…documented, all of the nations that faced speculative attacks showed the same pattern: soaring interest rates before the currency devaluation as their governments raised interest rates in an attempt to…

…Chicago” protesting the loss of jobs and the harsh and speculative practices put in place by banks and W$ since 2000.” “Report from Chicago” October 2009 – Angry Bear. ABA…

…needs. They should be selling to families who should by now be trading up to boomers’ housing, thereby freeing up starter homes for first time buyers. It’s not happening at…

This is a speculative post.  I don’t have any expertise in foreign policy.  I just want to clarify my own thinking, and posting is a way to force myself to…

…out that the above explanation is necessarily speculative, and based on information that remains murky. But it does seem to explain the unusual information about jobless claims we’ve been getting…

…them.) 2.Obama’s proposed chained-CPI cut would typically reduce benefits for 3 percent, and by as much as 6 percent for some recipients. 3.The White House’s decision to label this cut…

…also added the final two sentences. The post is a followup to a post from earlier Friday. I’ve also created an additional label: mainstream-journalism gimmickry. I’ve left the original rather…

…and since then, models have proliferated, transforming the name “Smith and Wesson .38” into a generic label for a particular style of gun, even clones that aren’t made by Smith…

…the right to set the tone of the dialogue by letting them label the current situation. We aren’t facing a “fiscal cliff”, he notes, but rather an “austerity bomb”. [The…

…not only a great read but also a revealing informational source on the changes in the American polity, she does note the label he attaches to the right-wing resurgence (“breadwinner…