Letters to the Editor
• Voting - Election Integrity The Fix Is On; who's counting the votes this year?
Written by: H. Skip Robinson
As we go into another four year Presidential election cycle, it should be obvious for those that have been on the planet for a while now, that most elections, especially the candidates for Federal offices, are fixed. The most obvious of those a
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World News Why Larry Ellison’s $500-million Island Purchase Is the Problem
09-28-2012
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http://www.investmentcontrarians.com
There are the rich and then there are the mega-rich. A study showed that those with a net worth of at least $25.0 million tend to spend more lavishly on vacations and home renovations, compared to their spending on clothing, cars, and jewelry, accord
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Alex Oscar
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China How the Fed Gave a Boost to Luxury Stocks
09-28-2012
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http://www.investmentcontrarians.com
In a recent editorial, I talked about QE3 (a third round of quantitative easing implemented by the Federal Reserve) and how it was a reward largely for the upper echelons of income-earners. The middle class will benefit due to the lower carrying cost
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Afghanistan RESTREPO: Outpost Afghanistan (Video) - One Platoon, One Valley, One Year
09-28-2012
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Restrepo The Movie
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance Film Festival 2010, Restrepo chronicles the development of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, Restrepo, named after a p
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Voting and Elections Billionaire Soros gives $1M to pro-Obama super PAC
09-28-2012
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JACK GILLUM Associated Press
Liberal billionaire George Soros is giving $1 million to a "super" political action committee backing President Barack Obama.
Soros also gave another $500,000 to two congressional super PACs.
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Economy - Economics USA
Brilliant commentary on inflation
09-28-2012 Menckens Ghost
Last week I asked two libertarian economists why central banks and most mainstream economists are against deflation and in favor of inflation. They essentially said what the brilliant article below says: that the masses want their pay to increase,
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Iran
Photos showing that uncivilized Iran should be easy to conquer
09-28-2012 Menckens Ghost
American chest thumpers start with the correct assessment that the top leaders of Iran are a bunch of dangerous religious nut jobs. Then, with their great knowledge of history, cultures, and geography, they leap to the conclusion that we should help
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Food Guest Post: Two No-Brainer Ways To Play Rising Food Prices
09-28-2012
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http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden
Last summer, two researchers from the New England Complex Systems Institute published a short paper examining the correlation between rising food prices and civil unrest.
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Entertainment: Sports Race hots up for land speed record with UK rocket test
09-28-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Chris Wickham
This time next year, British fighter pilot Andy Green will strap himself into a rocket-powered car for test runs in a bid to accelerate to 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 kilometres per hour) and smash his own land speed record.
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Military Insight: In U.S. soldier's death, a window into Afghan insider killings
09-28-2012
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reuters.com, By Phil Stewart and Hamid Shalizi
"He talked to me in the day, which would be in the middle of his night," his father, Dan Anders, said. "He didn't sleep. He was just worried."
There were good reasons for concern. During his six-month tour, the Taliban staged a major attack at his
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Economy - International Special Report: Greece's other debt problem
09-28-2012
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http://www.reuters.com,
(Reuters) - The two main political parties in Greece are facing their own financial crisis. New Democracy and Pasok, the key members of the country's coalition government, are close to being overwhelmed by debts of more than 200 million euros, say ri
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Criminal Justice System Wrongly convicted inmates freed but get little help
09-27-2012
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USA Today
Former inmates abruptly freed after spending up to six years in federal prison even though they were "legally innocent" are coming home with less help than the government typically provides the guilty after they are released.
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Technology: Software Intel: Windows 8 will be half baked at launch [updated]
09-27-2012
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Intel’s chief executive officer Paul Otellini has some harsh words for one of the company’s closest partners. Otellini told employees that Microsoft is planning to release its Windows 8 operating system before it is fully ready.
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Economy - Economics USA Flagstar Bank to face trial over mortgage servicing: judge
09-27-2012
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Reuters
Flagstar Bank, the ninth-largest mortgage lender in the United States, must face trial over allegations that it breached contracts for financial guaranty insurance on nearly $1 billion in securities backed by home equity loans.
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Economy - International British Authorities to Announce Changes in Libor Oversight
09-27-2012
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New York Times
British authorities are set to announce significant changes to the interest rate at the heart of a recent manipulation scandal as they aim to improve the accuracy and reliability of the benchmark.
On Friday, Martin Wheatley, the managing director
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Economy - Economics USA Today on LewRockwell.com - Friday September 28th 2012
09-28-2012
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LewRockwell.com
They're Going to Hell in a Handbasket - Don't join them, says Peter Schiff / 'Officer Safety' Is Sacred - Your safety is dirt. Article by Will Grigg / When the US Regime Collapses What are the chances for something better? Article by Terry Hulsey
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Voting and Elections Who in the World Is Gary Johnson -- and Why Don't You Know About Him?
09-26-2012
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Christina Scotti, Fox News
Only 5% have heard a lot about Johnson. However, that doesn't mean you wouldn't agree with him. The website Isidewith.com, which features a political quiz that well over 3 million people have filled it out, suggests that if the Presidential race was
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Economy - Economics USA What’s Really Driving the Latest Economic Report?
09-28-2012
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http://www.investmentcontrarians.com
The latest data regarding the economic growth rate of America came from the Commerce Department’s durable goods report, and the headline numbers weren’t good. The total orders for durable goods in the month of August fell 13%, primarily due to a mass
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Alex Oscar
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World News Yahoo! CEO Speaks—What’s the Message for Investors?
09-28-2012
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http://www.investmentcontrarians.com
Marissa Mayer, the new CEO of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ/YHOO), recently spoke about her plans for the future of the company. As we all know, technology stocks in this sector are constantly evolving. At one time, Yahoo! was a giant among technology stocks;
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Alex Oscar
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Federal Reserve Housing Market: What the Latest Reports Reveal
09-28-2012
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http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/
The latest release of the S&P;/Case-Shiller Home Prices Index is out, measuring data through July 2012. For the third consecutive month, all 20 cities recorded monthly gains in home prices. The 20-city average year-over-year gain was 1.2%. The numbers
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Alex Oscar
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European Union Wake Up Folks! The Eurozone Mess May Be a Time Bomb
29-28-2012
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http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/inflation/wak
I hate that “R” word, but here we go—recession.
Don’t worry too much about the economic recovery in the U.S.; the real threat, as I have said on many occasions, will be the inevitable deterioration of the eurozone. What happens in the eurozone wil
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Iraq The Arab Spring Becomes a Western Winter by Andrew P. Napolitano
09-28-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Andrew P. Napolitano
The revised stated purpose behind President George W. Bush’s invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq was to build a new world order by forcing democracy on populations to whom it was truly alien.
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Politics: Republican Campaigns Food For Thought
This Is Insanity!
09-28-2012 Chuck Baldwin
If Mitt Romney has proven anything, it is that his word means absolutely nothing. Nothing! Romney is an opportunistic chameleon who will say anything or do anything to get elected. Yet, this is the man whom conservatives trumpet as the savior of Amer
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Energy A Solar Startup that Isn't Afraid of Solyndra's Ghost
09-28-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com
Braving comparisons to the bankrupted Solyndra, SoloPower is going forward with the production of thin-film solar panels.
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Economy - International Paul Craig Roberts: America, The Next Banana Republic
09-28-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
Alex welcomes American economist and Infowars contributing writer Paul Craig Roberts to discuss the impact of Eurpoean austerity measures on world markets amidst ongoing riots.
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European Union Spain Falls to Pieces, as Predicted
09-28-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff Report
Be Very Careful, Beloved Spain ... Two weeks ago I was interviewed by the Catalan newspaper El Punt Avui. I said it would be unthinkable for the Spanish state to stop Catalan secession by military force.
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World News Insight: As cotton surged, China trader amassed $510 million bet
09-28-2012
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http://www.reuters.com,
A landmark U.S. fine for excessive speculation in the benchmark cotton futures market has revealed a startling new dimension to last year's blistering winter price rally: the biggest bull was a Chinese trader with a $510 million punt.
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World News Trial of pope's ex-butler to shine big light on tiny Vatican
09-28-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Philip Pullella
The Vatican has certainly seen more sensational trials in its long history. The Inquisition ordered Galileo to recant his theory that the earth revolves around the sun, and philosopher Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for heresy.
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Economy - Economics USA Analysis: Corporate America sweats as U.S. nears fiscal cliff
09-28-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Scott Malone
(Reuters) - Top U.S. executives have less confidence in the business outlook now than at any time in the past three years - and a key reason is fear of gridlock in Washington over the fiscal deficit and tax policy.
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Criminal Justice System Homicide ruling in police custody case riles community
09-27-2012
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The Milwaukee County medical examiner's office has revised its ruling on the death of Derek Williams, who died in Milwaukee police custody in July 2011, from natural to homicide, after the Journal Sentinel alerted an assistant medical examiner to new
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Homeland Security Hitler's Hotel
09-27-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
It offers serfs a deal: If “its most loyal guests” will enroll in the “Customs and Border Protection's Global Entry and the Transportation Security Administration's PreCheck” – furnishing the Feds with biographical and biometric information
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Torture Will Waterboarding Make a Comeback?
09-27-2012
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New York Times
Last September, Mitt Romney’s advisers were so determined to attack President Obama from every direction and to revive long-discredited neo-con theories about interrogation that they actually encouraged the candidate to come out strongly pro-torture
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Criminal Justice System California man behind anti-Muslim film arrested on probation violation
09-27-2012
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Washington Post
The California man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video posted to YouTube that has inflamed parts of the Middle East was arrested for violating terms of his probation, authorities said Thursday.
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, was convicted
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