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  1. As much as $400 billion in extra spending is needed over the next decade to fix the nation’s sewer infrastructure - http://bit.ly/7DJ67O
  2. Healthcare fraud costs US taxpayers 100's of billions of dollars a yr.So profitable that even dead ppl R in on the act-http://bit.ly/5wGdCD
  3. As Bank Failures Rise, F.D.I.C. Fund Falls $8.2 Bn into the red in Q3 - http://bit.ly/6o8w3u (Don't worry, Be happy, Sheila is on the case)
  4. This after the horse has bolted,the barn has burned down and is now an empty Florida condo,#FED speaks of 0% rate risk-http://bit.ly/7LOIuz
  5. 9 jobs created & saved when the Army Corps of Engineers bought 9 new pairs of work boots (Yes, you read correctly) - http://bit.ly/6c1FUs
  6. Orders for durable goods declines unexpectedly by 0.6%, while Vietnam devalues currency by 5% to boost exports presumably.
  7. IMF Head honcho states that as much as 50% of bank losses are still hidden on their balance sheets. Proportion higher in Europe than US.
  8. South Africa adds drugs and prostitution to GDP data - http://bit.ly/55WBHm (well that's one way to give GDP a high...)
  9. Almost 1 in 4 Mortgaged U.S. Homeowners Are ‘Underwater’,that's 10.7Mn homes,additional 2.3Mn are approaching negative equity as well.
  10. Ultimate contrarian indicator, JPM says dollar decline will continue - http://bit.ly/4TQSnT (Thanks for sharing your know how JPM)
  11. FDIC says number of troubled U.S. banks rises to 552 -- most since 1993 (True figure is closer to 5520 me thinks...)
  12. Dubai Autonomy Fades as Crisis Strengthens Abu Dhabi - http://bit.ly/88eCiP (Dubai has $80Bn in debt officially, unofficially? Who knows!)
  13. "Everybody has to keep on buying. Until they won't." Ilargi's quote of the day (so far)
  14. Lloyds launching a £13.5bn rights issue at a near 40% discount to strengthen finances (Greater fools please step up & buy this garbage)
  15. RBS, HBOS Got $102 Billion Emergency U.K. Bank Loans at Height of Crisis- http://bit.ly/8WFryf (Thank you UK Taxpayer 4 supporting failure)
  16. Paul Farrell writes on 15 symptoms of a Wall Street disease destroying democracy and capitalism - http://bit.ly/5UYgBB
  17. Q3 preliminary GDP revised down to 2.8%, quite a drop from 3.5%. Excluding clunkers & other stimuli GDP was NEGATIVE.
  18. 15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart at the Seams - http://bit.ly/8RQ5vz (Rapacious elite pushing a heavily armed populace too far)
  19. New post up: Nov 24 2009, Bonds, herds and game theory- http://bit.ly/5XJsE9, link to comments here - http://bit.ly/7sbFOT (Do join us!)
  20. New post up: Nov 24 2009, Bonds, herds and game theory- http://bit.ly/5XJsE9, link to comments here - http://bit.ly/7sbFOT