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Entries Tagged as 'Federal Reserve System'

When Will Obama Go To War

April 6th, 2009 No Comments

 “History does not repeat itself but it does Rhyme”
Mark Twain
 Barack Hussein Obama and his administration along with the “Great Depression” historian and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke are repeating almost every move executed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the 1930’s “New Deal.”  This can be seen right down to the wording of their speeches and [...]

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I am so Confused and i am not alone Ben Bernanke and the Government must be too

March 18th, 2009 No Comments

Okay so today the Federal Reserve announced it was going to start buying government treasury bonds to boost the economy and prop up the market.
This $1.25 trillion i presume is not part of the $3.8 Trillion already pledged by congress et al to battle beleaguered banks and troubled home owners. But here is the thing….
The [...]

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SIV's rear their ugly head agin in the most unexpected of places

November 10th, 2008 No Comments

SIV’s are blamed by many as the cause of the current economic crisis. With companies placing undesirable assets off their balance sheets they could report profits and other good news whilst hiding the truth. Thus today i was shocked to hear that SIV’s have once again reared their ugly head in the most unusual of [...]

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Very Politically Incorrect

May 3rd, 2008 No Comments

I know I am going where no one should go but I have a few very contentious statements, comments and questions? No one seems to be voicing these out loud but I am sure people are thinking it…….
Is Barak Obama a Muslim and how extreme are his views? Why does he seem to want to [...]

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The Power Of Web 2.0 – And the Myth of Google and FaceBook

December 3rd, 2007 No Comments

The more time i spend delving into all that is web 2.0 and the more closer we get to the Launch of the the Brain Make Over Beta Site, the more perplexed i become by certain factors.
Firstly, we live in an age where Google (goog) is quoted at some $681 at time of writing which [...]

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Liquidity Crisis – A Little Reflection Gives Compelling Answers – Impending Stock Market Crash – Real Estate Bubble has Burst

September 11th, 2007 No Comments

The media shouts of a liquidity crisis and the financial markets are in turmoil, the terrible words recession and depression are being uttered by many and people are drawing upon similarities between 2007 and the former stock market collapses of 1987, 1929 and the recessions of the early 1930’s, 1970’s, 1990’s, 2000’s . The question [...]

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Liquidity Crisis – A Little Reflection Gives Compelling Answers – Ignore at your own Peril

September 9th, 2007 No Comments

The media shouts of a liquidity crisis and the financial markets are in turmoil, the terrible words recession and depression are being uttered by many and people are drawing upon similarities between 2007 and the former stock market collapses of 1987, 1929 and the recessions of the early 1930’s, 1970’s, 1990’s, 2000’s . The question [...]

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