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The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations. Noam Chomsky, M.I.T. emeritus Professor of Linguistics
The Rise of Corporate Freedom of Speech
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Primary Election Results (UPDATED: August 25, 2010)

"The Great 2010 Incumbent (Non-)Revolt"

Senate Primary’s Incumbent Democrats 1 Loss; 6 Wins of 13 Incumbent Republicans 1 Loss; 9 Wins of 12
House Primary’s Incumbent Democrats 2 Loss; 182 Wins of 245 Incumbent Republicans 2 Loss; 140 Wins of 158

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WHEN Did You Become Fiscally Responsible?BEFORE Obama or AFTER Obama??

January 20, 2009$10,838,758,414,164.46 - ↑90% Discretionary Spending at 48.6%

January 20, 2001$5,719,124,940,098.04 - ↑36% January 20, 1993$4,192,107,025,882.17 - ↑62% January 20, 1989$2,601,104,000,000.00 - ↑189% January 20, 1981$909,041,000.000.00

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Distortions, Hypocrisy & More
"I'm not upset that you lied to me; I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you" Friedrich Nietzsche [Hover to Pause]

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The Interest Rate Scam

Why are we loaning money to banks at an interest rate 16 times lower than we’re paying for the money? [...]

Citigroup’s $300 Billion Taxpayer-Guaranteed Loans – Videos

These guarantees by the FDIC, using taxpayer money, seems to be a subject that everyone wants running under the radar. The only money regularly talked about is the TARP money, and how Citigroup is “paying-it-back”! [...]

Wall Street Perfecting Slight-of-Hand

The jockeying by Wall Street to avoid regulation and control, their efforts to re-write financial crisis history, and continue with business as usual, has gone pretty much unnoticed. [...]

Say Good-By To Your TARP Tax Dollars

Say good by to not only your TARP funds (and your Treasury and FDIC backdoor funds), but say good by to the money you’re allowed to temporarily keep in your pocket. [...]

The FDIC Is Broke; Busted; Out Of Money!

Now here’s a question to ponder — Is the FDIC’s “cash” reserves really down to only $10 billion? Or is it much, much more? Could it possibly be that a trillion or so has been set aside to cover guarantees the FDIC made to investors who invested in banks? [...]