Fraud Factories:
How Banks Profit From The Foreclosure Crisis
By Rep. Alan Grayson
"There is one set of rules for the banks and another set of laws for everyone else" Continue
Fmr. Intelligence Director: New Cyberattack May Be Worse Than 9/11: "The warnings are over. It could happen tomorrow," he said of a large-scale cyberattack against the U.S., which could impact the global economy "an order of magnitude surpassing" the attacks of September 11. McConnell, in a panel with Bush administration Homeland Security Adviser Fran Townsend
Be very afraid – we are being fleeced by purveyors of fear: To see what is happening we probably need to return to the old journalistic maxim, follow the money. There is now an extensive police and industrial lobby in Britain dependent for its resources on maintaining a high level of public fear.
Fears of Chinese land grab as Beijing's billions buy up resources: China is pouring another $7bn (£4.4bn) into Brazil's oil industry, reigniting fears of a global "land grab" of natural resources.
Are we raising a generation of nincompoops?: —Second-graders who can't tie shoes or zip jackets. Four-year-olds in Pull-Ups diapers. Five-year-olds in strollers. Teens and preteens befuddled by can openers and ice-cube trays. College kids who've never done laundry, taken a bus alone or addressed an envelope.
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