***CAF Note: This is a classic. Worth checking out!***
By J. Russell Smith
I stood on the Great Wall of China near the borders of Mongolia. Below me in the valley, standing up square and high, was a wall that had once surrounded a city. Of the city only a few mud houses remained, scarcely enough to lead one’s mind back to the time when people and household industry teemed within the protecting wall.
Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was a five-term United States Senator from North Carolina, and a member of the Republican Party. He served as chairman of the Senate Fore…
To maintain his or her standard of living, each person in the United
States requires over 22 tonnes of minerals each year:
* 5,640 kg of stone
* 4,250 kg of sand and gravel
* 430 kg of cement
* 125 kg…
Florida HB 87, Homeowners, and the Foreclosure Inferno
The Agonist | 10 May 2013
A bill passed last week by the Florida legislature offers efficiencies…
2 Big Banks Face Suits in Mortgage Pact Abus…
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” ~ Leonard Cohen
By Catherine Austin Fitts
One of the logical uses of the “promoting women” meme would be to engineer a Democratic wo…
Meredith Whitney Predicts Obama Bank Plan Will Pass
Bloomberg.com (22 Jan 10)
Obama’s Banking Proposals: The Impact on Europe
BBC News (22 Jan 10)
Strike A Blow At The Market-rigging Banks By Movi…
So, with rumors circulating of more write offs and major financial institutions in trouble, does Wall Street want Elliot Spitzer out? Could it be he offended both banks and black budget folks with his…