Archive for July, 2007
CALIFORNIA FORCLOSURES INCREASE 799% OVER SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR
July 25th, 2007Via: Los Angeles Times: A sagging real estate market and tighter lending standards are exacting a rapidly growing toll on Californians, forcing them from their homes in record numbers, figures released today show. Foreclosures in the state during the second quarter totaled 17,408, up 799% from the same period last year. The current rate handily […]
FDA Says Food Recall Is Urgent Health Threat
July 24th, 2007What can you do about this? See Farmlet for ideas. Via: Reuters: A recall of canned meat products and dog food made at a Georgia plant due to botulism fears could involve tens of millions of cans that pose an urgent public health threat, U.S. officials said on Monday. U.S. food regulators appealed to consumers […]
U.S. DOLLAR INDEX CROSSES BELOW 80
July 24th, 2007WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Latest is USDX down .23 to 79.99. Will it get a foot hold, or slip off the cliff??? I thought we would see a bounce off of 80; at least a feeble one. If it’s going to happen, this is the […]
Dead Farmers Got $1.1 Billion from USDA
July 24th, 2007Via: MSNBC: The U.S. Department of Agriculture distributed $1.1 billion over seven years to the estates or companies of deceased farmers and routinely failed to conduct reviews required to ensure that the payments were properly made, according to a government report. In a selection of 181 cases from 1999 to 2005, the Government Accountability Office […]
Barcelona Hit by Major Power Outage
July 23rd, 2007Muy frágil. Via: Washington Post: MADRID, Spain — A major power outage hit Barcelona on Monday, snarling traffic, hobbling public transportation and knocking out electricity to homes and businesses in much of Spain’s second-largest city. The outage began around 11 a.m. and affected traffic signals in much of the city center as well as several […]
White House Denies Congressman’s Request to See Continuity of Government Plans
July 23rd, 2007The part about the camps might not maintain the right appearances. Via: The Oregonian: Oregonians called Peter DeFazio’s office, worried there was a conspiracy buried in the classified portion of a White House plan for operating the government after a terrorist attack. As a member of the U.S. House on the Homeland Security Committee, DeFazio, […]
U.S. Will Collect Extremely Personal Information from Millions of European Travelers
July 23rd, 2007I can’t believe that anyone would submit to this. Via: Guardian: Highly sensitive information about the religious beliefs, political opinions and even the sex life of Britons travelling to the United States is to be made available to US authorities when the European Commission agrees to a new system of checking passengers. The EC is […]
U.S. Won’t Rule Out Force in Pakistan
July 23rd, 2007Via: Boston Globe: President Bush’s homeland security adviser said yesterday that the United States was prepared to take additional measures, including military force, to curb Al Qaeda’s operations in remote regions of Pakistan.
Rothschild Dynasty Unites After 190 Years
July 23rd, 2007Via: Telegraph: The French and English branches of the Rothschild banking dynasty are to unify ownership of the firm in a single holding company for the first time since the family separated in the 19th century. Under the new structure, the two sides of the family will own shares in a holding company, FamilyCo, which […]
Welcome to Richistan, USA
July 23rd, 2007Via: Guardian: America’s super-rich have returned to the days of the Roaring Twenties. As the rest of the country struggles to get by, a huge bubble of multi-millionaires lives almost in a parallel world. The rich now live in their own world of private education, private health care and gated mansions. They have their own […]
