Geopolitical – Week of 7.25.10

Panel Begins Hearings on Rangel
The Wall Street Journal (30 July 10)

IMF Says U.S. Financial System May Need $76 Billion in Capital
Bloomberg (30 July 10)

Lawler: “Slam-Dunk” Stimulus? MS = Missing Something!!!!
Calculated Risk (29 July 10)

The Democrats May Not Merely Lose The House in November, But The Senate Too. How Did It Go So Wrong?
The Economist (22 July 10)

The Power of Redemption
The Wall Street Journal (22 July 10)

Bangladesh Garment Workers Riot Over Wages
Yahoo News (30 July 10)

Police Seize $1.7bn Worth of Marijuana in California
BBC News (29 July 10)

Ousted USDA Employee Sherrod Plans to Sue Blogger
Yahoo News (29 July 10)

Four Killed in Air Force Plane Crash in Alaska
Yahoo News (29 July 10)

George Carlin Never Would’ve Cut It at the New Goldman Sachs
The Wall Street Journal (29 July 10)

Congress Passes Bill to Reduce Disparity in Crack, Powder Cocaine Sentencing
The Washington Post (29 July 10)

A Critical Examination of Matt Simmons’ Claims on the Deepwater Spill
The Oil Drum (29 July 10)

Three Ex-GE Bankers Indicted as U.S. Bid-Rigging Probe Broadens
Bloomberg (28 July 10)

Fed’s Beige Book Says Economic Recovery Slowed in Some Areas
Bloomberg (28 July 10)

Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis
Congressional Budget Office (27 July 10)

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Neel Kashkari, TARP Guru, Supports Cutting Entitlements, Citing ‘Me-First’ Attitude Of Beneficiaries
The Huffington Post (26 July 10)

Japanese Tanker Damaged Near Oman
BBC News (28 July 10)

Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, Giving Up On Victory, Not War
TomDispatch.com (29 July 10)

Obama Targets ‘Soccer Moms’ to Halt Poll Slide
Prison Planet (29 July 10)

Oliver Stone Apologized For Telling The Truth
Gilad Atzmon (28 July 10)

Arizona Will Appeal Ruling on Immigration Law, Governor Says
Bloomberg (28 July 10)

The US Town That Outsourced Everything
The Independent (28 July 10)

US Congress Approves New Funding For Afghan War
BBC News(28 July 10)

House Approves Measure to Pay for Combat Operations
The New York Times (27 July 10)

WikiLeaks Secret Records Dump Stays in Legal Clear: Ann Woolner
Bloomberg Businessweek (27 July 10)


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White House Predicts Record $1.47 Trillion Deficit
The Washington Post (23 July 10)

Goldman Reveals Where Bailout Cash Went
USA Today (27 July 10)

SIGIR: Defense Can’t Account For $8.7 Billion
Federal News Radio 1500AM (27 July 10)

Pentagon Workers Tied to Child Porn
Boston.com (23 July 10)

US Senators Push UK on BP-Lockerbie Link
The Epoch Times (26 July 10)

Chavez Threatens to Cut Off Oil to U.S.
CNN.com (25 July 10)

U.S. Military Strike On Iran Likely, Ex-CIA Chief Says
The Huffington Post (25 July 10)

Top U.S. Officer Warns Afghan War Will Get Worse
Yahoo News (25 July 10)

View Is Bleaker Than Official Portrayal of War in Afghanistan
The New York Times (25 July 10)

BP’s Hayward to Step Aside as Gulf Work Resumes
Reuters (26 July 10)

Netanyahu: I Deceived US to Destroy Oslo Accords
Redress (24 July 10)

Obama is Preparing to Bomb Iran
Tarpley.net (21 July 10)

Afghanistan The War Logs
Guardian.co.uk (25 July 10)