Congress looks at laws that criminalize non-criminal behavior (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

The Emerging ObamaCare Massacre (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Obama challenged to extend Bush tax cuts (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

It’s October. Is it time for a stock market crash? (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

Hussman: Current Market Is a Ponzi Scheme

Goldman Surprises 100 Partners With Tens Of Millions In Mid-Year Bonus

Eliot Spitzer: Prosecutions Following The Financial Crisis Have Been A Major Disappointment

Bubble Sign #243693: JPMorgan Just Reopened A Gold Vault That Had Been Shut Since 1990

Here Are The 12 Huge Bets Hedge Funds Are Making Right Now

Electrical Workers Union Goes To War With Itself, As Leadership Realizes They’ve Priced Themselves Out Of Competitiveness

The Complete History Of How The U.S. Economy Exploded, Recovered, And Just Started To Get Worse Again

Obama Just Got The Green Light For A Massive Bailout Of Underwater Homeowners

Forget China, The New Buzz Will Be All About The Collapse Of Brazil

Tariffs Are a Bad Idea Whose Time Has Come

The Civilians Receive $700,000 Grant from National Science Foundation (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Citigroup, Ally Sued for Racketeering Over Database (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Some 3,000 Millionaires Claim Jobless Benefits, IRS Data Show

More taxpayer-funded environmental propaganda

Insider Trading and Central Banks

Rosenberg: The Latest ISM Says There’s Now A 75% Chance Of Recession

5 Positive And Negative Investment Themes From Gary Shilling

This Explains Why Any Hope Of A Consumer-Led Recovery Is A Pipe Dream

Stiglitz: The Only Hope For The Euro Is For Germany To Quit And Get Its Own Currency

AIG: The phony payoff deal (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Examiner Editorial: Congress keeps ducking and dodging on Fannie and Freddie

Bernanke: Defict threats are ‘real and growing’

Daniel Hannan to America: Get Off the Road to Serfdom and Actualize the American Ideal!

Is the Media Reporting or Distorting American Opinions About Trade?

IMF Warns Western Economies Mired in ‘Near Depression’

Whalen: Entire Fed Board Lacks Courage, Should Resign

Big-name companies to help colleges train workers (Hat Tip: Nancy Jacques)

The Trade and Tax Doomsday Clocks

Powerlines: EPA Plows Ahead with Backdoor National Energy Tax (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Big Brother U.S. Government Keeps Growing Scarier (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Super-rich investors buy gold by ton (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

O’s quietest jobs-killing machine (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Bernanke warns of devastating economic collapse

Firefighters Let Home Burn Because Owner Didn’t Pay $75

Go Green! U.S. Military Orders Less Dependence on Fossil Fuels

Favorite Sun: Obama Will Have Solar Panels Installed at White House

Get Ready for International Global Warming Lawsuits

Over $11 Million in California Welfare Funds Spent in Vegas Casinos

Brrr… Severe Spring Storms Kill Off Hundreds of Thousands of Lamb in New Zealand

$69 Million in California Welfare Money Drawn Out of State- $11.8 Million Spent in Las Vegas

Thugocracy: Hugo Chavez’s latest farm grab

Currency Controls Rising on Korea Audit, Brazil Taxes

Soros Says Germany Threatens Europe With `Deflationary Spiral’

Stocks, Gold Gain, Yen Weakens on Services Growth, Japan Easing

BOJ May Have Fired First Shot in New Round of Global Action

Feldstein Says Home Prices May Fall Again Without U.S. Aid

Treasury Sees 2010 Deficit at Nearly 10% of U.S. GDP

Gold Rises to Record on Investor Demand for Currency Alternative

Crude Oil Rises on Port Closures, Speculation of Growth in U.S.

French trader ordered to pay back $6.8 billion

Crowd Wars: Why Big Labor couldn’t match Beck rally

Illinois Pays More Than Mexico as Cash-Strapped States Sell Bonds Overseas

Soros: What America needs is stimulus not virtue

Obama’s promise to end tax cuts for rich unravels

Call for new global currencies deal

CA welfare checks cashed on cruise ships

Manhattan Office Vacancy Rate Hits Six-Year High

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$10,000 Gold?

Don’t Get Too Excited About Gold — It’s Actually Down Compared to the Euro

US mint raises premiums on Silver Eagles by $.50 per coin

Cheap Debt for Corporations Fails to Spur Economy

Treating Symptoms, Ignoring The Root Cause

The Next Phase Of Gold’s Meteoric Rise

The Recent Move in Silver is Just a Preview of What We Can Expect in the Future