Links 08/20/2011

Bond markets signal ‘Japanese’ slump for US and Europe – Telegraph

Why Obama faces an uphill run for reelection – The Washington Post

Facebook’s ‘Like’ Button Declared Illegal In Germany

MOODY’S ANALYST BREAKS SILENCE: Says Ratings Agency Rotten To Core With Conflicts, Corruption, And Greed

Former senior vice president William J. Harrington files a blockbuster tell-all with the SEC.

The world’s most decadent hotel, where Dylan Thomas drank himself to death and rock stars bedded (and murdered) their lovers closes after a century | Mail Online

Sorry Miss China you’re just too Chinese… Eastern beauty shows Western promise in her bid to become Miss Universe | Mail Online

HP: Grow Up, Already | The Big Picture

The Republicans’ new voodoo economics?

Studie: Italienische Gastronomen hinterziehen 13,5 Milliarden Euro Steuern – SPIEGEL ONLINE – Nachrichten – Wirtschaft

What a financial tailspin may mean for you and me | Ann Pettifor | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Worthwhile Canadian Initiative: I=S

Apple submits more doctored images in Samsung case to courts in Netherlands | 9to5Google | Beyond Good and Evil

Glenn Greenwald: A prime aim of the growing Surveillance State

As economic anxiety and social unrest increase, control over Internet technology and communication becomes vital

European banks’ dollar funding woes feeds worries | Reuters

Apple is worth as much as all euro zone banks | Reuters

S&P, Moody’s Mortgage-Security Ratings Are Said to Face U.S. Investigation – Bloomberg

Griechenland-Rettung: CDU-Politiker schimpft über Sonderbehandlung für Finnland – International – Politik – Handelsblatt

Seven Former Players Sue NFL Over Concussions – The Consumerist

Greek 2011 GDP fall to be worse than thought: finmin

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s economy will shrink by over 4.5 percent this year, the country’s finance minister said on Friday, adding that a new bailout deal for the troubled euro zone member would not

Shaky Banks, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty