Congress Blocks New Rules on School Lunches the coffin nails on USA are being hammered down by the enemy within. i would bet a fairly large portion of my savings that the people in Congress who bitch the most about "socialism" and "overregulation" are themselves deep-cover communist plants. not that i give a shit, i hate America anyway and welcome our new non-obese Chinese overlords.
Speaking of China... http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/09/idUSL4E7M901F20111109 I know a country that could use a little some of this
Do credit rating agencies even have any incentives to give accurate ratings? If they fuck up bad all they have to do is go to court and be all "derrrrrrr those are just our opinions." I mean they might as well just keep the best ratings to the people that offer the most money.
S&P downgrades debt of 9 eurozone nations, including France, Italy and Spain. French debt cut from AAA to AA+.