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Fed News Friday: How to feed the hungry people of the world in one easy step

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  At the level of production humanity is now capable of in the world today, there is absolutely no reason why anyone should go hungry, and yet so many still do. Why? The answer is no great mystery. The proximate … Continue reading

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Fed News Friday: Obama Nominates Wall Street Banker to Watch and Regulate Wall Street Banks

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What don’t people understand about this??? Appointing industry insiders to be regulators of their own industries not only doesn’t solve the problems in those industries, it’s proof positive that regulations and regulatory agencies DON’T work for you, they work for … Continue reading

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Fed News Friday: The Fed Steals for the 1%

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Whenever I feel despair over the slow progress of our cause I think of the Pope who refused to look through Galileo’s telescope to see the moons of Jupiter because he stubbornly insisted that they did not exist. Today, every … Continue reading

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Fed #News Friday – The Federal Reserve is now on Twitter!

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This week the Federal Reserve Bank, apparently looking for a little abuse, officially joined millions of users on the popular social media website, Twitter. Yes, that’s right: you can now follow Ben Bernanke and company on Twitter. The Fed’s new … Continue reading

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Fed News Friday: New and Improved: Inflation-free Inflation, from the Federal Reserve!

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Have you ever seen those short infomercials about some pill that you can take before a night of heavy drinking and *using my smooth, deep, infomercial announcer voice* magically wake up refreshed and alert the next day! No more headaches! … Continue reading

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Fed News Friday: Ron Paul waves “rebel silver” at Ben Bernanke during hearing

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When I first heard the news that Texas Congressman Ron Paul waved a silver coin at Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke during his testimony at a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday, I was instantly excited to write … Continue reading

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Fed News Friday: Gas prices rising (I wonder why)

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The Christian Science Monitor reports: “Obama sought to deflect growing Republican attacks over rising prices at the pump, blaming recent increases on a mix of factors beyond his control, including tensions with Iran, hot demand from China, India and other … Continue reading

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Fed Friday: Change We Can’t Believe In

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At current metal prices it costs 2.4 cents to make a penny and 11.2 cents to make a nickel. I gotta tell you, it is truly sickening to watch mainstream talking heads report this and laugh like it’s just some … Continue reading

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Fed Friday: Ben Bernanke targeted by an ID theft ring

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It is with no small amount of schadenfreude that I report that our esteemed and despised Central Banker, Ben Bernanke has apparently become entangled in an elaborate identity-theft scheme after his wife’s purse was stolen containing a checkbook from their … Continue reading

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Fed News Friday: Father Son Duo, Ron and Rand Paul Take on the Fed in the House and Senate with twin Federal Reserve Transparency Acts of 2011

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Thanks to the one-time only, and limited Dodd-Frank audit of the Federal Reserve, we already know that some pretty glaring conflicts of interest exist at the Fed and that it loaned $16 trillion at low no interest to big banks … Continue reading

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