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Further proof that the Fed cares only for the TBTF banks

Our corrupted and complicit Federal Reserve continues to let TBTF banks attempt to plunder the rest of us. But it may not work this time. Too many people re watching and too many are seriously pissed. Besides, BofA is going down. This desperation move by them merely shows they will collapse soon.

Federal Reserve and [...]

Don’t do Windows update on unplugged laptop!

My laptop was unplugged, at 63% charge. I did a Windows update, rebooted, and the laptop almost immediately went into save-and-sleep mode. The battery had been completely drained during the update. Yikes. It could have been disastrous if the battery died in the middle of the update. So, always plug in a laptop before doing [...]

White House stonewalling on Solyndra documents

The Obama Administration is claiming executive privilege in withholding internal White House emails about Solyndra, something which rightfully makes investigators even more suspicious.

“What is the White House trying to hide?” [Republican Reps.] Upton and Stearns asked in a joint statement. “Since day one of the Solyndra investigation, the Obama administration has fought us tooth [...]

Stop yelling and pay attention. The grassroots left and right are saying the same thing

At a time when Americans seem more divided than at any point since the Civil War, two grassroots protest movements, the Tea Parties and Occupy Wall Street protests, signal the possibility of a major realignment in American politics along the lines of massive shared opposition to the domineering financial sector and its corrupt counterparts in [...]

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Welfare banks

The TBTF banks are essentially parasites on the economy and should be broken up and / or allowed to fail.

High Speed Rail is dead. Stick a fork in it

Most state projects for High Speed Rail (HSR), including California, assume they will get major funding from the federal government. This is no longer true.

The Senate Appropriations Committee, which is controlled by Democrats, recently voted to fund HSR by a token $100 million in FY 2012. Congress and the country are in a [...]

Treasury officials: Never saw a loan like Solyndra

The half-billion dollar loan to Solyndra Inc. was restructured earlier this year so that private investors moved ahead of taxpayers for repayment on part of the loan in case of a default.

Treasury officials Gary Grippo and Gary Burner told a House committee they had never seen that occur in a federal loan.

This is [...]

Sen. Sanders calls for people to withdraw from big banks

#bbpBox_125709415641911296 a { text-decoration:none; color:#92110D; }#bbpBox_125709415641911296 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }[People might choose to move their money out of the large banks and into local community banks or credit unions.] http://t.co/L44BZ4f9 #owsOctober 16, 2011 4:07 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite@SenatorSandersBernie Sanders

We need 50 more senators like Sanders. Sen. Feingold is starting to speak out. Sen. Franken is absent in action again. But Sanders has been on the front lines supporting OWS since Day One.