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Considering the problems we face as a nation, the torpor and lassitude of current politics in America seems like a kind of offense against history. What other people have allowed circumstances to run over them like so many ‘possums sleeping on the highway?

And, since human affairs don’t remain static indefinitely, in what direction might things go when the political mood finally heaves and shifts? The possibilities are unsettling.

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• Welcome to the exponential function, we hope you enjoy your stay…(H/T CM)
• 60 Minutes – Cold Fusion is Hot Again…(Video)
• Big bank profits are bogus!
• “I Trusted Authority. I Trusted the System." (Video)
• Uncle Jay Explains the News 2:21 Tea Party Video
• U.S. may convert banks’ bailouts to equity share
• BofA: $13.4 billion in Credit-loss provisions
• The First Step to Fixing the Economy – Correctly Identify the Problem (This might be a first step)
• Public Pension Shakedown?
• Owen  Payne Accountants (Video, Humor, check out the surprised looks)
• Will Bank “Stress Tests” Kill Market…or Government Credibility? (Video)

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• Schakowsky: Tea parties ‘despicable’
• Just how inane Schakowsky’s comment is
• Markets Rise After Tax Day Tea Parties
• State Tax Collections Decline…. Sales Taxes with a Record Drop (Chart)
• Green Shoots Are For Suckers
• Report: One-Third of REOs Seriously Damaged
• Fed’s Yellen: A Minsky Meltdown: Lessons for Central Bankers
• Summer 2009: The international monetary system’s breakdown is underway (H/T HukleJohn)
• Hey, Economics Geniuses! What Happened? (H/T James)
• IMF warns over parallels to Great Depression (Video)
• Eurozone Industrial Production Collapse (Chart)
• A ‘Copper Standard’ for the world’s currency system? (H/T Cat233)
• State Unemployment Spike (Chart)

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• Gaming TALF 2.0
• Simple Good Explanation of Geithner’s Plan
• Geithner’s Faustian bargain, the general interest, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Uncle Sam’s lost inner compass
• Kroft to Obama: Are you punch-drunk? (Video on Page)
• Treasury’s toxic asset plan could cost $1 trillion
• Geithner to Announce "Toxic" Plan before 9:30 AM ET
• Moral and Ethic Morass…
• Sen. Gregg says Obama budget will bankrupt US
• I realize a lot of readers of the Daily Digest aren’t Martenson paid subscribers but…. 
• Banks Leaving Money on the Table "All Day Long" (Please don’t miss this video!)
• Orlando ‘Tea Party’ rally draws more than 4,000
• Repost: Financial
  Sense News Hour, Hour 3 Part 1 (Audio, Qualitative Easing, Inflation,
  U.S. In Debt Up to it’s Eyeball Commercial & Much More – A Super
  Listen This Week! I’d be sure to catch this.)
• Safe? But of course!!! (H/TPineCarr)

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