January 2011
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Vanity Fair in-depth on #assange relationship with old media http://t.co/2s17WJw #wikileaks #cablegate
December 2010
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#Assange Alerts His Hostages http://fdl.me/gHVJ3R #cablegate #wikileaks
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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.
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[The news organizations] also have been advising WikiLeaks on which documents to...
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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....
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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
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Aftergood: Assange prosecution would be "extremely... →
November 2010
4 posts
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Overseeing state secrecy: In defence of WikiLeaks... →
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US dollar moves raise fears of Asian market strife... →
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Germany economy grew 0.7 pct in 3rd quarter -... →
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October 2010
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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.
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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 |
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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...
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Evidence has been produced to show that notarizations have been faked, documents...
– A Primer On The Foreclosure Crisis - CNBC
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Foreclosure Fraud For Dummies, 1: The Chains and... →
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Paul Krugman and 'Young Frankenstein' | The... →
Mostly for the video at the bottom
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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
September 2010
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This year’s conference featured not only panels on monetary policy and a...
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Special Report: The ties that bind at the Federal Reserve | Reuters
June 2010
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Einztein - Find free online courses →
May 2010
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It's Looking a Lot Like a Correction ... or Worse... →
April 2010
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OCW Search →
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A Sampling of Free Online Courses →
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An Open Mind →
March 2010
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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
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February 2010
11 posts
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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.
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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
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A single rogue trader can bring down a bank … But a single rogue bank can...
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Goldman Goes Rogue – Special European Audit To Follow « The Baseline Scenario
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January 2010
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Most people today are pantywaist.
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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.
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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)
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let’s cut the BS people, kids need fun/interesting spaces not ‘depressing...
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Middle School Morières Les Avignon / N+B Architectes | ArchDaily