Archive for the 'Economy' Category
The New Poor: Unemployed, and Likely to Stay That Way
December 3rd, 2010A new cafe opened up out at the coast from where I am here in New Zealand. I was eating there, using my netbook, and the owner offered to get me on the Wi-Fi network he had running in there. We chatted about our past lives. That dude did nearly THREE DECADES of wrench turning […]
Court Ruling: Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets Pose Risk of Irreparable Environmental Harm
December 3rd, 2010In case you’re wondering how this is going to wind up (on appeal), here are some hints: Monsanto Wins as Supreme Court Backs Alfalfa Seed Planting Change We Can Believe In: Obama Chooses Monsanto Creature, Tom Vilsack, for Secretary of Agriculture Has Obama Ever Met an Industrial Food Shill He Didn’t Appoint? Obama Gives Key […]
Atlanta: Hundreds Line Up For Help Heating Homes
December 3rd, 2010Via: Atlanta Journal Constitution: As metro Atlanta’s temperatures grow colder, the demand for heat is, well, heating up. A day after hundreds of people queued up outside a Marietta community center to apply for assistance with heat and power bills, hopeful applicants began lining up again around midnight, waiting in the sub-freezing temperatures for the […]
Nigeria to Charge Dick Cheney in Pipeline Bribery Case
December 2nd, 2010Via: Bloomberg: Nigeria will file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and officials from five foreign companies including Halliburton Co. over a $180 million bribery scandal, a prosecutor at the anti-graft agency said. Indictments will be lodged in a Nigerian court “in the next three days,” Godwin Obla, prosecuting counsel at the Economic […]
Fed Withholds Collateral Data for $885 Billion in Financial-Crisis Loans
December 2nd, 2010“Collateral.” *wink* Via: Bloomberg: The Federal Reserve withheld details on individual securities pledged as collateral by recipients of $885 billion in central bank loans, denying taxpayers a measure of the risks they faced from its emergency aid.
No More Unemployment Checks for Two Million Americans by End of December
December 2nd, 2010Via: USA Today: About 2 million Americans stand to lose their unemployment checks by the end of December after Congress failed to extend benefits Tuesday, threatening to crimp consumer spending in a fragile recovery and critical holiday shopping season. A motion by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., to pass an extension on a voice vote fell […]
Pedophile Cult Urges Support for Dangerous FrankenpHood Crops
December 2nd, 2010Update: Pedophile Cult Leadership: Pro-GM Statement “Cannot be Considered an Official Position of the Holy See” Via: Catholic News Service: The Vatican did not endorse an 11-page final statement in favor of easing restrictions on and allowing more widespread use of genetically modified crops, especially in poorer nations, said a Vatican official. “The statement is […]
Fed Aid Went Beyond U.S. Banks to Industry, Foreign Firms
December 2nd, 2010Via: Washington Post: The financial crisis stretched even farther across the economy than many had realized, as new disclosures show the Federal Reserve rushed trillions of dollars in emergency aid not just to Wall Street but also to motorcycle makers, telecom firms and foreign-owned banks in 2008 and 2009. The Fed’s efforts to prop up […]
Madison County to Evict Man Living in Camper on His Own Land
December 2nd, 2010Via: WISH: Thompson faces eviction from his 38 acres in Madison County. The county lawyer tells 24-Hour News 8 it’s because Thompson is breaking too many rules, laws and ordinances; Thompson has no water, no sewer and no electricity in his recreational trailer that he calls home.
Russia as Mafia State and Pot Calls Kettle Black
December 2nd, 2010I consider the following depiction of Russia to be middle-road, uncontroversial and obvious. What struck me, though, is how similar it sounds to the U.S. Just change some of the proper names to American ones and instead of mafia, use corporations. Sound familiar? Also, this isn’t just the State Department’s assessment. This topic represents an […]
