Economy
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PILLOWTALK: We Are Devo! (Deborah Goodwin)
It's very important to wear proper safety goggles Oct. 26, 2011 (ShapeShiftas) -- The past few days I have been doing something I never would have done if I had stayed in the city. I have been ...
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PILLOWTALK: Blogger's Block (Deborah Goodwin)
Oct. 19, 2011 (ShapeShiftas) -- I've been trying to get back to my blog and have been surprised by how difficult it has been. Random thoughts haven't developed into full posts, and I keep getting ...
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PILLOWTALK: Peak Stuffing (Deborah Goodwin)
Deborah stuffing a pillow in her loft Oct. 5, 2011 (ShapeShiftas) -- Today I plan to stuff some new pillows to bring to Art in the Park this weekend (http://www.chaffeeartcenter.org/art_park.html - ...
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Jobless and Clueless (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Nov. 6, 2011 -- When Americans who are the most victimized by our cruel economy still believe in something that is demonstrably no longer true, they are deeply ...
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17 Quotes About The Coming Global Financial Collapse That Will Make Your Hair Stand Up (Michael Snyder)
Nov. 22, 2011 (BlacklistedNews.com) -- Here are 17 quotes about the coming global financial collapse that will make your hair stand up: #1 Credit Suisse’s Fixed Income Research unit: “We seem to ...
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Stocks: Worst Thanksgiving Drop Since ’32 (Rita Nazareth)
Nov. 25, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell, capping the worst Thanksgiving-week drop since 1932 in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as S&P cut Belgium’s rating and a report said Greece is ...
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Jefferson County, Alabama files largest municipal bankruptcy in US history (E.P. Bannon)
Nov. 17, 2011 (WSWS) -- Jefferson County, Alabama, home to the state’s most populous city of Birmingham, filed bankruptcy Oct. 9. The size of the debt is over $3 billion, making it the largest ...
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The US is a Police State: Review of 'State Power and Democracy,' by Andrew Kolin (Prof. John McMurtry)
Nov. 9, 2011 (Global Research) -- Global Research Editor's Note: This article by Professor McMurtry had been commissioned by an academic journal called New Politics. Upon receiving Professor ...
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How Goldman Sacked Greece (Greg Palast)
Nov. 8, 2011 (GregPalast.com) -- Here's what we're told: Greece's economy blew apart because a bunch of olive-spitting, ouzo-guzzling, lazy-ass Greeks refuse to put in a full day's work, retire ...
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Key Lesson from Iceland Crisis is 'Let Banks Fail' (Haukur Holm)
Nov. 8, 2011 (AFP) -- Three years after Iceland's banks collapsed and the country teetered on the brink, its economy is recovering, proof that governments should let failing lenders go bust and ...
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10 Million American Families Sliding Toward Foreclosure (Sherwood Ross)
Nov. 8, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Of the 55-million families with mortgages, 10.4-million of them “are sliding toward failure and foreclosure” -- a tragedy that will depress the U.S. ...
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