Iceland President Blocks $5 Billion Icesave Bailout: "The People Should Decide"
Photo - Hundreds of people gather to submit a petition outside the home of Iceland's President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson in Reykjavik.
Photo - Hundreds of people gather to submit a petition outside the home of Iceland's President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson in Reykjavik.
JFK's final speech...
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The JFK Show...this is by far the best clip for pure comedy...a compilation video of his funniest one-liners from various speeches and press conferences.
Documentary film trailer - Get more detail at the...
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The Federal government will borrow 45 cents of every dollar it spends this year. This story is another example of the obvious frugality that accompanies each and every important budgeting decision reached in Washington. They steal trillions from future generations, and think nothing of spending their stolen loot on pet research projects with the appropriate political backing.
Thou shalt not fight the ethanol lobby.
Super-hero Michelle battles Ronald McDonald, Burger King, Colonel Sanders and the lobby for corn subsidies. This is classic.
Editor's Note: Video is full-size - Bloomberg clips appear small before playing.
Video - Neel Kashkari, managing director and head of new investment initiatives at Pacific Investment Management Co., and a former head of the U.S. Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program, discusses the outlook for the Treasury market and the need for action to reduce the federal budget deficit.
Want to know our thoughts on the Goldman TARP spawn, he who never met a taxpayer heist not to his liking, then scroll the archives:
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Video: Elijah Cummings wonders out loud if AIG is rolling Neel Kashkari?
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Story includes a new op-ed from Simon Johnson entitled...
Jamie Dimon's Biggest Disaster Is Straight Ahead
Video - Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, talks about efforts to address fiscal problems in Spain and Portugal. Gurria also discusses imbalances in the food supply chain, global inflation threats, the U.S. deficit and the outlook for this week's Group of 20 finance ministers meeting - Feb. 17, 2011