In my last post, I argued that the United States is now a bank-owned state. As if to prove my point, the banks used their power over 12 Democratic members of the Senate to defeat Senator Durbin’s ” Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy ” amendment.

Many are predicting that the current recession will end soon, by this summer, later this year, or at most next year.

Collier County sheriff’s candidate Vinny Angiolillo rides an elephant alongside Airport-Pulling Road on Monday morning.

Oddly enough I find myself back in the position of warning that the housing market may be heading to a terrible crash in the near-future. The bubble mentality has not changed at all and appears to be restarting in the very places where the bubbles were the worst.

Minnesota businessman Tom Petters appears to be losing his fight to suppress comments he made to authorities last fall as they confronted him in his hotel suite in Las Vegas.