Top Picks ~ Week of August 6, 2007

Will Paulson Ever Consent to Answer the Right Questions?
By John Crudele – NY Post (9 Aug 2007)

Outsourcing Intelligence: How Bush Gets His National Intelligence From Private Companies
By R.J. Hillhouse – The Nation (31 Jul 2007)

10 Commandments of Personal Finance
By Jeffrey Strain – TheStreet.com (26 Jul 2007)

Separating Church & Reality
By Sam Smith – The Progressive Review (Aug 2007)

I-35 Collapse Photos

Congress Proposing More Profits for Community Pump & Dumpers
By Andrew Ward & Stephanie Kirchgaessner – Financial Times, London (7 Aug 2007)

Where’s the Beef, Indeed: A Steak Shortage Hits N.Y.
By Christopher Faherty – The NY Sun (8 Aug 2007)

ECB Gushes Cash as Credidt Market Turmoil Spreads
By Jeremy W. Peters – NY Times (9 Aug 2007)

European Commission Forbids Gold Sale By Italy
By Paul Bompard – Financial Times, London (9 Aug 2007)

European Emergency Cash Injection Exceeds Amount Issued After 9/11
By Gillian Tett, Richard Milne & Krishna Guha – Financial Times, London (9 Aug 2007)

Central Bank’s Aggressive Move Stuns European Markets
From Financial Times, London (9 Aug 2007)

Burma-Shave in the Fifties
Burma-Shave slogans

How Burma-Shave Saved the Family Farm
By Bill Vossler – Grit (12 Jun 2007)

The F&U 500 & Jim Cramer on the Colbert Show
At Comedy Central

UBS’ Subprime Report Gives ICICI a Scare
The Economic Times (8 Aug 2007)

Countrywide Reports “Unprecedented Disruptions” in Mortgage Markets
in Latest 10Q Filing with SEC
– Countrywide’s Form 10-Q

Step Right up in Tokyo and Get Your Money
By Keiko Ujikane – Bloomberg News (10 Aug 2007)

ECB’s Confidence Trick Won’t Restore Faith in Market
By Damian Reece – The Telegraph, London (10 Aug 2007)

No One in Asian Financial Districts Will Lack Lunch Money
By Jeffrey Hodgson & Jan Dahiinten – Reuters (9 Aug 2007)

ANH Press Release: Natural Sources of Vitamins & Minerals Protected From Potential Bans
Press Release from the Alliance for Natural Health (10 Aug 2007)

Old Wall Street Adage
There’s an old Wall Street adage about the country bumpkin whose city cousin proudly showed him New York harbor, pointing out the bankers’ yachts and the brokers’ yachts. “But where,” his simple cousin asked, “are the custoomers’ yachts?”

Highly Recommended!Corporate Tax Scams
Lucy Komisar – YouTube (13 Jun 2007)

An Unlivable Minimum
By Derrick Z. Jackson – Boston Globe (28 Jul 2007)

Liberals Standing in the Way of Change
By Sam Smith – Undernews (3 Aug 2007)

Alcohol Can be A Gas! – A Book by David Blume
A Review

MineWeb: Spain’s Central Bank Sells Another 25 Tonnes
By Rhona O’Connell – MineWeb (7 Aug 2007)

China Threatens ‘Nuclear Option’ of Dollar Sales
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – The London Telegraph (7 Aug 2007)

What Does it Mean?
The News You Need Today…For the World You’ll Live in Tomorrow

Jeff Rense – Dow Jones Illusion
youTube (17 May 2007)

Ruling on Insurance in New Orleans: Katrina Victims Lose in Appeals Court
By Becky Bohrer – excite news (2 Aug 2007)

The Polishing Stone
Refining the Life you Live Into the Life You Love

Cramer Melts Down. Market, Too?
iTulip.com

Toxic Lead is Still Robbing Our Children of Brain Power
By Peter Montague – Rachel’s Democracy & Health News (26 Jul 26 2007)

China Tells Living Buddhas to Obtain Permission Before They Reincarnate
By Jane Macartney – Timesonline (4 Aug 2007)

Ron Paul Leads Republicans in Web Traffic by a Whopping 45%
By Christopher Costigan – Inforwars.com (3 Aug 2007)

TBC Leaders Endorse Hands Across El Rio
By Steve Taylor – Rio Grande Guardian (5 Aug 2007)

If Only the CFTC Cared as Much About Gold….or At All
Marathon to Pay $1 Million for Manipulating Oil Market
From Reuters (1 Aug 2007)

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