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Wisconsin Recall Elections
The following is a blatant repeat of an email that asks for funding support for the recalls of republican state senators in Wisconsin. Time to put our money where our hearts are.Wisconsin recall...
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GDAE Podcast Episode 49
Economist James Galbraith: Reality check on the Washington "Debt Crisis". Journalist, media critic and political analyst John Nichols: The Unraveling Murdoch News Corp media empire. Were crimes also...
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Second Helicopter in Two Weeks
I don't remember hearing about another helicopter shot down less than two weeks ago in Kunar province. A search of Google news and Google suggests it was mentioned by obscure outlets. This post, with...
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Final Push in Wisconsin
Did you know... "Last weekend, a fire burned down a local Wisconsin headquarters of the campaign to recall Republican senators." That is according to Alan Grayson, former U.S. Congressman.This coming...
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Once Upon a Time
"The outlook is for the end of the decline in business during the early part of the 1931, and steady... revival for the remainder of the year." -- The Harvard Economic Society's Weekly Letter,...
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Wall Street Crash
"The Wall Street crash doesn't mean there will be any general or serious business depression." -- Business Week November 14, 1929 Sources: "The working person's history of the great depression," Show...
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Hourglass with Sand in One Side
I posed the following one Paul Krugman's blog: Why is it that I have the strong image of an hourglass with all the sand trapped in one end when I think about our current economic situation? If this...
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Talking Point: Debt and Medicare
Are Medicare & Medicade the Problem? First, Medicare is not part of the general budget deficit & associated debt problem. That's because Medicare, like Social Security, has a dedicated fund...
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Talking Point: US Government Debt and Jobs
Job, Jobs, Where are the Jobs? The talking point is simple. Average Americans are not spending money, and the economy is stalled, because they don't have much money. It's no use giving tax breaks and...
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Standard and Poor's on Bush Tax Cuts
S&P would upgrade the US to "stable" if the Bush tax cuts for the rich were allowed to lapse: Our revised upside scenario--which, other things being equal, we view as consistent with the outlook on...
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Co-opted Democrats
In a column in The Washington Post on Friday, Bill Gross, who runs the giant bond-trading firm Pimco, lashed out at Republicans and “co-opted Democrats” for setting aside widely accepted economic...
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Voices Faulting G.O.P. Economic Policies Growing Louder
In case you missed this one, it was one of the most popular NY Times pieces a few days back: Voices Faulting G.O.P. Economic Policies Growing Louder Fact-based world is intruding on the fantasy-based...
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The Game in a Nutshell
Bailouts put the private debts onto the public (tax payer) balance sheet. Now Congress and the White House are poised to finish the job by putting that debt onto the backs of America's most vulnerable...
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Top 10 Issues of the October 6 Movement
Actually, there are fifteen "core issues," which were identified by the October2011 Movement steering committee:1. Corporatism– firmly establish that money is not speech, corporations are not people,...
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"We Didn't See it Coming"
For Some reason, my comments on Paul Krugman's blog don't seem to stick. Below is my comment on his post entitled: How We FailedThe "We didn't see it coming" thing drives me crazy. My experience in...
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Banking Establishment Ripoff Exposed in MSM
Thinking Americans know the sordid story:Since the financial crisis, Bank profits are UP 136%... But Bank lending is down 9%.Perhaps a more interesting story is that this is featured in a mainstream...
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End Corporate Personhood
Take it from a Tennis Ball, we need to end corporate personhood. This could be a tangible demand of the #Occupy movement, that is, amend the constitution to Get Corporate Money Out of our elections.The...
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Murdoch Pattern of Misconduct
Open Letter to the Federal Communications Commission:Dear FCC members:Forget the political implications for a moment and envision what you'd LIKE to do to the Murdoch media syndicate.The Occupy...
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Open Letter from Harvard Econ 10 Students
The following letter was sent to Greg Mankiw by the organizers of today’s Economics 10 walkout.Wednesday November 2, 2011Dear Professor Mankiw—Today, we are walking out of your class, Economics 10, in...
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I Have Nothing to Hide
"I have nothing to hide. Why should I care if the NSA has my phone records?”This post is a prompt for others to craft story lines that explain "why" people should care about the FBI & NSA mass data...
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Town Considers Drone Hunting Licenes
The Colorado town of Deer Trail, pop. 548, is considering an ordinance that would allow people to pay $25 for a license to shoot down drones in the town limits. The Mayor, Frank Fields, says the...
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Establishment's Fear of Organized Challenge to Corporate Power
Remember the hacked Stratfor emails? Stratfor is a geopolitical intelligence firm, whose establishment clients, quote:"get direct access to our analysts and to our global networks, enabling them to...
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I Love You Too Much - Ukulele Cover
Here is my Tweet on this lovely cover of "I Love You Too Much" by By Diego Luna and Gustavo Santaolalla. Ukulele artist: Izzy Fuentes (Her YouTube Channel)Amazing Song, "I Love You Too Much" - Amazing...
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