CHART UPDATE: Fed's balance sheet hits record high in latest week on new bond purchases - Fed Weekly Report

After flattening out, it headed higher 8 straight weeks with QE2, until dipping just slightly last week, and then exploding to a new, all-time record high this week.  

When the Fed wants to sell MBS and other securities, who's gonna buy?  

The rest of the Fed's weekly report is inside, including foreign holdings.

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Bankruptcy of U.S. is ‘Mathematical Certainty,’ Says Professor & Former CEO of Nation's 10th Largest Bank

Video:  John Allison - Runs 2 minutes - More National Debt Truth

Great clip.  Quotes transcribed inside.

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Jim Rogers: The Federal Reserve Is A Pawn Shop (CLIP)

Runs 41 seconds - transcribed inside.

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Texas lawmakers faced with $27 billion budget shortfall

Newer stories are below...

Complete story inside including video, links and more.  I also built a little Texas slideshow once I started finding so many potential photos for this story.

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• The sights, sounds and beautiful women of Texas

Editor's Note - Fans of women's swimming might want to make sure to see pic #4...

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DEATH PROFIT: Fallen Soldiers' Families Denied Cash as Prudential, MetLife Gain

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Bernanke No Longer Denies that the Purpose of QE2 Is to Drive Stock Prices Higher

Have you seen these photos...

New Slideshow - From Time Magazine - See a pic of Bernanke at age 13, hair slicked back, playing the saxophone - This is a True Must See 

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Bernanke pulls a QE2 bait and switch...

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Jim Rogers: "The World Doesn't Have Enough Trees For Bernanke To Print His Way Out Of The Problem, Gold Could Exceed $2,000" (VIDEO)

Bernanke takedown.  Watch at least the first 2 minutes.  Jimmy starts out hot.

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Tom Delay Hopes That His Future Cellmate Has NEVER Seen This Video

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What If The Bankers Gorged On A Record $144 Billion In Bonuses And No One Noticed

Brilliant clip.  This is how the rest of the world sees the Wall Street bailout.

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Wall Street Pay For 2010: A RECORD $144 Billion

Updated on Jan 15, 2011 at 4:58 PM by DailyBail

Wall Street says thanks for the bailout, suckers!

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Could The Federal Reserve Go Broke? - Bernanke Grilled By Senators Over Balance Sheet Losses

Could the U.S. central bank go broke?

Source - Reuters

New Slideshow - Time Magazine Looks Inside the Private Offices of Fed Chairman Bernanke - Including Photos of Bernanke Growing Up in South Carolina - These are a Must See

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France & Germany say 'no increase' for EU bailout fund

Sarkozy strolls the beach - latest from Ambrose Evans - updates on Portugal and everyone else in bankrupt Europe, not unlike the broke and busted U.S.

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Why The Debt Ceiling Debate Is Necessary

Can you spare a trillion...

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Fed turns record profits over to Treasury

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