Nikki's Blog – October 2011 Archive (10)

A Special Offer from America's Corporations

October 27, 2011

A Special Offer from…

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Added by Nikki on October 27, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments

The Decline of Las Vegas

Busted flush: Las Vegas on a losing streak

Four years ago Las Vegas was the fastest-growing city in the US. Now it's America’s foreclosure capital…

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Added by Nikki on October 20, 2011 at 12:28am — No Comments

The Origins of American Debt-Serfdom

The commodification and expansion of credit and the transformation of housing from shelter to speculation doomed the nation to debt-serfdom.

How did America become a land of debt-serfs? We can trace our debt-serfdom to three core dynamics which now dominate the American economy. To understand the…

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Added by Nikki on October 19, 2011 at 2:54pm — No Comments

The New Reality For U.S. Cities: No Money For Street Lights, Roving Packs Of Wild Dogs And Open-Air Drug Markets

If you want to know what the early stages of an economic collapse look like, just walk around some of the downtown areas of our major cities. Today, nearly all large U.S. cities are either flat broke or they are on the way to being flat broke. Yes, New York City and Washington D.C. (and a few others) are still doing fairly well, but for most U.S. cities economic reality is catching up with them very quickly. Right now, there are a number of major cities that are so broke that they cannot… Continue

Added by Nikki on October 19, 2011 at 2:47pm — No Comments

The Real Story of How Israel Was Created

The Real Story of How Israel Was Created

by Alison Weir, October 11, 2011

To better understand the Palestinian bid for…

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Added by Nikki on October 12, 2011 at 10:36am — 4 Comments

U.S. Drug Policy Would Be Imposed Globally By New House Bill

Radley Balko

The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill yesterday that would make it a federal crime for U.S. residents to discuss or plan activities on foreign soil that, if carried out in the U.S., would violate the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) -- even if the planned activities are legal in the countries where they're carried out. The new law, sponsored by Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) allows prosecutors to bring conspiracy charges against…

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Added by Nikki on October 8, 2011 at 8:59pm — 2 Comments

Father of Reaganomics to American Youth: Leave the Country

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Added by Nikki on October 7, 2011 at 10:42pm — 6 Comments

Will there be a run on the banks?

Dick Durbin: 'Get the heck out of that bank'

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Added by Nikki on October 4, 2011 at 10:12pm — 2 Comments

Enemy of the Month: Pakistan

Enemy of the Month

Brian Beyer, October 04, 2011

And the award goes to…Pakistan! Escalating tensions between the US and Pakistan have only been getting worse. As Pepe Escobar notes, this…

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Added by Nikki on October 4, 2011 at 5:25pm — No Comments

ANONYMOUS TO SHUT DOWN NYSE ON 10/10/11

UPDATES IN COMMENT SECTION BELOW!

A new Anonymous statement to the media regarding a DDOS attack set forth to take place October 10th. DDOS information is annotated.

IRC LINK: irc.project-pm.org #invadewallstreet

(or for NetTalk users, 85.115.208.246)

TRANSCRIPT:

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Greetings, Institutions… Continue

Added by Nikki on October 4, 2011 at 10:00am — 20 Comments