Tuesday, November 24:

George Washington: Instead of Fixing the U.S. Economy or Creating Jobs for AMERICANS, Obama Will Spend The Money in Afghanistan and Iraq The wars are unnecessary, and they are draining resources which could be used to reduce unemployment and help the economy.

Monday, November 23:

David Glenn Cox: What goes around comes around (1 comments) There is only one thought that is important to remember: Anything we are willing to do to some third-world peasant to obtain information, we are just as willing to do to you. The cascading effect is all too clear all throughout history, be it hunting for witches or hunting for Al Qaeda. The Taser weapon was first introduced to the United States as an alternative to deadly force.

Sunday, November 22:

Ann Garrison: Planting bio-fuels, in Rwanda, while Rwandans go hungry Rwanda's greatest natural resource is its fertile agricultural land, but most is centralized in the hands of government elites and planted in export crops, coffee, tea, flowers, and soon, bio-fuels----while Rwandans go hungry.

michael payne: China vs. U.S.: economic power vs. military might; which will prevail? (11 comments) Two world powers, with two distinctly different political philosophies, proceed in world affairs on strikingly different courses. China has chosen to flex its economic muscle while America's strategy is based on using military might in pursuing its agenda.

Saturday, November 21:

Grant Lawrence: Would Americans be Pro-Wars if They Had to Pay for Them with Higher Taxes? (11 comments) I wonder if Americans would opt for blood or revert to the greed if they knew their occupations would hit them right in their own wallet right now.

George Washington: Is America Finally Starting to Stand Up To Wall Street? (2 comments) ???

Friday, November 20:

Chaz Valenza: What the Economists Aren't Saying: Americans' Finances in Tatters, Bankruptcies to Skyrocket (6 comments) My analysis of three indicators shows that within 12 months the annualized number of bankruptcies will roar past 1.5 million. This analysis forces us to ask many questions, including: When and how will Main Street emerge from the Great Recession?

Jim Willie: Zinc Dimes, Tungsten Gold & Lost Respect (4 comments) An historically unprecedented mess has been created by compromised central bankers and inept economic advisors, whose interference has irreversibly altered and damaged the world financial system, urgently pushed after the removed anchor of money to gold. Analysis features Gold, Crude Oil, USDollar, Treasury bonds, and inter-market dynamics with the US Economy and US Federal Reserve monetary policy.

Glenn Greenwald: The Washington establishment suffers a serious defeat (3 comments) Populist anger over elite-favoring economic policies has long been brewing on both the Right and Left (and in between), but neither political party can capitalize on it because they're both dependent upon and subservient to the same elite interests which benefit from those policies.

Bob Burnett: Creating the Jobs America Needs (2 comments) While financial markets believe the great recession is over, millions of Americans continue to struggle. Unemployment is 10.2 percent and the more inclusive measure, underemployment, is at 17.5 percent. America's jobs crisis is both a short-term and long-term challenge.

Muhammad Khurshid: Another Army Takeover Is Imminent In Pakistan (2 comments) There are reports that Pakistan Army has almost finalised the plan for taking over the power as the civilian leadership has failed in controlling the situation. It is not yet clear whether General Kiyani will take all the matters in his own hands or he will allow formation of a national government.

Thursday, November 19:

Ronnie Manns: What's the Difference between a Rhino and a Dino? Republicans in name only are being purged from the party but they were attempting to help find solutions while the Democrats in name only are standing in the way of progress.

Wednesday, November 25:

One More Bubble to Go There were actually two debt bubbles. One was driven by Americans borrowing against unsustainable inflation in housing prices. The other was driven by America borrowing against unsustainable inflation in the price of the U.S. dollar. One more bubble is left to pop. When it does, our unique economic cushion -- privileged access to the world's savings -- will deflate.

Monday, November 23:

Paul Krugman: The Phantom Menace (2 comments) it's politically difficult for the Obama administration to enact a full-scale second stimulus. Still, he should be trying to push through as much aid to the economy as possible. And remember, Mr. Obama has the bully pulpit; it's his job to persuade America to do what needs to be done.

Sunday, November 22:

Obama's extra-judicial killers Bush authorized the CIA to operate freely and fully in Afghanistan with its own paramilitary teams—and to go after Al Qaeda on a worldwide scale, using lethal covert action to keep the role of the US hidden. As he has now continued other Bush-Cheney legacies, President Obama has permitted the CIA to operate freely and fully, with its dread pilotless Predator drones in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Is There Such a Thing as Agro-Imperialism? (1 comments) Investors who are taking part in the land rush say they are confronting a primal fear, a situation in which food is unavailable at any price. Over the 30 years between the mid-1970s and the middle of this decade, grain supplies soared and prices fell by about half, a steady trend that led many experts to believe that there was no limit to humanity's capacity to feed itself.

Saturday, November 21:

Engineering California's Economic Collapse by Ernest A. Canning As shocking as it may seem, California looming financial meltdown is the intended product of a Republican-led privatization scheme.

Bob Herbert: An American Catastrophe Detroit and its environs are suffering the agonies of the economic damned because of policies, crafted at the highest national and corporate levels, that resulted in the implosion of crucially important components of America's manufacturing base. Those decisions have had a profound effect on the fortunes not just of Detroit, or even Michigan, but the entire U.S. economy.

Friday, November 20:

Paul Krugman: The Big Squander So here’s the real tragedy of the botched bailout: Government officials, perhaps influenced by spending too much time with bankers, forgot that if you want to govern effectively you have retain the trust of the people. And by treating the financial industry — which got us into this mess in the first place — with kid gloves, they have squandered that trust.

Tuesday, November 24:

Govt's Own U6 Number Shows Unemployment Rate Near 20% (1 comments) Interestingly, the money masters are struggling to create another bubble to give an illusion of growth. But the long term trend is continued disaster capitalism.

Monday, November 23:

Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government The surge in borrowing over the last year or two is widely judged to have been a necessary response to the financial crisis and the deep recession, and there is still a raging debate over how aggressively to bring down deficits over the next few years. But there is little doubt that the United States' long-term budget crisis is becoming too big to postpone.

Sunday, November 22:

The Cornucopia Institute: Food Manufacturers and Organic Industry Lobbyists Circle the Wagons Two powerful lobby groups in the food industry, The Grocery Manufacturers of America and the Organic Trade Association, recently intervened as friends of the court in a federal consumer class-action lawsuit accusing the nation's largest supplier of private-label organic milk of consumer fraud.

Friday, November 20:

James Fox: Abandoned Pets Since 2007 Estimated at 1 to 2 Million (1 comments) Abandoned pets since December 2007 has been estimated by the ASPCA at one to two million. Animal shelters and rescues have been struggling as donations and funds dry up.

Thursday, November 19:

Michael Pollan: Help Protect Our Farmers From Assaults By Monsanto - The True Food Network (1 comments) Here's an activist group that is taking on Monsanto and agribusiness. I'm not advocating that you give them money; I just am pleased to see an activist organization taking on the big guys (Monsanto, Cargill, others) that so effectively lobby congress and exploit the law and the courts. Maybe you are too. (Disclaimer: I have no connection with the organization or its principals. I'm not recommending it as a charity.)

Stocks Fall as Rising Dollar Lures Investors By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ Published: November 20, 2009 The Dow industrials slid as the dollar strengthened and commodity prices fell.

U.S. Mortgage Delinquencies Reach a Record High By DAVID STREITFELD Published: November 20, 2009 The Mortgage Bankers Association's quarterly survey finds that one in seven mortgage holders are either late on their payments or are already in foreclosure.

New tale of Detroit's woe: Pontiac Silverdome sold for $583,000 The Pontiac Silverdome — once home to the NFL's Detroit Lions — was sold for $583,000, or about 1 percent of the $55.7 million it took to build in 1975. The Silverdome, an 80,300-seat stadium located in Pontiac, Mich., is the latest example of how comprehensively the recession has socked southeastern Michigan.

Eric Lotke: Obama's Home And The Report Is Out: China Takes Us To School (7 comments) President Obama is home from China and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission today releases its 2009 report to Congress. What have we learned? That we need to pay attention because we're getting schooled.

Wednesday, November 18:

VIDEO: Obama: I'd Fire Afghan Decision Leakers (2 comments) "Afghans are responsible for their own security," Mr. Obama said. "We have to get Pakistan involved in a more effective way. There is a range of things we have to do at this point; it's fine-tuning a strategy that we can be confident we'll be successful. I think that Gen. (Stanley) McChrystal shares the same goal I do, for us to protect homeland, protect our allies and U.S. interests around the world."

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