America is History — the Meltdown

This is a followup to America is History which I wrote and submitted to Digg last week.  Our government made a surprising move which is delaying the collapse for a short while, but the collapse is beyond avoidable.  This is my attempt to warn you — protect whatever assets you have as best you can, [...]

The Mother Of All Frauds – the bailout proposal

Market Analyst Karl Denninger gives a chilling analysis of the current proposal for solving the financial meltdown which will be considered by Congress.

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The Lehman Liquidation Failure means Global Metldown Dominos

Executives from the major Wall Street firms expressed reluctance at a plan by government officials to have each firm chip in money to buy Lehman Brothers’ troubled real estate portfolio, worried that even after Lehman, another firm might need a similar bailout as the financial crisis continues to wreak havoc among the big investment banks.

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Freddie & Fanny — Don’t bail them out!

Mark Thornton explains that a bailout/nationalization will only make the problem worse, and even bring on Depression. The only reason answer, consistent with justice and good economics, is a full liquidation of Freddie and Fannie. … and all the others that are going under in coming weeks…!

Striker:  Collapse began months before this, but this [...]

The American Empire is Another Bubble

The situation is actually significantly worse than the mere bailout of Fannie, Freddie, and the FDIC would suggest. For the last sixty years, the United States has provided military protection for the European and Asian capitalist powers, all possessing economies governed by regulatory apparatuses analogous in character to the apparatuses of the Am

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