Tuesday, 9 November 2010


October 2008: Viewpoint: Economist Dean Baker on the Bailout Panic

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Bankers are Above the Law in the US

'A Morgan Stanley Wealth Manager, did a 'Hit and Run' on a bicyclist in Colorado! He left the bicyclist for DEAD. He was found, but the police have opted to NOT charge him with a Felony of Hit and Run and only with a Misdemeanor, because they say it would "Hurt His Job and Pay"!!'

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R.I.P.: Al Gore’s Chicago Climate Exchange Has Died

'Global warming-inspired cap and trade has been one of the most stridently debated public policy controversies of the past 15 years. But it is dying a quiet death. In a little reported move, the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) announced on Oct. 21 that it will be ending carbon trading – the only purpose for which it was founded – this year.'

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Flashback: TARP Republican Gresham Barrett Booed Off The Stage At Rally

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Report: Biofuel is a Twin-Edged Catastrophe

'A fresh report from the Danish Actionaid Denmark, Greenpeace and Noah organisations among others suggests that biofuel produced from maize or palm kernels causes two-and-a-half times as much CO2 emissions as traditional fuel.

The report, entitled “Anticipated Indirect Land Use Change Associated with Expanded Use of Biofuels in the EU“, says that increased greenhouse emissions will be the equivalent of an increase of between 12 and 26 million vehicles and mean between 81 percent and 167 percent more greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuels.'

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