What Is Going To Happen And Why Weren't We Forewarned?
By Nicholas C. Arguimbau
Look at this graph and be afraid. It does not come from Earth First. It does not come from the Sierra Club. It was not drawn by Socialists or Nazis or Osama Bin Laden or anyone from Goldman-Sachs. If you are a Republican Tea-Partier, rest assured it does not come from a progressive Democrat. And vice versa. It was drawn by the United States Department of Energy, and the United States military's Joint Forces Command concurs with the overall picture. Continue
Computerized Front Running and Financial Fraud
By Ellen Brown
Let The Fleecing Begin
By Mike Whitney
The market's in a shambles, decimated by years of fraud and perfidy. What was once a booming industry is now a shriveled, abscess-ridden corpse that buyers are avoiding like the plague. Continue
Is the U.S. at the Mercy of an Unstoppable Oligarchy?
By Bill Moyers
The big banks became stronger as a result of the bailout. That may seem extraordinary, but it's really true. They're turning that increased economic clout into more political power. And they're using that political power to go out and take the same sort of risks that got us into disaster in September 2008.Continue
By Joe Bageant
I would suggest that in planning for the future, you first spend many days pondering the question: How can I best go about giving up the world as I have known it -- which, after all, is the root of our pain and of our catastrophe -- and serve others every day and in as many ways large and small as possible. In other words, sacrifice. In truth, the sacrifice will not be sacrifice, but liberation, because Americans are buried under so much material shit and petty notions as to entitlement, that shedding such things is a blessing. Continue
Big Fat Greek Debt: Engdahl on bailout way out : The financially stricken Greek government is beginning talks with the EU and the International Monetary Fund about a possible bailout. Greece has found borrowing from banks too costly recently and is struggling to refinance old debts. Let's get some analysis with economist and author William Engdahl.
Layoff notices sent to thousands of US teachers: Hundreds of thousands of public school teachers across the United States are facing possible layoffs this coming academic year
Pandemic of panic: The great volcanic shutdown was the price we pay for a society that overreacts to any risk.
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