Monday, January 5
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Mike Powers is the guest editor today. |
"How is the capital to be raised? The market has an elegant solution ready: Capital is invested on the basis of how sound the business plan appears to those who own the money and will carry the risk, and how well it seems likely to yield profits in comparison to other possible ways to invest the same, fixed chunk of money...." Column by Jim Davies.
Column by Retta Fontana.
Jim
Richter on gold, fiat currency, and systemic dishonesty in the United
States.
Why
the Hell Are We Allied with Israel?
Because
our shameless politicians love to be re-elected.
By Kenn Jacobine.
Newsflash:
FDR Didn’t Fix the Economy!
Despite
what they teach you in public schools.
By Sheldon Richman.
Ron
Paul Condemns Israeli Invasion of Gaza
YouTube
video.
"I
think we've done some very good things over the course of the last eight
years."
Including record federal deficits; an economy in the tank; partial or
complete nationalization of banks, insurance companies, and automakers;
unsustainable and expensive foreign wars; repression of civil liberties, etc.
The
Total Cost of the Iraq War?
Some
estimates exceed $2 trillion.
California
Faces $42 Billion Shortfall
The
largest
Donor’s
Gift Soon Followed Clinton’s Help
“An
upstate
FDR’s
Policies Prolonged the Depression by Seven Years
According
to UCLA economists.
$700
Billion Bailout Package Celebrated with Lavish $800 Billion Executive Party
Satire.
Illinois
State Workers to Get Ethics Training
Not satire.
Speeding?
You’ll Pay Higher Taxes
Many
strapped cities and towns are trying to fix their budgets by stepping up
traffic enforcement.
For the public good, of course.
New
Laws in Five States Mandate Fire-Safe Cigarettes
Legislating
against stupidity.
Critics
Say Newark Barbed Wire Ban Helps Criminals
“John
DeSantis says his property has been the site of more than a dozen burglaries
since the summer, when the city forced him to remove razor wire on top of the
7-foot-tall fence that surrounds the lot.”
SD
Court Rules Man’s Cursing at Cops Was Free Speech
By Cracker.
A photo blog. (7 pages)