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Look at the behavior of small businesses and consumers - it tells you all you need to know about how much excess capacity that existed during the 'bubble years' is being absolutely stripped out of the economy. And the current status is not the end. Things will continued to tighten. Look at...

Reader Comments: April 27, 2009 7:57 am Link Bravo! Not to get too personal but Geithner is yet another tool of the financial oligarchs who have captured not just the regulatory bodies, but the entire political apparatus as well. He is Hank Paulson with more hair and less personal...

Last June, with a financial hurricane gathering force, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. convened the nation’s economic stewards for a brainstorming session. What emergency powers might the government want at its disposal to confront the crisis? he asked. Timothy F. Geithner, who as...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/business/global/28yen.html?hpw Japan Predicts 3.3% Contraction By BETTINA WASSENER Published: April 27, 2009 HONG KONG — Bowing to what has long appeared inevitable, Japan on Monday lowered its growth forecast, projecting a 3.3 percent contraction...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/business/27geithner.html?_r=1&hp Geithner Forged Close Ties to Finance Club By JO BECKER and GRETCHEN MORGENSON Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner in February 2007, when he was president of the New York Federal Reserve Board. In that role, he...

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The problem that is real here is that this strain is a direct descendant of the 1918 variety, and if it quickly mutates into the superkiller that the 1918 strain did, given its progeny, we will have real issues that we haven't seen as a global health crisis before. The fact that this is...

Geithner's Calendar at the New York Fed * Original Document (PDF) The following are the daily schedules of Timothy F. Geithner from January 2007 to January 2009, when he was the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The New York Times obtained this calendar through a...

We'll see 6666 break within 4 weeks. S&P and Naz will also test and break through '09 lows, too. Calling it. Log it.

That's right, folks. 'We've got trillions to print, and it's all gotta' go!!! So get on down to The House of Treasury, whether you're a too-big-to-fail bank, a regional player, or a two-bit S&L in a podunk town, and we'll back ALL of your DEBT, NO QUESTIONS ASKED!!!!!' That's Geithner's...

I forgot to add that the reason that influenza strains typically originate in Asia, and either Taiwan, Hong Kong, or more likely, mainland China, is that it is the place on earth that has the closest and highest density population of ducks and pigs living together, along with humans. This is...

What most people don't realize is that there has to be hog connection in order for influenza (that originates in birds) to make the jump to be able to infect humans. Because humans are so close to pigs genetically speaking, the virus can make the leap only by jumping from birds (usually...

http://www.rightsidenews.com/200904264532/editorial/is-the-new-strain-of-swine-flu-a-bio-terror-attack.html Is the New Strain of Swine Flu a Bio-Terror Attack? April 26, 2009 by Greg Contreras http://gregcontreras.blogspot.com In a discussion this morning with a cell biologist...

Fantastic. I never knew Ratigan was so aware. 5 stars.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aWVM4e9IDstg&refer=home

This is a normal brain scan: This is the brain of those who actually believe there is no link between burning carbon-based fossil fuels, increased C02 emissions, and increased global warming: Industry Ignored Its Scientists on Climate By ANDREW C. REVKIN Published: April 23, 2009...

Okay, I guess the 'initial,' vague report will be released this afternoon, and the detailed report not until next month. Expect more bullshit and spin than ever before.

Average spending per person per day in U.S. so far this year is $61; last year, average per day per person spending average $93. The change in one year is drastic and the trend is even more alarming.

I've never issued a 'Black' alert, but believe the possibility is extremely high for a Black Friday. We should know within two hours.