Pyramid schemes — so simple even a child can understand them

Bank failure pace more than double last year

Obama says Republicans making life harder for the jobless

Congress Races to Destroy Country Before 2012 Deadline (Satire) (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

‘ACORN Youth Union’ Chapters Were Funded by Justice Department, Says GAO (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Biden Promises Kenya ‘Money to Flow’ if Pro-Abort Constitution Passes (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

YouCut proposals for week 5 (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Frank and Colleagues (Ron Paul!!!) Scrutinize Military Spending [Shortened Title] (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

EDITORIAL: Move over global warming, BP disaster is here–The latest excuse to resume leftist agenda (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Rich Indian Casino Gets $54 Mil In Stimulus Funds (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

New Bank Taxes Under Financial Reform Will Raise Borrowing Costs, Hurt Growth (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Gold rises as U.S. dollar falls (Gold closes at record 2nd day in a row) (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

The Helpless Titan (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

Russia Kicks Dollar Dominance

Obama’s trip to Ohio cost ‘between $500K and $1 million’; Spoke for just 10 minutes…

Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman : That 30’s Feeling (Why Global Austerity is a Huge Mistake) (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Krugman: This Austerity Craze Is Just Mind-Boggling–It’s As If We WANT The 1930s To Happen Again (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Obama Plans To Sneak Through Carbon Tax By Stealth (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

China Signals End to Yuan’s Two-Year Dollar Peg as Its Economy Recovers

People’s Bank of China Statement on Yuan Exchange-Rate Flexibility (Text)

Medvedev Promotes Ruble as World Reserve Currency to Cut Dollar Dominance

Euro Has Biggest Weekly Gain Since May 2009 on European Debt Concern Ease

Toyota Shuts China Plant on Supplier Strike as Honda-Unit Workers Return

Obama Urges G-20 Nations to Continue To Run Massive Budget Deficits

Obama Porkway: Road Built With Stimulus Money to Bear President’s Name

Obama ‘Stimulus’ Visit Stimulates Day Off Without Pay For Workers

Medvedev sees opportunity for new world order

Russia pushes for New Reserve Currency; Meets With China

FLASHBACK: Medvedev Shows Off Sample Coin

As Pay Czar Promises Money, Workers Turned Away From BP Claims Center

Visit: Lost Payday for Construction Workers

Greenspan: USA May Soon Reach Borrowing Limit

$7-a-gallon gas?

SurvivalBlog:

Gold Running in Short Supply

More Than 90 Banks Miss TARP Payments

Gold is an Armageddon Hedge

Uncertainty Restores Glitter to an Old Refuge, Gold

How All Of Us Pay for The Derivatives Market (Caution: There is a bad word in the title…..)

It’s The Ratios, Stupid (Why the US Will Default on its Debt)

Wholesale Prices Fall 0.3 Percent in May

Home Construction Sinks, Building Permits Down

The Snowball Scenario Sinks Sovereigns

World Bank Says China’s Economy Slowing