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October 1, 2012 0

Bernanke Begs Congress to Address "Fiscal Cliff", Pledges to Hold Interest Rates Near Zero Through Mid-2015 Even If Economy Picks Up

By News Desk

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke was yapping about jobs today in his speech Five Questions about the Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy in Indianapolis. Bernanke asked five questions of himself and gave five self-serving responses, all absolving the Fed of its role in the global financial crisis.

October 1, 2012 0

Manufacturing ISM Rebounds Slightly

By News Desk

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October 1, 2012 0

What If I Am Wrong About Europe?

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October 1, 2012 0

False balance and simplistic denunciation of the anti-GMO movement: Keith Kloor and Ed Yong, call your offices

By News Desk

False balance and simplistic denunciation of the anti-GMO movement: Keith Kloor and Ed Yong, call your offices Ed Yong certainly and Keith Kloor possibly understand false balance in climate reporting: Â the scientific mainstream and a few outliers should not get equal billing.

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This is all getting too serious

By News Desk

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September 30, 2012 0

At Some Point the Hat Runs out of Rabbits; First Catalonia, Now Basque Separatists Call for Independent Country; El Pais Survey Shows 43% Catalans For…

By News Desk

More here: At Some Point the Hat Runs out of Rabbits; First Catalonia, Now Basque Separatists Call for Independent Country;…

September 30, 2012 0

Austerity Programs Hit France; Marchers Demand Vote on Treaty; Hollande Reneges on Campaign Promise

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September 30, 2012 0

Through a Reef Darkly

By News Desk

JPMorgan, Bank of America Forgive Debts that No Longer Exist; Wonderful News! But For Whom?

By News Desk

Today, the New York Times notes Banks Forgive Debt That Isn’t There . GREETINGS, unhappy homeowners! Hereâ€™s some wonderful news: â€œWe are canceling the remaining amount you owe Chase!â€ says a letter that JPMorgan Chase sent recently to thousands of home loan borrowers. â€œYou are approved for a full principal forgiveness of your Home Equity Account,â€ says another, from Bank of America

September 30, 2012 0

Too Many Vowels

By News Desk

Eli Rabett Eli Rabett Eli Rabett is a not quite failed professorial techno-bunny, a chair election from retirement, at a wanna be research university that has a lot to be proud of but has swallowed the Kool-Aid. The students are naive but great and the administrators vary day-to-day between homicidal and delusional.