Archive for the 'Economy' Category
Gold: $1601
July 18th, 2011Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Update: Silver Squint hard enough at the daily silver chart and a possible reverse top hat pops out. (Bullish.) —End Update— New record high. That is all.
Beef Contamination Spreads in Japan as Cattle Eat Radiation-Tainted Straw
July 15th, 2011Rice straw. Via: Bloomberg: More beef from cattle in Japan that ate straw tainted by radiation has found its way into the food supply, deepening concern about the safety of meat as the country struggles to contain the spread of the contamination. Cattle at the farm in Asakawa, about 60 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima […]
Recovery: Hundreds Scramble for Dallas County Rental Vouchers
July 15th, 2011Zombie Apocalypse News Presents… Via: WFAA: Research Credit: matt
SpaceX Heavy-Lift Rocket Will Launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base
July 15th, 2011Via: space.com: The company Space Exploration Technologies, better known as SpaceX, broke ground Wednesday (July 13) on a new launch site for its massive heavy-lift rocket. SpaceX is upgrading a site called Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base near Santa Barbara, Calif. The refurbished launch complex will host SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, […]
Fukushima Cleanup Recruits ‘Nuclear Gypsies’ from Across Japan
July 14th, 2011Nuclear Ginza (1995) Part 1 Part 2 Via: Guardian: Four months on from the start of the world’s worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl, this hot-spring resort in north-east Japan has been transformed into a dormitory for 2,000 men who have travelled from across the country to take part in the clean-up effort 30 miles away […]
Moody’s Puts U.S. AAA Bond Rating On Review for Possible Downgrade
July 14th, 2011I could definitely be wrong, but I continue to hold the opinion that there is hardly any chance that, through legislative inaction, the U.S. will default. Via: USA Today: As President Obama and congressional leaders haggled over the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt ceiling this afternoon, they got a stark reminder of the financial stakes. Moody’s […]
Ron Paul to Ben Bernanke: Is Gold Money?
July 14th, 2011Via: CSPAN Clip on YouTube:
The “War On Drugs” Is A $2.5 Trillion Racket: How Big Banks, Private Military Companies And The Prison Industry Cash In
July 14th, 2011Via: AmpedStatus: Anyone who researches the “War on Drugs” already knows that it has been a very costly disaster. As the Global Commission on Drug Policy recently reported: “The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world…. Vast expenditures on criminalization and repressive measures directed at producers, […]
Gold at Record, Make or Break
July 13th, 2011Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Update: Pivot Established Above Previous Record High Intraday support at $1577.46, above previous record high of 1575.41. Bullish. —End Update— It’s trying to break out. Immediate term, beware of a double top off the May 2 high.
Drama: Obama Says He Cannot Guarantee Social Security Checks Will Go Out on August 3
July 13th, 2011Those checks will go out. If they don’t, it’s a Zombie Apocalypse. Via: CBS: President Obama on Tuesday said he cannot guarantee that retirees will receive their Social Security checks August 3 if Democrats and Republicans in Washington do not reach an agreement on reducing the deficit in the coming weeks. “I cannot guarantee that […]
