Fed Perplexed by ‘Hard to Explain’ Home Prices in June 2004

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Guynn Warned in 2004 Low Rates May Fuel Price Surge
By Joshua Zumbrun; bloomberg.com

Our Comment:
Perplexed? That's a good one, tell me another!

Bill Black on Bill Moyers Journal

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Bill Black on Bill Moyers Journal
pbs.org

SEC Should Sue The FASB

Article:
Goldman-deal gamblers knew the score
Bill Fleckenstein; MoneyCentral MSN

Article:
Fleck: SEC Should Sue FASB
ritholtz.com

Karl Denninger on the SAFE Banking Act

End Too Big To Fail!

Links:
This REALLY Gets Rid Of Too Big To Fail
Karl Denninger Explains The One Hope For Ending Too Big To Fail
Fraudonomics

Obamacare’s Danger Signs

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Obamacare’s Danger Signs
Grace-Marie Turner; NRO

Old Town Dump Not in Compliance

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Old Town Dump Not in Compliance
Bethlehem receives permit to partially reclaim behind highway garage
by Art McGrath; Littleton Courier;

Excerpt:

The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) told the town two weeks ago it is in noncompliance with requirements that its old dump be monitored for 30 years after it was capped.

Officials: Missing Hiker On Mt. Lafayette Was Unprepared

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Officials: Missing Hiker On Mt. Lafayette Was Unprepared
Crews Find Man Who Got Stuck In Snowy Weather
WMUR.com

New Hampshire Fish and Game officials said the search ended shortly before 4:30 p.m. when a White Mountain National Forest employee found Peter Murphy in the Gale River area of Bethlehem.

Is Obama A Socialist or a Corporatist?

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Texas Straight Talk: Socialism vs Corporatism
Rep. Ron Paul

Washington Possessed - Washington has accelerated its takeover of the economy.

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Washington Possessed - Washington has accelerated its takeover of the economy.
David Malpass; Forbes.com

China Fails to Draw Enough Bids at 1-Year Bond Sale

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China Fails to Draw Enough Bids at 1-Year Bond Sale
Bloomberg

Militia FBI Agent Couldn't Remember Specific Details

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FBI agent short on details on militia inquiry
ToledoBlade.com; AP

Excerpt:

An FBI agent who led the investigation of nine Michigan militia members charged with trying to launch war against the federal government couldn't recall many details of the two-year probe yesterday during questioning by defense lawyers.

Even the judge who must decide whether to release the nine until trial was puzzled.

"I share the frustrations of the defense team … that she doesn't know anything," U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts said after agent Leslie Larsen confessed she hadn't reviewed her notes recently and couldn't remember specific details of the case.

Missing NH Hiker Tired, Cold, After Two-Day Ordeal

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Missing NH Hiker Tired, Cold, After Two-Day Ordeal
WBZ

Excerpt:

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says 46-year-old Peter Murphy of Littleton was found by a White Mountain National Forest employee as snow fell shortly before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Gale River area of Bethlehem.

Is This The Way Out For States On Retiree Benefits?

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Is This The Way Out For States On Retiree Benefits?
By William A. Jacobson; legalinsurrection.blogspot.com

TEDxEdmonton - Cameron Herold - 3/13/10

Honey, I Lost the House. Now It’s Time to Party: Caroline Baum

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Honey, I Lost the House. Now It’s Time to Party: Caroline Baum
by Caroline Baum; bloomberg.com

Did Washington Save the Economy? Part 1

Article:
Did Washington Save the Economy? Part 1
By David Stockman; minyanville.com

Jessica Valenti: College is totally worth killing babies over

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Jessica Valenti: College is totally worth killing babies over
by Cassy Fiano; HotAir.com

The Beholden State

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The Beholden State
By Steven Malanga; City Journal

A bathroom mirror two inches too high drags family-owned restaurant into lawsuit

Paul Hodes’ terrible, awful, no good Tuesday

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Paul Hodes’ terrible, awful, no good Tuesday
Now! Hampshire

Democratic Party Failure to Field Candidate in South Dakota U.S. Senate Race Is Historic

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Democratic Party Failure to Field Candidate in South Dakota U.S. Senate Race Is Historic
by Eric Ostermeier

New Jersey School Budget Revolt at the Polls

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New Jersey School Budget Revolt at the Polls
WSJ

JER: N.J. Governor Takes on Teachers' Union

Ticking Tax Bomb

Public Pension Crisis

WSJ Editorial Report covers the public pension crisis with cities and states facing financial ruin. Video courtesy of Fox News.

Chris Dodd's Financial Reform: First Let's Kill The Angles

Article:
First Let's Kill The Angel's
John Maudlin

Article:
Angels Out of America
How the Dodd bill harms start-ups.
WSJ

Save the Earth: Be a Capitalist

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Save the Earth: Be a Capitalist
By Grant Bosse; newhampshire.watchdog.org

Environmentalism as Religion

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Environmentalism as Religion
While people have worshipped many things, we may be the first to build shrines to garbage.
By PAUL H. RUBIN; WSJ

George Carlin - Saving The Planet

Happy Earth Day!

ACTA Treaty aims to deputize ISPs on copyrights

Analysis:
ACTA arrives (still bad, but a tiny bit better)
By Nate Anderson; ars technica


Article:
ACTA treaty aims to deputize ISPs on copyrights
by Declan McCullagh; CNet.com

Paul Hodes: Not Listening

Now! Hampshire: Ayotte mocks Hodes in new web video

Tea Party Racism???

The SEC's Impeccable Timing

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The SEC's Impeccable Timing
The Goldman suit helped to hide the IG report on the Stanford debacle
WSJ

Did Goldman Commit Fraud?

Lord Christopher Monckton at April 15, 2010 Tax Day Tea Party Washington DC

Michele Bachmann Tax Day Tea Party Speech

Transmission Commission backs ISO-NE study of alternative transmission line

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Transmission Commission backs ISO-NE study of alternative transmission line
by Edith Tucker; Coos County Democrat

APPEAL OF DAVID DUVERNAY & a. (New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services)

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APPEAL OF DAVID DUVERNAY & a. (New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services)
leagle.com

Excerpt:

Appeal of Town of Bethlehem, 154 N.H. 314, 318 (2006). "Agency findings are deemed prima facie lawful and reasonable and we do not sit as a trier of fact in reviewing them. However, we will overturn agency decisions when the appealing party shows by a clear preponderance of the evidence that the agency's decision is unjust, unreasonable or unlawful."

Hodes and middle-class jobs

Opinion:
Hodes and middle-class jobs
By Paul Hodes, D-N.H; Fosters.com

Excerpt:

I toured a high-tech center in Rochester and talked with the Women's Rural Entrepreneurial Network in Bethlehem

Jim Grant: I’m Downgrading U.S. Credit Rating - What Is A Dollar Anyhow?

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Jim Grant: I’m Downgrading U.S. Credit Rating

The Brewing Tempest Over Wind Power

Article: The Brewing Tempest Over Wind Power
Source: By ROBERT BRYCE; WSJ

Excerpt:

Rural residents in Texas, Maine, Pennsylvania, Oregon, New York, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, France and England have been complaining about the noise from wind turbines, particularly about sleep deprivation. Dozens of news stories—most of them published in rural newspapers—have documented the problem.

Catalysts for Plastic Recycling

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Catalysts for Plastic Recycling
Chemical process can recycle PET bottles at lower temperatures.
By Katherine Bourzac; technologyreview.com

Reflections on Avatar by Ray Kurzweil

Article:
Reflections on Avatar by Ray Kurzweil
by Ray Kurzweil; kurzweilai.net

NH Among 15 Public Pension Chiefs Whose Funds Are Zooming Towards Collapse

Excerpt:

2008 Actuarial Funding Ratio: 67.8%

2008 Actuarial Value of Liabilities: $7.8 Billion

2008 Actuarial Value of Assets: $5.3 Billion

2008 Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liabilities: $2.5 Billion

Head of Fund: Chair of the Board of Trustees Lisa K. Shapiro

Source: Business Insider: 15 Public Pension Chiefs Whose Funds Are Zooming Towards Collapse
Reference: Summary_of_Findings_FY08.pdf

Chief justice unsettled by Obama's criticism of Supreme Court

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Chief justice unsettled by Obama's criticism of Supreme Court
By David G. Savage

The New Federal Restaurant Menu Calorie Mandate

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Exclusive: The new federal menu mandate meets the real world

A Constitutional Convention Can Rein in Washington

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A Constitutional Convention Can Rein in Washington
By JAMES M. LEMUNYON; WSJ

Is it time to invoke Article V of the Constitution?