Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
PRICE CONTROLS ON FOOD IN CHINA
November 17th, 2010Via: BBC: China’s premier Wen Jiabao has said the government is preparing new measures to stem double-digit food price inflation. “The state council is formulating measures to curb the overly fast rises of prices,” he said in a statement on the government’s website. He gave no details, but they are said to include price caps, […]
One in Seven U.S. Households Hit by Hunger Issues in 2009
November 16th, 2010Via: Reuters: The number of U.S. households that reported getting emergency food from a food pantry almost doubled between 2007 and 2009, at the height of the recession, a government report said on Monday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the number of households jumped to 5.6 from 3.9 million. “Households also accessed additional assistance […]
Euro Under Siege After Portugal Hits Panic Button
November 16th, 2010Via: Telegraph: The euro is facing an unprecedented crisis after another country indicated that it was at a “high risk” of requiring an international bail-out. Portugal became the latest European nation to suggest it was on the brink of seeking help from Brussels after Ireland confirmed it had begun preliminary talks over its debt problems. […]
Multiple Independent Lab Tests Confirm Oil in Gulf Shrimp
November 10th, 2010Via: Raw Story: The federal government is going out of its way to assure the public that seafood pulled from recently reopened Gulf of Mexico waters is safe to consume, in spite of the largest accidental release of crude oil in America’s history. However, testing methodologies used by the government to deem areas of water […]
A Survey of Unlikely Voters
November 10th, 2010Via: Club Orlov: It seems that many of those who are clever enough to realize that voting here is a fool’s errand also want to leave this country. But how many of them are actually successfully leaving? The answer (again, based on my decidedly informal and limited survey of unlikely voters) is that the vast […]
American Women Without Kids Up 80 Percent From 30 Years Ago
November 9th, 2010Via: AOL Health: The number of American women without children has risen to an all-time high of 1 in 5, a jump since the 1970s when 1 in 10 women ended their childbearing years without having a baby, according to the Pew Research Center. About 1.9 million women aged 40-44—or 18 percent—were childless in 2008, […]
In U.S., 14% Rely on Food Stamps
November 5th, 2010Via: Wall Street Journal: A huge number of American households are still relying on government assistance to buy food as the recession continues to batter families. Food stamp recipients ticked up in August, children consumed millions of free lunches and nearly five million low-income mothers tapped into a government nutrition program for women and young […]
Ireland Effectively Closed Out of Bond Markets
November 4th, 2010Via: Breaking News Ireland: As Ireland’s cost of borrowing continues to soar, an analyst has today warned that the bond markets are now effectively closed to Ireland. The interest being sought on 10-year Irish bonds today is creeping towards 8%. Although the country is not currently borrowing money, analyst Paul Somerville says that the increasing […]
Indiana: With Benefits About to Expire, Unemployment Offices Add Armed Guards
November 1st, 2010Via: 6 News: Armed security guards will be on hand at 36 unemployment offices around Indiana in what state officials said is a step to improve safety and make branch security more consistent. No specific incidents prompted the action, Department of Workforce Development spokesman Marc Lotter told 6News’ Norman Cox. Lotter said the agency is […]
Fraudclosure: ‘When you save broken companies from their own incompetence, this is what you get.’
October 29th, 2010Via: The Big Picture: The banks have gotten the Big Lie technique down to a science: State a lie so colossal that no one could believe anyone “has the impudence to distort the truth so infamously.” In practice, adding factually accurate, but irrelevant or misleading color, helps push the lie on unsuspecting rubes. The banks […]
