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Ron Paul: Fed Threatens Depression, $100 Bills Worthless
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul578.html

Recovery? It's a Cover-Up
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl/recover-coverup.html

The Fed Owns Most Monetary Economists
http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north757.html

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Did Bernanke and Paulson Blackmail Congress?

By Mike Whitney

Lehman Bros. didn't die of natural causes; it was drawn-and-quartered by high-ranking officials at the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve. Most of the rubbish presently appearing in the media, ignores this glaring fact. Lehman was a planned demolition (most likely) concocted by ex-Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson, who wanted to create a financial 9-11 to scare Congress into complying with his demands for $700 billion in emergency funding (TARP) for underwater US banking behemoths.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23500.htm

 

For All Obama's Talk of Overhaul, the US Has Failed to Wind in Wall Street

By Joseph E. Stiglitz

With a blank cheque from taxpayers and no real reform the perverse incentives for risk-taking are bigger than ever.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23504.htm

 

Dems Feel Michael Moore's Wrath

By Alec MacGillis

In building his indictment against the ill-fated marriage of Wall Street and Washington, Moore zeroes in less on Phil Gramm or other GOP string-pullers than he does on White House economic adviser Larry Summers, Robert Rubin and Sen. Chris Dodd. Especially Dodd, the Connecticut Democrat and chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23505.htm

 

UK: TUC fears risk of riots as jobless total rises:

Public spending cuts could plunge Britain into a double-dip recession, driving unemployment above 4m and threatening to provoke riots on the streets, the country's most senior union leader has said.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b3fd11c-a097-11de-b9ef-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1

 

Ron Paul: Federal government 'one giant toxic asset'

The US economy has not really recovered from last year's financial crisis, and the policies of the Federal Reserve, the US's central bank, are ensuring that the suffering will continue much longer than necessary, US House Rep. Ron Paul.

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/09/14/ron-paul-no-recovery/

 

Need a laugh?

Bernanke: US recession "very likely" over

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that the worst US recession in seven decades has 'very likely' come to an end, but warned the country's economy will remain weak for some time.

http://snipurl.com/rvwev

 

US credit shrinks at Great Depression rate prompting fears of double-dip recession

Both bank credit and the M3 money supply in the United States have been contracting at rates comparable to the onset of the Great Depression since early summer, raising fears of a double-dip recession in 2010 and a slide into debt-deflation.

http://snipurl.com/rvwfg

 

How Sacramento Treats The Homeless

The City of Sacramento has sent a cruel message to the world: They would rather criminalize their community's homeless than sanction a designated area where they can safely and peacefully live.

http://homelessness.change.org/blog/view/more_arrests_at_sacramentos_safe_ground


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