MOB RUSH FOR FED AID DRAWS RIOT POLICE

U.S. Is Bankrupt and We Don’t Even Know: Laurence Kotlikoff (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

AFL-CIO President: It’s “Fiction”–“We Don’t Have A Deficit Crisis” (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

23 Occupations That Will Never Recover From The Great Recession

The Oil Price Surge Indicator Says There’s A 100% Chance Of A New Recession

FOMC DECISION: FED DOWNGRADES ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, WILL REINVEST ALL PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

The Nightmare Charts The Fed Is Looking At Right Now

FOMC Cheat Sheet: Here’s A Bunch Of Stuff You Should Know Before The Big Announcement

Buffett Bucks The Trend: Bond Portfolio Positioned For INFLATION

El-Erian: If You Doubt The Danger Of Deflation Get On A Plane And Go To Japan

Markets Jump Higher After FOMC Says Fed Will Stop Shrinking Its Balance Sheet

As Investors Flock Into U.S. Bonds, Default Swaps Traders See Rising Default Risk

Let’s Be Honest, This Was Just The First Step Towards Way More Quantitative Easing

Are Official Statistics Masking Blistering Hot 33% Inflation In China?

Now, Here’s Why It’s Ridiculous To Think Bernanke Can Save The Economy

Morning Bell: Summer of Bailouts

The Private Sector Can’t Keep Bailing Out the Public Sector

Can You Call it ‘Social Security’ if it’s Built on Nothing but Monopoly Money?

Home Depot Does What FEMA Dreams About

Fed Looks to Spur Growth by Buying Government Debt

Stimulus Pushers

The Class-Warfare Gambit

ANALYSIS-Grain price rise may fuel Mideast, Europe unrest (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

Congressman Calls Vote on $26 Billion Jobs Bill a Sign ‘We’re Not Bankrupting the Country Fast Enough’ (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

UK Central Bank Loses Credibility

US Prosperity Meme Comes Undone

9 Reasons Why You Won’t See A Jobs Recovery Anytime Soon

The Chinese Rare Earths Monopoly Is Creating A New Unified Pricing System To Squeeze Global Tech Customers

With Congress Slipping Away, The Left-Wing Goes To Battle With The Fed

Whoops, So Much For Chinese Consumers Saving The World

Productivity Dives, Goes Negative For First Time Since 2008

Global Selloff Intensifies, US Futures Dive, Japan Now Off 2.5% (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Culture of entitlement: The Section 8 housing mob scene

“Edujobs” money going to states that don’t need it

As Michelle Returns From Spanish Extravaganza Obama Cuts Food Stamps to Nation’s Poor

Even The Brits Realize Pensions Are Too High

AFL-CIO Prez Says We Don’t Have Any Deficit Problem??

Michele Bachmann: Pelosi’s Union Bailout Allows Public Employee Unions to Run Ads Against GOP On Taxpayers’ Dime (Video)

Confirmed: GE CEO Immelt Scolded NBC Journalists For Reporting Negatively on Obama

$26.1 Billion Union Bailout Bill Passes

This Is Called Theft: Fed Workers Make Twice As Much As Private Sector

Stocks Tumble, Treasuries Rally on U.S. Growth Concern

Economists Cut U.S. Growth Forecasts as Firms Limit Hiring

Experts: Wheat’s Price Surge May Spark Global Food Riots

Online banking accounts emptied by ‘most dangerous trojan virus ever created’

New Vending Machines Use Retinal Scans, Thumbprints For Purchases

Feds rethink policies that encourage home ownership

Obama: $3 Billion More in Aid for Unemployed

US posts widest trade gap in 20 months

Q2 GDP Growth Could Be Revised To Just 1% After Trade Data

SLAP: RUSSIA/CHINA RESUME OIL TRADE WITH IRAN

FIRESTORM AFTER DEMS CUT FOOD STAMPS TO BAIL OUT TEACHERS

Californians’ income falls for first time since WWII

America Is ‘Bankrupt Mickey Mouse Economy’

Imports of consumer goods hit record high

UPDATE: Federal workers earning double their private counterparts

UK businesses facing a wave of ‘green taxes’

U.S. Dollar Drops to 15-Year Low vs. the Yen

Trade Deficit Widens to $49.9B in June

SurvivalBlog:

Charles Biderman Fox Business July 30, 2010–Collapse Ahead?

The Death of the Dollar

States Raising Cigarette, Gas and Sales Taxes to Cover Shortfalls

Why the US keeps minting coins people hate and won’t use.

Commodity spike queers the pitch for Bernanke’s QE2.

Stocks Inch Higher as Investors Look to Fed

Freddie Mac Requests $1.8 Billion in Aid After 2Q Loss

US Job Losses Double Expected Figure

UK: Commodity Prices Soar, Food Inflation Back

AIG Loses Another Half Billion

Who’s Scoffing Now?

Wall Street’s Big Win

The New Push for a Global Currency

The Economy in for a Long Dark Period — Here’s How to Survive

Unholy Trinity Sets Up Bank Failures

The Crisis Of Middle-Class America

Banking Insanity (The Mogambo Guru)