'Dr. Doom' predicts some big banks will be nationalized

Contingency! What’s It Good For? by Andrew C. McCarthy

Eight Dead After Shooting at N.C. Nursing Home

Jewish center marked with anti-Semitic graffiti

Fear of new regs drives gun, ammo shortage

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AP Source: GM CEO Wagoner to step down immediately
Because Obama told him to. When the state runs businesses, what do you call it, again?

Obama to unveil plan for carmakers on Monday

Big March rally put on hold - stocks down
U.S. stocks fell rapidly for a second straight session Monday as turmoil in the auto industry and continued worry about the financial sector further eroded the market's upswing of recent weeks. Over the weekend the Obama administration forced out the chief executive of General Motors and said that the best chance for success for the struggling auto maker and Chrysler may be bankruptcy.

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Ex-Saudi envoy is Obama's choice to run Navy

Obama seeking Muslims for high administration positions

Analysis: Clinton pushes for stronger China role

Obama considering meeting with Assad in June

Obama worried by spillover from Mexico drug fight
Which will likely be used as an excuse for a gun grab. Hence the shortages.

Obama unveils agenda for first overseas trip

President Obama's "European Vacation"
His whole presidency seems like a National Lampoon movie, doesn't it?

Prospect of Barack Obama show causes UK to clear its decks
In addition, a team from the White House kitchen will travel with the president to prepare his food. As one official put it: "When the president travels, the White House travels with him, right down to the car he drives, the water he drinks, the gasoline he uses, the food he eats. America is still the sole superpower and the president must have the ability to handle any crisis, anywhere, any time."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pentagon looks at green options
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Gates sees sanctions as best bet on Iran
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Dollar reserve issue won't get G20 traction: Canada
Global reserve currency debate unlikely to be G20 meeting focus
At least not publicly.

Call for global currency wins int'l backing
UN backs new new global currency reserve

Indonesia feels the need for new international currency

Death Of The Dollar?
Abandoning the greenback would mark a final step in the dismantling of the post-WW II monetary order, with the dollar as its anchor. This is just what Russia and China — and the U.N. — want.

Center-left leaders mull crisis strategy ahead of G20

UK's Brown wants $100 billion trade finance fund

Brown snubbed over tax, Germans wreck ‘global new deal’

G-20 Group Urges ‘System-Wide’ Approach to Regulation

G20 leaders to discuss IMF gold sales - source



Fake cash, pop-up tents and protests to hit London

Biden appeals to G20 protesters

London Protest Draws More Than 12,000 Before G-20



USAID Provides $3.7 million to Assist with Global Food Security in Senegal
'Food Security.'

U.S. to push for UN climate deal but no magic wand

UN climate conference starts in Bonn