Money & Markets
Dollar’s Shares of Currency Reserves Falls to Record Low
By Christopher Swan – Bloomberg News (28 Dec 2007)Exit U.S.
By Mike Muehleck posted by Eric Fry – the Rude Awakening (27 Nov 2007)Bear Stearns Hires Law Firm to Investigate Ailing Hedge Fund Investments While Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Receives $3 Billion Bailout
Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge – Insurance & Reinsurance Blog (20 Aug 2007)Background Information on the Euro And Euro Area
Press Release: European Union – Scoop Independent News (22 Dec 2007)Swiss Banking Watchdog Snaps at Heels of UBS
By Robin Pagnamenta & Suzy Jagger – Times Online (24 Dec 2007)Unpaid Credit Cards Bedevil Americans
By Rachel Konrad & Bob Porterfield – Associated Press (23 Dec 2007)Fed Promises Infinite Money as Long as Banks Want It
By Liz Capo McCormick – Bloomberg News (21 Dec 2007)As Governments Shower Money on Them, Banks Drop Subprime Rescue Fund
By David Enrich & Diya Gullapalli – Wall Street Journal (21 Dec 2007)Central Banks Give Biggest Liquidity Boost Ever
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (20 Dec 2007)FDIC Proposes Bank Failure Rule Changes
Associated Press (20 Dec 2007)Crisis May Make 1929 Look Like a Walk in the Park
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (22 Dec 2007)Saudis May Start Buying Real Stuff in a Big Way Instead of Treasuries
By Henny Sender, et al – Financial Times, London (21 Dec 2007)
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Food & Health
Bush Administration Supports Nazi-Style Experiments on US Children
A Google Video – Brass Check TVCourt Says USDA Violated Law in Approving GE Alfalfa
By Ken Roseboro – Organic Consumers Association (Mar 2007)
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Life
The List: Odds of Dying in U.S. By Cause of Death
The Progressive Review – Undernews (24 Dec 2007)The Odds of Dying
By Robert Roy Britt – LiveScience Senior Writer (6 Jan 2005)America’s Most Literate Cities, 2007
A Study by Dr. John W. Miller – Central Connecticut State UniversityThe Death of High Fidelity
By Robert Levine – Rolling Stone (26 Dec 2007)Sustainable Stewardship: Historic Preservation’s Essential Role in Fighting Climate Change
By Richard Moe – National Trust for Historic Preservation (13 Dec 2007)The Most Expensive States for Speeding Tickets 2007
By Tom Van Riper – Forbes.com (20 Dec 2007)Bird Formations ~ A Google Video
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Geopolitical
Hoover’s Letter to Truman’s Special Consultant
Washington (7 Jul 1950)
Marijuana Arrests for Year 2006 – 828,625 – Tops Record High, Nearly 6% Increase Over 2005
NORML News (24 Sep 2007)Good and Evil at the Center of the Earth: A Quechua Christmas Carol
By Greg Palast – Greg Palast.com (24 Dec 2007)Run Silent, Run Drugs: The Cocaine Sub Fleet
By Brian Ross & Len Tepper – abc News (20 Dec 2007)CIA Torture Jet Wrecks with 4 Tons Cocaine
By redstatehatemonitor – Daily Kos (12 Dec 2007)FBI Aims for World’s Largest Biiometrics Database
By Rachelle Younglai – Reuters (22 Dec 2007)None Survive Turkish Plane Crash
By Sabrina Tavernise – New York Times (1 Dec 2007)
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