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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Food and Water Crisis Too

The Global Water Crisis
By TAY KAY LUAN

People who take water for granted are reminded once again during this current hot and dry season of the need to conserve and not to take this precious resource for granted.
Full Report: http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/7/2/business/4236046&sec=business

Banks Own the US Government
"The banks own the place." That seems pretty clear.

After all, it was the banks' greed that fed the housing bubble with loony loans that were guaranteed to go bad. Of course the finance guys also made a fortune guaranteeing the loans that were guaranteed to go bad (ie AIG), and when everything went bust, the taxpayers got handed the bill. The cost of the bailout will certainly be in the hundreds of billions, if not more than $1tn when it is all over. Full Report:

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