Stimulus To The Dead, Bloomberg Says Ron Paul Has 'Real Shot' In 2012, Housing Double Dip Gets WORSE, T-Bills No Longer Safe, Ohio Voters Can Opt Out Of Obamacare (Links)

Bloomberg - No Longer A Joke - Ron Paul Has A 'Real Shot' In 2012

CHART OF THE DAY: The Housing Double Dip Gets Even Worse

US squandered $35 billion on private contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq

U.S. AAA Rating Rides on S&P’s London View of Politics on Capitol Hill - Bloomberg

T-Bills No Longer Considered Risk Free By Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Angela Merkel faces revolt in Germany over Greece Bailout - Ambrose Evans

Gold Is Truth, Unchained CPI Leads To A Dog-Food Diet - Forbes

Bank Of America Donates Then Demolishes Hundreds Of Houses To Cut Glut

Largest Municipal Bankruptcy In U.S. History - Thanks To JP Morgan

Ohio Voters Will Go To Polls To Decide Whether To Opt Out Of Obamacare

Inside The Spanish Property Crash - How It Happened

California Seeks $5B ’Bridge’ Loan to Pay Bills - Bloomberg

California National Guard bonus program riddled with corruption

Millions in stimulus went to DECEASED

Dr. Edwin Vieira on the Fed's Transfer of Wealth

A Revenge Plot So Intricate, the Prosecutors Were Pawns - MUST READ

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The Funniest Construction FAILS Ever: (PHOTOS)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/27/funniest-construction-fails-ever-volume-2_n_909094.html

These are pretty entertaining...

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S&P cuts Greek credit rating on default worries

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sp-cuts-greek-credit-rating-on-default-worries-2011-07-27

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S&P doesn't believe U.S. will default

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sp-doesnt-believe-us-will-default-2011-07-27

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Why Google is going to $1,500

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-google-is-going-to-1500-2011-07-27?Link=obinsite

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — A Democratic plan to reduce U.S. budget deficits over the next decade won’t save as much money as claimed, according to a government analysis released Wednesday that throws another wrench in negotiations to increase the debt ceiling.

The Congressional Budget Office said Majority Leader Harry Reid’s deficit-cutting proposal would reduce projected deficits by $2.2 trillion over 10 years. The Nevada Democrat claimed his plan would cut future deficits by $2.7 trillion.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/watchdog-finds-less-reid-savings-than-targeted-2011-07-27

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Boehner to rewrite bill after CBO verdict on plan

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/boehner-to-rewrite-bill-after-cbo-verdict-on-plan-2011-07-26

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U.S. durable-goods orders fall 2.1% in June

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-durable-goods-orders-fall-21-in-june-2011-07-27

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China’s hands tied on U.S. debt threat

Beijing worried about downgrade, but can do little for now

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/chinas-hands-tied-on-us-debt-threat-2011-07-27?Link=obinsite

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Spill Victims: BP Fund An "Abject Failure" In Need of Oversight

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/07/spill_victims_bp_fund_an_abject_failure_in_need_of.php

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The Plastic Bag Wars

The world consumes 1 million plastic shopping bags every minute - and the industry is fighting hard to keep it that way

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-plastic-bag-wars-20110725

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FBI report at odds with ATF claim on weapons

A copy of the FBI document shows ballistics tests did not rule out the Fast and Furious guns in the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fast-furious-fbi-20110727,0,808389.story

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U.S. intelligence agencies concluded in a classified report late last year that Russia’s military intelligence was responsible for a bomb blast that occurred at an exterior wall of the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia, in September.

The highly classified report about the Sept. 22 incident was described to The Washington Times by two U.S. officials who have read it. They said the report supports the findings of the Georgian Interior Ministry, which traced the bombing to a Russian military intelligence officer.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/26/us-report-russia-tied-to-embassy-blast/