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By Haukur Holm

Three years after Iceland s banks collapsed and the country teetered on the brink, its economy is recovering, proof that governments should let failing lenders go bust and protect taxpayers, analysts say.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29653.htm



Why a Dollar & Euro Collapse Is Guaranteed

Video

The collapse of the Dollar and the Euro is a mathematical certainty. In this video I'm going to prove it using very simple terms.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29659.htm



Icelandic Anger Brings Debt Forgiveness

By Omar R. Valdimarsson

Since the end of 2008, the island s banks have forgiven loans equivalent to 13 percent of gross domestic product, easing the debt burdens of more than a quarter of the population.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30601.htm

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They Can Postpone the Endgame for Five or Ten Years
http://lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo75.1.html

On the Continuing Zombification of the US Economy
http://lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner518.html

The Makings of a Perfect Hyperinflationary Storm?
http://lewrockwell.com/orig12/maund8.1.1.html



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/maund
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Omar+R.+Valdimarsson
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By Greg Palast

Greece is a crime scene. The people are victims of a fraud, a scam, a hustle and a flim-flam.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29655.htm



Greece, Home of Democracy, Deprived of a Vote

By Dean Baker

Armed by Papandreou with a referendum, the Greek people had clout. Now, they are powerless before the troika s austerity plan.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29662.htm



UK: Goldman Sachs 'escapes paying £10million bill in sweetheart deal with the taxman'

Dave Hartnett was accused of being 'cavalier' with taxpayers money after he admitted to MPs that he had not sought legal advice before agreeing to the controversial 'sweetheart' deal.

http://bit.ly/rQWPe1


From Information Clearing House

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Goodbye Greece
http://lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis266.html

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'Austerity' in practice

C4SS Center for a Stateless Society
by David D'Amato

11/12/11

Just as the institutional frameworks of the state demand that the laboring classes subsidize the corporate economy, so do the sacrifices of 'austerity' fall unevenly on the poor. Rather than representing prudent and forbearing policies of real frugality, Europe s austerity measures merely mean that those who benefited from the excesses of the state-distorted economy can now make us pay for their crises...

http://c4ss.org/content/8919


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By Ross Caputi

It was on their behalf that I helped lay siege to Fallujah, helped kill thousands of civilians, helped displace hundreds of thousands of innocent people, and helped destroy an entire city.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29663.htm



Fallujah - The Hidden Massacre

Video

Veteran admits: Bodies melted away before us.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10907.htm



The 1% are the Very Best Destroyers of Wealth the World has Ever Seen

By George Monbiot

If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29661.htm



10 Million American Families Sliding Toward Foreclosure

By Sherwood Ross

Right now, these trillion-dollar institutions are methodically harvesting the last possible pound of flesh from millions of homeowners before kicking these failing debtors out of their homes.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29652.htm



Roubini The Next MF Global Collapse Could Be Goldman Sachs

By Henry Blodget

These houses of cards, Roubini tweeted, include: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, Barclays.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29660.htm



Nearly 29% of mortgaged homes underwater, report finds

A whopping 28.6 percent of homeowners with mortgages owe more on their loans than their homes could sell for, according to quarterly data released Tuesday by Zillow

http://on.msnbc.com/vh87yA



New Census data raise number of poor to 49 million

The number of poor Americans hit a record 49 million in 2010, or 16 percent, according to new data released on Monday that showed poverty rates for the elderly, Asians and Hispanics higher than previously known.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/07/us-usa-poverty-idUSTRE7A634M20111107



I am sorry for the role I played in Fallujah

As a US marine who lost close friends in the siege of Fallujah in Iraq seven years ago, I understand that we were the aggressors.

http://bit.ly/svJQNJ


From Information Clearing House



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Kaum Aussichten für Schulabsolventen auf Arbeit, nur auf Frust im Hotel Mama.
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35837/1.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/11/07-8



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The U.S. poverty rate was 16 percent in 2010 measured under an alternative method, up from the official rate of 15.2 percent released earlier, according to the Census Bureau.

http://buswk.co/uY6SZU



Wealth gap between old and young becomes widest ever

While people typically accumulate assets as they age, this wealth gap is now more than double what it was in 2005 and nearly five times the 10-to-1 disparity a quarter-century ago, after adjusting for inflation.

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/national/article_06bf8df6-9b5a-5f6e-96a9-7b465643fcd1.html



Most of the unemployed no longer receive benefits

The jobs crisis has left so many people out of work for so long that most of America s unemployed are no longer receiving unemployment benefits.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/45174237



Large numbers of US households to be denied heating assistance this winter

The ongoing economic crisis has driven up the number of American households applying for home heating assistance this winter. Federal funds, however, are likely to be slashed virtually in half from last year.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/nov2011/heap-n07.shtml


From Information Clearing House



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http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance265.html



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Bottomless Self-Admiration
http://lewrockwell.com/reed/reed218.html



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Jack Abramoff: The lobbyist s playbook

CBS 60 Minutes

Abramoff: I was actually thinking of writing a book - 'The Idiot s Guide to Buying a Congressman' - as a way to put this all down.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29647.htm



Congress Members Took Part in Insider Trading: Abramoff

By Eamon Javers

Legal analysts say that Wall Street insider trading laws do not apply to Congress.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29688.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Abramoff
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