March 10, 2009
There’s a periodic discussion that weaves its way through the progressive blogosphere that goes like this: “How the hell can I make any money off my blog?” Sadly, the fact that we still have the discussion as often as we do means there have been no sure-fire answers found as of yet...
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Martin
at 5:09 PM
March 02, 2009
good... the fall of the house of cards may be picking up some steam... In the United States, the Dow Jones industrial average fell below 7,000 for the first time since 1997 as investors reacted to reports that construction and industrial activity had continued to decline and to a $61.7 billion loss ...
And, yes, I DO take it personally
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profmarcus
at 10:44 PM
huh...? have i...? huh...? huh...? The U.S. government threw a new $30 billion lifeline to American International Group Inc on Sunday as the embattled insurer prepared to report the biggest quarterly loss in corporate history. AIG's board approved a new rescue package that also includes more lenient...
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profmarcus
at 6:42 AM
February 27, 2009
why don't they skip the middleman and just deposit the cash directly into the bank accounts of the board members and the senior executives... this smoke and mirrors shit is enough to gag a maggot... The Treasury Department reached a deal late Thursday to take a stake of 30 to 40 percent in Citigroup...
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profmarcus
at 2:29 AM
February 23, 2009
Introduction by Tom Engelhardt [Note for TomDispatch readers: Last week, I asked you to consider writing friends, colleagues, relatives—whomever—to urge them to go to the "sign up" window at the upper right of TD's main screen, put in their email addresses, and receive the mailing that offers no...
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nicholemarie29
at 1:12 PM
once again, i am sitting in kabul on monday night, 9 1/2 hours ahead of u.s. east coast time, watching the dow plunge... i'll update this post in the morning when i get up which will be approximately five hours after wall street's closing bell... [UPDATE] holy shit...! i knew it was going to continu...
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profmarcus
at 12:42 PM
February 17, 2009
this is critical to a fuller understanding of just exactly what the hell is going on with these so-called "bailouts"... courtesy of information clearing house... High Noon: Geithner v. The American Oligarchs Bill Moyers interviews former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), MIT ...
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profmarcus
at 11:23 PM
February 06, 2009
aggregate figures like this are pretty stunning... The country moved into its second year of uninterrupted job losses last month, with companies shedding another 598,000 jobs and the unemployment rate moving up to 7.6 percent, the Labor Department reported on Friday. Economists had forecast a loss o...
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profmarcus
at 9:53 AM
January 27, 2009
Now that we have re established our rules of cordiality (heh), it's time to get back to the real intent of this blog which is open and free debate. I've got a major issue to present, and I would like everyone's A game. We know we have a major economic meltdown in progress. The most recent evidence i...
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Kermit
at 6:51 PM
January 25, 2009
Reports from people in the Rushinga area in Mt Darwin are that the starvation is taking a deadly grip on the area. Mealie meal can be purchased in limited amounts for US$15 for 10 kgs. People in urban areas struggle to withdraw Zimbabwean dollars from the banks, so you can imagine how hard it is to ...
This is Zimbabwe
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