understanding :: propaganda

degradation of ~ the intellectual class ~ expose think-tank fraud

demonstrations grow in spain

government resign! ~ deeper economic pain ~ we are NOT afraid

lost $2 billion • maybe $8 billion

"not significant ~ in the global scheme of things" ~ says jamie dimon

so indicts :: Robert Reich

j.p.morgan-bain ~ larger problem: casino ~ capitalism

shock doctrine continues

exit eurozone? ~ unpredictably messy ~ welcome back drachmas

what could possibly go wrong?

mario monti ~ and his team of technocrats ~ not one elected

put a check in THAT box

italy moves on ~ turn the page and start again ~ bye berlusconi

might work LOTS of places

seems simple to me ~ liquidate berlusconi ~ retire the debts

counting down the hours

italian default ~ thinking the unthinkable ~ joyful 1%

it's the economy, benito

until he has gone ~ there's no hope for italy ~ a$$a$$ination

melodrama shifts to italy

lost majority ~ berlusconi now must go ~ social butchery

… but you cannot hide

eurozone crisis ~ downgrades in sovereign debt ~ days of reckoning

cradle of democracy (sic)

just the beginning ~ layoffs, forced retirements ~ worse is yet to come

shock doctrine running amok

tightening the screws ~ summer of austerity ~ all except the thieves

it's time to pay-up

tough-love for NATO ~ enough of carrying y'all ~ past time to pay up

wake up NATO

"america" needs ~ serious and capable ~ partners in defense

end of empire

end to NATO ? ~ got to be a reckoning ~ the weary titan

no, YOU spend more on defense

robert gates sees a ~ dim, if not dismal future ~ for NATO allies