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Deficit Terrorism and Quantitative Easing: Two sides of the same strategy?

According to James Rickards, the Federal Reserve Bank likely has no way to exit from its money printing effort known as quantitative easing:

Disasters sometimes sneak up in small steps, each of which appears unthreatening at the time but which cumulatively spell collapse. The Fed is leading the United States to ruin in ways that…

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Added by Jehu Eaves on November 24, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

How economists mislead – ‘Ignorant Deficit Terrorists’ Edition

Courtesy of Peter Dorman of the Econospeak blog, an argument you don’t hear every day … unless you are still in kindergarten: “1 + 1 = 2″

This Is What Accounting Identities Look Like

I have been periodically raging against the ignorance of those who would slash fiscal deficits without regard to fundamental accounting identities.…

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Added by Jehu Eaves on November 16, 2010 at 6:49am — No Comments

Why progressive economists can mislead activists, and why they should stop...

There is a post at Beat the Press from Dean Baker, who is a decent enough economist to embrace the idea of shorter working time; but who, despite this point in his favor, nevertheless brings such defective reasoning to his analysis that it makes me cringe:

The Falling Dollar and Developing country Exports | Thursday, 11 November 2010 05:44

The Washington Post notes that the Fed’s new…

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Added by Jehu Eaves on November 11, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Bill Moyers: "Welcome to the Plutocracy!"

Bill Moyers speech at Boston University on October 29, 2010, as a part of the Howard Zinn Lecture Series (VIDEO).

I was honored when you asked me to join in celebrating Howard Zinn’s life and legacy. I was also surprised. I am a journalist, not a historian. The difference between a journalist and an historian is that the historian knows the difference. George Bernard Shaw once complained that journalists are seemingly… Continue

Added by Cromag on November 9, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments

CHRIS HEDGES EXPOSES THE ELITIST LIBERAL CLASS (w/video)

The World Liberal Opportunists Made

By Chris Hedges - Oct 25, 2010

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Added by Cromag on November 1, 2010 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Interview with Environmental Attorney Thomas Linzey

Thomas Linzey thinks of himself as more than just a lawyer. A co-founder of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), Linzey is a practicing attorney, committed to the idea that change happens at the grassroots. Much of his activism occurs through CELDF's "Democracy Schools," an innovative curriculum that encourages people to go beyond the single issue they are working on to…

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Added by Cromag on October 24, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Study Sheds Light on Obama-Muslim Misconception

— By Jen Phillips

Sep. 10, 2010

"Obama is a different race/class/party than me, therefore he's more likely to be a different religion too, most likely Muslim." That's basically the thought…

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Added by Cromag on September 13, 2010 at 12:14am — No Comments

The Public Relations Industry & The Decline of Trust

CorporateWatch.org - August 2010

1. Introduction

Commercial messages have colonised every part of our environment. Advertising is everywhere, in all of our media, TV and radio, newspapers and magazines; in films and all over the internet; on bill boards and bus stops; on our clothing and cars; in museums and public parks; at community events and political party conferences; salesmen… Continue

Added by Cromag on September 8, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

The War against Activists

Categorizing Environmentalists

In dealing with activists public relations firms generally employ a

'divide and conquer' strategy which exploits differences in the

environment movement between moderates and radicals.…

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Added by Cromag on September 8, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

What Created the Populist Explosion and How Democrats Can Avoid the Shrapnel in November

By Drew Westen, AlterNet

Posted on September 1, 2010, Printed on September 6, 2010

http://www.alternet.org/story/148045/…

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Added by Cromag on September 6, 2010 at 2:05pm — No Comments

Matt Yglesias is delusional

via Open Left

by:…

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Added by Cromag on September 6, 2010 at 1:41pm — No Comments

The Crisis of Middle-Class America

The crisis of middle-class America

By Edward Luce

Published: July 30 2010 17:04 Original FT Link here…

Mark and Connie Freeman in front of their home in Minneapolis

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Added by Cromag on August 1, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

About Us - with Glossary

"Somehow we can talk about these subjects here in polite company."

Welcome all, and thanks for visiting ActMo! This is the NEW location for our popular About Us page since NING changed their TOS in 2010.

The Activist Motivator is a Citizen Journalist, Open Forum, Social Network for promoting Awareness, Debate and Organizing Action on important social issues. Issues like transparency, corporate…

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Added by Cromag on August 1, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Now is the time for all good men

Matching its all time low, the current approval rating of Congress is 18%. Special interests continue to divert Congress from the public interests. The game is rigged and Congress is incapable de-rigging it. So too, it is literally impossible for citizen voters to create fundamental political and social change by strictly adhering to only those methods approved by the government.

Or is it?

The only apparent alternative for peaceful change is that prescribed in Article V… Continue

Added by Harold Hellickson on June 1, 2010 at 2:50pm — No Comments

The Game Plan That Keeps You Screwed to the Wall

The Fed's monetary policy of low interest rates favor the financial/corporate/mega-wealthy oligarchy with an increase in the money supply which encourages speculation that overvalue assets that form economic bubbles that collapse.

Tax policy favor the financial/corporate/mega-wealthy oligarchy by increasing their money supply which encourages speculation that overvalue assets that form economic bubbles that collapse.

The except below is from Fed Policy Stealing From Our… Continue

Added by Harold Hellickson on May 17, 2010 at 10:37am — No Comments

Encouraging Reflections on Activism - Jim Hightower and American populism

Bill Moyers sits down with populist Jim Hightower to look at the history and legacy of people's movements and discuss how ordinary people can reclaim political power. Hightower frames progressive views better than anyone I've heard, even George Lakoff. This was from the last episode of The Journal, which spanned 40 years. Moyers adds a cutting exclamation point on U.S. Plutocracy, but first, here is why Bill Moyers decided to end The… Continue

Added by Ice Goldberg on May 1, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Fact Sheet: The Truth About the Health Care Bill

By: Jane Hamsher Friday March 19, 2010

I’ll be on the new CNN show with Jon King that premieres at noon ET, available for live stream here

The Firedoglake health care team has been covering the debate in congress since it began last year. The health care bill will come up for a vote in the House on Sunday, and as Nancy Pelosi works…

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Added by Cromag on April 18, 2010 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Bill Moyers Journal: Johnson and Kwak Nail the Financial Meltdown (transcript)

Simon Johnson and James Kwak, authors of 13 BANKERS: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown

→ Link to full video interview http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04162010/watch.html

"All regulated industries end up with the industry capturing the regulators." George… Continue

Added by Cromag on April 16, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Exposing Our Enemy: Meet the Economic Elite

by David DeGraw / February 19th, 2010

The money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace and conspire against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than a monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, and more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes… As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will…

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Added by Cromag on March 6, 2010 at 2:57pm — No Comments

Sins of the Fathers: How Corporations Use the Constitution and Environmental Law to Plunder Communities and Nature

Absorbing each and every line of this powerful document is a worthwhile step towards meaningful environmental activism. -Ice Goldberg

Thomas Alan Linzey, Esq. Executive Director

The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, Inc.

Thursday, March 4th, 2004 class at University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Our work over the past four years has taken us in new directions for environmental attorneys -- we now give most of our… Continue

Added by Cromag on March 5, 2010 at 12:00am — No Comments