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Harold Camping’s Apocalypse Fail Watch: To Be Rapture Ready, Adrienne Martinez Gave up on Medical School!
Concerning radio evangelist Harold Camping’s apocalypse prediction fiasco, the Christian Post this afternoon reports on a specimen of the human wreckage. Here’s what the past year has been like for the Martinez family (after Adrienne and Joel came under the spell of the May 21, 2011 rapture … Continue reading
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Tagged cults, fraud, Harold Camping, hysteria, Jesus, John Macarthur, prophecy, prophecy fail, rapture ready, religion, Revelation, strange
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Plutocracy Watch: Mortgage Paperwork Fraud is Rampant and Goes Unprosecuted
This recent 60 Minutes segment is very dispiriting. Notice how easy it is for large banks to shift responsibility (and so avoid criminal prosecution). It’s yet another example of mortgage lenders engaging in buck passing and (im)plausible deniability: speak no evil, see … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 minutes, America, banks, dishonesty, fraud, housing, mortgage fraud, obscenity, outrage, real estate
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Inside Job: Max Keiser Was Right!
Before seeing the documentary Inside Job, I genuinely thought that Max Keiser’s somewhat well-known public condemnation of Goldman Sachs was largely hyperbole. I now think otherwise. Everything he says here is, if anything, an understatement: . And here’s Inside Job on DVD … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Ayn Rand, banks, capitalism, corruption, derivatives, economy, financial markets, fraud, goldman sachs, max keiser, the ten commandments
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“Inside Job” documentary: a must see
If you haven’t seen Inside Job yet, it’s a must see. I’ve watched it on DVD three times over the past week. It’s one of the most powerful documentaries I’ve ever encountered (and I’m a longtime follower of documentaries). Liberal or conservative, … Continue reading
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Tagged America, banks, corruption, economics, finance, fraud, goldman sachs, Great Depression 2.0, inside job, lehman brothers, wall street
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The Global Financial Crisis 101
Perhaps the most honest, clear, and perceptive take on the international financial crisis to date:
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Tagged bankers, comedy, economics, finance, fraud, Great Depression 2.0, humor, life
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Max Keiser: Glenn Beck is a TV Rodeo Clown
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Prometheus Unbound 