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Posted on 13 April 2009. Tags: AAA, accountability, acquisition, Alan Meltzer, apartment building, bailout programs, banking, banks, barack obama, Ben Bernanke, Benjamin Graham, Big Brother, big government, bond auction, bond market, borrow, buy your first apartment building, california, Carnegie mellon, CFA, CFA study program, Chairman, charter, Chartered Financial Analyst, CNN, commercial real estate, competitive, conservative insurgency, credit markets, crowd out, debt, Delta Global Advisors, depression, eavesdropping, economy, fair tax, Fed historian, federal, federal reserve, financial system, fiscal policies, Georgia, government debt, hedge inflation, hedge risk, history, hyperinflation, independent media, inflation, Keynes, learn about CFA, Michael Pento, Milton Friedman, monetary policy, money, money printing, money supply, municipal bonds, munis, nest egg, Obama administration, Obamanomics, older workers, online, political economist, Politics, President Obama, private placement, private sector, progressive taxation, public auction, public oversight, Real Estate, recession, releveraging, Retirement, risk, risk management, risk mitigation, Rob Viglione, Santa Monica Tea Party, secrecy, socal real estate advisors, spend, state, state secrets, struggling to pay taxes, surveillance, tax protests, tax reform, taxation, tea parties, tears, The Freedom Factory, transparency, Treasury securities, unemployment, Utah, valuation, value investing, what is a CFA, wiretapping
Obama continues Bush policy of surveillance secrecy despite campaign promises, tax protests spark conservative insurgency online, submit video footage of your tax woes to CNN and you might be aired nationally, Fed historian and political economist predicts worse inflation than 1970s, consider real estate as an inflation hedge, municipal bond market shows signs of life, older workers 45 years and older face brunt of recession, and flood of government debt crowds out private economy… Continue Reading
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Posted on 01 April 2009. Tags: Argentina, automakers, bankuptcy, barack obama, bi-lateral trade, bonds, Cafferty, california, capital, cartels, Case-Shiller, China, Chrysler, crash, currency swap, debt, dollar, ease into bankruptcy, Economics, General Motors, government, home prices, housing, incentives, insane, interntional trade, kidnap victim, Las Vegas, markets, Mexico, Michoacan, new taxes, pesos, Pheonix, Politics, President Obama, Real Estate, reliance on U.S., renmimbi, RMB, Rob Viglione, San Francisco, state and local taxes, tax man, USD, violence, War on Drugs, White House, Yuan
China and Argentina strike currency swap deal to reduce reliance on U.S. dollar, the tax man cometh…be prepared, Obama plans to ‘ease’ GM into bankruptcy, California able to raise more money than expected in debt market; $44 billion a year, trillions over decades, and tens of thousands killed to fight drugs…worth it? Mexican police convoy ambushed-4 dead, U.S. home prices crash over 19% in January… Continue Reading
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Posted on 13 March 2009. Tags: agricultural commodities, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Andorra, Assemblyman, Austria, bank privacy, banking, barack obama, billionaire list, billions will die, British Petroleum, california, cell phone company, climate change, Commerce Department, Copenhagen, Corridor H, democrat, director, division of labor, drug cartel, drug prohibition, earth's population, Economics, El Chapo, exports, fair trade, federal taxpayers, Forbes, foreign trade, free trade, Germany, global warming, globalization, Hans Schellnhuber, imports, income tax, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Joaquin Guzman Loera, keynesian policy, legalizing marijuana, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, milk and cream, nationalization, Norway, Norwegian, offshore banking, oligarchs, omnibus spenidng bill, porkulus, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, President Obama, road to nowhere, Rob Viglione, Robert Byrd, Russia, russian court, russian markets crash, seize foreign assets, Senator, socialism, stimulus bill, swiss banking, Switzerland, tax collectors, tax evasion, tax revenues, Telenor, theft, Tom Ammiano, trade balance, trade deficit, U.S. Census Bureau, Virginia, War on Drugs, West Virginia
The age of banking secrecy coming to an end, climate scientist warns that billions will die, U.S. trade deficit contracts along with trade, Russians steal yet another foreign company’s assets, Mexican drug lord makes Forbes’ billionaires list, road to nowhere to take 26 years and $1.5 billion, California considers legalizing marijuana…just the latest in your Freedom Under Fire report! Continue Reading
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Posted on 12 March 2009. Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, assassins, bank, banking, barack obama, bonds, budget deficits, california, China, Congresswoman, consequences of the war on drugs, current account, democrat, drug cartels, drug prohibition, Economics, federal, government, governor, Gulf cartel, Lareto, Maxine Waters, Mexican, Mexico, Navy, OneUnited, porkulus plan, President Obama, prime minister, rejects stimulus money, republican, Rick Perry, Rob Viglione, Socialist, TARP, Texas, trade deficit, Treasury securities, U.S. Treasuries, unemployment insurance, USS Impeccable, War on Drugs, warships
China “worried” about U.S. Treasury holdings, California Congresswoman implicated in bank scandal, U.S. loses $11.1 trillion in household net worth, Mexican drug cartels have assassins in U.S., Texas governor rejects $555 million in stimulus money, Obama dispatches warships to Chinese waters…just the latest in your Freedom Under Fire Report! Continue Reading
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Posted on 12 March 2009. Tags: Assemblyman, barack obama, beheadings, budget package, california, carbon dioxide, cartels, censor Google, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, climate, consequences of drug war, Copenhagen, critics, Cuba, drug prohibition, drug war, ease sanctions, Economics, embargo, environment, experimental controls, extrapolating data, G-20, Geithner, global financial regulations, global warming, Google Earth, government, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Joel Anderson, medical facilities, Mexico, modeling & simulation, places of worship, Politics, President Obama, regulatory agenda, research, rising sea levels, Rob Viglione, schools, scientific process, scientists, Treasury
California lawmaker wants to censor Google Earth, U.S. eases some trade and travel restrictions to Cuba, White House seeks global financial regulations, five beheaded in Mexican drug war, and scientists warn that sea level is rising much faster than expected…just the latest in your Freedom Under Fire Report! Continue Reading
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Posted on 27 February 2009. Tags: 1982 recession, anti-business, california, Commerce Department, congress, double standard, earmarks, economy, gdp, GDP contracted, government is the problem not the solution, government spending increases, gross domestic product, labor market, omnibus spending, politics as usual, pork, President Obama, President Reagan, Reagan era over, Reaganomics, reduce size of government, Rob Viglione, Ronald Reagan, spending bills, tax cuts, tax the wealthy, trickle down, unemployment, Washington hypocrisy
Does Obama have a double standard with earmarks? The Reagan Era is officially over, economy falls much more than initial estimates, and unemployment reaches 10.1% in California…just the latest in your Freedom Under Fire Report! Continue Reading
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Posted on 22 February 2009. Tags: agenda, allegations of torture, banking, bankrupt, barack obama, bonds, British detainee, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, broke, budget crisis, C.I.A. custody, california, Central Command, Central Intelligence Agency, Citi, Citigroup, Clinton implores Chinese to buy U.S. debt, construction, debt, democrats, Economics, equity stake in bank, europe, executive compensation, Executive Order 13502, fiscal issues, global New Deal, Green growth, Hillary Clinton, human rights, IMF, Internal Revenue Service, International Monetary Fund, IRS, Larry Kudlow, military leaving Iraq, moral hazard, mortgage bailout, nationalize banks, Nazi Germany, never charged with a crime, New York University, Nouriel Roubini, NYU, Obama ratings fall, offshore banking, Orwellian double-speak, payoff, payroll taxes, political pillage, Politics, pro-union, promote efficiency, promoting bad behavior, reform, refuse to be bullied by U.S., rehab, republicans, responsibility to world, Rick Santelli, Rob Viglione, sanctions on tax havens, secrecy, Secretary of State, shock tactics, social security, socialism, sparks revolt on trading floor, Spending, spending addicts, spending problem, Stern Business School, stop enabling, swiss banking, Switzerland, tax, taxation, taxes, temporary receivership, top Libertarian, treasuries, undeclared accounts, unfunded liability, union kickbacks, union mandates, USCENTCOM, voting authority, war in iraq, Wayne Root, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, withdrawal, worst attacks on media, zombie banks
British PM calls for “Global New Deal,” Obama kicks back favors to unions, Swiss stand strong against U.S. bullying, Clinton implores China to continue buying U.S. junk assets, top Libertarian explains California’s budget problems, Rick Santelli sparks revolt over mortgage bailout, military preparing for Iraq exit, top economist rationalizes bank seizures, EU clamping down on financial industry, C.I.A. finally releases U.K. citizen after 7 yrs without formal charges and allegations of torture, Obama’s ratings fall, government to take big ownership stake in Citi, U.S. troops in Pakistan, and Social Security hits Obama’s reform agenda…just the latest in your Freedom Under Fire Report! Continue Reading
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Posted on 19 February 2009. Tags: $1 trillion plan, 1930, African-Americans, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, attorney general Eric Holder, auto loans, banks, budget approved, buffoon, buy American, buy bonds, california, Canada, collateralized securities, Congressman, consumer debt, credit card, debt, deficit, democrats, department of justice, disaster avoided for now, DOJ, ex-patriots, financial crash, funding gap, GOP, governors reject stimulus, integrated workplace, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, IRS raids foreign banks, Jim Clyburn, nation of cowards, Obama subsidizes hedge funds, Politics, print more money, protectionism, racial divisions, racism, reciprocal trade wars, republicans, Rob Viglione, securitization market, self-segregation, slap in the face to blacks, Smoot-Hawley Tariff, spending cuts, stimulus, student loans, subsidies, Swiss bank accounts, tariffs, tax evasion, tax increasese, trade wars
Everyday our liberties and freedom come under fire. The American Republic once protected its citizens from arbitrary abuse, extortion, and deliberate social engineering. Now the very same public servants who were meant to work for us connive daily on how to control our lives. The Republic is gone and we are left to fend for ourselves, to put up resistance to every encroachment on individual self-determination. The Freedom Under Fire Report provides daily coverage of the most important issues, so that you remain informed and ready to defend yourself. Read on and pass this around to everyone you think could benefit: Continue Reading
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Posted on 08 July 2008. Tags: bargain hunting, brokerage, california, Economics, Investing, Real Estate, real estate agent, real estate investing, realtor, socal real estate advisors, southern california, vultures

A funny thing happened today when I called about a condo listing in Los Angeles – the property had just been sold. It’s unfortunate for me, because this particular one was selling at a good price, and was located pretty much exactly where I wanted to live, or at least as close to the ocean as someone with my income can afford. That’s not the only weird event…I’ve met three other people in the last few days who are looking to buy, as well. According to a CNNMoney.com article vultures are starting to swoop into the market, picking up places in bulk. Continue Reading
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