Top Picks ~ Week of June 18, 2007

Vivoleum, Solves Global Warming and Peak Oil
The Yes Men – (Jun 14, 2007)

Regional Economic Measurement Division Interactive Map
Bureau of Economic Analysis

New Age Town in US Embraces Dollar Alternative
By Scott Malone – Yahoo News (Jun 19, 2007)

Bear Stearns Fund Collapse Sends Shock Through CDOs
By Mark Pittman – Bloomberg.com (Jun 21, 2007)

Whatever Happened to Self Sufficiency?
Opinion – ACRES USA (Jun 2007 Issue)

More Evidence that China Will Spend Treasuries to Buy Everything
By Jamil Anderlini – Financial Times, London (Jun 21, 2007)

It’s Official: The Crash of the US Economy Has Begun
By Richard C. Cook – Global Research (Jun 14, 2007)

Something Important You Can Do —
Action Alert from the Farm & Ranch Freedom Alliance

Food Fight: A Teach-In on the 2007 Farm Bill
A UC Berkeley Webcast (Mar 21, 2007)

How War was Turned into a Brand
By Naomi Klein – The Guardian (Jun 16, 2007)

Budget for Restoring Earth
By Lester R. Brown – SustainableBusiness.com (May 16, 2007)

Central Bankers Turn to BIS as Markets Ignore Risk
By John Fraher – Bloomberg News Service (Jun 19, 2007)

Dwindling of Rare Metals Imperils Innovation
By Richard Martin – InformationWeek (Jun 15, 2007)

Deadbeat D.C. – Failed Leaders, Angry Voters
By John Podhoretz – NY Post (Jun 13, 2007)

The Mathematics of Rule
By Bill Ross – nazisociopaths.org (Oct 30, 2006)

The General’s Report
By Seymour M. Hersh – The New Yorker (Jun 17, 2007)

The People’s IPO
By Anne Stuhldreher – Stanford Social Innovation Review (Winter 2007)

Japanese Grannies Trounce Kiwi Bank
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – Telegraph.co.uk (Jun 20, 2007)

Rig Markets Our Way or Don’t Rig Them at All, IMF Tells China
By Martin Crutsinger – AP (Jun 18, 2007)

How Children Lost the Right to Roam in Four Generations
By David Derbyshire – Daily Mail (Jun 15, 2007)
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Britains Got Talent – A Star is Born
YouTube (Jun 10, 2007)

Supreme Court Lifts Anti-trust Liability for Banks’ Stock Manipulation
By Pete Yost – AP (Jun 18, 2007)

Blair Backs New Online Journalism Regulator
By George Jones – Telegraph.co.uk (Jun 13, 2007)

America Prepares for ‘Cyber War’ With China
By Alex Spillius – Telegraph.co.uk (Jun 15, 2007)

China Sells Treasuries, Signaling Diversification
By Kevin Carmichael & Ye Xie – Bloomberg.com (Jun 15, 2007)

To Avoid Conflicts, Clintons Lliquidate Holdings
By Patrick Healy – NY Times (Jun 15, 2007)

Clintons Dissolve Blind Financial Trust
By John Solomon – Washington Post (Jun 15, 2007)

Lawmakers Cashing In on Real Estate, Financial Reports Reveal
By Matthew Mosk – Washington Post (Jun 15, 2007)

Let the Segregation Commence
By John Leo – City Journal (Jun 13, 2007)

Patriots Question 9/11
Pages updated

Drought Prompts Cattlemen to Get Rid of Their Herds
By Jane Roberts – Memphis online (Jun 17, 2007)

Farm Bill 101 – A Quick & Easy Guide to Understanding the Farm Bill

Zipcar – Reserve a car online

A beautiful performance at a Horse Championship

Google Power ‘Less Than Thought’ As eBay Starts Boycott
By Tom Bawden – TimesOnline (Jun 16, 2007)

World Could Go On Forever With US As Massive Parasite, Study Claims
By Krishna Guha – Financial Times, London (Jun 14, 2007)