with “Enabling” massive fraud; $1 billion in profits and $5.4 billion in damages sought to be recovered. Says JP Morgan had clear doubts about Madof…

By Tyler Durden

Madoff trustee charges JP Morgan with “Enabling” massive fraud; $1 billion in profits and $5.4 billion in damages sought to be recovered. Says JP Morgan had clear doubts about Madof…

By John Stanton

A food safety bill that has burned up precious days of the Senate’s lame-duck session appears headed back to the chamber because Democrats violated a constitutional provision requ…

By Stephen Ohlemacher

The Senate on Monday rejected an effort to reduce tax-related paperwork for businesses when lawmakers couldn’t agree on whether they would make up the revenue the new requirem…

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Big Sis forced to mothball invasive security measures, as Drudge once again confounds establishment media doubters who belittled his influence.

By Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones

Despite the e…

By Dr. Russell Blaylock

Dr. Russell Blaylock is a nationally recognized board-certified neurosurgeon, health practitioner, author, lecturer, and editor of The Blaylock Wellness Report.

The growin…

An exciting announcement from Dr. Edwin Vieria:

Thanks to the generous support of James Turk and the GoldMoney Foundation, Pieces of Eight: The Monetary Powers and Disabilities of the United State…

By Graham Roberts and Frank O’Connell

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By Ben Sisario

In what appears to be the latest phase of a far-reaching federal crackdown on online piracy of music and movies, the Web addresses of a number of sites that…

The Mercedes-Benz BIOME symbiosis vehicle is made from an ultralight material called BioFibre and tips the scales at just 875.5 lbs (around 394 kg). This material is significantly lighter than metal…

By Reg Howe

On November 16, 2010, the Bank for International Settlements released its regular semi-annual report on the over-the-counter derivatives of major banks and dealers in the G-10 countries a…

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By Guest Blogger, Kimberly Usher

Food monopolies are poisoning our Good Earth food by over-spraying pesticides, which contaminates our food, and our bodies. Pesticides can be absorbed through the s…

By Brett Arends

This will be the fourth holiday season of the great slump, and for many it isn’t getting any easier. Times are tough. So how can you stop the Grinch from stealing Christmas this yea…

By Robert Penn Warren

Long ago, in Kentucky, I, a boy, stood
By a dirt road, in first dark, and heard
The great geese hoot northward.
I could not see them, there being no moon
And the stars sparse….

The amazing story of a King Country dairy farmer who caught swine flu and very nearly died.

Intensive care specialists were all set to pull him off life support, saying there was no hope. But his f…

Is the bailout of Ireland really a bailout, or is it instead an economic hit designed to harvest the assets of Ireland at rock bottom prices? Those considering this question might find this earlier in…

All deciduous trees in the Western world are affected.

By René Schoemaker

Radiation from Wi-Fi networks is harmful to trees, causing significant variations in growth, as well as bleeding and fiss…

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