Spain Went Broke on May 7th (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

D.C. Metro Police Escorted SEIU Protesters to Bank Of America Executive’s Home (WTH?! alert) (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Crisis Imperils Liberal Benefits Long Expected by Europeans

BREAKING: Leaked Doc Proves Spain’s ‘Green’ Policies — the Basis for Obama’s — an Economic Disaster (PJM Exclusive) (Hat Tip: Nancy Jacques)

What’s really behind SEIU’s Bank of America protests? (Hat Tip: The Anchoress)

Is President Obama Using Executive Powers To Organize Angry Anti-Capitalist Protests On The Streets Of America? (Hat Tip: The Anchoress)

SEIU Storms Private Residence, Terrorizes Teenage Son of Bank of America Exec (Hat Tip: The Anchoress)

Financials down after reform vote; Goldman climbs (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Financial Regulation Bill is Socialism

Calif pension fund asks state for additional $600M (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

Why state pension funds may need a $1 trillion bailout (“a problem of monumental proportion”) (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Bill requires diversity in California pension funds (reporting ethnicity and gender of managers) (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

With Kagan appointment Goldman-Sachs runs America (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

The Fall of the Global Markets and the Rise of the Anti-Christ (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Health Care Tax Credit Nearly Impossible To Navigate (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Is Your IRA or 401K a Target of Government Appropriation? (YES!) (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

The Hidden Consequences of the DISCLOSE Act (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Venezuela’s Chavez vows more financial crackdown (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

From Market Mania to Depression in One Month (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Fed’s Dudley on the Economy (The Economy Is Crumbling) (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Are Housing and Banking Signaling a Double Dip? (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

CBO: Cost Estimate for the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Obama Economy Lost 63,600 Manufacturing Jobs in April – Gained 66,000 Temporary Census Jobs

After Getting Paid $10 Billion… Unions Will Spend $100 Million This Year to Keep Dems in Power

Governor Christie Vetoes New Jersey Tax Hike in 2 Minutes (Video)

REPORT: D.C. police escorted union protesters to bank exec’s home

European Central Bank chief: Euro credible, but more regulation needed

Pope calls for ethics in world economy

Britain faces aggressive cuts in ‘age of austerity’

Nine NY workers retired with $100k+ pensions — in their 30s

Stealth IRS changes mean millions of new tax forms

Greece Off the Hook Too Easy?

SurvivalBlog:

A useful US Coin Melt Calculator.

South Africa Fights Rand Counterfeits a Month Before World Cup

Jim Rogers: Even More Currency, Market Turmoil on the Way

You Won’t Recognize America by the End of the Year. Here are a couple of quotes: “Do your friends a favor… Tell them to get out of debt and sell anything they can sell (and don’t need) in order to get liquid. Tell them that Richard Russell says that by the end of this year they won’t recognize the country.” … “Just as for years I asked, cajoled, insisted, threatened, demanded, that my subscribers buy gold, I am now insisting, demanding, begging my subscribers to get out of stocks… and get into cash or gold (bullion if possible).”

Moody’s Sovereign Debt Head to Quit Moody’s

Pfizer Axing Eight Factories, 6,000 Jobs

Dozens Storm D.C. Bank Branches

With Local Gold Inventories Depleted, Panicking German Dealers Stage Run an Krugerrands

Shadow Inventory Sales for Years to Come