<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556653579971964171</id><updated>2026-07-10T16:14:55.025-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Financial Collapse, Toxic Derivatives &amp;amp; Loans</title><subtitle type='html'>I mostly bitch about the economy, the media and about the likely financial collapse of the U.S.  here.  Feel free to follow for me if you want to learn more.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fcollapse.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5556653579971964171/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fcollapse.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Gangrenous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14059202985001178850</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqkeyvBZW8d5qcCYVmMtOdd14j0NCcxWbDZ2EJC7G4dw0EhUt4DX5xbM3a0KBq0RVyttvPhjaRNz3jJhtwkbyNaiIf-hrHK84AyhkfL_5QNT5yc-xBnOI5FsJ0QP-SVE/s220/911_Obi_Wan.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556653579971964171.post-3422052111779184864</id><published>2010-10-01T23:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-01T23:55:35.823-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Perpetual Decline of the Dollar When Debt Defaults</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTk-DMHlQiA9hlsbVcbbOlAHuNt9e-lLv63tqt0rezzEXCiZaWB1pwXsj1YEzBpJPnKG84jv8szoG5-EHrTtbYD6DMQuKBhxoo-y-0GVM6nqRFnf6Xd87FXfRVWbvldCW9Tutf5y7LfE/s1600/depression.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;316&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTk-DMHlQiA9hlsbVcbbOlAHuNt9e-lLv63tqt0rezzEXCiZaWB1pwXsj1YEzBpJPnKG84jv8szoG5-EHrTtbYD6DMQuKBhxoo-y-0GVM6nqRFnf6Xd87FXfRVWbvldCW9Tutf5y7LfE/s320/depression.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;object height=&quot;344&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/MopkxDZNHMY?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/MopkxDZNHMY?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;425&quot; height=&quot;344&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fcollapse.blogspot.com/feeds/6021050722829067219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fcollapse.blogspot.com/2010/09/mainstream-media-harbinger-of.html#comment-form' title='44 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5556653579971964171/posts/default/6021050722829067219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5556653579971964171/posts/default/6021050722829067219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fcollapse.blogspot.com/2010/09/mainstream-media-harbinger-of.html' title='Mainstream Media, Harbinger of Misinformation and Instillations of Criticism to the True Economic Situation'/><author><name>Gangrenous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14059202985001178850</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqkeyvBZW8d5qcCYVmMtOdd14j0NCcxWbDZ2EJC7G4dw0EhUt4DX5xbM3a0KBq0RVyttvPhjaRNz3jJhtwkbyNaiIf-hrHK84AyhkfL_5QNT5yc-xBnOI5FsJ0QP-SVE/s220/911_Obi_Wan.jpg'/></author><thr:total>44</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556653579971964171.post-441253362820900553</id><published>2010-09-22T16:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-22T16:23:16.472-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Bank Bailouts in America and Why They Fuck Us</title><content type='html'>For those who are unsure of what derivatives are here is a simple explanation: &amp;nbsp;it is a gamble on debts. &amp;nbsp;It is the betting between entities on if lent loans will be paid back. &amp;nbsp;It is like gambling on a horse race in the fact that you don&#39;t earn any of the racing money, but you can make bets on it. &amp;nbsp;The lack of regulations against these loans led them to be widely traded on the loans of houses, and combined with overloaning to people who shouldn&#39;t have been taking them out on houses that they couldn&#39;t afford. &amp;nbsp;Then the housing bubble popped and of course with wall street so far up government they got bailed out by us borrowing money from them, and then paying them with it, leaving the government with incredible debt because, of course, the government once again did not do what was in the interests of the people.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fcollapse.blogspot.com/feeds/441253362820900553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fcollapse.blogspot.com/2010/09/bank-bailouts-in-america-and-why-they.html#comment-form' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5556653579971964171/posts/default/441253362820900553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5556653579971964171/posts/default/441253362820900553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fcollapse.blogspot.com/2010/09/bank-bailouts-in-america-and-why-they.html' title='The Bank Bailouts in America and Why They Fuck Us'/><author><name>Gangrenous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14059202985001178850</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqkeyvBZW8d5qcCYVmMtOdd14j0NCcxWbDZ2EJC7G4dw0EhUt4DX5xbM3a0KBq0RVyttvPhjaRNz3jJhtwkbyNaiIf-hrHK84AyhkfL_5QNT5yc-xBnOI5FsJ0QP-SVE/s220/911_Obi_Wan.jpg'/></author><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556653579971964171.post-4433287981908193437</id><published>2010-09-22T15:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-22T15:54:22.670-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Derivatives Bubble and The Greatest Depression</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;I give you: &amp;nbsp;The Economy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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