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Fantastic Article on Goldman Sachs and its manipulation of the market since the Great Depression

Why the price of gas is going up while the economy is headed down.

In Praise of Country Folks (From a Suburbanite) Part 1
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War Is the Health of the State
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Harvard Poker Pro Says Texas Hold ‘Em Can Teach Traders to Fold
I am a poker player and have long thought that much about life and business can be learned at a poker table. Chip piles, bluffing, cutting and running, are all vital elements for poker, business, and life.Harvard Poker Pro Says Texas Hold ‘Em Can Teach Traders to Fo

Société Générale tells clients how to prepare for potential 'global collapse'
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The Oil Card By Nick Sorrentino
Chapter 2Dubai UAEJeff Singer looked out over the Persian Gulf from his Dubai condo. The blue-green waters contrasted sharply with the dusty brown coastline of the United Arab Emirates.Singer was no particular fan of Dubai, summers were 120 degrees and as humid as Florida but without the relief of thunderstorms. He could however drink liquor here without fear of jail time, and this was one of the main reasons he had moved his office 6 months before from Riyadh.His work had moved him steadily east. He started in New York. Then spent much of the 1990s in London just as the City began hitting on all