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More of the Same for 2010?

China Stuck in a Feedback Loop | The Dollar or the Dark Ages? – Tough Call.

The FT published a brilliant article on Monday (May 25) entitled, “Beijing is caught in ‘trap’ over dollar.”
The article suggests the world’s fastest growing economy has placed too much of its hard-won cash reserves in the U.S. debt market and, as a result, has locked itself into a bit of a jam. As the [...]

U.S. National Debt Since 1940 | Where is the Outcry? When is the Revolution?

I’m at a loss for words this weekend. Having spent some time playing and exploring the Government’s General Printing Office (GPO) website (which has an amazing array of statistics, databases, raw data files and reports) – I’m seriously wondering …
- Where is the public outcry?
- Where are the pitch forks?
- When [...]

The World Smells U.S. Weakness. Dismantling Begins!

The scent of blood is in the water. The U.S. is on its knees and its enemies are taking bite-sized chunks out of the perception of the invincibility, stability, and confidence that has been the United States of America circa 20th Century.
In the nine years that have passed since the millennium, the ‘beloved’ Bush administration [...]

NYC Reverend Declares ‘End of Days!’ (World Depression’s a Doozy?)

If skepticism is a defense mechanism – I am one heck of a sceptic when it comes to prophetic ‘End of Days’ / apocalyptic / doomsday stories often pressed into circulation as ‘and finally‘ news items footnoted into an already crappy news broadcast.
So when ‘Famed‘ Reverend David Wilkerson, an American Christian evangelist – (who’s substantial [...]

Bernanke Smokes Pot! | “Recession to end in ‘09″

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