Category Archives: Coup d’etat in America

Let Them Eat Credit

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

By most counts, the U.S. economy started growing in the middle of last year. For many Americans, though, it does not feel as if the Great Recession has ended—unemployment and underemployment are still alarmingly high, and job growth is weak. … Continue reading →

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Great-est Depression???

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

This forecaster is saying something that I thought was just common sense and I mentioned a year ago or more. That is to say, without a vibrant middle class to effect the necessary 70 % consumption that represented the bulk … Continue reading →

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Collapse?

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

Taleb Says Government Bonds to Collapse, Avoid Stocks – Bloomberg Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who warned that unforeseen events can roil markets in “The Black Swan,” said he is “betting on the collapse of government bonds” and that investors should avoid … Continue reading →

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The Committee to Defraud the World

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

To say now that ‘No one knew’ or ‘I was mistaken’ or ‘I was just doing as I was told’ is another in a series of lies and deceptions that have supported one of the greatest frauds in the history … Continue reading →

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Howdy, Neighbor!

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

When asked what advice he would give to residents of Ashtabula County Ohio because of cutbacks in official law enforcement budgets, Judge Alfred Mackey said they should: “arm themselves. Be very careful, be vigilant, get in touch with your neighbors, … Continue reading →

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The Furrows of Algeria: The First Great Novel About Islamism

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

From the terrible Algerian slaughter, and its terrible silence, comes this small tale, told by an officer of the special forces who broke with “Le Pouvoir” of his own country and sought asylum in France. It is the autumn of … Continue reading →

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Does It Make Sense to Resurrect the Glass-Steagall Act?

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

In the present system, the more unrestricted the banks are, the more money they can generate “out of thin air,” and the more damage they can inflict upon the wealth-generation process. FULL ARTICLE by Frank Shostak

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What they knew and when they knew it

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

“I have to think this train is probably going to leave the station soon and we need to focus our efforts on explaining the story as best we can. There were too many people involved in the deals — too … Continue reading →

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Sic transit America?

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

Flagging: a US sailor stands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington If a week is a long time in politics, a decade is starting to look like an age in geopolitics. Comparing the America that … Continue reading →

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Perpetual War

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

Strategerizing: Military intellectuals envision a 50-year “Long War” against al Qaeda consisting of counterinsurgency operations spanning Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Horn of Africa, the Philippines and beyond, Tom Hayden discusses in The Nation. “Comparing al Qaeda in AfPak to al … Continue reading →

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Public Trust has Economic Consequences

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

Public trust has economic consequences, by Howard Davies, Commentary, Project Syndicate: Public trust in financial institutions, and in the authorities that are supposed to regulate them, was an early casualty of the financial crisis. That is hardly surprising, as previously … Continue reading →

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I guess the government can say anything…and most people believe it!

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

Washington Post Crashed-and-Burned-and-Smoking Watch: …[The Washington Posts's] Fred Hiatt this morning: Re-Stimulating. Unemployment is bad. More fiscal debt might be worse: At 9.8 percent, the unemployment rate is higher than it has been since it hit 10.1 percent in June … Continue reading →

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Goldman’s Pre-emptive Influence

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

An Inside Look at How Goldman Sachs Lobbies the Senate, by Matt Taibbi: …Later on this week I have a story coming out in Rolling Stone that looks at the history of the Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers collapses. The … Continue reading →

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It’s Unemployment, Stupid!

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

Pittsburgh protesters demand G20 do more for jobs Forbes “We’re not going to accept a jobless recovery,” said Larry Adams, a postal worker who came from Jersey City, New Jersey, for the protest. …

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Socialism in America

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

Socialism in America A great deal has been made in recent weeks about Ronald Reagan‘s critique of nationalized or socialized health care from 1961: We can go back a bit further, though, and take a look at an intriguing piece … Continue reading →

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The Quiet Coup

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

The crash has laid bare many unpleasant truths about the United States. One of the most alarming, says a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is that the finance industry has effectively captured our government—a state of affairs … Continue reading →

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Capitalism, Jewish Achievement, and the Israel Test

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

srael has become one of the most important economies in the world, and is second only to the United States in its pioneering of technologies benefitting human life, prosperity, and peace. Like the Jews throughout history, Israel poses a test … Continue reading →

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“Increasingly, the determination of when to default is not guided by the moral question: Is this the right thing to do? It is guided by the pragmatic concern: Am I too far underwater on my mortgage?”

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

Walking Away When You Can Pay By Kelsey VanOverloop Homeowners are turning to the “strategic default” — walking away from a mortgage even when there are funds available to keep paying. “Increasingly, the determination of when to default is not … Continue reading →

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Prima Donnas of the Banking World

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

William White predicted the approaching financial crisis years before 2007′s subprime meltdown. But central bankers preferred to listen to his great rival Alan Greenspan instead, with devastating consequences for the global economy. William White had a pretty clear idea of … Continue reading →

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