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Cuba: New Petroleum Player on the Field
A worker walks at an oil rig in Havana, Cuba. Photograph: Enrique De La Osa/Reuters20bn barrel oil discovery puts Cuba in the big leagueBy Rory Carroll / October 18, 2008 • Self-reliance beckons for communist state• Estimate means reserves are … Continue reading
Tomorrow Is Monday – Time to Buy These Stocks!
Click to enlargeSource / 23/6 Thanks to Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog
White House Refuses to Read Unsavory E-Mails
Although this article is more than three months old, we somehow missed it, and its significance is astounding. That the Bush White House would simply refuse to read documents received with which they took issue is virtually unbelievable, even to … Continue reading
Keeping the Panic Pressure On
Thousands of Troops Are Deployed on U.S. Streets Ready to Carry Out “Crowd Control”By Naomi Wolf / October 8, 2008. Members of Congress were told they could face martial law if they didn’t pass the bailout bill. This will not … Continue reading
Finding a World of Reality
Has anyone thought about artifice? Artificial? Vain? The high cost of being ‘entertained’?????By Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog / October 6, 2008 I was tired tonight, and tried to find something on the television that might be interesting. Nope, … Continue reading
Only 39.2% Abroad View America Favourably
After 8 Years, Are You Better Off?By Ryan / September 30, 2008 Comparing what George W. Bush started with, and what he’s leaving us with. NATIONAL DEBT January 20, 2001$5.7 Trillion Today$9.2 Trillion BUDGET DEFICIT/SURPLUS January 20, 2001$431 Billion Surplus … Continue reading
When the Common User Questions the Economic Justice of Capitalist Executive Compensation
Steve Schwarzman, Chairman and CEO Blackstone Group (BX)2007 Total compensation: $350.7 millionI wonder why Paulsen didn’t hit upon the billionaires and the 25 HIGHEST PAID MEN IN THIS COUNTRY for that money!By Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog / October … Continue reading
Using Depression-Era Tactics for Survival
Weathering the Coming Crisis, Part IIBy Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog / October 3, 2008 A week or so ago, I wrote up some of the things we’re doing to minimize problems in our lives, with this bail-out and … Continue reading
Bernie Sanders: Alternatives to the Massive Bailout
Bailout Passes Senate; 9 Reasons That’s Bad News for YouBy Sen. Bernie Sanders / October 1, 2008. Forcing each American to fork over $2,200 at a time when median family income has declined by as much is no way to … Continue reading
When Fear Exceeds Our Government’s Capability to Emotionally Deal With It
U.S. Army North hosted a commanders’ conference and rehearsal of concept (ROC) drill Mar. 18 through Mar. 20, where senior leaders from Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive Consequence Management Response Force (CCMRF) discussed mission requirements and finalized preparations for … Continue reading
British Ambassador : Afghanistan Situation Is Bad
Memo Leak Says Mission In Afghanistan DoomedBy Cernig / October 1, 2008 I’d recently begun to think there was no way back from seven years of Bush administration mismanagement in Afghanistan – but it’s still shocking to hear it from … Continue reading
Experts Weigh in on the Financial Services Crisis
Bailout BurnoutBy Lila Shapiro / September 29, 2008 Yesterday the house rejected Paulson’s $700 billion rescue plan 228-205. Today, Congress breaks for Rosh Hashanah. Between the finger pointing (It’s Nancy’s fault!!!!), and the mavericking, it’s hard to get a grasp … Continue reading
