Catherine’s post – “What’s Up in Alabama?” has been updated. ~ View it here.

Wind farms that use spinning blades and turbines to generate electricity have the undesirable side effect of disrupting the operation of radar systems. The JASON

A new report from the Bank of International Settlements indicates that global outstanding derivatives just keep growing in amount. Highlights of International Banking and Financial

I first met Jim Johnson in the early 1990’s. I was a great admirer of his predecessor at Fannie Mae, David Maxwell. David had recruited

Money Supply at 5 Jun 2008 St. Louis Federal Reserve Report ~ Previous blog posts on MZM: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) – –

Adjusted Monetary Base St. Louis Federal Reserve Report – – – – – – – –

Water Crisis to be Biggest World Risk By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (6 Jun 2008) – – – – – –

Just 17% Say Federal Government Represents Will of the People Rasmussen Reports (3 Jun 2008) Just 17% of voters say that the federal government represents

Neither Honest Nor Trustworthy: The 10 Worst Corporations of 2007 By Russell Mokhiber & Robert Weissman – Multinational Monitor.org (Nov/Dec 2007) “A November 2007 Harris

From Phil Cubeta – At GiftHub.org: Getting Your Philanthropy Advice from a Loan Shark? (31 May 2008) Mr. Repo Man as Philanthropic Advisor (31 May

Total Borrowings of Depository Institutions from the Fed – 1910 to present:

Rob Kirby wrote to the Wall Street Journal earlier this week: Kate Kelly: Congratulations on your article, “Fear, Rumors Touched Off Fatal Run on Bear

The proprietor of GiftHub.org has his next comment for us: Read the full article here.

Oh, my. Terrorizing honest government regulators and their contractors in life threatening ways, seizing and stealing their software tools and databases providing public access to

If you are curious to know more about the headlines regarding losses on auction rate securities, here is a new lawsuit filed against UBS that

Good news! The Bureau of Labor Statistics at the U.S. Department of Labor has announced the April Producer Price Index. You will be delighted to

Rob Kirby of Financial Sense discusses his conversation with Catherine about the demise of Bear Stearns and related events. The Next Shoe to Drop By

Dmitry Orlov’s book “Reinventing Collapse” is an excellent introduction to the de-industrialization that numerous areas of the world have experienced, written for Americans interested in

One of the signs watched to determine risks of inflation or deflation is the relationship of current commodities prices to those expressed in future contracts.

I was speaking with Dennis Bernstein of Flashpoints about our show, Community Business, which we do each Wednesday night. We were talking about Solari Audio

Update: Men’s Health ranks Birmingham as one of the four most impotent cities in the country. Could this help explain the problems in Alabama? Impotence