January 2011
1 post
Vanity Fair in-depth on #assange relationship with old media http://t.co/2s17WJw #wikileaks #cablegate
Jan 7th
December 2010
5 posts
#Assange Alerts His Hostages http://fdl.me/gHVJ3R #cablegate #wikileaks
Dec 31st
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Respected media outlets collaborate with WikiLeaks
Unlike earlier disclosures by WikiLeaks of tens of thousands of secret government records, the group is releasing only a trickle of documents at a time from a trove of a quarter-million, and only after considering advice from five news organizations with which it chose to share all of the material. […]  [The news organizations] also have been advising WikiLeaks on which documents to...
Dec 3rd
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State Department: Wikileaks is anarchist, not a...
QUESTION: Do you know if the State Department regards WikiLeaks as a media organization? MR. CROWLEY: No. We do not. QUESTION: And why not? MR. CROWLEY: WikiLeaks is not a media organization. That is our view. QUESTION: So P.J., going back to the answer to your last question, have you contacted governments that have been censoring this to protest that – or sites that they have — MR....
Dec 3rd
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“The whole universe or the structure that perceives it is a worthy opponent, but...”
– The secret life of Julian Assange - CNN.com
Dec 1st
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Aftergood: Assange prosecution would be "extremely... →
Dec 1st
November 2010
4 posts
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Overseeing state secrecy: In defence of WikiLeaks... →
Nov 30th
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US dollar moves raise fears of Asian market strife... →
Nov 12th
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Germany economy grew 0.7 pct in 3rd quarter -... →
Nov 12th
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Nov 12th
October 2010
11 posts
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Oct 19th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 15th
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Three months or so ago:
Fed watchers say Mr Bernanke and his close allies at the Board in Washington are worried by signs that the US recovery is running out of steam. The ECRI leading indicator published by the Economic Cycle Research Institute has collapsed to a 45-week low of -5.7 in the most precipitous slide for half a century. Such a reading typically portends contraction within three months or so. ...
Oct 15th
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Oct 14th
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“Now here’s the scandal: the investors were never informed of the results of...”
– The enormous mortgage-bond scandal | Analysis & Opinion |
Oct 14th
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Foreclosure Fraud: It's Worse Than You Think -... →
The mortgage is still owed, but there’s going to be a problem figuring out who actually holds the mortgage, and they would be the ones bringing the foreclosure. You have a trust that has been getting payments from borrowers for years that it has no right to receive. So you might see borrowers suing the trusts saying give me my money back, you’re stealing my money. You’re...
Oct 12th
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“Evidence has been produced to show that notarizations have been faked, documents...”
– A Primer On The Foreclosure Crisis - CNBC
Oct 11th
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Foreclosure Fraud For Dummies, 1: The Chains and... →
Oct 11th
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Paul Krugman and 'Young Frankenstein' | The... →
Mostly for the video at the bottom
Oct 11th
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“All three economists warned that growth is slowing, not increasing; that...”
– Opinion: Economics vs. politics on deficit - Robert Kuttner - POLITICO.com
Oct 7th
September 2010
1 post
2 tags
“This year’s conference featured not only panels on monetary policy and a...”
–  Special Report: The ties that bind at the Federal Reserve | Reuters
Sep 30th
June 2010
2 posts
1 tag
Jun 8th
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Einztein - Find free online courses →
Jun 7th
May 2010
2 posts
1 tag
May 23rd
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It's Looking a Lot Like a Correction ... or Worse... →
May 23rd
April 2010
3 posts
1 tag
OCW Search →
Apr 26th
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A Sampling of Free Online Courses →
Apr 19th
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An Open Mind →
Apr 19th
March 2010
3 posts
4 tags
Mar 17th
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“Rob a bank with a gun and you get minimum 5 years in federal prison. Rob a bank...”
– Senator Kaufman: Fraud Still At The Heart Of Wall Street « The Baseline Scenario
Mar 17th
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Mar 5th
February 2010
11 posts
1 tag
The Quiet Coup →
As the crisis has deepened and financial institutions have needed more help, the government has gotten more and more creative in figuring out ways to provide banks with subsidies that are too complex for the general public to understand.
Feb 28th
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Feb 24th
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“Unhappily, the result of what I call success would probably be a still bigger...”
– FT.com / UK - The world economy has no easy way out of the mire
Feb 24th
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Feb 16th
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“A single rogue trader can bring down a bank … But a single rogue bank can...”
–  Goldman Goes Rogue – Special European Audit To Follow « The Baseline Scenario
Feb 15th
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Feb 10th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 4th
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Feb 4th
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Feb 4th
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Feb 3rd
January 2010
22 posts
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Jan 26th
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“Most people today are pantywaist.”
–  Emma Gatewood, a.k.a “Grandma Gatewood,” mother of 11 and grandmother of 23, was 67 when she became the first woman to complete a solo thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. She also walked 2,000 miles of the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri, to Portland, Oregon.
Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
“The Democrats are a clapped out, gut-free lobbyist machine. The Republicans are...”
– Andrew Sullivan of The Atlantic.  Glad people are starting to realize (a year too late) that our country is screwed beyond repair. (via doublethink) (via soupsoup)
Jan 20th
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“let’s cut the BS people, kids need fun/interesting spaces not ‘depressing...”
–  Middle School Morières Les Avignon / N+B Architectes | ArchDaily
Jan 20th