Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Virginia: House Joint Resolution 557: ‘Establishing a joint subcommittee to study whether the Commonwealth should adopt a currency to serve as an alternative to the currency distributed by the Federal Reserve System in the event of a major breakdown of the Federal Reserve System.’
January 12th, 2011Via: Virginia Legislative Information System: HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 557 Offered January 12, 2011 Prefiled January 5, 2011 Establishing a joint subcommittee to study whether the Commonwealth should adopt a currency to serve as an alternative to the currency distributed by the Federal Reserve System in the event of a major breakdown of the Federal […]
Australia: Severe Flooding Continues
January 10th, 2011Update: Toowoomba Flood —End Update— Via: BBC: Flash floods have hit Queensland, killing at least four people with several more missing, as heavy rains continue to pound the Australian state. A massive deluge overwhelmed Toowoomba, a city west of the state capital Brisbane, without warning. Cars were swept away by the torrent of water. State […]
Decapitated Bodies of 15 Young Men Found in Acapulco
January 8th, 2011Via: BBC: The decapitated bodies of 15 young men have been found in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco. Police said they were discovered near a shopping centre and were all aged between 15 and 25. They were dumped there by drug cartel members fighting over the control of the drugs business in the city. […]
Recovery: Food Stamps Used by Record 43.2 Million in October
January 8th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: The number of Americans receiving food stamps rose to a record 43.2 million in October as the jobless rate stayed near a 27-year high, the government said. Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program subsidies for food purchases jumped 15 percent from a year earlier and increased 0.7 percent from September, the U.S. Department […]
Four Previously Abundant Species of Bumblebee Close to Disappearing in U.S.
January 7th, 2011Via: Reuters / ABC: Four previously abundant species of bumblebee are close to disappearing in the United States, researchers reported on Monday in a study confirming that the agriculturally important bees are being affected worldwide. They documented a 96 percent decline in the numbers of the four species, and said their range had shrunk by […]
Documentary Film: Dreamland
January 6th, 2011Via: dreamland.is: How much unspoiled nature should we preserve and what do we sacrifice for clean, renewable energy? Dreamland gradually turns into a disturbing picture of corporate power taking over small communities. Dreamland is a film about a nation standing at cross-roads. Leading up to the country’s greatest economic crisis, the government started the largest […]
Women: In Collapse, Be Ready to Use Lethal Force
January 6th, 2011If you already understand this issue, you don’t need to subject yourself to the following article. But if you don’t, know that where you are right now could become the next Haiti. Via: AFP: An Amnesty report laid bare Wednesday horrific accounts of rape in Haiti’s squalid refugee camps a year after a devastating quake […]
Americans Watched More Television Than Ever in 2010
January 4th, 2011Via: New York Times: Historians may someday note with wonder that by the end of 2010, at least six cable television shows were about auctioneers and pawnbrokers. And all were considered successes by their respective channels. Countless shows were about cops and robbers, too, and countless hours were devoted to competitive singing, dancing and even […]
European Nations Begin Seizing Private Pensions
January 4th, 2011Via: Christian Science Monitor: Hungary, Poland, and three other nations take over citizens’ pension money to make up government budget shortfalls. People’s retirement savings are a convenient source of revenue for governments that don’t want to reduce spending or make privatizations. As most pension schemes in Europe are organised by the state, European ministers of […]
Think the Employment Situation is Bad in the U.S.? Try Getting a Job in Southern Europe
January 3rd, 2011Via: New York Times: Francesca Esposito, 29 and exquisitely educated, helped win millions of euros in false disability and other lawsuits for her employer, a major Italian state agency. But one day last fall she quit, fed up with how surreal and ultimately sad it is to be young in Italy today. It galled her […]
