http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article694...

holy shit. i almost got ill when i saw this.

i believe this belongs in the "Read it and Weep" department.

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/10/ar...

(i presume everyone here is aware of the fact that since October 1, we have an active military unit stationed here in the US for domestic operations, under the control of NorthCom.)

Two striking articles on the current financial crisis:

“Creative Destruction: The Solid Core Behind the Financial Crisis” by Chris Floyd:

IMO, the convention was a sick farce, a neo-Orwellian “celebration” full of anti-intellectualism, jingoism, anti-liberalism and aggressive tribalism.

the crowd was ugly, and… it was pretty obvious that they didn’t get Obama’s memo about post-partisanship / unity.

some interesting commentary from Krugman…

Minnesota Monster Mash: Police-State Zombies in a Dead Republic

3-for-1: Insights from Chris Floyd, Glenn Greenwald and Arthur Silber, with a stark conclusion.

"Psst - While You Were Gibbering, the Ruling Class Rigged the Game and Won Everything":

… is likely to win the Green Party nomination ~!

“2008 Green Party Presidential Nomination Delegate Count

The current vote totals are: Ball (11); Brown (9); Hawkins (8); Johnson (27); McKinney (304.5); Mesplay (29.5); Nader (139); NOTA (10); Swift (24); Uncommitted (40)

419 votes are needed to win the nomination” http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/Delegat...