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A Fuller Picture of Special Services: A Critique of the Big Four

Tom Spencer

A more significant underlying issue, which we learned about the hard way during the 2008 Great Recession with regards to credit rating agencies, is that we cannot reasonably expect auditors to disclose truly problematic discrepancies in bookkeeping against their own paying clientele. Conflicts of interest.

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"Come Hell or High Water" Promise Morphs Into "Infinity and Beyond"

MishTalk

Today the US signed an extension allowing US forces to remain in Afghanistan until "at least" 2024. At Least Until 2024 The Guardian reports a new Afghanistan pact means America''s Longest War Will Last Until at Least 2024. The above process necessitates keeping US troops in Afghanistan to 2024, if not infinity and beyond.