Senator Asks IRS to Crack Down on Government Critics (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

MERS/MBS/Foreclosure Goes RICO (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Let Bullion’s Doubters Try to Explain Why

Dad, I Owe You One (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

Labor Union Desperate to Save Phil Hare’s Seat

25 Reasons The Democrats Are Totally Doomed This November

11 Companies That Would Get Burned In A Trade War With China

Here’s What The Crisis In Ecuador Says About The Potential For Anarchy All Around The World

Don’t Forget The Real Reason That Ireland Is So Terrifying For Europe

Soon Someone Is Going To Get Crushed By The Quantitative Easing Trade

Forget The September Effect, Here’s Why You Should Be Terrified Of Market History In October

The Oil ‘Peak’ Has Been Reached

With Its Manufacturing Slumping And Currency Surging, Germany Is About To Dive Into The Yuan Battle With China

Chile Joins The Global Currency War, Vows To Weaken The Peso

Hinde Capital’s Ben Davies: Gold Isn’t A Bubble Until It Begins A Disorderly Rise

Democrats concede Tarp is no vote winner

Flawed Paperwork Aggravates a Foreclosure Crisis

Obama Likely to Scale Back Legislative Plans

ObamaCare, Alinsky & Useful Christian Idiots

IMF admits that the West is stuck in near depression (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

Growing Pains for a Centerpiece of Health Overhaul

Turning Back Obamacare

Paul: Social Security Age May Need to be Raised

China Joyfully Bails Out EU?

Spending Revolt Tours the Nation

Epiphany: Electrical Union Realizes Its Labor May be Too Expensive

Princeton Study Unintentionally Links Barack Obama to Current Financial Meltdown

Dem Senator: Libs Should Run On Obamacare – Tea Partiers Are Extremists

Disaster On Top of Disaster… Unemployment Rate Likely Rose in September

‘Jobs Creation’ Rant of the Day

Stimulus Gets High Marks, According to Report Overseen By (wait for it)… Joe Biden

Stock Crash May Lead to New Rules for Brokers, Gensler Says

U.S. Stocks Retreat on Microsoft, Alcoa Ratings Cuts, Economy

Pending U.S. Sales of Existing Homes Increased 4.3% in August

Alstom to Cut 4,000 Jobs in Scaleback of Fossil-Fuel Operation

Wall Street Sees World Economy Decoupling From U.S.

S&P 500 Profits Cut for First Time in Year by Analysts

California Has to Delay Bills to Avert IOUs, Controller Says

Oil Gain to $85 in 2011 Survey Threatens OPEC on BRIC Demand

Chavez orders land takeover of British food giant

Ruling Expected This Week In ObamaCare Lawsuit

3 MORE STATES TO VOTE ON OPTING OUT

Consumer bankruptcy filings climb 11%…

UPDATE: UK cuts child benefit payments in austerity drive

‘Unfair’

Voter: ‘Thanks to God, my freezer is full of meat’

Currency war fears

Growing number of countries playing by Chinese rules

Federal indictment: 11 Alabama casino owners, state senators, lobbyists bought votes

State DOTs: A Word From Our Sponsors

Verizon Wireless to Pay Up to $90M in Refunds

SurvivalBlog:

Global employment crisis will stir social unrest, warns UN agency

Foreclosures sell at 26% discount

Bad Spending Habits, Lack Of Savings Leave Consumers And Baby Boomers In Financial Crisis

How risky are uninsured bank deposits?

Peak Gold Is Upon Us

Buy Gold Young Man, Buy Gold

Economy Gets Lift From Government Aid

More FDIC Friday Follies: Regulators Close Small Florida, Washington Banks

Aging Work Force Inspires Utility Worker Training

Is The Federal Reserve Out Of Control? Markets Around The World Brace For Impact As The Federal Reserve Powers Up The Printing Presses

Reader A.S.W. notes: “I just returned from a Sam’s Club warehouse store in Florida. Their Maker’s Mark brand of toilet paper went up $3 per package. A week ago it was $14 now it is $17. And regarding sugar, the shelves at Wal-Mart and the Aldi [supermarket] were wiped out so I had to get a 50 pound bag at Sam’s. This also went up $3. a week ago it was $25 now it is $28.”s

Deflation: Reality or urban myth?

Bank of England’s Adam Posen calls for more quantitative easing.

Enjoying the Weak Dollar? You Could Live to Regret It