Archive for the 'Economy' Category
The Leading Cause of Breast Cancer: Medical Radiation
December 28th, 2011But keep getting those scans, the New York Times reminds you: The most consistent data suggest that women can reduce their risk by avoiding unnecessary medical radiation, forgoing hormone treatments for menopause that combine estrogen and progestin, limiting alcohol intake and minimizing weight gain, the report found. (Controlling weight appears helpful only in preventing postmenopausal […]
Taiwanese Rice Headed to Japan
December 28th, 2011Via: Taipei Times: A shipment of Taiwanese rice bound for Tokyo departed central Taiwan yesterday, the second in a series of three deliveries of the biggest rice order received from Japan in eight years. A ceremony was held in Changhua County’s Pitou Township , where the rice supplier, Union Rice Co, is based, to mark […]
Trading Update / Disclosure: Closed Out DBA
December 28th, 2011Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. I closed out my DBA long position today. It could easily keep going, but I sold for multiple reasons: 1. Overhead resistance is looming. 2. Price is rising on declining volume. 3. I had a nice profit on the trade and […]
Sears Holdings Will Close One Hundred Sears and KMart Stores
December 27th, 2011Via: AP: After a disastrous holiday shopping season, the parent company of Sears and Kmart will close at least 100 stores to raise cash — a move that sparked speculation about whether the 125-year-old retailer can avoid a death spiral fed by declining sales and deteriorating stores. Sears Holdings Corp., a pillar of American retailing […]
Reminder: Comex is a Fractional Reserve Gold Market
December 27th, 2011Actually, all physical commodity futures and options markets are like this, but this short video is a good reminder to those of you who own paper gold for the long haul and think that you own the real thing. You could be in the the shock of your life. Note: Audio level is very low. […]
The American Fascist Sandwich: Indefinite Detention and Internment Camps
December 27th, 2011Via: Activist Post: It’s time to dispense with semantic subtleties meant to placate and avoid offense. Diplomacy is reserved for those who are worthy. No more time to waste on pandering to, analyzing, intellectualizing or sugar-coating treachery. The State is the enemy of the people. Those responsible for instilling fear, subjugation, humiliation, imprisonment, torture and […]
Documentary About the Failure of McDonald’s in Bolivia
December 26th, 2011I’m lovin’ it. Via: Global Post: It’s the country that turned its back on McDonald’s. The fast food giant added the traditional llajwa sauce to its classic patties, but still Bolivians weren’t conviced. So after five years, McDonald’s closed its eight branches and left the country in 2002. Now a new documentary, “¿Por qué quebró […]
Minding Your Mitochondria: Dr. Terry Wahls Cured Her Worsening Multiple Sclerosis with Diet
December 24th, 2011This is one of the most astonishing videos that I have ever seen. Please consider sharing this through your networks. Via: TEDxTalks / YouTube: Dr. Terry Wahls learned how to properly fuel her body. Using the lessons she learned at the subcellular level, she used diet to cure her MS and get out of her […]
FBI Says Activists Who Investigate Factory Farms Can Be Prosecuted as Terrorists
December 21st, 2011Via: Green Is The New Red: The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force has kept files on activists who expose animal welfare abuses on factory farms and recommended prosecuting them as terrorists, according to a new document uncovered through the Freedom of Information Act.
Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy — Martin Lindstrom
December 20th, 2011This looks like a good one. (As I link to it using my Amazon affiliate code. *chuckle*) Via: Amazon: From the bestselling author of Buyology comes a shocking insider’s look at how today’s global giants conspire to obscure the truth and manipulate our minds, all in service of persuading us to buy.
