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Truth to Power | November 21st 2009 by Vic Populi
State Secession: Trying To Beat the World’s Worst Recordby Russell D. LongcoreAs originally posted on: LewRockwell.comNovember 14, 2009If you can’t think of reasons that state secession is a better solution for liberty than working within "the sy read more
Treasury Secretary Geithner confronted at capital hill meeting by…
The Real News, Welcome to a free world | November 21st 2009 by erik hals
Congressman Michael Burgess confronted Treasury Secretary Geithner during a hearing on Capitol Hill earlier this week, telling the former New York Fed chief that he should have never been hired and demanded the TARP program come to an end. “The pub read more
Audit the Fed bill passes House committee
Redheaded Politics | November 20th 2009 by Jessica Schreindl
Yesterday was a victory for what Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) described as a “Waterloo for Fed secrecy.” In a bipartisan vote of 43-26, the House Financial Services Committee voted in favor of an amendment to audit the Federal Reserve — somet read more
What Has Your Republican Done For You Lately?
The Classic Liberal Blog | November 20th 2009 by theCL
While pundits sing the praises of Statists like Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, and the Democrats work to “fundamentally transform” the United States of America … What exactly, has your Congress Critter done for you (individual sover read more
What Has Government Done to the Dollar?
The Classic Liberal Blog | November 20th 2009 by theCL
“No legal tender law is ever needed to make men take good money; its only use is to make them take bad money.” (Stephen T. Byington) The U.S. dollar has changed from being a paper certificate for a tangible asset to a fiat currency – read more
Alan Grayson Slams Federal Reserve..."No More Secret Bailout…
BlackPoliticalBuzz | November 20th 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyCongressional House panel approves Ron Paul's proposal to Audit the Federal ReserveThe House Financial Services Committee has approved Rep. Ron Paul’s measure to drastically read more
David Morgan: “The Bluff is Up,” and Why You Shouldn’t Igno…
My Rational Reality | November 20th 2009
Commentator, editor and publisher of the Morgan Report, and one of the world’s recognized experts on silver. In this Howestreet.com radio interview, Mr. Morgan explains why: “The Bluff is Up”: Most people now understand the Federal Reserv read more
Weekend Links
Cato @ Liberty | November 20th 2009
Just in time for Thanksgiving, the turkey has arrived: How Harry Reid’s health care “reform” bill is stuffed with extra costs. A few things you might not know about the Chrysler bankruptcy. Why you should not blame Obama for Bu read more
Alan Grayson Battles Federal Reserve Secrecy
MFI Miami | November 20th 2009 by Glenn
This is big news in terms of finally getting somewhere on Auditing the Federal Reserve Bills that currently runs in the form of two bills: One of them is the House bill: RS 1207 with now 311 co-sponsors for the bill, and the other is the Senate bill read more
Investor Letters: Bill Gross
Investorazzi.com | November 20th 2009 by Christopher E. Hill
Legendary bond investor Bill Gross just released his latest investment outlook on the PIMCO website. According to Gross, investors in their “cash foxholes” might want to look at buying utilities in the “New Normal.” Here are some notable exc read more
Congress Votes For Federal Reserve Audit and Tim Geithner's Resig…
BlackPoliticalBuzz | November 20th 2009
GOP to Geithner: Step down. Congressional Republicans issued a blistering review of the Obama administration's economic policies Thursday and suggested Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner should lose his job. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports.Visit msnbc. read more
House Panel Votes to Broaden Oversight of the Fed
Institutional Financial Derivatives | November 20th 2009 by Douglas Kelso
NYT – In a display of populist anger toward the Federal Reserve, a House panel voted on Thursday to let Congress carry out sweeping new oversights of the central bank’s policy decisions and operations. The House Financial Services Committee a read more
Rep. Alan Greyson – Fed Audit and Currency Swaps
Institutional Financial Derivatives | November 20th 2009 by Douglas Kelso
Posted in Congressional, Credit Markets, Derivatives Disclosure, Derivatives Regulatory Reform, Financial Derivatives, Foreign Currency Swaps, Over-the-Counter Derivatives, Regulation of Swap Markets, Regulatory, Rep. Alan Greyson, Transparency of read more
7 Terms and Phrases We Should Bury With 2009
The Reformed Broker | November 20th 2009 by Joshua Morgan Brown
Every passing year gives rise to any number of mind-bogglingly annoying terms and phrases. 2009 was no exception. I submit the following terms as ready-for-obsolescence as the year draws to a close, let’s leave these behind as we head into 20 read more
1 Million set to loose unemployment benefits beggining of January
The Real News, Welcome to a free world | November 20th 2009 by erik hals
One million people will stop receiving unemployment benefits in January unless Congress makes a move before the winter recess. Two weeks ago, after an epic delay by Republican senators, Congress passed a 14 week extention for all states, with an addi read more
Ron Paul/Alan Grayson ammendment to audit the federal reserve app…
The Real News, Welcome to a free world | November 20th 2009 by erik hals
A House panel approved Ron Paul and Alan Grayson's Amendment Thursday afternoon to audit the Federal Reserve. Here is a summary of the Paul-Grayson Amendment: Dear Financial Services Committee Colleagues: It is encouraging to see the issue of Federal read more
Gold hits record high 1,151$/ounce, dollar drops
The Real News, Welcome to a free world | November 20th 2009 by erik hals
Gold futures rose to a record high of US$1,151 an ounce Wednesday, as stronger-than-expected U.S. consumer prices stirred inflation worries. The dollar fell on a reported plan by Gulf states to stop using the greenback for oil trading." Gold, viewed read more
Revitalization of “the Militia of the several States”
DGC Magazine Blog | November 19th 2009 by Mark Herpel
TEA PARTIES NEED TEETH By Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Ph.D., J.D. November 17, 2009 NewsWithViews.com [The following is the full text of an address presented to the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies at its 2009 Constitution Day confer read more
Small Victory For ‘Audit The Fed’ Supporters
Boom2Bust.com | November 19th 2009 by Christopher E. Hill
It’s the news critics of the Federal Reserve have been waiting on today. From Reuters’ Mark Felsenthal this evening: A U.S. congressional panel on Thursday approved a measure to open the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions to govern read more
Central Banks Increasing Gold Reserves
The Classic Liberal Blog | November 19th 2009 by theCL
Since 1991, central banks around the world have collectively reduced their gold holdings by some ten percent. However, it now appears that attitudes are changing. Gold has been hitting new highs in recent weeks, with the US Dollar weakening under loo read more
The Federal Reserve’s Bought and Paid For Economists
The Classic Liberal Blog | November 19th 2009 by theCL
There is no reasonable argument for NOT auditing the Federal Reserve, and HR 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, with its broad bipartisan and grassroots support, would accomplish what “we the people” need – TRANSPARENCY! Th read more
‘Keiser Report’ – 19 Nov 09 (Video)
Little Alex in Wonderland | November 19th 2009 by Little Alex
Max Keiser, in the premier of his new show on Russia Today, comments on the U.S. funding the Taliban, President Barack Obama’s Asian tour proving U.S. economic desperation, global ‘de-dollarization’ and (of course) Wall Street crook read more
5 Reasons You Should Trust the Federal Reserve
My Pet Groundhog | November 19th 2009 by Guy Bellefonte
1. The Federal Reserve is NOT a part of the government. According to the pundits and numerous town hall participants, the government can't do anything right. By this logic, the Federal Reserve (not being a part of government) should be competent an read more
Nasdaq Capitalization as a % of GDP
30 Years Later: A Belated Chrysler/GM Bankruptcy | November 19th 2009 by cole
Compared to historical norms, Nasdaq market capitalization is significantly above median levels relative to GDP. The Nasdaq’s median percentage of GDP has averaged 61.8%; its now over 100%. As the chart below shows, the big aberrational period read more
Commodities and Derivatives Regulation Explained: What it Means f…
HeatingOil.com | November 19th 2009 by Tara
CFTC head Gary Gensler, pointing out what he’d like to see in regulation. (image: affordablehousinginstitute.org) As MarketNews.com reported Tuesday, Gary Gensler, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is pushing for more re read more
Why play all of these incredibly stupid games with interest rates…
Investment-blog.net: Emerging Markets - Stock Tips - Discuss… | November 19th 2009 by Jan Paul
The Federal Reserve should immediately raise the Federal Funds Rate to 5.25% where it was in August 2007 in one single move and should raise the Federal Discount Rate to 5.00%. Just do it and get it back to where interest rates belong and where they read more
US rates “low for long”
Econometer | November 19th 2009
Risk appetite is failing to show much improvement this week and sharply weaker than forecast US housing data dampened sentiment further following other soft data over recent days including the Empire manufacturing survey, industrial production and re read more
Barack Obama is Ensuring a Prolonged Depression
Amateur Economists | November 19th 2009 by Anthony Luafalealo
President Barack Obama’s success as reflected in the recent gubernatorial races appears ever more staked on the state of the economy. Unemployment recently reached 10.2%, though the more honest measure of U-6 shows the nation running unemployme read more
Money As Debt
The Pyramid Power - The Pyramid Effect | November 19th 2009
One of the last things John F. Kennedy did before he was assassinated was declare his intention to reform the central banking system of the United States. No connection between these two events? Congressman Louis McFadden, Chairman of the House Bank read more
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