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Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 21:00

PARENTS have united against plans for a new mobile phone mast near a village primary school.

The application to replace the existing antennas at Forest Row Fire Station is being opposed by villagers concerned with alleged health risks associated with the structures.

But, according to the applicant - telecommunications giants T-Mobile and 3 UK Ltd - there are no proven dangers from the masts.

Dozens of parents and pupils of Forest Row Primary School gathered in the village on Monday to protest.

They were joined by Wealden District Councillor Vania Phitidis, who is wary of the restrictions in objecting to the plans.

"We are only really allowed to object on planning considerations and not on health considerations and I think that's unfair and unjust," she said. "We are between a rock and a hard place.

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http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/eastgrinstead/news/Parents-united-mast-plans/article-790601-detail/article.html



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Urge the Obama administration to cancel new oil and gas leases in the Polar Bear Seas, home to endangered polar bears and other imperiled wildlife.

http://www.savebiogems.org/arctic/takeaction



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Die Mehrheit der Deutschen steht dem Afghanistan-Einsatz der Bundeswehr ablehnend gegenüber. In einer Forsa-Umfrage für das Politikmagazin "Cicero" (Aprilausgabe) sprachen sich 58 Prozent der 1004 Befragten für einen Rückzug der deutschen Soldaten aus, 36 Prozent votierten für einen Verbleib. In Ostdeutschland (69 Prozent) ist dabei die Ablehnung noch größer als im Westen mit 56 Prozent.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=19521



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Jason Leopold, Truthout: "The Obama administration intends to declassify and publicly release three Justice Department memorandums drafted in May 2005 that gave CIA interrogators the legal authorization to torture 'high-value' detainees as well as a list of techniques to use against the prisoners, according to a report in Newsweek. According to a list of still-secret documents related to the Bush administration's 'enhanced interrogation techniques' obtained from the ACLU, the May 2005 memos were signed by Steven Bradbury, former head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). However, one of the memos Bradbury signed, dated May 10, 2005, was largely one in which he reinstated elements of an August 2002 torture memo drafted by Jay Bybee and John Yoo, former deputy assistant attorney generals at OLC, which spelled out exactly what techniques interrogators could use against prisoners and was written for the CIA."

http://www.truthout.org/032509J



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Gesendet am 16.2. in England, abends in der Sendung "Tonight" Sehr interessant, die Stellungnahmen der Leitenden Zahnärztefunktionäre in England (z.T. Wutausbrüche).

WHAT’S IN YOUR MOUTH?
http://www.itv.com/News/tonight/episodes/Whatsinyourmouth/default.html

Part 1 of 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMI_em8UPo4
Part 2 of 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz6YgkR8Yjc
Part 3 of 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVaTnIDOA0s


Informant: Dr. Joachim Mutter



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Geithner, Bernanke & Obama scoff at demise of dollar while feverishly concocting perfect storm for its collapse

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Obama, Geithner and Bernanke yesterday publicly defended the dollar and denounced proposals by China and Russia to supplant the greenback with a new global currency, and yet the very policies of the Obama administration, the Treasury and the Federal Reserve are creating the perfect storm for the dollar’s death and its replacement with a new international reserve currency.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/obama-denounces-global-currency-while-creating-the-very-means-for-its-introduction.html



Two-Faced Geithner Assures CFR Puppet Masters He's "Open" To Global Currency

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com

Thursday, March 26, 2009

In a near complete reversal of his comments on Tuesday, when he told a Congressional hearing that there were no plans to move towards a global currency to supplant the dollar, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sought to please the elitist CFR by assuring them that he was “open” to the notion of a new global currency system.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/two-faced-geithner-assures-cfr-puppet-masters-hes-open-to-global-currency.html



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1:54pm Wednesday 25th March 2009

By Tristan Kirk

THE two mobile phone giants who have permission for new masts after council blunders are reviewing their options.

Harrow Council made a double gaffe when failing to tell Orange and Vodafone that their applications for the masts had been turned down.

The officers missed a 56-day deadline for informing applicants, meaning permission was granted by default, to the fury and dismay of residents living close to the two sites.

As a result, Vodafone can erect a 12.4m high phone mast in St Thomas Drive, Hatch End, and Orange have the right to put up an 11.5m high mast on a small patch of grass at the junction of Rayners Lane and Grove Road.

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http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/4233157.Orange_and_Vodafone__considering__phone_mast_sites/

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Council delays cause second phone mast blunder

South Wales Evening Post - Swansea, Wales, UK

DELAYS and mistakes by Swansea Council have led to a second mobile phone mast being allowed to stay in place despite it not having planning permission, ...

http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/Council-delays-cause-second-phone-mast-blunder/article-844526-detail/article.html



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The American Spectator
by Jeff Emanuel

03/24/09

It’s no secret to anybody who’s been paying attention to budget numbers that the United States, with its current GDP of just under $14 trillion, is sinking deeper into debt by the day, week, and month. However, what’s not generally known is that America’s national debts is actually $52 trillion larger than advertised, thanks to one specific area: Medicaid and Social Security payments owed to those who have already prequalified by paying into the system. No matter how you look at those numbers, that’s some real money — and that’s just what’s already owed folks who are over 22 and in the workforce or have already retired, all having paid into the system at some point. The program could be ended today, and we the taxpayers would still be left holding a $52 trillion IOU...

http://tinyurl.com/cmrkar


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Greek media outlets state that elite luminaries will convene on luxury resort in mid May.

Steve Watson
Infowars.net

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Reports circling in the Greek media have suggested that the location of this year's secretive Bilderberg meeting will be Athens, Greece.

http://www.infowars.net/articles/march2009/240309Bilderberg.htm



World Bank President Admits Agenda For Global Government

Bilderberg elitist Zoellick calls for IMF, WTO & World Bank to regulate national policy

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Wednesday, April 1, 2009

World Bank President and Bilderberg elitist Robert Zoellick openly admitted the plan to eliminate national sovereignty and impose a global government during a speech on the eve of the G20 summit.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/world-bank-president-admits-agenda-for-global-government.html

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Bilderberg agenda will be how to manipulate the global economic crisis
http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/dd768768202e7721?hl=en



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By Reuters

The U.S. government plan to rid banks of toxic assets will rob American taxpayers by exposing them to too much risk and is unlikely to work as long as the economy remains weak, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said on Tuesday.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22288.htm



Geithner Update

Bend Over and Say, "Uncle Sam"

By Mike Whitney

Here's what everyone needs to know: The US government (you) will provide up to 94 percent of the financing (low interest, of course) for dodgy mortgage-backed assets that no one in their right mind would ever buy so that wealthy and politically-connected banksters can scrub up to $1 trillion of red ink from their balance sheets.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22289.htm

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Panning Geithner's Plan: Why Treasury's Toxic Assets Program Stinks
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/03/25-9

Who Are We Saving -- Banks or Bankers?
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/03/25-6



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Welcome to Gitmo II

By Ted Rall

Nothing has really changed. From reading your e-mails to asserting the right to assassinate American citizens to bailing out companies whose executives pay themselves big bonuses, Obama's changes are nothing but toothless rhetoric.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22286.htm



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New Zealand Scraps Ban on Traditional Light Bulbs
http://groups.google.com/group/omeganews/browse_thread/thread/32be7ebb9e5f1e15?hl=de



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State of Revolution
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/hunter1.html



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Does the State Own Your Kids?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/gallucci1.html

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Senate Rubber Stamps National Enslavement Bill

Legislation passed to create multi-million civilian "army" in line with Obama's compulsory national service agenda.

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

The Senate last night rubber stamped a nightmare domestic draft bill that legislates mandatory national service and creates an “army” of at least 7 million civilian enforcers working at the the behest of the government, while also containing language that threatens to ban free speech and the right to protest.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/senate-rubber-stamps-national-enslavement-bill.html



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Schützen Sie sich vor dem Wahnsinn der Unverantwortlichen

Barcelona 22 März 2009:

Demonstration zur Aufklärung der Bevölkerung über die Verstrahlungen und zur Anwendung des Vorsorgeprinzips.

Sich gegen die gegen die künstlichen Mikrowellen zu schützen, heißt den Metabolismus zu befreien, heißt sein Wohlsein wieder zu finden.



Protect yourself from irresponsible madness!

Let's put a stop to artificial microwave radiation in the environment.

Barcelona 22 March 2009:

Demonstration against the irradiation of the public and in favour of the precautionary principle.

Protecting yourself from artificial microwave radiation liberates your metabolism and helps you recover your well being.

http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/EspanaAntenaTelefoniaMovil.php#1

4:07pm Tuesday 24th March 2009

By Tristan Kirk

FURIOUS Pinner residents are facing life opposite an unwanted mobile phone after blundering council officers failed to reject the application in time.

Harrow Council turned down a bid by Orange for an 11.5m high mast on a small piece of grass at the junction between Grove Road and Rayners Lane, after dozens of resident objected to the plans.

But a council officer missed the 56-day deadline to let know Orange know their application had been turned down, meaning the phone company can put up the unwanted mast by default.

Read More...
http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/4230096.Fury_as_blunder_lets_in_unwanted_phone_masts/

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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/03/24-14

Fiscal Plan Fails both Markets and Taxpayers
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/03/24-8

Perfect Storm of Environmental and Economic Collapse Closer Than You Think
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/03/24-5



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Christoph H. Hochstätter

24. März 2009

Mit Deep Packet Inspection können Anbieter von Internetzugängen den Verkehr ihrer Nutzer bis ins Detail analysieren und sogar verändern. ZDNet zeigt, dass auch deutsche Provider unverblümt schnüffeln, fälschen und blockieren.

Weiter unter...
http://www.zdnet.de/sicherheits_analysen_lauschangriff_dpi_so_hoeren_die_provider_ihre_kunden_ab_story-39001544-41001975-1.htm

24 March 2009

BECCLES residents have spoken out against plans for a mobile phone mast just over 20m from their homes.

Vodafone is looking at sites for a new 10m-tall mobile phone mast in a bid to keep up with the latest technology and boost signal strength for users.

Before submitting a formal planning application, it sought the views of the council about the location of the mast.

But their preferred site, on Gresham Road, near the Tesco turn-off from George Westwood Way, has angered some residents.

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Published Date: 23 March 2009

Antennae on office roof spark health fear

A worried pensioner is raising health fears over a planning application submitted to South Bedfordshire District Council for three mobile phone masts on an office rooftop opposite his home.

The application requests three antennae on separate mounts with equipment cabinets and associated works on the roof of Lavells House in Hockliffe Street/Leston Road, but the 72-year-old is concerned about the health effects on people living or working nearby.

The pensioner's home sits only 40 yards away from the site, and when he received notification of the scheme alarm bells started ringing.

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http://www.leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk/news/Pensioner39s-worry-over-phone-masts.5100214.jp

ödp-Vortrag:"Agro-Gentechnik – ein Fall für den UN-Menschenrechtsausschuss !“ Referentin: Christiane Lüst Dienstag, 14. April 2009, 19.30 Uhr - Einlass 19:00 Uhr – Der Eintritt ist frei In den Räumen des Hansa-Hauses , Brienner Str. 39, Rgb., (Rahnstüberl) MVV-Haltestellen: Königsplatz (U2) oder Stiglmaierplatz (U1/Tram 20+21).

"Aber Frau Lüst, hier sind Sie falsch, das ist kein Menschenrechts- sondern ein Umweltthema!" war die spontane Reaktion der Mitglieder des UN-Menschenrechtsausschusses, als Christiane Lüst ihren ersten Bericht zum Thema Agro-Gentechnik vorgelegt hat. Mittlerweile ist die Situation völlig anders: Die Ausschussmitglieder waren sehr betroffen und haben das Problem erkannt. Grundlage der Befassung des UN-Menschenrechtsausschusses mit Themen der Agro- Gentechnik ist der Internationale Menschenrechtspakt, der das Recht auf Selbstbestimmung der Völker (und der Einwohner eines jeden Landes), auf Gesundheit und unbelastete, gesundheitlich unbedenkliche und sichere Nahrungsmittel aus nachhaltiger, ressourcenschonender Produktion beinhaltet. Das umfasst die Pflicht einer Regierung die Verfügbarkeit und die Nutzung vorhandener Ressourcen zu gewährleisten. Die Bürger sollen Zugang zu Nahrungsmitteln haben, ohne in Abhängigkeiten zu geraten. Das beinhaltet auch, dass die Staaten "für einen angemessenen Schutz der Verbraucher vor betrügerischen Marktpraktiken, Desinformation und gesundheitlich bedenkliche Nahrungsmitteln" sorgen und eine Kontamination von Nahrungsmitteln sowie den Rückgang von pflanzengenetischen Ressourcen verhindern müssen. Auch Deutschland hat den Pakt ratifiziert und wird sich 2010 in Genf über Menschenrechtsverletzungen durch die Agro-Gentechnik in Deutschland verantworten müssen. Die Referentin, Gründerin der internationalen Organisation Aktion GEN-Klage, verfaßt gerade ihren 4. Bericht für den Ausschuss. Diesmal - nach Österreich, Kanada und Indien - über Menschenrechtsverletzungen in Brasilien. Ergänzend zum Vortrag zeigt die Gautingerin eine Kurzfassung des Films „Leben außer Kontrolle“.

Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter http://www.stopptgennahrungsmittel.de

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Herbert Brunner
Pressebeauftragter (V.i.S.d.P.)
Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei (ödp)
Stadtverband München
Brienner Str. 46/V, 80333 München
Fon 089/452 474 15 × Fax 089/550 699 86
E-Mail presse@oedp-muenchen.de
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Veranstaltungshinweise zur kostenfreien Vortragsreihe:

Di., 12. Mai 2009, 19.30 Uhr „Der EU-Reformvertrag - Parallelen zur Sowjetunion?“ Referent: Prof. Dr. Klaus Buchner, ödp-Bundesvorsitzender

Di., 9. Juni 2009, 19.30 Uhr „Nicht der Tod macht mir Angst, sondern das Sterben - Wie umgehen mit Menschen in der letzten Lebensphase?“ Referent: Wolfgang Bader, Buchautor und Hospizhelfer



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This needs as much publicity as it can get. 1 in 100 children have autism and still rising.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0FyQw0HuPY


Adrienne.



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Newsweek
by Michael Isikoff and Dina Fine Maron

03/21/09

There was plenty of outrage on Capitol Hill last week over the executive bonuses paid out by AIG after getting federal bailout money. But another money trail could make voters just as angry: the campaign dollars to members of Congress from banks and firms that have received billions via the Troubled Asset Relief Program. A Newsweek review of recent filings with the Federal Election Commission found that the political action committees of five big TARP recipients doled out $85,300 to members in the first two months of this year — with most of the cash going to those who serves [sic] on committees who oversee the TARP program.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/190363



Enough about the AIG bonuses: Focus on the banks’ billions

New York Daily News
by Michael Goodwin

03/29/09

Get ready to take out the AIG pitchforks again. This time, there is an important use for them. Now that the hysteria over the $165 million in bonuses is cooling, two inquiries aim to find out what AIG did with the bulk of its federal bailout money. Given the $175 billion at stake, those pitchforks can help dig through the details of who is getting huge chunks of taxpayer cash. It’s a twist on the adage to ‘follow the money.’ Finally, probers are following the big money. Against the billions that have vanished, and with more on the hook as AIG unwinds its trading portfolio, Washington’s outrage over the millions paid for bonuses counts as a trivial pursuit. And with the Obama administration seeking new powers to take over troubled companies, the handling of AIG is a test case for whether the government can be trusted with that power. So far, the signs aren’t good. The probes are likely to add to the doubts...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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ComCast

03/22/09

Police in Michigan say a 15-year-old boy has died after being Tasered by officers who were trying to break up a fight.Police didn’t release his name and say state police are investigating. A Bay City police news release says officers answered a report of an early morning fight on Sunday. The statement says two males were arguing in an apartment, and one of them “attempted to fight the officers.”Police say officers Tasered him, and his reaction led them to immediately call for emergency medical help. He was pronounced dead at Bay Regional Medical Center.Deputy Chief Thomas Pletzke tells WNEM-TV police placed one officer on administrative leave.

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20090322/Teen.Taser.Death/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Independent [UK]

03/24/09

The American government tried to force a British resident held at Guantanamo Bay to drop allegations of torture in return for his release, court documents published yesterday revealed. Binyam Mohamed, 30, held by the US for nearly seven years, was told by the American military that he could win his freedom if he pleaded guilty to terrorism charges, ended his High Court case to prove his claims of torture and agreed not to speak to the media about his ordeal. He rejected the deal...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/us-tried-to-gag-british-man-tortured-in-guantanamo-1652593.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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- Action Barcelone 22 mars 2009: Protégez-vous de la folie d'irresponsables !
- Stop aux irradiations environnementales artificielles micro-ondes.
- Manifestation de sensibilisation contre l'irradiation de la population et pour l'application du principe de précaution.
Se protéger des irradiations artificielles micro-ondes, c'est libérer son métabolisme, c'est retrouver un bien être !

http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/EspanaAntenaTelefoniaMovil.php#1

http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl/rp-ft.html

Getting Ready for the Recession
http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w87.html



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Even though he was almost a member of the new Obama administration, New Hampshire Republican Judd Gregg Sunday slammed President Obama's approach to handling the country's fiscal outlook.

http://snipurl.com/efy13


From Information Clearing House



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Richard Holbrooke: We cannot treat Afghanistan in isolation from Pakistan

The situation is bad today, when it shouldn't be, because the international community, including, I regret to say, the United States, perhaps especially the United States, prematurely decided that they were doing okay and refocused their attention on Iraq.

http://snipurl.com/efxoh



Obama Envoy Richard Holbrooke Served On AIG's Board

Obama administration special envoy Richard Holbooke was on the American International Group Inc. board of directors in early 2008 when the insurance company locked in the bonuses now stoking national outrage.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/19/obama-envoy-richard-holbr_n_177161.html


From Information Clearing House



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By Joshua Blakeney

Double Standards and Canada's Pro-War Government: How Bush Came to Canada In the Same Week That an Anti-War MP Was Barred.

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Canadian government bans UK's Galloway
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By Mike Whitney

Insolvent financial institutions have to be taken into receivership and liquidated. Shareholders and bondholders will have to take a haircut. And Geithner, Summers and the rest of the White House banking fraternity will have to resign or be fired. Obama should mull over Albert Einstein's sage advice when he said, "The problems we face today cannot be solved by the minds that created them."

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By DAVID BARBOZA

In another indication that China is growing increasingly concerned about holding huge dollar reserves, the head of its central bank has called for the eventual creation of a new international currency reserve to replace the dollar.

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China backs talks on dollar as reserve - Russian source

China and other emerging nations back Russia's call for a discussion on how to replace the dollar as the world's primary reserve currency, a senior Russian government source said on Thursday. Russia has proposed the creation of a new reserve currency, to be issued by international financial institutions, among other measures in the text of its proposals to the April G20 summit.

http://www.reuters.com/article/usDollarRpt/idUSLJ93633020090319



How big a deal is the loss of the dollar's reserve status?

To answer this question, lets first calculate just how large are the dollar holdings of foreign governments. From the CIA's world Factbook, below is a ranking of countries by reserves of foreign exchange.

http://www.marketskeptics.com/2009/03/how-big-deal-is-loss-of-dollars-reserve.html



Rescue Plan, With Some Fine Print, Dazzles Wall Street: This time President Obama directed some of the stagecraft.

This time Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner fleshed out the substance of their long-anticipated program to remove banks' toxic assets and revive the financial system. And this time the reaction was widely positive, giving the embattled Mr. Geithner a critically needed boost.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/business/economy/24rollout.html?ref=business



Geithner, Obama Kowtowing to "Massively Corrupted" Banks, Galbraith Says

Like it or not, many people seem to be resigned to the idea there's no alternative to the public-private investment fund scheme Treasury Secretary Geithner detailed this morning. That's hogwash, says University of Texas professor James Galbraith, author of The Predator State. Of course there's an alternative: FDIC receivership of insolvent banks.

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Existing Home Sales Fall 4.6%

Home prices dropped 15% from the same period one year ago; Despite the price drop, sales fell 4.6%. How anyone can try to spin this as a positive is beyond my mathematical comprehension.

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/03/existing-home-sales-fall-46/



Real estate investors: 'Tsunami' still ahead

Unemployment will peak between 10 percent and 12 percent, according to professional real estate investors informally polled this week.

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/03/21/finance0321.html


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