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2010/10/122010/10/12

Journal: Financial War, Expropriation of Assets Next?

Economic historians have long recognized that one of the biggest mistakes deepening and prolonging the Great Depression was the establishment of beggar-thy-neighbour policy wars, like trying to protect domestic production by imposing protective tariffs. But these tariffs hurt everyone, because the reduction in world trade depressed demand and production to a greater extent than tariffs …

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2010/10/112010/10/14

Journal: Five Myths Debunked–Treasury Run by Crooks

I asked my good friend Marshall Auerback, an investment advisor and lawyer by training and a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, to evaluate Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s claim that TARP has been a stunning success. Geithner made this claim in a 10 October op-ed in the Washington Post, entitled, “Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner tackles …

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2010/10/09

Journal: Alaska Selling Her Birthright…Water

The New Oil Should private companies control our most precious natural resource? Sitka, Alaska, is home to one of the world’s most spectacular lakes. Nestled into a U-shaped valley of dense forests and majestic peaks, and fed by snowpack and glaciers, the reservoir, named Blue Lake for its deep blue hues, holds trillions of gallons …

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2010/10/052010/10/07

Review: Operation Dark Heart–Spycraft and Special Ops on the Frontlines of Afghanistan — and the Path to Victory

USG Blows It, Makes This a Best-Seller October 5, 2010 Anthony Shaffer EDIT of 7 October 2010 to address the negatives. I can see I need to spell this out more clearly. 1) Let’s distinguish between the book and the heavy-handed (late) censorsorship. The book is an earnest personal effort by an experienced officer who …

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2010/10/022010/10/02

Journal: True Cost of US Government Ineptitude

John R. Talbott Bestselling author whose books predicted the economic crisis Posted: October 1, 2010 12:28 PM TARP Uncovered — the Real Cost of the Government Bailout The New York Times reports this morning (“TARP Bailout to Cost Less Than Once Anticipated“) that the true cost of TARP will be less than $50 billion. I …

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2010/10/012010/10/01

Journal: Bin Laden, Dead or Alive, Makes Sense

Bin Laden Tape: Terror Leader Criticizes Muslim Governments For Military Spending CAIRO — Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden called for the creation of a new relief body to help Muslims in an audiotape released Friday, seeking to exploit discontent following this summer’s devastating floods in Pakistan by depicting the region’s governments as uncaring. It was …

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2010/09/282010/09/29

Reference: Alternative Views of 9/11–Massive US Financial & Gold Fraud & 240 Billion Covert Fund Against Russia

Source 1: Collateral Damage–US Covert Operations and the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 Source 2: Evil is as Evil Goes–Globalization at Work