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The Empire Forever

The Empire Forever-Photo from Atlantic Israel’s Knife in Biden’s Back VP Joe Biden, who many consider the greatest friend of Israel ever had in the US Senate, has spent about a week in Israel. He opened with gushing words of support for Israel. The next day Israel announced 1600 new homes in what Palestinians believe is their [...]

Financial Reform

Senator Ted Kaufman (D DE) Financial Reform Sadly, financial reform of greed based capitalism, shadow banks, and greater market transparency continues to deteriorate. At times it seems as if the 2008 meltdown never happened Steve Forbes, this AM on CNBC proudly announced the list of the world’s richest billionaires has significantly grown in size and money, as real [...]

Corporate Communism

Dylan Ratigan No Brainer TAX Senators Jim Webb (D) and Barbara Boxer (D) are offering a NO BRAINER tax that many other countries have already enacted. If your company took over $5 billion of the TARP funds (our tax money) all bonuses over $400,000 would be subject to a 50% tax for the years you held our TARP [...]

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Bob Herbert- NYT Jobs, Jobs Jobs Agree with NYT’s Bob Herbert, “Obama’s Source of Trouble” is Jobs. The Obama administration from the start has underestimated the depth of this recession and its underlying causes. The end result – JOB LOSS in the USA. Unfortunately, research on YOUR stock picks takes time, and I’ve run out. KISS & [...]

Karl Marx loves Football

Football lover Karl Marx Football and Karl Marx Football is America’s #1 sport. The Superbowl where (economically shattered) New Orleans Saints beat another small market team the powerful Indianapolis Colts, was watched by more viewers here than any other American sporting event. Football reins supreme because there is parity in the league or socialism. There is a market [...]

CNBC – LasVegas/Glenn Beck

Change in Long Term Stock Outlook See Positions section below for why stock outlook was upgraded and editorial CNBC – Las Vegas/Glenn Beck CNBC is easily the #1 financial channel. With shows from “Fast Money” to “Mad Money” CNBC hypes the quick buck on Wall Street by combining the glitter of Las Vegas and the antics of Glenn [...]

Happiness

Behavioral Economics Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman is “widely regarded as world’s most influential psychologist” who is also the father of Behavioral Economics. “The Riddle of Experience vs. Memory.” is a very powerful & worthwhile video presentation on understanding why/how your perception of happiness and pain are impacted by memory vs. experience. The Q&A at the [...]

A Deep Dark Hole

Paul Otellini – Intel CEO with new billion $ China Factory US Employment – A Deep Dark Whole Today in the NYT Tom Friedman has an interesting article on US competitiveness and an interview with and an interview with Intel CEO – Paul Otellini – who is opening a new billion dollar plant in China in October. [...]

YOUR Stock Watch List

Paul Krugman Sorry analysis of YOUR Stock Watch List took a lot of time this AM – so little on economics/politics Health Care The Baseline Scenario (MIT economists) agrees with NYT Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman on Health Care – No Bill is better than a weak one. Krugman – “In summary, then, it’s time to draw [...]

Hit Men

Frank Rich “The… Obsessed and the Deranged“ There is a symbiotic relationship between governments and capitalism. Without the checks and balances, or regulations from government capitalism will allow greed to run wild. The catastrophic 2008 economic meltdown was just another example of the long line of history that keeps repeating itself. Obviously capitalism works economically better that [...]