Top Picks ~ Week of August 20, 2007

Highly Recommended ~ How the White House Drowned New Orleans
By Greg Palast (23 Aug 2007)

Now Russia’s Banks May Be in Trouble
By Catherine Belton – Financial Times, London (23 Aug 2007)

Russian Government May be Taking Over Gold Mining
By Oleg Mityayev – Russian News & Information Agency (21 Aug 2007)

The SAFE (Security and Accountability for Every) Port Act – Economic Data Warfare at It’s Best
FedEx Updates

PCC Natural Markets
Fresh food in the Seattle, Washington area!

What 2 Crooks Told me Over Lunch
By Herb Greenberg – MarketWatch (5 Mar 2007)

Gross: Bush Needs to Rescue Homeowners
CNNMoney.com (23 Aug 2007)

Here Comes the Insolvency Crunch
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (23 Aug 2007)

Bank of China Ltd. Discloses $10Billion in Subprime Holdings
By Luo Jun – Bloomberg (24 Aug 2007)

What is Money: Where Does Money Come From?
By Jim Kirwan – Information Clearing House (Aug 2007)

Obscure Company Behind 9/11 Demolition Work
By Charles V. Bagli, David Dunlap & William Rashbaum – New York Times (23 Aug 2007)

Pirate Banned from Using Linux
Posted by samzenpus at Slashdot (23 Aug 2007)

Investment Outlook – Enough is Enough
By Bill Gross – PIMCO Bonds (Aug 2007)

The Rubber Meets the Road, Part 2: The Red Button and The Unseen Role of Denial
The Unseen Role of Denial Blog (14 Nov 2006)

Start-up Sees 1,000 “Brains” on One Microchip
By Duncan Martell – Reuters (20 Aug 2007)

Straight From the Discount Window to a Bailout for Countrywide
By Valerie Baurelein – Wall Street Journal (22 Aug 2007)

TheStreet.com Claims Copyright Infringement. YouTube Agrees, Do You?
On iTulip.com

Debt Overtaking GDP in Britain Too
By Edmund Conway – London Telegraph (23 Aug 2007)

Sustainable Operations
USDA – Department Administration

Cancel Interest Rate Increase, German Industry Pleads
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (23 Aug 2007)

Glass Houses
Snopes.com – Rumor Has It (Collected via e-mail 2007)

Sister of 9/11 Victim Calls for ‘Terror Free Investing’
By Fred Lucas – CNSNews.com (22 Aug 2007)

How John Edwards makes His Millions Grow
By Tim Middleton – MSN Money (25 Jul 2007)

Mortgage Meltdown: Here Come the Judgments
By Les Christie – CNNMoney.com (21 Aug 2007)

Arkansas Connections
Undernews (21 Aug 2007)

Americans Are In Pain
By Carolyn Baker – Carolynbaker.net (21 Aug 2007)

Blame Central Banking, Not Capitalism
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London, Telegraph (21 Aug 2007

Bernanke Fears Economy Will Hit Brick Wall
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London, Telegraph (20 Aug 2007)

The CIA, Narcotics & Underworld: Doug Valentine IV
By Suzan Mazur – Scoop Independent News (19 Aug 2007)

First Genome Transplant Changes One Species Into Another
By Lisa Zyga – Physorg.com (16 Aug 2007)

Traders Braced for Another Torrid Week
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard & Yvette Essen – London Telegraph (20 Aug 2007)

Fed Cuts Loan Rate to Banks by Half Percent
By Martin Crutsinger – Associated Press (17 Aug 2007)

Goldman Strategist Predicts Three Rate Cuts by Year-End
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard & David Litterick – London, Telegraph (22 Aug 2007)