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Stumbleupon Review of : http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22546.htm David Barsamian: ….You're very patient with people, particularly people who ask the most inane kinds of questions. Is this something you've cultivated? Noam Chomsky: First of all, I'm usually fuming inside, so what you see … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/03/23/hack-money-hack-banking-rushkoff-on-the-economy/ The banking bailout is a fiasco because it is taking money from future generations to restore the lending-based economy. I believe it would be cheaper and better to use a tiny fraction of the money … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1944 From the page: “an economy built on a house of credit cards.”

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/02/26/klare/index.html As people lose confidence in the ability of markets and governments to solve the global crisis, they are likely to erupt into violent protests or to assault others they deem responsible for their plight, including … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20228603,00.html STEWART: We were in this huge credit crisis, out of money. Then the Fed goes, We’ll give you a trillion dollars, and all of a sudden Wall Street is like, ”I can’t believe we got … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review of : http://kenmacleod.blogspot.com/2008/09/now-heres-plan.html Ken MacLeod’s illustrated commentary on the Wall Street heist* bailout. Now, here’s the plan … The US Government takes on one trillion dollars of toxic debt, which it will finance by borrowing from the People’s … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review of : http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/angus250808.html Why Does the Herder Want More? Hardin’s argument started with the unproven assertion that herdsmen always want to expand their herds: “It is to be expected that each herdsman will try to keep as many … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review of : http://scienceblogs.com/denialism/2008/06/deus_ex_machina.php Conspiracy theories: may be invoked when accepting the normal rule of cause and effect, and all it implies, is too much to handle. First, there seems to me to be two types of conspiracy believers: … Continue reading →