Top Picks ~ Week of September 24, 2007

Gallup: Trust in Federal Government, On Nearly All Issues, Hits New Low — Even Less Than in Watergate Era
From Editor & Publisher (27 Sep 2007)

Who Owned Drug Plane that Crashed in Mexico?
By Jay Root & Kevin G. Hall – McClatchy Newspapers (27 Sep 2007)

Morgan Stanley Settles E-Mail Charges for $12.5 Million
From Reuters (27 Sep 2007)

How Barrick’s Hedging Gold in a Rising Market Could Be a Bonanza
By Chris Powell – GATA (26 Sep 2007)

CitiBank Acknowledges Central Bank Scheme to Suppress Gold
By Chris Powell – GATA (27 Sep 2007)

World Clock – poodwaddle.com

Naomi Klein Asks Alan Greenspan About Those Missing Billions in Iraq
At Democracy Now! (24 Sep 2007) / Download-play Audio Files

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Wheat Reaches Record as Ukraine Limits Exports After Drought
By Jae Hur – Bloomberg.com (27 Sep 2007)

Dollar Respite as Saudis Stick to Peg, For Now
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (27 Sep 2007)

Dan Rather: Tased and Confused
By Greg Palast – Scoop Independent News (26 Sep 2007)

Why I Distrust Goldman Sachs’ Good Fortune
By John Crudele – New York Post (27 Sep 2007)

Does Everyone Bow Down to the Health Insurance Industry?
By Barbara Ehrenreich – AlterNet Health Wellness (24 Sep 2007)

A Green Revolution for Your Budget
By Laura Rowley – Yahoo Finance (20 Sep 2007)

US Forest Service Purchases 700 TASER X26 Electronic Control Devices
CNN Money (19 Sep 2007)

International Accumulation of Foreign Reserve Currencies

From Wikipedia – On the US Dollar

Pornography and the End of Masculinity
By Don Hazen – AlterNEt (22 Sep 2007)

Real Deal on Markets – Shadow Government Statistics
John Williams’ Website

Seven CIA Veterans Challenge 9/11 Commission Report
By Alan Miller – OpEdNews.com (23 Sep 2007)

Collecting of Details on Travelers Documented
By Ellen Nakashima – Washington Post (22 Sep 2007)

HUD Muddle Leaves New Yorkers’ Rents Unpaid
By Adam Lisbert – New York Daily News (18 Sep 2007)

Billion Dollar Investing Tips from Warren Buffett
By NJ Yasaswy – rediff News (20 Sep 2007)

OPEC Sees Oil Price Rise Offsetting Dollar’s Fall
From Reuters (23 Sep 2007)

Bernanke Has Snookered Us All
By Gary North – (22 Sep 2007)

The Credit Crisis Could Be Just Beginning
By Jon D. Markman – TheStreet.com (21 Sep 2007)

Capital Flows Promise More Trouble For Dollar
By Dan Norcini – JSMineset.com (18 Sep 2007)

The Lies of Alan Greenspan
By William Greider – The Nation (18 Sep 2007)

Jack Kemp Connected to Saddam, Vincent Shamir and Wyatt
Trial in Oil-for-Food Case Turns to Talk of Iraq Diplomacy

By David Caruso – Associated Press (18 Sep 2007)