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Folks familiar with my commentary here may recall I've been making note of the following, stark contrast regarding a poignant story about [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/13/1208724/-The-...
by bobswern
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on Thu Oct 03, 2013 at 07:40 PM PDT
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Not to copycat off of Diane Gee's incredible diary or anything like that, but I had to say it.
F--- Wells Fargo Too.
To make a long story short , a man killed himself two days ago because he could ...
by jpmassar
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on Tue May 15, 2012 at 08:10 PM PDT
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Apparently Wikileaks has released 5 million Stratfor emails.
Including evidence that Wachovia was laundering drug money for the cartels .
These wonderful nuggets of truth in a world of secrecy ...
by Horace Boothroyd III
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on Sun Feb 26, 2012 at 06:03 PM PST
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I will deliver the following letter to the manager of the local branch of Wells Fargo at 3 pm today as my personal contribution to the #occupycharleston effort, for which I have functioned as a ...
by wjhamilton29464
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on Fri Oct 21, 2011 at 11:51 AM PDT
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By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Too often, the immigration debate in this country ignores the role U.S. foreign policy plays in fueling unauthorized immigration. But as ...
by The Media Consortium
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on Thu Apr 21, 2011 at 11:31 AM PDT
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Yesterday, I came across a story about plans for a march today in Mexico. It touched my soul. Often, I forget or disbelieve that I ...
by change the Be
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on Thu Apr 07, 2011 at 01:16 AM PDT
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As the death toll from the drug war in Mexico surpasses 30,000 , a bombshell report ...
by The Anomaly
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on Wed Apr 06, 2011 at 08:20 AM PDT
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Good news for a few veterans and their families:
Nearly 60,000 service members ...
by angelajean
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on Mon Feb 28, 2011 at 02:02 PM PST
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Have you seen this article by Zach Carter, titled Wall Street Is Laundering Drug Money And Getting Away ...
by TrahmalG
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on Sun Jul 18, 2010 at 12:50 PM PDT
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Last week on my radio show , I talked with the ...
by ecthompson
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on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 05:13 PM PDT
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I'm not usually into such strong language, especially for the title of a diary, so I apologize beforehand. And this won't be much of a diary, but I feel the need to vent. To rage.
Please ...
by racheltracks
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on Sun Apr 04, 2010 at 07:14 PM PDT
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This evening, the MSM brings us the latest--and, perhaps, one of the most egregious--in a growing list of Wall Street outrages perpetrated against Main Street in: "[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/...
by bobswern
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on Fri Mar 26, 2010 at 02:04 AM PDT
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Oh yeah. I love it.
A group of people YOU'RE supposed to respect are actually aiding and abetting the violent Mexican drug-running cartels.
And they all pass drug tests.
It's all on the flip.
by xxdr zombiexx
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on Sat Mar 20, 2010 at 04:54 AM PDT
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Wachovia calls me twice everyday for 10 months to harass me into paying my mortgage on an investment home in California. Usually I just ignore them and let it go to voicemail, but last week they ...
by Brahman Colorado
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on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 09:53 AM PDT
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Roughly a year ago, Wachovia nearly suffered the largest bank failure in American financial history. Now, a suit by a former Wachovia shareholder ...
by Darrell Lucus
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on Wed Oct 07, 2009 at 05:44 AM PDT
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by Zach Carter, TMC MediaWire Blogger Some of the largest U.S. banks may be on the ropes these days, but the disparity between the plight of financial executives and ordinary Americans ...
by The Media Consortium
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on Tue Apr 21, 2009 at 05:51 AM PDT
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Cross-posted at Facing South
Lawmakers in Southern states have been among the fiercest critics of federal spending in the face of the financial ...
by ProgressiveSouth
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on Mon Mar 16, 2009 at 11:52 AM PDT
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Kelly King appeared on Carolina Business Review in Charlotte, NC today.
by abkennedy
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on Fri Feb 06, 2009 at 12:19 PM PST
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It's a little-known story about the financial crisis. During the frenzied events of the fall, Henry Paulson rewrote a piece of the tax code to expedite mergers. The quiet alteration amounts to an ...
by Danielle Ivory
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on Tue Jan 27, 2009 at 01:52 PM PST
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As another $350 billion floods out of the Treasury, the American News Project looks at one small bailed-out bank.
Eagle Bank, a community bank headquartered in Maryland, received many millions of ...
by Danielle Ivory
16 comments
on Thu Jan 22, 2009 at 09:14 AM PST
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