Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943 – Plog Photo Blog (Hat Tip: Brian B.) Absolutely the best Depression-era pics I have ever seen…
FBI Raids Two Hedge Funds Amid Insider-Trading Case
Report: US Banks Face $100 Billion Capital Shortfall
Grain Prices to Soar Pushing Food (Hat Tip: Brian B.)
Excerpts from FAO’s Food Outlook (November 2010) (Hat Tip: Brian B.)
United States Supreme Court Will Soon Issue a Landmark Decision on the Validity of the Constitution (Hat Tip: Brian B.)
China tackles inflation and threat of social unrest (Hat Tip: Brian B.)
The 25 Countries That Will Be Screwed By A World Food Crisis (Hat Tip: Brian B.)
Oregon Senator Wyden Effectively Kills Internet Censorship Bill (Hat Tip: Brian B.)
Kerchner v. Obama & Congress Scheduled for Supreme Court Conference November 23, 2010 (Hat Tip: Brian B.)
Knight Research’ Stunning Call: “The Game Is Over” (Hat Tip: Brian B.)
Senate Bill 510 vote delayed until after Thanksgiving – Take action now to oppose food tyranny (Hat Tip: Brian B.)
FBI Wiretapping of Internet Users. “All Your Data Belongs to Us” (Hat Tip: Brian B.)
U.S. Pursues Sweeping Insider-Trading Probe (Hat Tip: Brian B.)
Portugal next as EMU’s Máquina Infernal keeps ticking (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)
Ireland going for international bailout
Some States Weigh Unthinkable Option: Ending Medicaid
5 Reasons Why The Stock Market Is Vulnerable Right Now
China Is Ending A Decades-Old Policy To Encourage Foreign Investment
Citi: Bernanke’s Speech Made It Clear Why You Should Sell The Dollar Right Now
New Michigan Governor Says HUNDREDS Of Municipalities Could Go Bankrupt In Next Four Years
Dylan Grice: A Chinese Hard Landing Is The Greatest Deflationary Risk In The World
The Wild Card In Munis: When Big Investors Start Selling CDS
Body scanner CEO accompanied Obama to India (Hat Tip: Brian B.)
Governors Say `Everything Is on the Table’ in Face of Deficits
Health Insurers Can Include Tax Cost in Spending Rule
Obama Considers Chamber Visit, CEO Summit to Counter Anti-Business Image
Irish Aid Bid Prompts Moody’s Warning, Threat of Elections
Insurers May Lose $4 Billion Amid Muni `Stress,’ Moody’s Says
Euro, Stocks, Commodities Fall on Debt Contagion Concern
Lack of Hiring to Restrain U.S. Economy in 2011, Survey Shows
Riskiest Bonds Are Haven as Fed Seeks Inflation
Irish Banks Need $6.8 Billion in Cash Immediately, Analysts Say
Holiday Drivers Face Highest Gas Prices in More Than 6 Months
Schwarzenegger Admits: Climategate was ‘tremendous setback’
GORE REGRETS: Corn ethanol ‘was not good policy’
Ireland Second Euro Nation to Request International Aid as Banks Wobble
Rescue Would Dwarf Greek Bailout
Pessimistic Fed to slash growth forecasts
Al Qaeda Promises U.S. Death By A ‘Thousand Cuts’
Another Obama stealth land grab: Salazar and the NCLS
Teachers union fat cat: Shared sacrifice for thee, but not for me
Buffett Attacks ‘Trickle Down’: Calls for Higher Taxes on the Wealthy
Fed Warns of 4.25 Million More Foreclosures Through 2012
From Russia Expert, a Gloomy Outlook
Ireland fears civil unrest as bank crisis deepens
Job Seekers Find Bias Against Unemployed
Jobless Benefits Cost So Far: $319 Billion
US Banks Insolvent If They Face Loan Losses
ECB Tightens Screws on Ireland, Portugal and Spain
Brace yourself for more high inflation, Mervyn King tells George Osborne.
$4.00 Gasoline By The End Of 2010?
Our friend Fred C. sent this: “Riceland brand rice in 50 pound bags at my local Sam’s Club in Arkansas was $13.95 in July. Then it jumped to $14.60 in late September. Last night I noticed that the pallet with Riceland rice bags on it had 25 pound bags instead of 50 pound bags, and they were priced at $8.95 each. (The equivalent of $17.90 per 50 pounds.)
Gap, Wal-Mart Clothing Costs Rise on `Terrifying’ Cotton Prices