Top Picks ~ Week of December 17, 2007

Money & Markets


China Takes 10% Stake in Morgan Stanley to Cover Junk Mortgages
By Joseph A. Giannone – Reuters (19 Dec 2007)

Credit Crisis Hits Top US Bond Insurer
By Stephen Bernard – Associated Press (21 Dec 2007)

Credit Crisis to Become Lawyers’ Picnic as Banks Face Class-Action Claims
By Tom Bawden – Times Online, New York (21 Dec 2007)

Putin, the Kremlin Power Struggle and the $40bn Fortune
By Luke Harding – Guardian Unlimited (21 Dec 2007)

Vladimir Putin Interview with Time Magazine
Press Release: Government of Russia (20 Dec 2007)

Elitists Consider Assassinating Ron Paul
By Paul Joseph Watson – Prison Planet (14 Dec 2007)

Ron Paul on Mad Money w/Jim Cramer
Video at YouTube (14 Dec 2007)

Present Day DOJ/CIA Collusion?
Congress, Bush in Clash Over CIA Interrogation Tapes
Associated Press (15 Dec 2007)

Deepcaster Letter Details How US Government Manipulates Major Markets
By Chris Powell – GATA (15 Dec 2007)

Call to Relax Basel Banking Rules
By Edmund Conway – London Telegraph (16 Dec 2007)

Content Islanders Reject Capitalism for Traditional Trade
By Nick Squires – New Zealand Herald (12 Dec 2007)

Schwarzenegger Will ‘Declare Fiscal Emergency’ In Weeks
NBC11.com (14 Dec 2007)

Are Commodities a Bubble Ready to Burst?
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (18 Dec 2007)

Citi Launches $49bn SIV Rescue [Register to view full article.]
By David Wighton – Financial Times, New York (14 Dec 2007)

Broker Charged With Defrauding School Districts
From the Associated Press – Observer-Reporter.coom (12 Dec 2007)

Weak Dollar Restores Health to Wide Range of Exporters
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (19 Dec 2007)

‘Helicopter money’ Is So Passe; This is a Fleet of C-17s
Investors Stunned by ECB’s E350 Billion
By Ralph Atkins, et al – Financial Times, London (18 Dec 2007)

Another Wave of Food Price Inflation Is On The Way
By Javier Blas, et al – Financial Times, London (16 Dec 2007)
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Precious Metals

Ecuador Seeks to Tax Miners’ Winfall Revenue
By Alonso Soto – Reuters (18 Dec 2007)
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Food & Health

Hungry Times for Area Food Banks
By Alfred Lubrano, et al – Philly.com (Dec 07)

Inside the Ontario Food Terminal
A blog post by Tim (7 Oct 2007)
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Life

Clam, 405, is Oldest Animal Ever
By Richard Alleyne – London Telegraph (31 Oct 2007)

Amazing Grace History
At YouTube – By Wintley Phipps

Scientists Seek to Help ‘Locked-in’ Man Speak
By Yvonne S. Lee – CNN (14 Dec 2007)

Popular Science Innovation of the Year: Nanosolar Powersheet
Ministry of Tech (12 Nov 2007)

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Geopolitical

Ron Paul

Statement Introducing the Free Competition in Currency Act
Rep. Ron Paul, MD (13 Dec 2007)

Slave Labour That Shames America
By Leonard Doyle – The Independent (19 Dec 2007)

Nick from Philly911Truth.org Visited by Secret Service
We Are Change Blog (14 Dec 2007)

NYCLU Sues NYPD for Harassing Photographers
At NYCLU website (6 Dec 2007)

Israel: US Report on Iran May Spark War
By Laurie Copans – Associated Press (15 Dec 2007)

6 States Defy Law Requiring ID Cards
By Thomas Frank – USA Today (18 Dec 2007)

WW1 Letter Found 93 Years Later
From BBC News (14 Dec 2007)
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Get Data

Playa Cofi Jukebox ~ Top 100 Songs forom the Golden Years of Pop Music
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