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Seller, beware: Feds cracking down on garage sales     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   WASHINGTON — If you're planning a garage sale or organizing a church bazaar, you'd best beware: You could be breaking ...   Geithner: Auditing the Fed is a “line that we don’t want to cross”     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   James Corbett The Corbett Report August 26, 2009 In an interview released today by Digg and the Wall Street Journal, ...   Six Flags declares bankruptcy     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   NEW YORK -- The amusement park company Six Flags says it has filed for bankruptcy. The New York-based operator of 20 ...   Bilderberg 2009 Attendee List     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Infowars May 18, 2009 Dutch Queen Beatrix, Queen Sofia of Spain Prince Constantijn Belgian Prince Philip Ntavinion ...   Ron Paul is ‘Fed up’     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) is attracting a lot of attention for his proposal to audit the Federal Reserve bank, the ...   Acting Freddie Mac CFO commits suicide     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   VIENNA, Va. -- David Kellermann, acting chief financial officer of Freddie Mac, committed suicide in his Hunter Mill ...   Republicans and Democrats Determined to Turn Tea Parties into Circus Sideshow     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Kurt Nimmo Infowars April 14, 2009 It’s not enough the disinfo operative Glenn Beck and the neocons posing as ...   Tent-City Residents Issued Moving Papers     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Rob Dew and Debra Hamilton Infowars April 14, 2009 Sacramento Police were busy today passing out decrees ...   Sacramento Tent-City an Alternative to the Control Grid     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Jason Douglass and Rob Dew Infowars April 9, 2009 As our government wages economic warfare against its own people, the ...   Controlled Opposition Embarrass Banker Minion Summers     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Infowars.com As former Clintonite, CFR member, and Bilderberger Larry Summers was addressing the Economic Club in ...   US poll: Just 53% say capitalism better than socialism     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Bad news for those fearful of "creeping socialism" in the United States -- only 53 percent of Americans now believe ...   G-20 Makes Six Pledges Toward New World Order     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Huliq News April 3, 2009 In a press conference after the plenary session the British PM Gordon Brown read the ...   Bill Moyers on the Bankster Economic Crisis     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Bill Moyers PBS April 5, 2009   Cities and States Plan Strange New Taxes on Pretty Much Everything     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   The government is having a hard time making do with the meager trillions you're throwing their way, so they're pressing ...   Terence Corcoran: Is this the end of America?     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Terence Corcoran, Financial Post Published: Friday, March 20, 2009 Helicopter Ben Bernanke's Federal ...   US Federal Reserve announces massive increase in government debt     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Barry Grey Global Research March 20, 2009 The US Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced that it will massively ...   Suze Orman: Bush owes American people every penny of his fortune     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   John Byrne Published: Friday March 20, 2009 Suze Orman, the sharp-tongued CNBC pundit, sounded off in a major way in ...   Paul: Bill to tax bonuses an ‘outrage’ and unconstitutional     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   David Edwards and Rachel Oswald Published: Thursday March 19, 2009 Update at bottom: House overwhelmingly passes bonus ...   Stimulus plan: Spend now, details later (promise)     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   MATT APUZZO and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE Associated Press March 18, 2009 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama wants ...   Movie: The Obama Deception     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Alex Jones - The Obama Deception   Libertarian poll: What is Obama trying to distract us from?     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Party needles White House over attacks on radio host Limbaugh WASHINGTON – America’s third largest party is asking ...   The Size of Derivatives Bubble = $190K Per Person on Planet     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Tom Foremski Silicon Valley Watcher March 17, 2009 More must read financial analysis from DK Matai, Chairman of the ...   IMF poised to print billions of dollars     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Edmund Conway The Telegraph March 17, 2009 Alistair Darling and senior figures in the US Treasury have been ...   Hedge funds could reap billions from AIG     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   John Byrne Published: Wednesday March 18, 2009 $160 million in bonuses to AIG executives? Try billions in dollars ...   Senate quietly stripped measure restricting bonuses from bailout legislation     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   John Byrne Published: Wednesday March 18, 2009 A new revelation in the scandal surrounding AIG's decision to pay ...   AIG Hires Renta-Cops to Protect Bankers Against “Mob Effect”     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Brady Dennis and David Cho The Washington Post March 17, 2009 A tidal wave of public outrage over bonus payments ...   Obama Protests aka Tea Parties Largely Ignored by Media     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Since CNBC's Rick Santelli first suggested a Chicago Tea Party to protest President Obama's plans to "stimulate" the ...   Citigroup CEO awarded $10.8M     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   By Jonathan Stempel and Dan Wilchins NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc (C.N) awarded Chief Executive Vikram Pandit ...   Fingerprints Required to Sell Home in Chicago     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Infowars March 13, 2009 It is billed as a way to prevent fraud — Chicago and Cook County homeowners will be required ...   Regulator: Before Banks Collapsed, They Pleaded With Feds To Let Them Fudge Their Books     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Ryan Grim Huffington Post March 13, 2009 Before financial institutions have collapsed over the past several months, ...   Industrial output drops in February     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Industrial output drops for 4th straight month as factory operating rate falls to record low WASHINGTON (AP) -- The ...   Cheney: Don’t blame us for economic woes, ’stuff happens’     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   David Edwards and Muriel Kane Published: Sunday March 15, 2009 As the state of the economy has worsened, both ...   Madoff pleads guilty, is jailed     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   BREAKING NEWS msnbc.com news services updated 1 minute ago function UpdateTimeStamp(pdt) { var n = ...   Washington plans for big bank failure     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Colin Barr Fortune March 10, 2009 The government is bracing for a big bank failure. A bill introduced in Congress ...   HR 875 and the Criminalization of the Backyard Gardener     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Lydia Scott Campaign For Liberty March 10, 2009 HR 875 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c111:1:./temp/~c1112RD9bb   U.S. Postal Service Nearing Insolvency     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   STRESSED BY THE ECONOMY and competition from the Internet and private shipping companies, officials from the U.S. ...   New Tax Proposal Would Abolish IRS in Lieu of ‘Fair Tax’ System     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   REP. JOHN LINDER (R-Ga.) has introduced legislation which would end the income tax and abolish the IRS and replace them ...   New York Times Falsifies History of Federal Reserve     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   By Michael Collins Piper The New York Times published a flat-out untruth on Feb. 7 about the Federal Reserve Act of ...   1-U.S. senator wants Fed to name loan recipients     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - A U.S. senator berated Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday for refusing to ...   U.S. private sector cuts 697,000 jobs in February     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   By Burton Frierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. private sector job losses accelerated in February, according to a report ...   The U.S. Economy: Designed to Fail     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Richard C. Cook Global Research March 1, 2009 President Barack Obama showed a great deal of gumption in standing ...   ‘Tidal wave’ of homeless students hits schools     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   School districts across U.S. struggling to pay for needs of uprooted kids By Kari Huus Reporter msnbc.com updated 7:20 ...   Stocks tumble; Dow drops below 7,000     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Dow breaks below 7,000 for the first time since Oct. 1997 updated 27 minutes ago function UpdateTimeStamp(pdt) ...   CNBC Anchors Mortified That Ron Paul Was Allowed Air Time     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Steve Watson Infowars.net Thursday, Feb 26th, 2009 CNBC anchors were left ...   Ship of Fools     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Paul Craig Roberts Infowars February 9, 2009 Is there intelligent life in Washington, DC?  Not a speck of ...   Nissan to slash 20,000 jobs, sees annual loss     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   'The global auto industry is in turmoil,' says Japanese firm's CEO Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn announces the company's ...   Support for Stimulus Package Falls to 37%     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Support for the economic recovery plan working its way through Congress has fallen again ...   46 Of 50 States Could File Bankruptcy In 2009-2010     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Freedom Arizona January 30, 2009 There is a high chance a majority of the States within the United States of America ...   Prominent Economist: Crisis Caused By Government Interventions     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Steve Watson Infowars.net Monday, Jan 19th, ...   Expert calling it a U.S. depression     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   COLLEGE PARK, Md - Professor Peter Morici, a former chief economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission, said ...   I Want My Bailout Money     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Michael Adams Natural News January 9, 2009 “I Want My Bailout Money” is the first song on the new hip hop album ...   Kucinich: Federal Reserve No More “Federal” Than Federal Express     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   YouTube January 10, 2009   Martial Law, the Financial Bailout, and War     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   by Prof. Peter Dale Scott Paulson’s Financial Bailout It is becoming clear that the bailout measures of late 2008 ...   Obama stimulus plan includes 300 bln in tax relief: report     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   President-elect Barack Obama is including a 300 billion dollar tax break in his massive stimulus package for the US ...   Lawmaker Wants Government Bailout of Newspapers     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Robert MacMillan Reuters January 5, 2008 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Connecticut lawmaker Frank Nicastro sees saving the ...   Bloomberg Misquotes Ron Paul Seconds After He Speaks     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Congressman calls for less regulation, caption states he wants more! Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Thursday, ...   Where’d the bailout money go? Shhhh, it’s a secret     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   By MATT APUZZO Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Think you could borrow money from a bank without saying what ...   Chrysler to halt manufacturing for one month     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Ailing US automaker Chrysler said Wednesday it was halting its manufacturing for at least a month from Friday in ...   Fed Cuts Rates, Vows Other Steps to Bolster Economy     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   By Albert Bozzo, Senior Features Editor | 16 Dec 2008 | 03:57 PM ET The Federal Reserve slashed its target for ...   Faber Report: ex-NASDAQ chairman Madoff’s $50 billion Ponzi scheme     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   You Tube Dec. 15, 2008 CNBC’s Davif Faber reports on the $50 billion Ponzi scheme run bu ex-NASDAQ chairman Bernard ...   U.S. homes lose $2 trillion in value in ‘08     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Home prices are have been hit hard, yet there is still no end in sight to the foreclosure crisis, according to ...   Unemployed and hungry in the U.S.     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   The Real News Network December 8, 2008 More than half a million jobs were lost in the US in November, the largest ...   US Treasury chief weighs next $350 bln for bailout     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is mulling whether to ask Congress for the next part of a controversial ...   Ford Motor Asks Congress for $9 Billion Credit Line     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   By John Hughes and Laura Litvan Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. asked Congress for a credit line of as much as $9 ...   Oil on its Way to $20     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   CNBC November 28, 2008 Crude oil prices will rally in the near-term, but then investors will see another sharp selloff ...   First credit crunch traced back to Roman republic     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Mark Brown Guardian November 28, 2008 Politicians searching for historical precedents for the current financial ...   Citigroup collapses! Banking Shutdown Possible     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Dr. Martin D. Weiss Global Research November 25, 2008 It pains me deeply to announce that, despite the massive ...   Obama warns economy likely to get worse     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   President-elect unveils economic team with Geithner as treasury secretary CHICAGO - President-elect Barack Obama on ...   22 US banks collapsed this year     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   NEW YORK: As many as 22 American banks have collapsed this year so far, even as the banking giant Citigroup , led by ...   Cost of Bankster Bait and Switch Now $7.4 Trillion     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Kurt Nimmo Infowars November 24, 2008 “The U.S. government is prepared to lend more than $7.4 trillion on behalf of ...   Rothschild Investment Banking Posts Record Results     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Ron Haruni Seeking Alpha November 21, 2008 The inability of the current investment banking model to withstand the ...   Bush Hands Over Reins of U.S. Economy to EU     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Dick Morris & Eileen McGann NewsMax November 21, 2008 The results of the G-20 economic summit amount to nothing less ...   China to Buy 4,000 Tons of Gold     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Jason Hommel SilverSeek November 20, 2008 There has been a recent flurry of news articles saying China may begin to ...   Inside Home Affairs: Heading for recession – and the crime wave that goes with it     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Published Date: 19 November 2008 By Michael Howie NOW that people increasingly feel they cannot afford that new HD ...   Michael Moore: ‘It’s the end of capitalism as we know it’     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   David Edwards and Muriel Kane Published: Thursday November 20, 2008 http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Michael_Moore_sees_th   Paulson Was Behind Bailout Martial Law Threat     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Thursday, November 20, 2008 Senator James Inhofe has revealed that Henry ...   Ron Paul Grills Bernanke     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Infowars November 19, 2008 Editor’s note: Check out Paul’s comments the corporate media cut away from during the ...   Naomi Klein: Bailout is ‘multi-trillion-dollar crime scene’     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   David Edwards and Muriel Kane Published: Tuesday November 18, 2008 The Bush administration has already handed out ...   AIG, Congress and the Taxpayers     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Debbie Morgan, www.TakeBackWashington.com November 14, 2008 What is up with AIG? The taxpayers, by way of the ...   Bailout’s ‘blank check’ enraging Republicans     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Irate lawmakers demand Paulson show how $700 billion is spent Posted: November 17, 2008 8:53 pm Eastern By Drew ...   Lawmakers Told More Is Needed to Aid Economy     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Top financial officials warned Congress on Tuesday that the economy continued to need urgent attention, with the credit ...   The Great Depression of the 21st Century: Collapse of the Real Economy     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Michel Chossudovsky Global Research November 16, 2008 The financial crisis is deepening, with the risk of seriously ...   End the Fed Protest - Nov. 22nd     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Location NY Federal Reserve Bank 33 Liberty St New York, NY 10045 Who’s coming? 17 Yes / 6 Maybe Who's ...   The G-20 Economic Summit Won’t Change the “Financial Crime Scene”     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Richard C. Cook Global Research November 17, 2008 The G20 is meeting today in Washington , D.C. , to discuss the world ...   Obama assembling ‘team of frenemies’     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Team of Frenemies By MAUREEN DOWD Published: November 15, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/opinion/16dowd.html?pa   Ex-Hitler youth’s warning to America     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   'Every day brings this nation closer to Nazi-style totalitarian abyss' WASHINGTON – Because it has abandoned moral ...   Inhofe: Billions Given Away to Bankers and Their “Friends”     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Kurt Nimmo Infowars November 17, 2008 On the weekend, senator Jim Inhofe admitted Congress was told lies about the ...   CNBC Host Recommends Statins be Put in the Water Supply     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Youtube Monday, Nov 10, 2008 Makers of Crestor now claim that people with normal cholesterol are also at risk for ...   Rep. Dennis Kucinich- The Bailout is Digging the US to China     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM     Financial Meltdown Summit Featured Lavish Dinner Menu, $300 Bottles of Wine     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   WASHINGTON  —  Brother, can you spare a $300 bottle of wine? The White House dinner Friday night for foreign ...   Citigroup to cut another 53,000 employees     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Banking giant struggling to steady itself after suffering big losses [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="413" ...   Mark Cuban Accused by SEC of Insider Trading     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   The Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Dallas Mavericks owner and dot-com billionaire Mark Cuban with ...   US consumer confidence sinks to record low     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   US consumer confidence plunged to a record low in October as stressed consumers turned sharply more pessimistic and a ...   So, the Money Went Where?     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Brasscheck TV October 27, 2008   Jim Rogers: Inflation down the road     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Jim Rogers: Inflation down the road   U.S. Stocks Plunge, S&P 500 Heads for Worst Month Since 1938     07/30/2010 | 03:23 AM   Nick Baker Bloomberg October 25, 2008 U.S. stocks tumbled this week, driving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index toward ...