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Honorific of the day “you are a completely stupid fool, a disgrace to humanity” -- Paul Craig Roberts, ... to Ellen Brown's 'How to Resolve the Credit Crisis' January 13, 2009 Palestinians Don't Bleed! GAZA ... ) More Essays N Reports ...Latest Letters Letter to Editor – Premeditated Radicalization: Why? January 11 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:27:00

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Animal Collective is a Band Created By/For/On the Internet

This is a post about Animal Collective I listen to the Animal Collectives on a weekly basis. I think I ‘like’ them because they are differentiated from ‘traditional music’ and ‘modern indie music.’ When I listen to them, I exist on a higher plane of musical appreciation and consume products for ‘all the right reasons [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 01:11:55

weight loss tips: All about Weight Watchers Online

If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know that I recently lost that pesky last 10 pounds I was carrying around. It took just shy of 2 months, but as of this week, I am officially at my goal weight: 120 pounds. (which also means that my Points Tracker on the Weight Watchers website added another THREE WHOLE POINTS for me. EVERY DAY! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:20:34

The retail crash bodes ill for services

This is bad any way you slice it: Retail sales plunged far more than expected in December, a record sixth straight monthly decline as consumers were battered by a recession, a severe credit ... percent decline that Wall Street expected. And it’s especially bad for a border county. Retail sales [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:06:15

Rut-roh Scooby! It would appear that Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) has found his spine! ... report detailing the abuses and excesses of the Bush administration and recommending steps to address ... to override laws and silencing whistle-blowers to name just a few. (Whew! That’s a lot of bitching [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:29:51

The Great American Ponzi Scheme

Give us Madoff! Give us Madoff!  “Oil rises to $39 on Bernanke comments…”  “Asian stocks rise after Bernanke remarks…” When they turned out the ... say to bring about the turnaround? We find the report on the front page of the International Herald ... and the normalization of credit markets,” said the main man at the Fed, speaking to an audience at the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:00:26

p2pnet World Headlines – Sept 30, 2009

Two-Thirds of Americans Object to Online Tracking New York Times About two-thirds of Americans object to online tracking by advertisers — and that number rises once they learn the different ways marketers are following their online movements, according to a new survey from professors at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Berkeley. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 18:20:04

Another Quasi-Nationalization, House Debuts Obama Stimulus, Russian Resource War Approaches, Prices Fall and More!

by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Congress unleashes remainder of TARP… another $350 billion into the void Treasury wastes no time… Bank of America quasi-nationalized Dan Denning on the real issue plaguing American financials Obama’s fiscal tenure off to terrific start… $825 billion stimulus bill, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:25:19

UK Drowning in Debt, Is Debt Management a Way Out?

by Phillip Evans Are we in the UK drowning in Debt? According to the insurer AXA, some 11.6 million people (25 per cent of the adult population) ... , admitting their finances are entirely out of control. The report suggests that over 3.7 million people are reported to be struggling to cope with mounting credit card bills and just over a million [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:34:09

How To Break Away From The Debt Prison, Forever!

By Tom Graneau Americans are plagued with personal financial problems ... finance is the most common platform for human errors. Many of us have purchased more “stuff” on credit ... . Mistakes are part of the developmental stages of life. We make errors in every segment [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:03:11

Transcript: President George W. Bush Final Press Conference - January 12, 2009

(Source: White House Press Office) 9:17 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Tapper. We have been through a lot together. As I look through the room, I see Jake, Mike, Herman, Ann Compton. Just seemed like yesterday that — that I was on the campaign trail and you were analyzing my speeches and my policies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:41:57

How And Where To Obtain A Copy Of Your Credit File

There are three major companies reporting on the public’s credit activities in Australia: Dun & Bradstreet, Tasmanian Collection Service, and Veda Advantage. Each of these companies deals with aspects of public credit and keeps files of the public. They keep files for businesses and individuals alike that have been credit active [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:48:26

Nightly (Value) Investment Links #57 Part 1

Here are todays links as well as some highlights since I last ran the nightly links. These Links will be two part as they are very extensive ... January Outlook: Pyramid Crumbling - Via Pimco 3. Apollo Asia Fund 4th Quarter 2008 Report - Via ... Paul Kedrosky 23. US Savings Tsunami And Its Implications - Via Paul Kedrosky 24. Credit Quality [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:50:57

U.S. Climate Action Partnership: Give Polluters Money To Continue Polluting

U.S. Climate Action Partnership: Give Polluters Money To Continue Polluting By Brad Johnson on Jan 15th, 2009 at 3:46 pm U.S ... tide in Washington. They deserve credit for moving past conservative rhetoric that denies the need ... in a recent report, “A U.S. climate bill should set a target of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:46:27

You Need Credit Scores With A Credit Report

By John Rasor the importance of knowing and understanding your credit history and score I recently logged on to annualcreditreport ... that people with bad credit are more likely to file a claim than people with good credit. As a result ... .com to get my once a year free credit report but to my surprise there were no credit scores [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:01:47

30 Day Challenge: Day 1, A Magnificant Symphony

Pastor Cedric told me about the Thirty Day Challenge a few months ago. The Thirty Day Challenge is about making your first $10 online ... . No credit card required.I will report back to you on my progress over the course of the 30 days.The ... and generate income online without spending a dime. That's right, this is going to cost zip, diddly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:45:00

Microsoft Released Security Essentials Antivirus, Malicious SEO Poisoning Comes Right After

Microsoft first released a public beta of its Security Essentials antivirus suite back in June and it was met with mostly positive reviews. Today Microsoft has released the final version of Security Essentials and anyone running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 can download it for free.Microsoft Security Essentials offers basic antivirus, spyware, and malware protection. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 20:19:34

"Billion Dollar Tax Havens For TARP Recipients?"

Fri Jan 16, 7:56 PM ETThe Bank of America (BOTTOM) and Citibank (R) ... -dollar losses from the ongoing global credit crisis.Bank of America posted its first quarterly loss ... assets.Also scrambling to survive huge new losses triggered by the credit crunch was Citigroup, which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:32:00

Satan Has A 350 Credit Score

By John Rasor indulgence, greed and envy can take over and send your credit in a downward spiral. The lowest credit score you can have is a 350 ... , gluttony and being a debtor with outright disrespect to the creditor can earn you a bad credit rating. I have personally never seen a 350 credit score but supposedly they do exist. If you have bad cred [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:01:48

Real Keynesians understand imbalanced trade

rdan Trade and Taxes has a post I recommend reading...this is lifted wholesale as a compliment to Howard's passion and thought on the issue of trade policy and our woes...we might differ on some of the details, but read carefully: Real Keynesians understand imbalanced trade by Howard Richman The United States is being run by pseudo-Keynesians [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:57:10

11th January 2009 - Who's made a mark this week?

The result of the End of Year Portrait Challengecopyright Different Strokes from Different Folks and the artistsThese paintings were was done from by a photograph provided via the Karin Jurick's group blog Different Strokes From Different Folks, where artists are encouraged to paint or draw their own interpretations of the photographs supplied [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 13:30:00

Farewell

Farewell Posted by Lorie Byrd Published: January 15, 2009 - 6:47 PM I have not read any advance reports of what President Bush will be saying in his farewell ... from perfect, but has had some great achievements for which he has received little, if any, credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:17:28

The exceedingly grumpy editor's accounting system update

When your editor posted the Grumpy Editor's next project, ... from proprietary software to free software would be incomplete. But the world is full of surprises, even ... do not involve counterparty risk, credit-default swaps, or anything on that scale. Click below [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 16:57:58

And If The Promotion Doesn’t Yield A Sale? What’s Next?

It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “Foreclosure filings in Gallatin County have tripled since 2006, when 37 homes were foreclosed upon ... of Consumer Credit Counseling Service in Tulsa, said the past year shows that the state isn’t immune [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:04:08

Media & Politics

Media & Politics 16-Jan-09 Permanent link to MTA daily media news Outgoing CIA director defends detainee interrogation program (McClatchy) LANGLEY, Va. — Outgoing CIA Director Michael Hayden vigorously defended on Thursday the agency’s use of secret prisons and coercive interrogation methods on suspected al Qaida terrorists, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:21:21

President Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People

Dec. 8, 2008: President George W. Bush kisses one of the children attending the Children’s Holiday Reception and Performance with first lady Laura Bush in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The reception is for children whose parents are serving in the military and cannot be with them for the Christmas holiday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:47:09

Free FICO Score For Joining MyFico Forums

myFICO.com is offering a free credit score to members of their discussion forum. New visitors can register instantly and grab your score. No credit card or trial required. This is an official FICO score based on your Equifax credit file. Score only, no credit report. First 10,000 only - be quick! Directions Visit the main myFICO [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 09:05:46

LifeLock Review

LifeLock is the company that has a picture of their CEO, Todd Davis, ... . They will remember to put fraud alerts on your credit history at the three bureaus every 90 days ... , and they will request your credit history every 12 months from the three bureaus. It’s not a lot of work [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:19:44

Trends in Business Credit Cards for 2009

Small business credit card trends The year 2008 was a rotten one for the banking business. What began as a “mortgage crisis” mushroomed into a full-blown, across-the-board “credit crisis.” This has led to banks pulling back on all types of credit, but an even greater pullback [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:38:54

DrumBeat: January 17, 2009

Recession drills deep into oil and gas: Industry in crisis Job cuts have been the dominant theme in British business over the past three months ... in the North Sea in recent years and provide a much-needed windfall for Wendel. The firm saw its credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:50:47

This has been an unusual interregnum from President No. 43 to No. 44. Because of the need for urgent economic action as well as continuity, this country, perhaps for the first time, has had two presidents at once, in effect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:38:14

The End of an Era

The End of an Era Posted on January 16, 2009 by brandibratrude photo credit Issue #278 Jan 16, 2009 The End of an Era Our long national nightmare is (almost ... , and then threatens to veto clean energy incentives because they take back billions in giveaways [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:39:55

Top Small Business Marketing Trends for 2009

Marketing in 2008 became decidedly social — and 2009 will see the social elements of marketing accelerate. Social media went from being on the cutting edge, to approaching the mainstream. When I say “social” I mean marketing driven by word-of-mouth relationships [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:10:27

The Most Important Investment Report You'll Read in 2009

The Most Important Investment Report You'll Read in 2009 Posted January 17th, 2009 by Michael Nystrom This is the full, ... - it is the entire issue, free with a Club EWI signup. Nystrom's testimonial: Elliott Wave International ... . Seriously. This is your chance to get a free look at December's Financial Forecast. You can support [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:59:51

Posts about Real Estate Market Reports as of January 17, 2009

50 by Hemant Gupta - indianstockmarket.stocktips.in 01/17/2009 50 by Hemant Gupta January 17th, 2009 Buy of the Week. ACCURATE TRANSFORMERS LTD. ( ... to various SEBs including those of U.P Posts about Mortgage Market Report as of January 17, 2009 ... at these air  fares in a moment. We are certainly very happy to be here after reading this report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:24:32

Earnings Tsunami in Financial Sector Hits SP500 Before Obama’s First 100 Days

by John Bougearel Citigroup posted an $8.29 billion loss in Q4 08 compared to a loss of $9.8 billion in Q4 07. The $8.29 billion loss was twice as much as estimated. More than half of those losses came from subprime related, CDO, and SIV writedowns. Offsetting the writedowns was a $2billion gain related to an accounting rule that lets companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:55:21

DrumBeat: January 14, 2009

Obama energy goal hard to meet: Bodman WASHINGTON (Reuters) ... prices, but this would not affect its $2.3 billion credit facility, the independent oil and gas ... (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell after a U.S. government report showed that stockpiles climbed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:55:13

Nothing Down, Nothing Forever

The Missoulian reports from Montana. “Craig Siphers had a notion that the run on real estate in the Bitterroot Valley might be slowing during the summer of 2006. But the longtime real estate agent with Hamilton’s Exit Realty couldn’t have predicted then just how far it would fall [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:20:23

Proliferation, Terrorism and Deceit

Nuclear Proliferation, Terrorism and Deceit: America's Deadly Gameby Tom BurghardtAntifascist Calling...Call it a coincidence, but one headline you're not likely to have read just days after the Mumbai terrorist attacks concerned the quiet release by Swiss authorities of Urs Tinner [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:47:00

Rangel Will Reintroduce Bill to Bring Back Draft

Sometimes it seems that Charlie Rangel is the gift that keeps on giving ... " with taxes. Charlie admitted that he failed to report $75 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN INCOME. HOW THE HELL TO YOU FORGET TO REPORT SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS?Now the Congressman has come up with a way to make [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:52:57

Punish the savers - Part 23

There is something seriously wrong in the world when nations in dire need of domestic savings end up having to push interest rates to such ... that also pays some kind of interest. This report in Times Online explains: Banks cut savings rates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:22:59

Riga 2009, Buenos Aires 2001

Chalk up another in a string of neo-liberal economic failures ... were injured and 106 were arrested. Latvia's fall is, indeed, a hard one. Credit growth ... at Bear Stearns warned in a report published in February 2008. Consider the moment now one of full [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:12:47

Free 3 in 1 Report of the Credit - Offers a Good Opinion on Your Ministry of Finance

A land of accentuation and importance is given to know about the score of the credit ... of the loans, the insurance covers and equal credit cards. Farther, to keep informed ... you to maintain a good financial position. a free 3 in 1 the report of the credit is destined precisely [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:43:32

How To Quickly Build a Big Subscriber List

This is about email subscribers, not RSS subscribers.  RSS is nice, but it will be awhile before it hits critical mass for most markets ... people would expect to pay for elsewhere.  If people are charging for consulting or courses and sharing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:33:40

Dubai, Redux

It seems my post about Dubai struck a chord. I wrote that at my lowest — when I was particularly down and angry, for a couple of things ( ... of realism from the city. You’d try to apply for credit cards, and find that nobody at the banks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:03:43

E-text: A threat to concentration?

not neglect recreational reading as a literacy-promoter. Related: New NEA report in PDF, New York Times article, Washington Post item, Google round-up, and David Nygren’s essay on how e-writers could reach larger audiences—plus E-text: A threat [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 19:48:15

.Tough deadline.

.Tough deadline. Saturday, 17 January 2009 @ 11:41 OGH wins Fire & Rescue Competition. Another milestone for OGH, This is the 2nd time that Orchid Garden Hotel has participated in the Fire & Rescue 2nd Skills Competition (volunteer category), of which OGH is the Champion in volunteer category under operation “C” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:41:17

CSRH Consorteum Holdings Inc. Accesses Processing Industry’s 75 Billion Annual Payment Transactions

Dr Stock Pick HOT News & Alerts ! _______________________________________ FREE Daily Stock Alerts From DrStockPick.com _______________________________________ Wednesday September 30, 2009 DrStockPick.com Stock Report! CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB ********************************************************** Consorteum Holdings Inc. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 12:19:26

Notes from the International School Recruitment Fair Trenches

Oof. It’s Sunday afternoon. Since returning from a skipping-rock of a flight home from Koh Samui, Thailand - departed 6 a.m ... s a random and sleepy-eyed report of lessons learned from the experience. 1. Bad interviews are good [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 07:08:37

Big Media Distorts Bush Economic Record

by James Pethokoukis, US News & World Report His presidency is almost over. But what is the true George W. Bush economic record? ( ... out a lot. Here is some of that, both good and bad: 1) Sorry, but it's the truth: Bush [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:39:10

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