Geopolitical – Week of 10.24.10

Key Tax Breaks at Risk as Panel Looks at Cuts
The Wall Street Journal (25 Oct 10)

Treasury Shields Citigroup as Deletions Undercut Disclosure
Bloomberg (25 Oct 10)

The Great Bailout Backlash
The New York Times (25 Oct 10)

Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law
NPR (28 Oct 10)

Spy Boss Defends Secrecy, Nukes Key Threat
Reuters (28 Oct 10)

CFTC’s Chilton Admits Silver Market Subject To “Fraudulent” Influences, Says Manipulation Should Be Prosecuted
Zero Hedge (26 Oct 10)

MERS Fraud Impact On CMBS: Up To $280 Billion Per Barclays
Zero Hedge (27 Oct 10)

EU Leaders Face Battle Over Treaty Change
Reuters (27 Oct 10)

Bill Gross Calls Fed “Most Brazen” Of All Ponzi Schemes, Says 30 Year Bond Market Is Ending, Compares US Economy To Black Hole
Zero Hedge (27 Oct 10)

City Debt Crisis Eclipses Elections in PA Capital
The Real New (27 Oct 10)

Fed Won’t Join Banks in Appealing Order to Disclose Emergency Loans
GATA (26 Oct 10)

Treasury Shields Citigroup as Deletions Undercut Disclosure
GATA (26 Oct 10)

CFTC Proposes New Tools to Stop Manipulation
Reuters (26 Oct 10)

IRS commissioner announces new Return Preparer Office at AICPA National Tax Conference
SmartBrief (26 Oct 10)

John Ivison: Canada May Learn to Love Russian Military Planes in Our Airspace
National Post (20 Oct 10)

GM Treaty Requires Compensation
asahi.com (18 Oct 10)

Eastern Europe Versus the Open Society
Chronicles (25 Oct 10)

Employees Say BP’s Ombudsman’s Office Neglected Their Safety, Retaliation Concerns
Truthout (25 Oct 10)

Germany Says U.S. Federal Reserve Heading `Wrong Way’ With Monetary Easing
Bloomberg (23 Oct 10)

Will Barack Obama Admit Extent of Iran’s Role in Iraq, Laid Bare by WikiLeaks?
Telegraph.co.uk (23 Oct 10)

Here’s The Bombshell Wikileaks Iraq Report Everyone Has Been Waiting For
Business Insider (22 Oct 10


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?Cashless Control, Awlaki the Boogeyman, “Officer Bubbles” – Sunday Updat?e
corbettreport.com (22 Oct 10)

Goldman: The Fed Needs To Print $4 Trillion In New Money
Zero Hedge (24 Oct 10)

Portland, Maine, Weighs Letting Noncitizens Vote
The Washington Post (23 Oct 10)

Majority of Voters Oppose Prop. 19, New Poll Shows
CNN Politics (22 Oct 10)

Massachusetts Physicians Choose Single Payer
PNHP (21 Oct 10)

Massive Stretches of Weathered Oil Spotted in Gulf of Mexico
nola.com (23 Oct 10)

French Senate Approves Pension Reform Measure
CNN (22 Oct 10)

US Welcomes Approach to Taliban
Financial Times (21 Oct 10)

US Announces $2 Billion Military Aid to Pakistan
Daily Times (23 Oct 10)

Germany Says U.S. Federal Reserve Heading `Wrong Way’ With Monetary Easing
Bloomberg (23 Oct 10)

Campaign’s Big Spender
The Wall Street Journal (22 Oct 10)

Iris Scanners Create the Most Secure City in the World. Welcome, Big Brother
Fast Company (18 Aug 10)

War’s Hidden Death Toll: After Service, Veteran Deaths & Suicides Surge
Democracy Now (18 Oct 10)