Top Picks ~ Week of February 19, 2007

“Vulture Fund” Companies Buy up Debt of Poor Countries at Cheap Prices
From Democracy Now! – Greg Palast (Feb 16, 2007)

Putin’s Speech at the 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy
By President Vladimir Putin – Sanders Research (Feb 16, 2007)

9/11 Questions Still Smoldering
Allen L Roland’s Radio Weblog – blogs.salon.com (Feb 16, 2007)

Wikipedia: Insurrection Act of 1807
Spotlight on Congressional modifications made Sept 20, 2006

Bent Skovmand, Seed Protector, Dies at 61
By Douglas Martin (Feb 14, 2007)

Iran — Ready to Attack
By Dan Plesch – Newstatesman (Feb 19,2007)

Eisenhower’s Mistake: A Tale of an Astonishing Letter to the Former German Chancellor
By Andrej Grubacic – ZNet Commentaries (Feb 19, 2007)

TIC Tock
By Stephen S. Roach – New York (Feb 16, 2007)

Who Will Get China — the Chinese or Wall Street?
By Chris Powell – GATA (Feb 19, 2007

Central Banks Face Rising Pressures from Politicians
By Simon Kennedy & Matthew Benjamin – Bloomberg News Service (Feb 9, 2007)

The Secret – On Oprah (in 5 parts)
Oprah’s Feb 8, 2007 Show about the film “The Secret”

The Next Industrial Revolution – A 55-minute Film
From Earthome Productions

Markets Hate Farmers
By Devinder Sharma – ZNet (Feb 13, 2007)