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Archive: August 2011

Heat wave

Never had such heat before in my life. I can't live upstairs in my house. I am using a wireless connection from downstairs and doing my best to avoid overheating.

The so called crisis is a lie

American Federal Reserve "donations" (public money given away for free):

Citigroup: $2.5 trillion ($2,500,000,000,000)
Morgan Stanley: $2.04 trillion ($2,040,000,000,000)
Merrill Lynch: $1.949 trillion ($1,949,000,000,000)
Bank of America: $1.344 trillion ($1,344,000,000,000)
Barclays PLC (United Kingdom): $868 billion ($868,000,000,000)
Bear Sterns: $853 billion ($853,000,000,000)
Goldman Sachs: $814 billion ($814,000,000,000)
Royal Bank of Scotland (UK): $541 billion ($541,000,000,000)
JP Morgan Chase: $391 billion ($391,000,000,000)
Deutsche Bank (Germany): $354 billion ($354,000,000,000)
UBS (Switzerland): $287 billion ($287,000,000,000)
Credit Suisse (Switzerland): $262 billion ($262,000,000,000)
Lehman Brothers: $183 billion ($183,000,000,000)
Bank of Scotland (United Kingdom): $181 billion ($181,000,000,000)
BNP Paribas (France): $175 billion ($175,000,000,000)

Investigation documents:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/60553686/GAO-Fed-Investigation
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-696
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11696.pdf

Another interesting link:
http://sanders.senate.gov/

Weekend trip to Aprica

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View of the Valtellina valley from the road to Aprica It has been raining the whole weekendMartina fishing with dad (having so much fun)Martina drinking at a fountain (originally used to wash clothes)Martina with mom and dadMud puddles, how to resist
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