Analysis Topic: Politics & Social Trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Plan to Shut Down Fannie and Freddie as Tax Payer Bailout Grow / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Mike_Shedlock
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) says Options for Fannie, Freddie May Include 'Wind-Down'.
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Monday, May 11, 2009
U.S. Economy in Free Fall, Why is the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve in this picture? / Politics / Oil Companies
By: Robert_Singer
The world is engulfed in a global economic crisis of staggering ferocity rivaling three other financial meltdowns—which all began in the month of October. [1]Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, May 11, 2009
Debt Fuelled American Military Empire That Supports the Old World Order / Politics / US Politics
By: Global_Research
Those dastardly French! What arrogance! In 1789, they tried to destroy the Ancien Régime (read Old Order).
The Old Order is an aristocratic, social, and political system that prevailed in Europe between the 14th and 19th centuries. In it, power is held by the monarchy, the clergy, and the aristocracy, and society is divided into three Estates—the nobility, the clergy, and the rest of the people who are powerless. The Ancien Régime retains the privileges of both the nobility and aristocracy that existed in feudal times, and the people, whose lives have the value of mere livestock, exist only for the benefit of the state. The Ancien Régime is also militaristic, aggressive, and imperialistic. Wars are common, and between the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XVI, France fought in at least 27 of them.
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Cost of Health Care Plan Soars; Obama might Renege on Campaign Promises / Politics / Healthcare Sector
By: Mike_Shedlock
YahooFinance is reporting Upfront costs complicate Obama's health care plan.
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
“I had a dream.” It was 2008 and Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States. / Politics / US Politics
By: Robert_Singer
The world is engulfed in a global economic crisis of staggering ferocity rivaling four other financial meltdowns—which all began in the month of October. [1]
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Monsanto: Seeds of Truth / Politics / Agricultural Commodities
By: Submissions
Sheila Samples writes: I have learned over the past decade if I want to know what's really going on in the United States, I have to cruise through the foreign media to see what's creating a furor or causing a stink. So, while searching for the status of Spain's on-again, off-again criminal proceedings against six Bush Administration war criminals, this headline in Der Spiegel caught my eye -- "Frankenfood Ban is Neither Populism nor Panic-Mongering."
Sunday, May 10, 2009
How to Fix the Economy: The Retirement Plan Solution / Politics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Submissions
The St. Petersburg Times Newspaper, Business Section asked readers for ideas on "How Would You Fix the Economy?"
This guy nailed it!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Banking System Report from Iron Mountain / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Richard_C_Cook
What impresses me in the current financial crisis is the near-total failure of so-called progressives to appreciate the magnitude of what is going on or the level of intelligence behind it. How many will say, for instance, that the crash was deliberately engineered by the creation, then destruction, of the investment bubbles of the last decade?
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Saturday, May 09, 2009
Global Financial & Economic Crisis: How Much Time do We Have? / Politics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Global_Research
Adrian Salbuchi writes: A good doctor is one who will tell his patient what ails him, no matter how bad the news... A good doctor begins by making a correct diagnosis of his patient's condition. A bad doctor, however, either cannot make a proper diagnosis (because he lacks expertise) or, worst still, he hides the truth afrom his patient...
Friday, May 08, 2009
Bankers Capture the Money Machine: Reviewing Ellen Brown's "Web of Debt:" Part 2 / Politics / Global Financial System
By: Stephen_Lendman
This is the second of several articles on Ellen Brown's remarkable book titled "Web of Debt....the shocking truth about our money system, (how it) trapped us in debt, and how we can break free." It's a multi-part snapshot. Reading the entire book is strongly recommended - easily obtainable through Amazon or Brown's webofdebt.com site.
Friday, May 08, 2009
The Truth About Tax Havens / Politics / Taxes
By: Jennifer_Barry
Suddenly in March, the news was full of denunciations of “tax havens.” While there is no standard definition of this term, tax havens are generally nations with low taxes, privacy in financial matters, and limited reporting to foreign tax bureaucracies. These countries, generally smaller and less developed, are being blamed for much of the world’s economic and social ills.
Friday, May 08, 2009
Corrupt Labour Government Ministers Have Their Snouts In the Trough / Politics / UK Politics
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Tory supporting newspaper, The Telegraph has pulled off a scoop of getting their hands on outrageous and unforgivable MP expense claims right from the Prime Minister downwards albeit at an alleged cost of £300,000 paid to the leaker which the Police are looking into.
Friday, May 08, 2009
Banks Survive 5 MPH Bumper Stress Test / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Dr_Martenson
With great fanfare it was leaked (at strategic market moments throughout the week) and then announced that the 19 largest banks all passed the so-called "stress tests." Under a test track of their own choosing, and with the ability to negotiate the interpretation of the damage resulting from an ultra low-speed collision, the banks have now been proclaimed "safe at any speed." If you are not comforted by this news, you are not alone.
Friday, May 08, 2009
The Bank Stress Test Scam (Part 1) / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Mike_Stathis
I haven't made any comments about these so-called stress tests for the banks because it was obvious (to me anyway) it was just the latest PR scam devised by Larry Summers (carried out by his puppet, Geithner) to exaggerate the financial health of the banking system.
While I was confident the results of these “tests” would be ludicrous, I wanted to hold off until they were released so I could deliver the knockout punch. In short, it's clear these "stress tests" weren't so stressful, as I had suspected.
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Friday, May 08, 2009
Credit Card Companies Draw Battle lines / Politics / Credit Cards & Scoring
By: Global_Research
Will The US Senate Pass Long Needed Reforms Of Credit Card Abuses?
I recently was advised by American Express, a company whose credit cards I pay in full each and every month, and with whom I have been a paying “member” since l981 that my credit card limit is being cut. I have become unworthy.
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Requiem for the Republican Party / Politics / US Politics
By: Mike_Whitney
The experts think the Republican party can get up off the canvas and stage a comeback, but don't bet on it. The poor GOP isn't really even a party anymore; it's more like a vaudeville troupe scuttling from one backwater to the next performing the same worn slapstick. They've simply become irrelevant, a "non-party" that no one pays much attention to apart from the occasional zinger on the Daily Show or Letterman. In truth, the GOP is so deeply-traumatized from their shocking fall from power, they'd probably benefit from a spell on the couch. Perhaps if they spent a few weeks in therapy, they'd see what a mess they've made of everything.
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Market Discipline: Margaret Thatchers True 30 Year Legacy / Politics / Government Intervention
By: Adrian_Ash
Revealing the hideous off-spring of Margaret Thatcher's "market disciplines" and the ever-swelling tax-funded state...
LIFE AFTER THE BALLOT BOX is rumored to pay pretty well, no matter how hateful you become in office.
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Case Against the Fed and Fractional Reserve Lending Banking System / Politics / Central Banks
By: Mike_Shedlock
Fractional Reserve Lending (FRL) is fraudulent. Indeed, FRL in conjunction with micro-mismanagement of interest rates by the Fed is the root cause of the financial crisis we are in.
Unfortunately many do not see FRL for the fraudulent scheme that it is. Here are the most common defenses against the allegation of fraud.
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Urgency of the American Monetary Act / Politics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Richard_C_Cook
On Thursday, April 23, 2009, Stephen Zarlenga, director of the American Monetary Institute (AMI), delivered two briefings on Capitol Hill on the American Monetary Act that AMI drafted and that may be introduced as legislation during the current congressional session. This single measure has the potential of bringing together the tens of millions of people who have realized it’s our bank-run debt-based monetary system that lies at the center of the financial rot that is destroying our republic and its values.
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Global Monetary & Financial System: Reviewing Ellen Brown's "Web of Debt:" Part I / Politics / Global Financial System
By: Stephen_Lendman
This is the first of several articles on Ellen Brown's superb 2007 book titled "Web of Debt," now updated in a December 2008 third edition. It tells "the shocking truth about our money system, (how it) trapped us in debt, and how we can break free." Given today's global economic crisis, it's an appropriate time to review it and urge readers to digest the entire work, easily gotten through Amazon or Brown's webofdebt.com site. Her book is a remarkable achievement - in its scope, depth, and importance.