• UN Fact-Finding Mission: Israeli Killing Of US Citizen Was “Execution”

Der Finanzminister der Schweiz, Hans-Rudolf Merz, bekommt im Parlament der Alpenrepublik, der Bundesversammlung, einen Lachanfall, als er auf Probleme beim Import von Trockenfleisch zu sprechen bekommt. Ein Amerikaner in Paris hat dazu eine deliziöse Erklärung. More

The Consumer Metrics Institute (CMI) is, in my eyes, very useful, and different from others, in that it tracks the behavior and spending habits of consumers, who make up 70% of US GDP, today, and updates its data on a daily basis. More

McDonald’s has threatened to terminate health benefits for almost 30,000 hourly workers if the government doesn’t give the corporation a pass on a provision of this year’s health care legislation, the Wall Street Journal reports. More

• Prudential Profits From Slain Soldiers With Help From Taxpayers

Just think for a moment about the screwy times we live in when central banks are trying to hurt their rivals by buying up their rivals’ bonds — essentially lending them money. More

• Ireland Sees Allied Irish Majority as Bailout Hits EU50 Billion

Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs today said, “Operations can be moved globally and capital [i.e., America's savings and pension accounts] can be accessed globally.” More

“Max, this is a story from NZ’s biggest paper, one of our countries best-read economics writers is pretty much saying what you’ve been saying for years … but at least it’s getting into the mainstream now!”

• Bernard Hickey – The free market god doesn’t exist

MK: As I’ve been saying on the “Keiser Report,” America is finishing the job Osama started by committing suicide on a daily basis. Destroying Net Neutrality on purpose is exactly how to ensure America’s competitiveness continues to collapse.

• Net Neutrality Proposal Falls Apart

In an absolutely stunning display that has apparently become endemic in our “foreclosure” process we now see what the banks are willing to do in order to get what they want – counterfeit court process! More

• Dealbook reports that Goldman Sachs is kicking off a new advertising campaign

“So long as they incorporate, businesses will now be free to trade in or exploit slaves, employ mercenary armies to do dirty work for despots, perform genocides or operate torture prisons for a despot’s political opponents, or engage in piracy—all without civil liability to victims.” More