33 links for your weekend reading pleasure. Enjoy.
Opinion
We, the Plutocrats vs. We, the People (Long but worth it, Bill Moyers)
Fooled Again (Chris Hedges writing at Truth Dig)
Foreign Affairs/WW3
The Saudis Can’t Wait for Hillary Clinton (The Hill)
Obama to Veto 9/11 Victims Bill (The Saudis always win, CNN)
Throughout History, Debt and War Have Been Constant Partners (The Guardian)
Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Claim They Captured Post Inside Saudi Arabia (Haaretz)
Merkel Braced For More Misery in Berlin Vote in Anti-Immigrant Backlash (Reuters)
Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission President, Wants to Punish the UK For Brexit (The Telegraph)
EU Should Expel Hungary For Mistreating Migrants, Luxembourg Minister Says (Reuters)
Facebook Is Collaborating With the Israeli Government to Determine What Should Be Censored (The Intercept)
Barbara Lee’s Lone Vote on Sept. 14, 2001, Was as Prescient as It Was Brave and Heroic (The Intercept)
Breitbart Contributor To Sue Soros-Backed Newspaper In Alleged Defamation Claim (Breitbart)
Election 2016
Exclusive: Hillary Clinton Campaign Systematically Overcharging Poorest Donors (The Observer)
Trump Has 5-Point Lead in Bloomberg Poll of Battleground Ohio (Lots of great nuggets in this article, Bloomberg)
Many Presidential Swing States Lag Behind in Income Gains (The Wall Street Journal)
Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Contest Expands to New Battlegrounds (The Wall Street Journal)
State Department Delays Records Request About Clinton-Linked Firm Until After The 2016 Election (International Business Times)
Leaked Colin Powell Emails Reveal Clinton’s Apparent Disdain for Obama (Priceless, CNBC)
Glenn Beck’s Bad Bet on Ted Cruz (Politico)
Jamie Dimon Says He’d ‘Love to Be President (Why does our media keep asking a TBTF bank CEO about the Presidency? The Wall Street Journal)
Maher Makes Joke About Trump Getting Assassinated (The Hill)
Finance/Economics
Elizabeth Warren Asks Newly Chatty FBI Director to Explain Why DOJ Didn’t Prosecute Banksters (This too big to jail stuff makes me irate, The Intercept)
Funds Load Up on Risk as Crisis-Era Securities Make a Comeback (Gotta keep dancing, Bloomberg)
Vancouver Tax on Empty Homes to Target Near-Zero Rental Supply (Bloomberg)
Greenwich Is the Worst U.S. Housing Market, Sternlicht Says (Add Greenwich to the luxury real estate collapse list, Bloomberg)
Out-of-Pocket Health Costs Continue to Rise (Nation of debt slaves, Denver Post)
Berkshire is Accused in New York Lawsuit of Workers’ Compensation ‘Siphoning’ (Warren “slumlord” Buffett at it again, Reuters)
Goldman team uses retail deposits for Wall Street-style profits (Let the Muppet fleecing commence! Reuters)
Greenspan Worries That ‘Crazies’ Will Undermine the U.S. System (Guy wrecks economy then judges the voters, Bloomberg)
Ford to Move All North American Small-Car Production to Mexico (The Hill)
Some of the Biggest Hedge Funds Are Bleeding Cash (Bloomberg)
Miscellaneous
Pardon Edward Snowden (The New York Times)
In Liberty,
Michael Krieger
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What with the Terrierists trying to blow up Chelsea Clinton and the garbage from the dumpster that Chelsea was looking for votes for Hillary in, I just don’t know where this country is headed.
No matter that the Terriers seem to be gittin’ the upper hand, Us Real Murikans has got to do somethin’!!! An attack on a Dumpster is an Attack on the Homeland!
Since you won’t tell your readers, the I MUST!
–>Please contact your Congressional Representative IMMEDIATELY to implore their support for the DUMPSTER ACT (Don’t Underestimate Massive Problems Stemming from Those Evil Russians)!! Only by Standing Tall at this moment of National Tragedy can we fight off the nefarious land and sea Invasion of Evil Swarthy Slavs trying to undermine Our Democracy! The DUMPSTER ACT will remind us all each and every September 17, of this horror perpetrated on the peace-loving people of America who are only trying to take out the trash!
We must all unite around our dumpsters, a True Symbol of American Exceptionalism, and our right to dump our trash in Safety and Security!! If we can’t be safe near our dumpsters, where can we be safe?? You can do your part by insuring that each and every dumpster in America proudly boasts an American Flag sticker, just like our garbage trucks!
“He who refuses to trade his liberty and independence for safety around his dumpster deserves to have the trash truck pass him by.”
––Benjamin Franklin