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marmar

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11. Do a Google search on Greg Palast and Iraq and education etc etc

Reply to iandhr (Reply #9)

Sun Sep 15, 2013, 10:11 AM

Sep 2013

The answer will become self-evident. He's one of the few journalists worthy of clicking a link for.

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The "end game" memo from Larry Summers. [View all] trumad Sep 2013 OP

Scary. skydive forever Sep 2013 #1

from the article questionseverything Sep 2013 #45

Read through to the bitter end. It will explain much. RC Sep 2013 #2

Ignore it most likely nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #34

There are certain things that they can't spin. RC Sep 2013 #35

Pretty damn vile. But I think this is why Obama will not nominate Summers. Autumn Sep 2013 #3

Obama will nominate sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #6

I'm not too sure of that. Obama has shown that he is willing to change course. Autumn Sep 2013 #8

If any evidence sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #13

No, I don't have any evidence to that. Autumn Sep 2013 #14

Fair enough. sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #19

The valid, overwhelming objections to Summers have been laid out for Obama for MONTHS Divernan Sep 2013 #21

I read that and I agree. But I think that Summers did that because he wants the job. Autumn Sep 2013 #32

No one has any evidence of that. n/t AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #25

I remember he called them fat-cat bankers once, right before letting them off the hook magical thyme Sep 2013 #42

What exactly do you think would happen? DireStrike Sep 2013 #7

I think Janet Yellen is the easiest choice. Yes I do think Summers Autumn Sep 2013 #12

Those three years are the whole point - time to exploit the US for the benefit of the one percent Divernan Sep 2013 #22

What would happen? They wouldn't make him a multi-millionaire after the election. magical thyme Sep 2013 #43

The Plutocrat's Friend Octafish Sep 2013 #4

wow! heaven05 Sep 2013 #33

Seeing how they have most of the money and all the big guns, it seems that way... Octafish Sep 2013 #36

All except the Arab countries that do not allow usury malaise Sep 2013 #5

Is gregpalast a reputable news source? iandhr Sep 2013 #9

Do a Google search on Greg Palast and Iraq and education etc etc marmar Sep 2013 #11

Don't let the snap in Greg Palast's writing style throw you off. He researches JDPriestly Sep 2013 #37

fuck yeah. KG Sep 2013 #38

Greg Palast was the investigtive reporter who ... bvar22 Sep 2013 #39

The Citigroup Plutonomy Memos: Two bombshell documents that Citigroup's lawyers try to suppress malaise Sep 2013 #10

140 Nations agreed to let Goldman Sachs raid their banks. fasttense Sep 2013 #15

666 sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #20

I don't know about any mark fasttense Sep 2013 #40

The "mark of the beast" sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #47

This is really weird but Vanje Sep 2013 #50

I'm sorry you noticed that. sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #54

No need to wonder what all the WTO protestors from the past were protesting about. L0oniX Sep 2013 #28

Thanks, trumad. We should expel these creeps from our country forever and confiscate Zorra Sep 2013 #16

Good analogies by Lee Camp theaocp Sep 2013 #17

Sounds like Obama should expatriate Summers, not promote him. Baitball Blogger Sep 2013 #18

There is no stopping this. No wonder Obama's NSA is spying upon all of us. AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #23

Marking for later read underpants Sep 2013 #24

Good read and I believe it ...inspite of Greg Palast being thrown under the bus here at DU. L0oniX Sep 2013 #26

So Summers talks to bank CEOs about international negotiations about banking muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #27

And the memo reveals a lot about Summers and..... grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #29

Summers is a mysogynistic Corporatist crony Berlum Sep 2013 #30

glass-steagall act heaven05 Sep 2013 #31

But Clinton was just putting the icing on the cake fasttense Sep 2013 #41

bookmarked for future use. It's another red line of mine. magical thyme Sep 2013 #44

Bookmarked. Really important must-read for ALL Americans (not just DU) nt riderinthestorm Sep 2013 #46

A Randian psycho from Nixon and Reagan's legacy like Alan Greenspan: freshwest Sep 2013 #48

When I grew up, Isoldeblue Sep 2013 #51

A lot better than cussing like a sailor, which I know how to do... freshwest Sep 2013 #52

Well then, we have much in common Isoldeblue Sep 2013 #53

Thank you! Vanje Sep 2013 #49