Misc Crap

[Matt Taibbi - Fixing Wall Street]

[Amish attacks]

The Street Light: What Smaller Government Looks Like in the US

Tuesday crap

A realistic look at the US, Israel and Palestinian Statehood. [Shooting ourselves in the foot at the UN - Opinion - Al Jazeera English]

Look for a rash of Anti-Turkey, pro-Kurd, pro-Armenian articles in the US media.

"Jerusalem fights back: Foreign Minister Lieberman formulates series of tough moves in response to Turkish steps; Israel to cooperate with Armenian lobby in US, may offer military aid to Kurdish rebels." [Israel to Punish Turkey]

Why the recovery is slow. [The Sluggish Recovery from the Great Recession: Why There Is No ‘V’ Rebound This Time]

Why income and wealth equality matter [Asset inflation, price inflation, and the great moderation]

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Wednesday Night Links

This is terrorism. [Israeli settlers burn a Mosque].

[Krugman ponders Bitcoin].

The Economist looks at regulation and the economy [Of red tape and recessions]

Ah,... the service economy, where we all just flip burgers for each other? [Calculated Risk - The Non-Manufacturing Business Activity Index decreased 0.5 percentage point to 55.6 percent, reflecting growth for the 25th consecutive month, but at a slower rate than in July.]

A job is a job. When you cut the size of government, you cut jobs. When you cut jobs, the economy suffers. [Econospeak: The Shrinking Public Sector]

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Labor Day Links

The Booman Tribune looks back at the accomplishments of the Bush Administration. A good quick read. [Booman Tribune - Real History]

Still arguing about the stimulus. [Everyone said it was mind-bogglingly large], except these people [Not everybody] but they're just economists who study this crap for a living, what the hell do they know. Also there's[No More Mister Nice's Take].

This quote

"The role of money in an economy is like that of blood in a body---it has to circulate to keep the entity that contains it alive. When a tremendous amount pools in one place, other parts suffer. Redistribution of income is vital to the health of American capitalism. Its decline presages a different type of economy on the horizon."

from [Balkinization: Revolt of the Elites] might be something even the Tea-Bag crowd could understand.

Meanwhile, Israel continues to piss-off it's neighbors. [Israel and Lebanon - Border] [Israel and Turkey - Gaza Flotilla]

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More links 2011.08.07

There's a lot of stupid out there. [Stonekettle Station: So, You Hate The Debt Ceiling Deal]

Manipulating the food markets? [Cargill and ABF-owned firm accused of “manipulating” wheat market]

[US judge allows army veteran to sue Rumsfeld - Americas - Al Jazeera English]

Those crazy leftists. [How the Democratic establishment shunned the left, spawned the Tea Party and moved America right : Peter Daou]

That's all for today

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LInks 2011.08.07

I'm sure Palin, Bachmann, Fox News and the rest of the Tea-Baggers will go for this. [Its Time to Abandon the United States « Modeled Behavior]

[Settlements? What Settlements?]

[Rush Limbaugh: Stoking the Hate]

["Taxes on businesses are always paid by the consumer?" or "Those nice airlines"]

One of my local banks makes [Calculated Risk's Unofficial Problem Bank List Aug 6, 2011]

The always optimistic [Dr Housing Bubble]

Links from Today

[Knowing and Making: Keynes-vs-Hayek and Cognitive Macroeconomics]

[God, The Constitution and the GOP]

[Let's blame Muslims for everything]

[Gin and Tacos] on the coming increase in the retirment age.

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Saturday Morning Links

Economist's View collects reader's ideas on how can we reduce the growth of health care costs

More on health care from Balkinzation - Health Care

Today is a good day to tighten up your Google Account: Google Account Security - Best Practices

Jobs? There are plenty of jobs for political cronies. Crooks and Liars #1

The Propaganda Network: Still promoting the cause. Crooks and Liars #2

A few Links

Glenn Greenwald has a good post today on our leader's priorities here [Priorities in the Land of the Free - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com]

This is depressing [ginandtacos.com > LIVIN' THE DREAM]

We've become a nation of greedy, self-centered liars? [Liars 1] [Liars 2]


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