The Tea Party Is Wrong About Earmarks (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

ObamaCare, a Catastrophic ‘Success’ (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Microsoft CEO Ballmer to sell off 75 million shares (Avoiding Cap Gains tax hike) (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Build America Bonds Issuances Surpass $150 Billion (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Caught In A Lie: Bernanke Promised Congress The Federal Reserve Would Not Monetize The Debt But Now That Is Exactly What Is Happening (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

Ben Bernanke Explains That QE Is Not Inflation, Just An Asset Swap (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

The Biofuels Scam (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Green layoffs (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Rick Rule on Scarce Commodities, the High Price of Gold and the Sale of Global Resources

HHS touts new high-risk pool choices as enrollment lags (gee, wonder why…) (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Volcker: Fed Plan an Illusion, Won’t Boost Economy (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Microsoft CEO sells $1.3B of shares (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

G20 tensions rise over the future of the global economy (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Computer glitch hits Wells Fargo customers (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Computer Issues Plague Several Valley Banks (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Obama Calls India Creator, Not Poacher, of US Jobs

We Get What We’re Forced to Pay For: Federal Contractor Tells Workers to Vote for Murkowski

Arabtec Net Drops 96%, Missing Estimates, as Construction Orders Canceled

Papandreou Braces for Austerity Backlash as Greece Holds Local Elections

‘Not since the Pharaohs or the Roman Emperors has a head of state traveled in such pomp’

While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales

SurvivalBlog:

Dollar at Risk of Crashing, Triggering Inflation

David Stockman Says The Fed is Injecting High Grade Monetary Heroin into the Financial System

Citi: Central Banks Are Going to Start Dumping Dollars in the Coming Weeks

Doubts grow over wisdom of Ben Bernanke ‘super-put’. The last line in the article is chilling: “If they start to act on this suspicion, they could push rates higher instead of lower, and overwhelm the Bernanke stimulus. That would precipitate an ugly chain of events for the US.” JWR Adds: Be sure to watch the US Dollar Index closely in the next few months. Anywhere below 72, all bets are off.

Does The Federal Reserve Know What It Is Doing?

The Silver Alpha

When the Price of Silver Doubles in a Month

Quantitative Easing is Just Devaluation

Gold Bottomed, Dollar Index Headed to 56

Hiring Spurt in October Eases Jobs Crisis a Bit

Stocks Post Meager Gains Despite Strong Jobs News

Pending Home Sales Drop 1.8% in September

Fannie Mae Asks for $2.5 Billion in New US Aid

Consumer Borrowing Posts Rare Gain in September

Homeland Security To “Regionalize” Emergency Supplies Over Next 90 Days