…even if Walker’s win doesn’t shift the presidential race, there is a way it’s likely to be felt in other states and other statehouses. Wisconsin, along with all its other political quirks, is distinctive in that unlike most states its public pension fund is fully funded—the money set aside is enough to cover promised payouts…
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The Ministry of Propaganda Declares Ron Paul "Unelectable"
by Charles Hugh Smith • • 0 Comments
The Ministry of Propaganda has chosen to suppress the only dangerous-to-the-Power Elites candidate by declaring him “unelectable.”
The Status Quo’s Ministry of Propaganda has a single political task for 2012: eliminate the sole threat to the Statu…
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Occupy The Gravy
by Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner • • 0 Comments
First, a prayer: May your Thanksgiving gathering be the supercommittee of our dreams, which is to say a happy meeting where everyone gets along despite their ideological differences and divides the pie equitably. We recognize, however, that some fam…
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Herd Analysts Are Putting Lipstick On Every Pig
by Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner • • 0 Comments
The “lipstick on a pig” quote is pretty infamous after the 2008 U.S. presidential race and former Merrill Lynch analyst Henry Blodget’s enthusiastic recommendations on stocks that he privately derided. It looks like there is still lots of lipstick …
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Stick a Fork in Her
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DES MOINES—Sarah Palin says George Washington is her favorite founder because he was reluctant to serve but answered the call of duty. She likes to think of herself this way, answering the needs of a clamoring electorate. That is part of the cinem…
