Archive for the 'Economy' Category
Kenya: Total Ban on Importation of Genetically Modified Food
December 5th, 2012Via: Nature: Scientists fear that Kenya’s recent banning of the import of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) may be a significant blow to progress on biotechnology research and development in the country. A cabinet meeting chaired by Kenya’s president, Mwai Kibaki, this month (8 November), directed the public health minister to ban GMO imports until the […]
The Insourcing Boom
December 5th, 2012Consider clicking through to read this one all the way through. I’ve excerpted some nuggets below, but it’s worth reading the whole thing. This piece touches on a number of complex, interrelated issues. Parse it however you want, scoff at the Orwellian language that’s used to describe the crushing of labor unions, do the calculations […]
Amsterdam to Create ‘Scum Villages’
December 4th, 2012Via: Telegraph: Amsterdam is to create “Scum villages” where nuisance neighbours and anti-social tenants will be exiled from the city and rehoused in caravans or containers with “minimal services” under constant police supervision. Holland’s capital already has a special hit squad of municipal officials to identify the worst offenders for a compulsory six month course […]
Private Prison Company Allegedly Partnered With Violent Gangs To Save Money
December 4th, 2012Via: Think Progress: A new lawsuit brought by eight inmates of the Idaho Correctional Center alleges that the company is cutting back on personnel costs by partnering with violent prison gangs to help control the facility. Court documents and an investigative report issued by the state’s Department of Corrections show how guards routinely looked the […]
Some New iMacs Marked ‘Assembled in USA’
December 4th, 2012Via: Apple Insider: Apple may be taking some of the burden of assembling the new iMac off Chinese supply partners by performing parts of assembly in the U.S., as a number of newly-purchased standard units are showing an “Assembled in USA” notation usually reserved for made-to-order machines.
Sales of Gold American Eagles Gap Higher
December 3rd, 2012Via: ZeroHedge: What changed in the last 30 days? Did the world just wake up to the idea that the only way out of this quagmire is a twisted currency war that appears to have re-ignited thanks to Abe’s efforts? Something appears to have snapped in the American psyche as the last 30 days have […]
Running a Small Business in America as Kafkaesque Nightmare
December 3rd, 2012Via: Middletown Journal: The six-year dispute between Clearcreek Twp. and Howard and Lisa Gray shows just how complicated, combative and costly local land use issues can become. The Grays obtained permission from a Clearcreek Twp. official to use their residential driveway in Warren County to get to buildings on the Montgomery County portion of their […]
DOE ‘Manhattan Project’ to Build New Energy Storage Technologies?
December 2nd, 2012There’s just one problem with this analogy. The Manhattan Project cost about $25.8 billion (in 2012 dollars). This DOE effort is $120 million over five years. That’s a noise level allocation of resources compared to The Manhattan Project. Of course, if you need a façade to role out stuff you’ve had sitting on the shelf […]
The New Zealand Film Being Passed Off As North Korean Propaganda
December 2nd, 2012Really quick, to let people know to please stop submitting this: Propaganda is a pisstake by New Zealand filmmaker Slavko Martinov. The artifice of the hoax was what grabbed the attention of mainstream media with this thing. Here are some films that cover similar topics (and aren’t hoaxes): The Power Principle and Human Resources.
DOJ Drops Monsanto Antitrust Investigation
December 2nd, 2012Via: Mother Jones: There’s an age-old tradition in Washington of making unpopular announcements when no one’s listening—like, you know, the days leading up to Thanksgiving. That’s when the Obama administration sneaked a tasty dish to the genetically modified seed/pesticide industry. This treat involves the unceremonious end of the Department of Justice’s antitrust investigation into possible […]
