You have to choose (as a voter) between trusting to the natural stability
of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members
of the Government. And, with due respect for these gentlemen, I advise you,
as long as the Capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.
George Bernard Shaw,
The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism and Capitalism
By cleg
Brought to us courtesy of senators Kay Hagan of North Carolina and one of the banking lobby’s most obedient lap dogs, Bob Corker of Tennessee; The United States Covered Bond Act of 2011 is de…
Bulldoze: The New Way to Foreclose
Time.com (1 Aug 11)
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by Justin McCarthy
Americans continue to name the government (18%) as the most important U.S. problem, a distinction it has had for the past four months. Ame…
By Gretchen Morgenson
Two weeks ago, I wrote a column about a secret agreement struck in July 2012 by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Bank of America. The existence of the confidential deal …
Why live in shame of what we have done, when we can live in awe of what we might do?
~ From Battlestar Gallactica
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By Nines
I am still in the belly of the beast, but at least it’s at my safety zone in the Berkeley hills instead of down where freeway exhaust settles on every surface, coats yer lungs, pisse…