Archive for the 'Economy' Category
Real IRA Says it Will Target UK Bankers
September 15th, 2010As I’ve stated before, a way to assess if a terrorist organization is real, or a false flag, state sponsored scam, is to look at the targets of the attacks. If the attacks target civilians, make work for janitors or provide a lot of footage of chaos for the state’s media to play in an […]
IMF Fears ‘Social Explosion’ from World Jobs Crisis
September 15th, 2010Look at the U.S. Duration of Unemployment chart featured in the piece below: Via: Telegraph: America and Europe face the worst jobs crisis since the 1930s and risk “an explosion of social unrest” unless they tread carefully, the International Monetary Fund has warned. “The labour market is in dire straits. The Great Recession has left […]
“Productive agricultural land with water on site, will be very valuable in the future.”
September 15th, 2010Via: Telegraph: The neo-colonial rush for global farmland has gone exponential since the food scare of 2007-2008. Last week’s long-delayed report by the World Bank suggests that purchases in developing countries rose to 45m hectares in 2009, a ten-fold jump from levels of the last decade. Two thirds have been in Africa, where institutions offer […]
Chase.com Down in Lengthy Crash
September 15th, 2010Update: Down Again Via: Bloomberg: JPMorgan Chase & Co., whose website failed today for the second time this week, will refund late fees and help fix other problems for the 16.6 million online customers unable to access their accounts. —End Update— It’s back up. Via: CNN: Chase’s online banking website has been offline for most […]
Federal Economic Stimulus Money Funds Genital-Washing Lessons in South Africa
September 15th, 2010Via: Minyanville: As part of a larger $12 million HIV study by UCLA researchers, a grant using $823,200 in federal stimulus money was spent on examining “the feasibility and acceptability of a post-coital male genital hygiene procedure, which participants will be asked to practice immediately post-coitus or at least 12 hours after” among uncircumsized men […]
Gold: Record High
September 15th, 2010$1275.70
‘There’s a joke among executives whose livelihoods depend on Foxconn: In 20 years, there will be only two companies. Everything will be made by Foxconn and sold by Wal-Mart.’
September 13th, 2010As I read this breathtaking account of Foxconn and its founder, Terry Gou, it kept reminding me of Hunter S. Thompson’s drug addled evening at the Circus-Circus casino in Las Vegas. Here’s an excerpt from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas to help put you into the right frame of mind to read about Gou’s […]
Oil from BP Spill Pooled on Bottom; Oil Found as Far as 70 Miles from Site; Only Bacteria Seen Alive in Samples
September 13th, 2010Via: ABC News: Oil from the BP spill has not been completely cleared, but miles of it is sitting at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a study currently under way. Professor Samantha Joye of the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Georgia, who is conducting a study on a […]
Stimulus: Obama to Pitch $60B Saudi Arms Deal to Congress; Largest Arms Deal Ever
September 13th, 2010You want Hope and Change? We got Hope and Change. Step right up. Via: Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration is set to notify Congress of plans to offer advanced aircraft to Saudi Arabia worth up to $60 billion, the largest U.S. arms deal ever, and is in talks with the kingdom about potential naval […]
Family to Receive Millions of Dollars in Damages Because Child with Mitochondrial Disease Developed Autism After Receiving Multiple Vaccinations
September 13th, 2010Via: CBS News: The first court award in a vaccine-autism claim is a big one. CBS News has learned the family of Hannah Poling will receive more than $1.5 million dollars for her life care; lost earnings; and pain and suffering for the first year alone. In addition to the first year, the family will […]
