10 Bailed-Out Banks Spent $16.3M Lobbying in First Half of 2010

Half of Your Taxes Will Go for Interest Under Obama

Investors Head for Bunkers, Driving Up ‘Shelter Shares’ (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

Missourians Can Vote to Stop Double Taxation

Government Transparency Causes ‘Blindness’

The buck just doesn’t stop for Obama VIDEO (Hat Tip: Larwyn)

Economics and Wars and Religion. Oh My! (Hat Tip: Larwyn)

Bank of America’s Jeffrey Rosenberg: Smell the Change, As Expiration of Bush Tax Cuts Will Kill 1.3% of America’s Entire Economic Output (Hat Tip: Larwyn)

Proof: Democrats at Fault for the Recession (Hat Tip: Larwyn)

The Obama Crime Wave of 2020 (Hat Tip: Larwyn)

Obama Adm Uses Child-Indoctrinating Socialist to Promote Illegals Pay Program (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

Gold Rallying to $1,500 as Soros’s Bubble Inflates (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Dan Loeb: “It’s Easy To See Why People Conclude The Whole System Is Rigged”

Anglo Irish Bank Reports Massive $10.3 Billion First-Half Loss

The Macro Picture Is Deteriorating: Here’s What’s Going On

GMO’s James Montier Shreds The Bond Bubble Debate, Says Market Pricing In 70% Chance Of Japan Scenario

Bankrupt Miami in Fiscal Emergency, Breaks Employee Contracts, Hikes Property Taxes

More Loose-Lips At The White House, As Another Staffer Basically Admits Stimulus Doesn’t Work

Face It, Nobody Is Bullish Anymore

Nassim Taleb’s Complete Guide To What Is And Isn’t “Robust”

Raise Money Now. There Are Storms Ahead

How To Read Today’s Japan Massacre

The Fed’s Massive Money Printing Hasn’t Created Inflation Yet, But Troubling Signs Are Emerging

Sorry Food Bulls, Monsanto Just Lowered Its Outlook

U.S. Helps Radical Muslim Groups Get Taxpayer Dollars (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Back-to-School Shopping Bust Heralds Holiday Woes (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

JP Morgan: Food Prices Are Actually Rising, It’s Just That Retailers Haven’t Passed It On… (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Warning Global Fiat Currency Financial System Collapse By Early 2011 (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Problem bank list climbs to 829 (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Private sector employment fell 10,000 in August (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Bernanke Out Of Bullets But Not Bombs (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

DISGRACED White House Economist Calls For More Spending in Farewell Address

Economy Loses 10,000 Private Sector Jobs in August – Construction at Lowest Level in 10 Years

Paul Ryan: Obamanomics Has Failed

Obama Oversees Largest Increase In Domestic Spending… Ever

Another ass-kicking: Judge rejects Obama drilling ban again

Which party is the fat cat party?

Obama jobs death toll: private sector jobs, growth forecasts down

What If We Ditched Quantitative Easing and Just Printed (And Distributed) Cash?

Deutsche Bank: Sorry, The June Gains In The Case-Shiller Will Be Short-Lived

Moody’s Warns That China’s Latest Bank Re-Capitalizations Were Smoke And Mirrors

Federal spending rises a record 16% in 2009, Census Bureau says

Social Security Bait and Switch

Tax Cuts That Make a Difference

U.S. launches job program as giving slows for Pakistan flood relief (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Chinese National Charged with Economic Espionage Involving Theft of Trade Secrets from Leading Agricultural Company Based in Indianapolis (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Side Effects: Future of Private Insurance Rests in Secretary Sebelius’ Hands

A list of foreign Mosques being funded by US Taxpayers (with cost details) (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

State Treasurer Hasn’t Paid Taxes In 10 Years (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Some can’t afford the cost of being homeless in Orlando (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

GM, Ford Sales Slump as `Nervous’ Buyers Stay Away

Wachovia Rescue Relied on `Usurpation’ of Tax Law, Thomas Says

STOCKS SOAR IN SEPTEMBER OPEN

GM Sales Fall 25% as Economy Crimps Buyers

WH economist calls for more spending, fewer taxes

Congressional Travel Stipends Probed

FDIC MESS: 829 BANKS AT RISK

California may disincorporate to solve budget woes

VA Spends Millions on Vacant Buildings, Cites Limited $$ for Demolition

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Bernanke: Fed Will Take “Unconventional Measures” If Needed.

Its Official: China is Unloading its Treasury Bonds

John Williams of ShadowStats Says Economic Data Will Get Much Worse.

Ron Paul questions whether there’s gold at Fort Knox, New York Fed. To clarify, part of his concern is that physical gold may indeed be stored there, but that it might actually belong to other parties!

Government Set to Confirm What Many Feel: Economy at a Standstill

Stocks End a Brutal August with Meager Gains

Snapshot of an Economy About to Get a Lot Bleaker

Youth Employment Lowest Since 1948

Fed Seeks Delay of Bank Data Release

US Warned by S&P its AAA Credit Rating at Risk

Democrats Face Economic Facts: Updraft Unlikely

Inflation Watch

101 Ways to Save Money on Health Care