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My Experience at Indy Mac: Fraud, Corruption, Criminality (Vernon Martin)
I’ve shared some tidbits with you in the last month about my experience at IndyMac as their chief commercial appraiser from October 2001 to the end of March 2002. Now that IndyMac has been seized by ...
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Federal Grand Jury Investigating Countrywide, IndyMac, New Century (Richard B. Schmitt)
Sources say subpoenas have been issued to the lenders, in the clearest sign yet that prosecutors are looking into whether fraud and other crimes contributed to the mortgage debacle.
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Big Sky Rebels: A Book Excerpt (Joshua Frank)
An Excerpt from Red State Rebels: Tales of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland (AK Press)
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ACLU Obtains Key Memos Authorizing CIA Torture Methods (ACLU)
Memo Instructed CIA To Document Both Torture Techniques And Agents Participating In Interrogations
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Post-Peak Politics (John Michael Greer)
(Archdruid Report) -- The recent downward lurch in the price of oil, among its other effects, has provided a good look at the downward arc of a cycle of public discourse about energy that will ...
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Optiver Holding Allegedly Manipulated Energy Market, CFTC Says (Tina Seeley)
July 24 (Bloomberg) -- Optiver Holding BV allegedly manipulated and attempted to manipulate energy markets on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said.
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U.S. Economy: Sales of Existing Homes Decline to 10-Year Low (Bob Willis)
July 24 (Bloomberg) -- Sales of previously owned U.S. homes fell in June to the lowest level in a decade as tumbling real-estate prices and consumer confidence signal no end in sight to a housing ...
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Unique Habitat Found Inside Earth (Aaron L. Gronstal)
(Astrobiology Magazine) -- Researchers studying life in the deep subsurface of our planet have discovered a unique bacterium living 1 mile (1.7 km) below the Earth's surface. The tiny bacteria live ...
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Pretend-O-Rama (James Kunstler)
July 20, 2008 (World News Trust) -- The comprehensive bankruptcy of the United States, at every level, in all corners, atop each hill and mole-hill, and down not a few rat-holes, is preceding like ...
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The Mother of All Messes (Paul Craig Roberts)
The Greatest Threat America Has Ever Faced: the GOP?
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U.S. Senate to Take Up Fannie-Freddie Bill After House Approval (Brian Faler)
July 24 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate plans to consider the housing legislation designed to shore up confidence in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and stem record mortgage foreclosures after the House ...
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